By : Mike Rifkin On Friday, at Minute Maid Park Game One of the 2022 World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros will be played. The Phillies have not been to the World Series since 2009, haven’t won it since 2008. While the Astros have been in the World Series three of theContinue reading “World Series Preview “
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Same Year, Same Story
By : Mike Rifkin On Saturday, the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners in game three of the ALDS resulting in a sweep. With the win the Astros have advanced to their MLB record sixth consecutive ALCS. For Baseball fans the Astros have been public enemy number one since their cheating scandal in 2017. TheContinue reading “Same Year, Same Story”
Max Disaster
By: Mike Rifkin The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets 7-1 in game one of their Wild Card series. Mets ace Max Scherzer gave up four home runs in the loss. Scherzer went 4.2 innings giving up seven runs on seven hits and four strikeouts. For the second straight start Scherzer had aContinue reading “Max Disaster”
Mets Regular Season Recap
By : Mike Rifkin A lot of people are still down based on what happened with the Mets last weekend in Atlanta, but that has to change. The Mets are still playing in the Wild Card Round against the San Diego Padres. The Mets were 4-6 vs the Padres this season. Despite what transpired inContinue reading “Mets Regular Season Recap”
METS GET WILD CARD
By Mark Halpern After being in first place for 175 games, the Mets got swept by the Atlanta Braves in a crucial series at Citi Field this past weekend. Like the Yankees, the Mets held control of first for the longest time. The team was on cruise control, but just like the Yankees, thingsContinue reading “METS GET WILD CARD“
Embracing History
By : Mike Rifkin On Tuesday night, Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season establishing a new Yankee and American League record. The record overtakes the 61 hit by Roger Maris in 1961. But this is nothing against Judge he bet on himself this season and had arguably one of the greatestContinue reading “Embracing History”
Swept Away
By: Mike Rifkin The New York Mets entered Atlanta with a one game lead in the NL East and if they won one game they controlled their own destiny. But worst case scenario happened as the Braves swept the Mets and not only lead the division by two games, but their magic number to clinchContinue reading “Swept Away”
RUSH DOSEN’T HAVE TO RUSH ANYTHING
By Mark Halpern I have been a Dallas Cowboys fan for 39 years now (Thank you, I apricate the condolences), and I have seen it all from down in the dumps to being the world’s champs. Dallas fans not only want to win it all but also want consistency in our team, and theContinue reading “RUSH DOSEN’T HAVE TO RUSH ANYTHING“
Brewing Hade
By : Mike Rifkin On August first, the Milwaukee Brewers led the NL Central by three games over the St. Louis Cardinals. On Tuesday the Brewers lost to the Cardinals, in which the Cardinals clinched the NL Central. Now the only way Milwaukee can make the playoffs for a fifth straight season is by gettingContinue reading “Brewing Hade”
Here Come The Mariners
By : Mike Rifkin The Seattle Mariners currently hold the third Wild Card spot in the American League looking to break the longest current playoff drought in the four major sports. The Mariners have not made the playoffs since 2001. But the Mariners have made moves where they are thinking in the long term, notContinue reading “Here Come The Mariners”
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