Bruising Home Plate Collisions Jar MLB Playoffs
There's nothing funny about body-jarring crashes in baseball. But these are the playoffs, and home plate smashups are part of the game.
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There's nothing funny about body-jarring crashes in baseball. But these are the playoffs, and home plate smashups are part of the game.
Not all businesses are cashing in on the Texas Rangers success with t-shirt and hat sales.
Game 1 of the ALCS is Saturday, either at the New York Yankees or home against Detroit. The Tigers and Yankees play the deciding game of their series Thursday night.
Adrian Beltre hit three straight home runs and the Texas Rangers powered themselves back into the AL championship series, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday to win their playoff matchup.
Colby Lewis outpitched David Price, and the defending AL champions survived to hold off the Rays 4-3 on Monday in Game 3 of the ALDS.
Rays pitcher David Price will get a chance to face the only AL opponent he's never beaten, when he goes against the Rangers in ALDS Game 3.
Mike Napoli had a tying two-run single before Tampa Bay starter James Shields threw two wild pitches to the same batter, and the Texas Rangers went on to an 8-6 victory over the Rays in Game 2 of the AL division series Saturday night.
C.J. Wilson wanted to lead the Texas Rangers the way Cliff Lee did last postseason. It didn't work out, at least not in Game 1.
Matt Moore was the ultimate wild card. Making only his second major league start, Moore looked like an ace in pitching seven innings of two-hit ball Friday as the improbable Tampa Bay Rays opened the real playoffs with a 9-0 victory over the defending AL champion Texas Rangers.
There was cheering in the press box. That social faux paus is never allowed in Major League Baseball, and will generally get a stern voice over the intercom reminding members of the press such actions are not allowed. Today was different.
When it comes to winning, many fans credit not just the players on the field, but their own actions in the stands.
If you were to walk around Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Friday afternoon, you would swear time had reversed 6 months.
The Texas Rangers make to it the post season for the second year in a row, and as luck would have it- this year is a repeat of the 2010 ALDS match-up against the Tampa Bay Rays.
It seems like a repeat of the 2010 season, but this year the Texas Rangers begin the ALDS with home field advantage as they battle the Tampa Bay Rays.
Arlington's economy will get a big boost this weekend from sports fans from across the country.
