The 2007 ALDS roster has been announced. There’s are a couple surprises, including the absence of Tim Wakefield, who is dealing with back issues. The more problems Wake has, the more I worry that this might be his last season in Boston, or in the majors; I hope that’s not the case, but […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks won the NL West this season with a negative run differential - that is, they allowed more runs than they scored over the course of the season. Since the beginning of the two-tiered playoff system in 1995, only two other teams have ever mad the postseason while being outscored on the […]

A two-in-one post this morning, even thought I’m sick, tired, and mildly crushed in the soul for unspecified, non-baseball reasons.

First, we have tomorrow evening’s playoff opener - the first time since 1990 that the first game of a Red Sox postseason will be played in Boston (95, 98, and 99 were in Cleveland, 03 was […]