The St. Louis Cardinals were left for dead back in August when they were 10.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for the Wild Card.
On Friday night, they could not have been more alive as they shocked the Texas Rangers 6-2 in a clinching 7th game of the World Series.
The World Series victory is the 11th [...]
A lot of people don’t want to hear it. Most people don’t really want to think about it. But the truth is that socialism works. And it works in the most unlikely place – that most American of all sports – professional football. Bill Maher at the Huffington Post has written a thought-provoking article that [...]
It appears we no longer have to worry about the financial security of our favorite major leaguers. The Associated Press reports that the average major league salary has reached $3,014,572. Not bad for the slowest sport this side of competitive bowling.
It comes as no surprise that the highest average belongs to the New York Yankees [...]
Roy Halladay has been an elite pitcher for several years, but many pundits wondered how he would respond pitching for the first time in the post season. Well the verdict is signed, sealed, and delivered after Halladay threw a no-hitter tonight against the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the NLDS. The Philadelphia Phillies [...]
With the Cardinals clinching the NL Central, Tony La Russa is preparing for his 14th trip to the postseason. La Russa is one of two Managers in Baseball history to win a World Series in the National and American League. He is also the only manager to win multiple pennants in both leagues.
La Russa took [...]
For the Yankees, $423.5 million dollars bought them a playoff birth. Congratulations, after 1 agonizing year of not being in the post season the Yankees are back! However, if the Yankees are going to win the World Series this season they are going to need these three stars to step up in a big way [...]
