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Wild Card American League Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals The first of the two wild card games features two teams that had very different paths into the postseason. The Royals finally ended their drought of not making the playoffs since 1985, meanwhile the Athletics once appeared to be on their way to another AL west division title and…

The National league wild card race has turned into a very unexpected and interesting one with two weeks left in the regular season. The most deciding race to determine the wild card might be the NL West division race. The Los Angeles Dodgers currently have a 3 game lead ahead of the San Francisco Giants after taking two out of three games in their…

For a Major League pitcher, protecting teammates from getting hit by pitches is part of the game. Retaliation for an intentional hit batsmen is expected. However, throwing at another hitter after a teammate gets hit unintentionally -- even if hurt -- is way out of line. That scenario played out Saturday night late in the game between the Arizona…

Pitchers in the National League have to understand the reality that no matter how well they pitch the chances of winning a Cy Young award are very slim. With the dominant Clayton Kershaw entrenched in the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation for almost the next decade, there is very little chance to overtake him as the league’s best pitcher. Others can…