Bullpen calls a wild-card factor

Some quick house-cleaning before I get to my thoughts on Game 5 of the ALCS. For some reason when I was writing my playoff preview, I thought that ...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: L.A. Dodgers

The Dodgers have a young nucleus that will keep them in the NL West hunt at least for next season. But the Rockies are closing in fast.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Bell could be O's future at third base

...Jones and Chris Tillman, among others, but they also got a season and a half of George Sherrill as a closer before spinning him to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deadline deal that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009

NLCS: Unfamiliar time slot for Sherrill

9:58 p.m. ET No wonder George Sherrill looked so discombobulated after he marched into this game in the fourth inning. Sherrill had made...

Colletti, Dodgers agree on deal

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti agreed to an extension on Tuesday.

Rollins' 9th-inning double gives Phillies 3-1 series lead

Jimmy Rollins lined a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and the Phillies rallied past the Dodgers 5-4 Monday night.

Torre's moves continue to mystify

With Game 2 looming, Dan Rosenheck has already seen enough of Joe Torre: With six pennants, four world championships, and a lifetime .540 winning per...

How the Yankees can slow the Angels

The Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Four difference-makers who could fly under the radar this postseason

...the Dodgers have lefties in both the rotation (Clayton Kershaw and Randy Wolf) and the bullpen (George Sherrill and Hong-Chih Kuo). So, the Phillies are really going to need that right-handed compliment...

Angels present a challenge for Sabathia

The Angels have hit well against left-handed pitchers' fastballs this season, which should make things difficult for CC Sabathia in Game 1 of the ALCS on Friday.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Ruiz highlights five-run inning as Phillies strike first in NLCS

Carlos Ruiz's three-run homer highlighted a five-run fifth inning, Raul Ibanez added a three-run shot in the eighth and the Philadelphia beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 on Thursday night to win the opener of the NL championship series.

...Raul Ibanez #29 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a three run home run off of pitcher George Sherrill of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth inning of Game One of the NLCS during...

Phillies make room for Bruntlett

...will. The Dodgers are also lefty-heavy with Clayton Kershaw, Randy Wolf, Hong-Chih Kuo, and George Sherrill. Bruntlett has hit for a .648 OPS this season and .738 over his career. John Mayberry...

Numbers not on Phillies' side

...when they added Cliff Lee, but the Dodgers got better when they got Vicente Padilla and George Sherrill, and when Manny Ramirez returned to the lineup. No question, Lee's a great pitcher, but...