Here are some more incorrect 2026 predictions . . . MLB.com Picks [Why can't they give the # of votes each team received, like ESPN does? I mean, they're counting the fuckin votes, anyway.] AL East : Blue Jays AL East baseball will not be for the faint of heart this year; it has the look of the most competitive division in the Majors. But ultimately, our voters expect Toronto to hang on to its division crown following its worst-to-first turnaround in 2025. . . . Others receiving vot...
Here are the entries for this year's W-L contest : W-L TEAM ERA Paul H. 95-67 3.57 Benjamin B. 95-67 3.66 Rich G. 93-69 3.57 Jacob L. 92-70 3.43 Brett H. 92-70 3.45 Allan W. 92-70 3.75 Jeff M. 91-71 3.70 Eddie N. 90-72 3.69 Dave I. 90-72 3.90 Warren S. 90-72 4.50 Michael G. 87-75 3.62 There has almost always been a decent amount of optimism when it comes to the predictions. I note, however, that the Red Sox have not won 90+ games since 2021 (when they went 92-70 and lost the ALCS (2-4) to Hous...
From Lindy's 2026 Baseball Review : AL East Projected Finish Blue Jays Orioles Red Sox Yankees Rays AL Division Winners: Blue Jays, Royals, Mariners AL Wild Cards: Orioles, Red Sox , Tigers AL Champion: Mariners NL Divisions: Atlanta, Brewers, Dodgers NL Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres NL Champion: Dodgers AL MVP: Julio Rodriguez, Mariners AL Cy Young: Garrett Crochet, Red Sox AL Rookie: Samuel Basallo, Orioles AL Rookie Pitcher: Payton Tolle, Red Sox AL Manager: Matt Quatraro, Royals ...
The 2026 Red Sox begin their regular season this Thursday in Cincinnati – so it's time for the annual Red Sox W-L Contest ! Guess the Red Sox's 2026 regular season W-L record and you will win a copy of The Baseball 100 , Joe Posnanski's 2021 best-seller. (If you already own this book, you can choose a different book.) Tiebreaker: Anthony Castrovince (mlb.com) ranks the Red Sox as the #4 best pitching staff in mlb. FanGraphs' projections have the Red Sox's starters leading both leagues in...
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Dodgers - 000 101 011 01 - 5 11 0 Blue Jays - 003 001 000 00 - 4 14 0 It was only the sixth World Series Game 7 to need extra innings. And it ended up being one of the most memorable Game 7s of all time. How the Los Angeles Dodgers, down by two runs with only eight outs remaining, rallied to tie and eventually win the game (and the World Series) in eleven innings, while also snuffing out three harrowing potential ral...
G1: Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4 G2: Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 1 G3: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 (18) G4: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 2 G5: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1 G6: Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1 G7: ? Dodgers - 003 000 000 - 3 4 0 Blue Jays - 001 000 000 - 1 8 0
The last World Series to that needed a Game 7 was in 2019, when the Nationals beat the Astros 6-2. The home team lost every game in that series. Since then, the World Series has been completed in six, six, six, five, and five games. Max...
The 2025 Major League Baseball season began in Tokyo, Japan, and it will end in Toronto, Canada. This is the first time a season has both begun and ended outside the United States. The Dodgers won way back on March 18 and they hope to win both tonight and Saturday night, and repear as World Series champions. Los Angeles trails in the series 2-3 and are calling upon Yoshinobu Yamamoto to stifle the Toronto Blue Jays' bats, while simultaneously hoping to break out of their recent hitting sl...
Blue Jays - 002 000 400 - 6 11 0 Dodgers - 010 000 001 - 2 6 0 Blue Jays - 200 100 210 - 6 9 0 Dodgers - 001 000 000 - 1 4 0 Now that the Dodgers' starting pitching has come back down to Earth and the Blue Jays are proving that every spot in their lineup can contribute at any time, I'm finding it difficult to imagine a scenario in which the American League champions lose two consecutive games in Toronto. The Blue Jays seem to have everything lined up t...
Blue Jays - 000 400 100 000 000 000 - 5 15 0 Dodgers - 011 020 100 000 000 001 - 6 16 2 For the second time this postseason, baseball fans – and more casual postseason observers who do not obsess over the game from the moment the gates of spring training camps are unlocked in mid-February – have been treated to an extraordinary, unforgettable game that simply would not have occurred if the most radical of the rule changes imposed on the game during Commissioner Rob Manfred's tenure...
We may have witnessed – in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS – the greatest performance in a major league baseball game by a single player. Shohei Ohtani won the MVP award (after being introduced as "the greatest baseball player on the planet") largely because of his unprecedented performance in the Dodgers' pennant-winning 5-1 victory on Friday night in Los Angeles, finishing off a dominating sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers (who had won all six of the games the two teams played d...
The Seattle Mariners have never won more than two games in an ALCS. They lost both the 1995 and 2000 ALCS in six games. If they win Game 3 tonight, it will be the farthest the 49-year-old franchise has ever gotten in the postseason. Also : No team has ever won an LCS (best-of-5 or best-of-7) after losing the first two games at home. We will see if the Blue Jays and/or Brewers can pull it off. While Shohei Ohtani (1-for-7) and Mookie Betts (0-for-7) have been quiet atop Los Angeles' lineup (the...
Brian Cashman's Biggest Challenge Is Fixing The Yankee Offense Bill Madden, Daily News, October 11, 2025 Now that another Yankee season has concluded prematurely without a championship trophy, the usual finger-pointing begins and fans in every corner of Yankeeland are looking for culprits. But I'm here to say in this latest playoff elimination at the hands of the Blue Jays the blame should fall squarely on the players themselves. In short, the Blue Jays proved themselves to be a better t...
This is not a thoughtful and incisive overview of the ALCS and NLCS. I was looking up some things yesterday and figured I'd share them rather than not. First of all, I was extremely pleased to watch the Blue Jays hardly break a sweat while humiliating the Yankees. But then I thought . . . shit, the Blue Jays are now really close to going to the World Series. . . . which means they could actually win the World Series. . . . But then I thought, I no longer live outside To...
UPDATE: All NY tabloid back pages now uploaded. Also: SuperVlad photo! Hilarious ! Not once, not twice , not three times, not four times, but an amazing FIVE TIMES !!!!! Yankees' Season Comes To Bitter End With Lifeless ALDS Game 4 Dud Andrew Battifarano, Post Another fall of discontent has arrived. The Yankees have gotten there in many different ways over the past 16 years, but the all-too-familiar end result came crashing in with a thud on Wednesday night in The Bronx. A thrilling come...
YED! 2025 EDITION
Yankee Elimination Days YED 2001 - November 4
YED 2002 - October 5
YED 2003 - October 25
YED 2004 - October 20
YED 2005 - October 10
YED 2006 - October 7
YED 2007 - October 8
YED 2008 - September 23
YED 2010 - October 22
YED 2011 - October 6
YED 2012 - October 18
YED 2013 - September 25
YED 2014 - September 24
YED 2015 - October 6
YED 2016 - September 29
YED 2017 - October 21
YED 2018 - October 9
YED 2019 - October 19
YED 2020 - October 9
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What Lies At The Heart Of The Yankees' Season-Threatening Lost Weekend In Toronto Zach Braziller, Post Somewhat lost amid the [ALWC series win] was the underwhelming offensive performance in that three-game series. The Yankees moved on in spite of their lineup's shortcomings. It hasn't gotten better in the ALDS, a major reason the Yankees will face elimination in Game 3 in The Bronx trailing, 2-0. Look, the pitching has been abysmal. Max Fried laid a complete egg on Sunday, hammered for ...
Everything Trump Touches Dies Volpe: "It's not a cult." Facts : In postseason history , teams taking a 2-0 lead in a best-of-5 series have gone on to win that series 80 of 90 times ( 88.9% ) In Division Series w/current 2-2-1 format, teams to win both G1+2 at home have advanced 31 of 34 times ( 91.2% ), incl 20 sweeps The Blue Jays scored 20 consecutive runs between Yankees runs They're the first team in postseason history to score 20 consecutive runs within a series The Blue Jays ' 23 r...
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" I expect us to go out and play well today. " Aaron Boone
@_IAmNotANumber_ So fucking much for that. @JamotheDooD Bahahahaha wrong again you clown!! @Mr_CheeseHead So, expect the complete opposite of that @Jordirod2 Yeah if you swing at every first pitch and popup you'll win @DianeAlonge Hahahahahaha!!!! @Piff131 Update, they did not go out and play well today @Oghuz1014 This guy is a fucking moron Yankees Pushed To Br...
Yankees - 000 001 000 - 1 6 0 Blue Jays - 110 000 44x - 10 14 0 " By the end, the allegedly super polite Canadians were co-opting a famous Boston-favored phrase: 'Yankees S—!' " Yankees Unravel Late In Brutal ALDS Game 1 Loss To Blue Jays Greg Joyce, Post The good vibes the Yankees carried across the border are apparently worth nothing in Canadian currency. . . . The biggest Yankees bats came up small in key spots, Luis Gil got tagged in an abbreviated start and then Lu...
Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 5 2 Yankees - 000 400 00x - 4 8 1 "I guess the Yankees are bound to beat us in the playoffs every 22 years or so." – Petagine in a Bottle (SoSH) Cam Schlittler's pitching performance (8-5-0-0-12, 107) was the only story worth telling from the Yankees' 4-0 win in the deciding game of the ALWC series. Schlittler spent his evening steadily – and seemingly without effort – firing fastballs at 100/101. He spotted his pitches extremel...
Red Sox - 002 001 000 - 3 6 0 Yankees - 200 010 01x - 4 10 1 If Thursday's Game 3 ends up being as evenly-matched as the first two games, fans of both teams will be completely exhausted. Game 2 was packed with no less tension, elation, anxiety, relief, and terror as Tuesday's opener. Boston manager Alex Cora stayed with starter Brayan Bello for only 28 pitches and ended up using six bullpen arms. The Yankees slipped home a run against Garrett Whitlock in the eighth and ...
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2008 ALDS - Beat Angels 3-2 in G4 to win series 3-1 2013 ALDS - Beat Rays 3-1 in G4 to win series 3-1 2013 ALCS - Beat Tigers 5-2 in G6 to win series 4-2 2013 WS - Beat Cardinals 6-1 in G6 to win series 4-2 2018 ALDS - Beat Yankees 4-3 in G4 to win series 3-1 2018 ALCS - Beat Astros 4-1 in G5 to win series 4-1 2018 WS - Beat Dodgers 5-1 in G5 to win series 4-1
2021 ALWC - Beat Yankees 6-2 to win "series" 1-0 * 2021 ALDS - Beat Rays 6-5 in G4 to win series 3-1 * : ...
UPDATED: Another Boone Blew It Lament, Running on Judge's Rag Arm, & 2 Pics Yankees Staring At Unsettling Red Sox Reality With Season On Brink Mike Vaccaro, Post In an eyeblink, they are toe-tips-to-the-brink. In an eyeblink, the Yankees are looking at the potential of a postseason run that could be over after about 27 hours or so. In an eyeblink, the stubborn goblins that haunted them all season — bullpen, clutch hitting, second-guessable decisions — threaten to reduce this whole New Yo...
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Nick Sogard sprinted from first to second base in the top of the seventh inning as Aaron Judge ho-hummed the ball back to the infield. That explosive hustle (which Sogard had shown back in the third when he tagged and took second on a fly to center) put Boston runners at second and third, with one out. Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled to center on the first pitch he saw. Two runs scored and the Yankees' 1-0 lead was gone. That ...
MLB's Competition Committee has approved the limited use of an automated ball-strike challenge system for the 2026 season by a vote of 7-4. MLB owners, in control of a six-seat majority on the 11-member committee, all voted in favour of robot umps. So – at long last – has MLB finally decided to join the 21st century (with 1/4 of it in the rear view mirror), acquire some long-overdue common sense, and agreed that baseball games should be decided by baseball players? . . . Not quite. The new bal...