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Three strikes and you’re out… of home games: The inequity of Major League Baseball’s new but not improved post-season format

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Chris Humpherys — 4 Comments ↓

The Tampa Bay Rays post-season came and went. If you blinked, you missed it. For their efforts, a fairly successful regular season in which they went 86-76, the Rays earned a wild card berth, just not a prime-time game (small Continue reading Three strikes and you’re out… of home games: The inequity of Major League Baseball’s new but not improved post-season format→

Sights and Sounds from a Record-Setting ALDS Game One

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Chris Humpherys — 4 Comments ↓

Baseball’s been around since the mid-1800s so it’s rare that you get to see a feat that’s never been done before. It’s even more rare when you get to see that happen in person. The Boston Red Sox had just Continue reading Sights and Sounds from a Record-Setting ALDS Game One→

Bucky Fucking Dent

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Chris Humpherys — 11 Comments ↓

You’re going to hear the name Bucky Dent mentioned a lot today. That’s because the Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees in a single elimination play-in game to see who advances into the playoffs and more fittingly, who Continue reading Bucky Fucking Dent→

Trend-setting Rays… maybe

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Chris Humpherys — 8 Comments ↓

Are we about to see a change in Major League Baseball? With the Astros, Yankees, Dodgers (whoops!) and Cardinals all coasting to comfortable playoff berths without the need of a wild card game, the rest of us watched intently as Continue reading Trend-setting Rays… maybe→

Brewers-Nationals: When losing a wager pales in comparison to reality

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Chris Humpherys — 4 Comments ↓

I hit up Milhouse for my usual wagers of the day. Since I liked the Rays to beat the A’s and the Brewers to beat the Nationals in Major League Baseball’s two wild card play-off games, a two-team parlay was Continue reading Brewers-Nationals: When losing a wager pales in comparison to reality→

Initial Thoughts on the 2014 MLB Playoffs

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Chris Humpherys — 20 Comments ↓

Stat Of The Day No sport has bastardized the use of the statistic more than Major League Baseball. Here’s proof. Headed into the bottom of the fourth inning of Game Two of the ALDS between Detroit and Baltimore, Victor Martinez Continue reading Initial Thoughts on the 2014 MLB Playoffs→

Delving into the hypothetical: George Brett, pine tar and a road trip to the 21st century

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Chris Humpherys — 12 Comments ↓

So the Kansas City Royals have clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 1985. That’s quite the post-season drought. Heck, even the Cubs, Mets and Indians have experienced October since then. This might be news to those of Continue reading Delving into the hypothetical: George Brett, pine tar and a road trip to the 21st century→

Presenting the Alex Rodriguez – New York Yankees – Home for the Winter Caption Contest

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Chris Humpherys — 57 Comments ↓

Far be it from me, a lifelong Red Sox and newly reformed Rays fan, to make fun of the New York Yankees the day after they were eliminated from the playoffs. Oh wait, that’s exactly what I’m doing.

Bud Selig cares not about baseball fans and I have proof

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Chris Humpherys — 42 Comments ↓

I have a beef with the Commissioner. Not Commissioner Stern. Not Commissioner Goodell. This time around it’s the man, the myth, the-soon-to-be-retired-but-it-can’t-come-soon-enough Commissioner Selig.