Saturday Pebble Report: Modesto clinches spot in Cal League playoffs

by Russ Oates on Aug 29, 2009 9:57 AM EDT on Purple Row

Colorado Springs, L 1-5Russ Ortiz: 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR. On the bright side, uh, Jason Giambi had two hits. Tulsa, L 1-4Samuel Deduno had a fight with the strike zone last night. Of his ...

Testing Conventional Wisdom: Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez in the Playoffs

by Jack Moore on Jun 16, 2009 8:00 AM EDT on Beyond the Box Score

Derek Jeter - the Captain, the True YankeeTM  He took his first 12 teams in New York to the playoffs, winning the world series 4 times.  A .309 playoff batting average and a .302 World Serie...

Red Reposter - 5/13/09

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2009 10:51 AM EDT on Red Reporter

Hall o' Famer Hal is happy to have a job.  I think we all know the days of the beat writer for the local paper are numbered.  Newspapers are just a plain old bad business model these days,...

On Garza and the Taco King

by The Cheat on Oct 22, 2008 11:56 PM EDT on South Side Sox

I know they weren't exactly huge factors in the game last night, but the continuing narrative that the Matt Garza/Jason Bartlett acquisition was a driving force behind the Rays post-season drive--a na...

White Sox Season Ends (for reals this time) in ALDS

by The Cheat on Oct 6, 2008 10:52 PM EDT on South Side Sox

The White Sox seemed to play their best baseball of the year with their proverbial backs to the wall. They had won 4-in-row (against 4 different teams) in elimination games, when a single loss meant t...

Danks, White Sox Beat Rays at Own Game

by The Cheat on Oct 5, 2008 8:08 PM EDT on South Side Sox

White Sox ALDS Game 2 Recap: By the Numbers

by The Cheat on Oct 3, 2008 9:22 PM EDT on South Side Sox

12 hits -- All singles 2 walks and a HBP -- 15 baserunners 0 extra bases taken -- 0 first-to-thirds, 0 2nd-to-homes 3 total bases advanced on an out -- a 1st inning sac fly, and a 5th inning ...

White Sox ALDS Game 1 Fish Wrap

by The Cheat on Oct 3, 2008 12:55 AM EDT on South Side Sox

Phil Rogers draws a parallel between the start of Mark Buehrle's career -- called up in July '00 to start, finished season in pen, came out of pen in playoffs -- and Clayton Richard's debu...

Vazquez Stinks, Sox Drop Game 1 to Rays

by The Cheat on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM EDT on South Side Sox

What can you say that hasn't already been said about Javier Vazquez? He is what he is; an average pitcher who can't stand the heat in the kitchen. I'd be lying if I said I expected anything bet...

Why the White Sox Will Beat the Rays

by The Cheat on Oct 2, 2008 1:17 AM EDT on South Side Sox

The following piece was commissioned--well, commissioned would imply that money had changed hands, so that's not the right word--by The Hardball Times. They wanted the story crafted around the title "...