By Steven Booth In a playoff race there are no easy games. Teams long left for dead will find pools of inspiration when a playoff team comes to town. Teams like Cincinnati have long ago given up hopes of making it to the playoffs, and while they often play like a team that is mentally [...]
No Easy Games for Dodgers
By: sbooth64 | Sunday August 30th, 2009
In The History Books: Ichiro and the Streak
By: AnnexNate | Sunday August 30th, 2009
Perched atop the Seattle Mariners team website sits a graphic marking Ichiro Suzuki’s hits total for this season. The numbers have been frozen at 184 since August 23, when Ichiro Suzuki was benched with a left calf strain. After Suzuki missed the first eight games of the season due to injury his streak of consecutive [...]
Sorry Philadelphia, No Repeat
By: bwice | Sunday August 30th, 2009
- Brennan Weiss As the playoffs near while the division and wild card races heat up, the World Series begins to pop up in all fans’ heads. Every fan and MLB analyst has his or her opinion on who is going to make it and win the Fall Classic, but nothing is set in stone, [...]
GETTING SHORT ON TIME – If the Braves want to make the playoffs the time is now to get it done
By: spharrgcs | Saturday August 29th, 2009
Scott Pharr Atlanta, GA Tommy Hanson got the short end of the stick on Friday night, taking the loss while only pitching 2 innings. Reading his line at the end of the game one would suppose he was removed for injury: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 ER, 4 K’s. The talented rookie had [...]
GETTING DEFENSIVE – The 2008 Falcons showed plenty of flare on offense, but flamed out on defense. Will it be different this year?
By: spharrgcs | Saturday August 29th, 2009
Scott Pharr Atlanta, GA Offensively, people are aware that the Falcons will score points. This is not an issue or concern. What they should be concerned with is improving things on the defensive side of the football. As recently as last year, the Falcons’ defense has been, pardon the phrase, offensive. This was no more [...]
