Baseball Analysis

The Astro's Roy Oswalt (RHP) went 7 1/3 innings on Saturday night to lead Houston to a 7-3 win over the Atlanta Braves (7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K). The Astro's now lead the best-of-5 series, 2-0. Read more »

Sometimes you require help from the unknown, and Saturday?s washout may have been the most opportunistic drenching of the season for the Yankees. Desperately needing a win following Randy Johnson?s feeble post-season display on Friday, this proud team may be on the brink of holiday. That?s certainly the way the boo-birds saw it. Read more »

9th October, 2005 Yankee Stadium, The Bronx. Jarrod Washburn LHP vs. Shawn Chacon RHP. The Yankees face elimination in Game #4 of the best-of-5 series. Read more »

Chicago relief pitcher Orlando Hernandez stuffed a no-out, bases-loaded Boston rally in the 6th inning, to lead the White Sox to a 5-3 win over the defending champion Red Sox, and sweep their opening round series on Friday. The White Sox will play host to either the Angels or Yankees, beginning Tuesday, October 11, in Game #1 of the ALCS. Read more »

Prior to 2004, both of the Sox?, the Red ones from Boston and the White ones from Chicago, were going through the same very long streak: not winning the World Series. Decades upon decades had passed and neither team had been able to capture the title. Read more »

LHP Mark Mulder (6.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) carried a shutout into the 7th inning on Thursday, as the Cardinals defeated the Padres, 6-2, and open-up a 2-0 lead, in their best-of-5 series. The teams move on to San Diego for Games #3 and #4 (if). Read more »

In a game the Braves had to have, they came out of the gates fast and cruised to a 7-1 win over Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros. They now have evened their National League Division Series at a game apiece heading into Houston on Saturday. Read more »

7th October, 2005 Fenway Park, Boston. Freddy Garcia RHP vs. Tim Wakefield RHP. The defending champions are facing elimination on Friday against the "hot" White Sox. Can the veteran Wakefield, and the rest of the Red Sox, once again find the "magic?" Read more »

LHP Mark Mulder (6.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) carried a shutout into the 7th inning on Thursday, as the Cardinals defeated the Padres, 6-2, and open-up a 2-0 lead, in their best-of-5 series. The teams move on to San Diego for Games #3 and #4 (if). Read more »

Fittingly, the team that took 86 years to win a World Series stands on the brink of elimination against the team that that hasn?t won a World Series in 87 years. Read more »

In what proved to be a disappointing beginning for the Braves this postseason, Atlanta dropped game one of their series with the Astros 10-5. While the Braves were plagued by their own mistakes, the Astros proved to be stiff competition in all facets of the game. Read more »

The Angels head into the postseason for the second straight year. Clinching home field advantage, the Angels will face off against the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Read more »

6th October, 2005 Turner Field, Atlanta. Roger Clemens vs. John Smoltz. Braves Manager Bobby Cox sends Smoltz to the mound in this crucial Game #2 of their best-of-5 series Read more »

Houston P Andy Pettitte led the Astros to a 10-5 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game #1 of their best-of-5 playoff series (7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K). It was Pettitte's 14th career pitching victory in playoff competition. Read more »

5th October, 2005 U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago. David Wells vs. Mark Buehrle. Don't count the Red Sox out just yet....remember last year. Wells will be asked to even the series before heading to Fenway Park for Game #3. Read more »

The MLB Division Champs are crowned, the play-offs are now underway, with San Diego, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Houston representing the NL, the White Sox, Angels, Yankees, and the defending champion Red Sox facing off in the AL. With that being said, our FINAL 2005 RealGM.com Player Rankings feature the "Best of the Best" as our #1 Player, MVP and Cy Young candidates, Batting Champions, and young rising stars of the great game of baseball. Read more »

Catcher A.J. Pierzynski (3-3, 1 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI's) led the Chicago White Sox to a 14-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of their best-of 5 AL Division Series. Read more »

Haven?t we done this dance before in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2004? Well, it was so much fun that both teams have decided to go at it one more time. The key to this series will be whether or not the Braves can get to the Astros starters early, so that they can?t go deep into games and hand a lead to their bullpen. Read more »

It's playoff time --October, the finest sporting month of the year-- and as always it's gonna be a great one. I don't know if a come-back-from-being-down 3 games to none series is a reasonable demand of this year's baseball postseason. Read more »

Now that we have covered pitching, which everyone knows decides who wins and loses in the playoffs; it is now time to look at the position players. Sadly, this will include the DH in the American League, but they will be downgraded slightly due to emphasis on defense as well as hitting. Read more »