Getting swept in the World Series is not the New York Yankees’ way. The Bronx Bombers avoided this fate by pounding the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 on Tuesday night in Game 4. The Yankees will try to avoid elimination again when they host the Dodgers tonight in Game 5. MORE FREDDIE? Freddie Freeman made World… read more

If you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan, you don’t mind the repetition in the 2024 World Series. Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game as the Dodgers defeated the Yankees 4-2 last night. New York is out of second chances. The Yankees need four straight wins to capture the World title. No team has… read more

Delivering a complete performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 last night in Game 2 of the World Series. The Dodgers will return to their ancestral home of New York City with a 2-0 lead. The pressure is on the Yankees, who were unable to produce the ninth-inning heroics that won… read more

There was no way the Dodgers and Yankees could live up to all of the hype surrounding the 2024 World Series, right? These things are duds more often than not. But if Game 1 of the Fall Classic at Dodgers Stadium was any indication, you better buckle up because it’s going to be a long… read more

What has never happened in a World Series game? A perfect game? Don Larsen did it in the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees. An unassisted triple play? Bill Wambsganss did for YOUR 1920 World Champion Cleveland Indians. We can cross “walk-off grand slam” off the list, as Freddie Freeman did it last… read more

If you’re like me, you’re pretty damn bitter about Major League Baseball and its financial system. Why am I bitter? I’m a Pirates fan, damn it! Being a Pirates fan means supporting a small-market baseball team in a sports league that, unlike the other three professional sports entities that help make up America’s Big 4,… read more

While the Postseason gets underway, fans will be debating who will be named the recipient of the 2024 MLB regular season awards. Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America have already submitted their ballots and we won’t know the winners until after the World Series this month. I’m not a member of the BBWAA,… read more

Relying on the long ball can be a dangerous strategy for a baseball team. But when you have Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton on your team, victory is just a matter of time. The New York Yankees used this strategy to beat the hometown Cleveland Guardians 5-2 last night. The Bronx Bombers won… read more

Perhaps you have heard about the times the Yankees experienced World Series droughts, like the one that lasted from 1964 to 1976? If you’re old enough, you may have even witnessed the era when the great Pinstripes failed to make it to the Fall Classic between 1981 and 1996. However, I’ll bet you never thought… read more

After last night’s 8-6 loss to the New York Yankees, the Guardians need to invoke the memories of past Cleveland champions to stay alive. Not the 1920 or 1948 Indians. More like the 2016 Cavaliers. Every March 1, Cleveland sports fans greet each other with a hearty “Warriors blew a 3-1 lead.” They are celebrating… read more