Entries Tagged as ‘Rockies’

October 29, 2007

2007 Baseball Awards

It’s over ladies and gentlemen. 2007 was a great baseball season filled with records, magic, underdogs, and juggernauts. Now it’s time to take a look back and pick my Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, and MVP awards. These are my picks, not the actual winners, though I’m hoping they closely align.
 AL [...]

October 26, 2007

Red Sox 2 – Rockies 0: The Sox Can’t be Stopped

Ubaldo Jimenez? Really? As someone who generally follows the American League much closer than the National League, I was awfully surprised to hear Ubaldo Jimenez was pitching game 2. I’m just so used to seeing bigger names in postseason play. I didn’t know much about this guy, just that he threw hard.
 And throw hard he [...]

October 22, 2007

World Series: Red Sox – Rockies

The Red Sox have done it again. After spectacular pitching performances by Schilling, Beckett, and Matsuzaka, as well as the offence waking up a little, the Sox climbed out of a 3-1 hole against what I think is a lesser team in the Indians.
 Yes, I put Matsuzaka in that category. I know he only went [...]

October 2, 2007

Postseason ‘07

October. I love it. This is what baseball fans wait all year for. This year has a completely different look to it. Last year was a year where the Red Sox collapsed due to injury, the Tigers were the young guns proving they belong. Only the Yankees and Padres were in the playoffs last year [...]

September 12, 2007

2007’s Best Playoff Races

I love September baseball. In recent years, it’s come down to the wire. Every game matters. I expect 2007 to be no different, giving fans a reason to watch right up until playoffs start. Here is a rundown of all 8 playoff races, in order of how good I think each race will be.
#1 [...]