Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals

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Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Baseball Analysts, which Bryan Smith and I co-founded in early 2005, is fast approaching its five-year anniversary. The new site was the result of a merger between Bryan's Wait 'Til Next Year and my Baseball Beat, whose origins go back to the spring of 2003. Over the ensuing years, Baseball Analysts has witnessed Bryan's departure in 2006, followed by the additions of Jeff Albert that fall; Patrick...

Andre's Biggest Games - 11 Games of 5 RBIs or More

Andre Dawson for the Hall of Fame (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Hall of Fame players have big games; they can carry an offense and intimidate a pitching staff on any given day, which was often the case in Andre's career. He had 11 games during his career of at least 5 RBIs or more.* 1977, July 4th - vs. Chicago Cubs, Won 19-3 Game Stats: In 6 ABs - 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 3 Hits, and 2 Runs 1985, April 27th - vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Won 8-3 Game Stats: In 5 ABs - 1 HR,...

SB Nation N.L. MVP: Albert Pujols

Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a two-run home run in the in the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » No surprise there. Here are the full results (again, after the jump, because the charts don't fit): Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th...

A boatload of postseason awards

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Because I've been away for a few days I've fallen behind on a couple of things, including the unveiling of the SBN and IBWAA postseason awards. My apologies. Let's start with the SBN Awards: If you read any of the other SBN baseball sites, you may have seen some of these, but if you don't, they're new to you. Two BCB writers contributed to each of the NL awards: I had one vote, and TheJay had the other....

SB Nation NL Manager of the Year

True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP "So Clint, it is May 27. The Dodgers are about to sweep us to make our record 18-28. You are the manager. What are the odds that one of us will win manager of the year this season? Clint? Clint? Are you awake?" Browse more photos » The fine blogs of SB Nation got together and voted on all the major awards as the season closed. The awards...

• SB Nation Baseball Awards (MOY Edition) - FishStripes
• SBN Awards: NL Manager of the Year - McCovey Chronicles
• See the 15 articles on the same subject

60:1? Really?

Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Yes, yes, it's stupidly early for an odds-on look ahead, but the world of gambling never sleeps. According to Bodog.net, the odds for each MLB team to win the 2010 World Series are as follows ... New York Yankees: 11/4 Boston Red Sox: 13/2 Philadelphia Phillies: 9/1 Los Angeles Angels: 10/1 St. Louis Cardinals: 10/1 Los Angeles Dodgers: 11/1 Chicago Cubs: 15/1 New York Mets: 15/1 Tampa Bay Rays: 15/1...

New York Yankees World Series 2009 Champion

The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

It was predicted and it came true. The New York Yankees is the World Series 2009 Champion! This is the Yankees 27th World Series title.List of New York Yankees World Series season championship titles:1923 Won World Series vs. New York Giants, 4–21927 Won World Series vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 4–01928 Won World Series vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 4–01932 Won World Series vs. Chicago Cubs,...

The daily list: Up against it

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

The Phillies won Game 5 of the World Series on Monday while facing elimination against the Yankees. Only five teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven World Series: 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators 1958 New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves 1968 Tigers over St. Louis Cardinals

• For the Phillies, Charted Ground - Bats
• When down 3 games to 2 in the World Series . . . - The Hardball Times

Let's talk about the past just this once

Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP 3 days ago: FILE -- This is an Aug. 7, 2009, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Pittsburgh. Nearly two weeks after his team was swept in the first round of the playoffs, Tony La Russa is still trying to decide whether he wants to return for a 15th season as St. Louis Cardinals...

Perry Hill Speaks Out

Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP 2 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates first base coach Perry Hill (8) and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, left, come to the aide of a fan who was hit by a foul ball down the first baseline in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. Pirates's Garrett Jones was the batter. The fan was taken by paramedics from the...

Coming back from 2-0

Sports In-Depth: Baseball Edition (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Teams who have been down 2-0 in a 7 game (or greater) series and won, since 1903: 1921 World Series 5-3 NY Giants over NY Yankees (Yankees won Game 1 at on the road and game 2 at home) 1955 World Series 4-3 Brooklyn Dodgers over NY Yankees 1956 World Series 4-3 NY Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers 1958 World Series 4-3 NY Yankees over Milwaukee Braves 1965 World Series 4-3 LA Dodgers over Minnesota Twins...

Top 50 PRE-SEASON Hitting Prospects in Review

Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Here is the Top 50 PRE-SEASON Hitting Prospects list from the 2009 book. Remember, this was the PRE-SEASON list. I always do a post-mortem on the list every year to see how things panned out. Top 50 Hitting Prospects for 2009 1) Matt Wieters , C, Baltimore Orioles Hit .288/.340/.412 in 96 games for the Orioles. He was hot late in the season and I still expect him to be an excellent player. The power...