MLB Playoffs on TV – American League

After a welcome break on Thursday following Wednesday’s truly remarkable night of baseball, the playoffs are here. The American League Division Series starts tonight with the National League starting tomorrow.

Rays @ Rangers (10:07 pm)

Friday sees the Wild Card winning Tampa Bay Rays travel to Arlington to play the Texas Rangers, AL West champs.… Read more...

Best Night of Baseball. Ever.

What a night.

WHAT A NIGHT!

It’s 5:15am and I’ve just witnessed the greatest night of baseball in living memory.

I cannot put it any better than this: “Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead.Read more...

Last Day of the Season… or is it?

It’s come down to the wire for four teams in what has been a tremendously exciting last week of the MLB regular season.

Starting with the National League, Atlanta went down 7-1 to the Phillies last night. Thousands of Braves fans stayed on in the Ted to watch the action from Houston on the Turner Field big screen in the hope of seeing the Cardinals somehow lose to an Astros team who are pretty much the worst team in baseball.… Read more...

Wild Card TV update…

After Monday night’s action the prospect of having at least one single-game Wild Card tiebreaker game on Thursday grows ever closer.

(Link to yesterday’s post on the wild card race and possible tiebreakers… http://doddernews.WordPress.com/2011/09/26/MLB-on-tv-wacky-wild-card-races/)

In the American League, Baltimore beat Boston at Camden Yards while the Rays turned over the Yankees in front of their jubilant home fans at the Trop.… Read more...

MLB on TV: Wacky Wild Card Races

In the marathon of the 162-game MLB season it’s now the final stretch with the finishing line in sight. With three games to play all the division winners have been crowned. Champagne corks have popped for the Yankees, Detroit, Texas, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Arizona who can now relax for just a few short days until the Division Series start next weekend. Read more...