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Does pressure exist in baseball? We've made heroes and goats of those who performed -- or didn't perform -- in the game's biggest moments. But those are usually isolated snippets of time in a postseason game, when the results of one at-bat or a few g...

One of the most intriguing aspects of the new playoff format is the wild-card game presents a unique way to manipulate your roster. Tiebreaker games like we've seen in the past were considered regular-season games, so managers had their entire roster...

In a post from late Sunday evening, I mentioned a few reasons the Atlanta Braves could be the National League's surprise team in the playoffs, even if they don't win the NL East title. One reason mentioned was Mike Minor's second-half improvement: 5....

Atlanta Braves fans, you can rest easy. Your team will make the playoffs. There will be no collapse like a season ago. In fact, I suddenly like the Braves' chances to come out of the National League. The Braves' sweep of the Washington Nationals m...

Back when the "Moneyball" Oakland A's made the playoffs four consecutive seasons and averaged 97 wins over a five-year span, it may have been sabermetric principles and exploiting market inefficiencies that eventually received acclaim for the team's ...

I've been asked the question a couple times in my chats and promised readers I would follow up. So I asked our cracked research staff: Has a team made the playoffs with rookies starting at shortstop and catcher? This question applies to the Cincin...

Back on March 31, I wrote a fateful post entitled, "Why the Phillies won't make the playoffs." And, yes, a certain group of fans have not let me forget about it. Nick Pietruszkiewicz, one of the baseball editors here, warned me; he gave me a chanc...

Page 2 presents 100 reasons to love the 2010 MLB postseason.

Coming up with three good, young pitchers in Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder is a freak occurrence.