Texas Rangers left behind in giant footprint
Did that really just happen? That's what Nolan Ryan along with the entire Texas Ranger organization has got to be asking themselves after falling far short in the World Series to a San Francisco Giants squad who had to wait 56 years to bring another title home for the franchise.
World Series features a team making its first appearance in franchise history
The big stage is now set in the Major League Baseball (MLB), and the set of the 2010 World Series is welcoming a few unexpected guests in the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers, whose appearance wasn't quite expected. Perhaps to the shock and disappointment of many fans, there's a few new bats in town that took pleasure in knocking the same old cats out of this year's picture.
Defending league champs, Phillies and Yankees, look to come back from being down in their respectiv
Last year's league champion Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, came into this seasons playoffs looking to run the table again and meet up for another World Series rematch. Both teams made it look like that was a good possibility, as they swept past their opponents in the divisional series.
Bad calls lead to ejections and shattered dreams of teams in playoffs
The American League Championship Series starts Friday night, matching the defending world champion New York Yankees against the Texas Rangers, while the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies starts Saturday.
With four teams remaining, the League Championship Series are set to launch tomorrow
For the most part, there weren't many surprises in the divisional round of the MLB playoffs. The teams that had a reputation to uphold and were supposed to dominate, stuck to the script and took care of business. Those that weren't given much of a chance from the start, proved why as they stepped aside allowing their opponents to roll past with little resistance.
MLB’s eight best teams enter the playoffs and fight to stay alive
And then there were eight. After 162 games, eight teams outlasted the rest and fought hard enough to earn the right to play in the second season. The 2010 MLB postseason welcomes back some familiar teams, last years' World Series champion New York Yankees as well as their opponents, the Philadelphia Phillies.
BU drops three of four, beating top team in the PSAC-East in weekend finale, avoiding sweep
The Bloomsburg University baseball team lost three of its four games to Kutztown this past weekend as part of a home and home series, falling to 14-28 on the season. In game one of the Saturday double header, the Huskies fell behind in the first inning, but Bloomsburg senior Tony Donofry tied the game up with a lead off solo home run in the bottom of the inning.
Donofry, Ianiero, Tressler, and Lloyd carry the team to splits with Mansfield and Lock Haven
And down the stretch they come. With just nine games left in the season, the Bloomsburg University baseball team has shown their true colors over the past six games. They've shown that at times they can be extremely productive offensively, piling up runs in the double digits with ease.
Bloomsburg uses hot bats and timely pitching to win three out of four in past week
For most of the season, the Bloomsburg Huskies baseball team has been able to pitch and hit very well at different times throughout the season. The problem has consistently been putting pitching and hitting together in one game and put together a complete performance on back to back days.
Bloomsburg pitching finally comes around, but is accompanied by lack of hitting in three losses
For the first month of the baseball season, clutch hitting throughout their lineup has kept the Bloomsburg Huskies afloat. In most games, the Huskies were able to put up double-digit run totals, but weren't coming up with the ‘W' because of a plethora of woeful pitching performances that doomed the team.
Huskies swept four games in a row by West Chester
With the beginning of a new PSAC season, there was a new opportunity for the Bloomsburg baseball team. For a squad coming off a 17-29 (5-19 PSAC) record in 2009, it was a chance for the Huskies to do some spring cleaning and brush the cob webs off following a 4-12 southern non-league swing that saw the Huskies lose mainly because of their pitching deficiencies.
Huskies still working out early season kinks during play in North Carolina
The Bloomsburg University baseball team traveled to Lenoir-Rhyne University this past weekend, dropping three out of the four games that were played. The Huskies were battered in the first game, as host team Lenoir-Rhyne showed them no mercy as they out-batted, out-hit, and out-scored Bloomsburg University.
Team sets out to prove they aren’t the basement dwellers people expect them to be
The Husky baseball team is coming off a disappointing season finishing 18-29 and last in the PSAC conference. As if missing out on the playoffs wasn't enough motivation, they were also picked to finish last in the PSAC-East for the second year in a row.