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MLB Playoffs – Royals vs Angels Game 1 Predictions
The opening game of the ALDS between the Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals is something of an end to a playoff drought, one short, the other one extremely long, for both teams, but also a head to head between teams that represent a very different approach to building a contender in Baseball today.
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MLB Playoffs – Tigers vs Orioles Game 1 Predictions
The real playoffs of the 2014 MLB season begins with the ALDS and game 1 between the Detroit Tigers, the more experienced and favorites in this match-up, and the Baltimore Orioles, who actually have the better record despite not possessing the same kind of star power on their team.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Pitch Perfect, Pittsburgh Pirates Going Home
Going home or staying home? It doesn’t matter. The San Francisco Giants win the NL Wild Card game with a dominant, complete game performance from Madison Bumgarner, starring in a 8-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, looking completely out of their league in their short postseason experience for the 2014 season.
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MLB Playoffs – Giants vs Pirates Predictions
For the San Francisco Giants, a bad year seems to be followed by winning the world series, so expectations are high towards their NL Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that’s not used to consistency when it comes to making the postseason.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Go Through, Oakland Athletics Just Tragic
The AL Wild Card game should have been a pitcher’s duel, but turned out to be a slug fest which eventually ended as the Kansas City Royals got a 12th inning, walk-off single from Salvador Perez, advancing them to the ADLS on a 9-8 win over the Oakland Athletics, completing their collapse which began almost two months ago.
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MLB Playoffs – Athletics vs Royals Wild Card Game Predictions
The Oakland Athletics have barely made it, but they’re in the postseason, hoping to shake off whatever’s been holding them back for two months. The Kansas City Royals are carrying positive momentum in their first playoff appearance after almost 30 years, with the crowd on their side for this win-or-go-home AL Wild Card game.
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MLB Playoffs – Oakland Athletics Hang On, Seattle Mariners Too Late
Despite their terrible finish to the season, the Oakland Athletics win their final game against the Texas Rangers (4-0) and make into the playoffs, setting themselves with a Wild Card game. The Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1, but their efforts and another fantastic pitching performance from Felix Hernandez were too late to take advantage of the A’s collapse.
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MLB Playoffs – Seattle Mariners Still Alive, Oakland Athletics Blow Chance
One thing left to settle in the MLB Playoffs picture: Who joins the Los Angeles Angels from the AL West as the wild card team? The Oakland Athletics had an opportunity to clinch their spot but lost 5-4 to the Texas Rangers, leaving the opening to the Seattle Mariners after they beat the Angels 2-1. […]
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Make It, Oakland Athletics Almost In
For the first time in 29 years, the Kansas City Royals are going to be part of Major League Baseball’s postseason in one way or another, beating the Chicago White Sox 3-1 to ensure at least a place in the Wild Card game, while the Oakland A’s, able to stop the slide over the last week, beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 to put themselves one win away from clinching the spot.
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New York Yankees – Derek Jeter Says Goodbye Properly
Not making the playoffs wasn’t the way Derek Jeter wanted to end his 20-year Major League Baseball career, but he gave himself and the New York Yankees a proper send off from the home stadium by hitting a walk-off single to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5, and finally give the fans something to cheer about in a mostly depressing season.