Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – One pitcher came into the World Series with a reputation for pitching well in big games. The other was James Shields. San Francisco left-hander Madison Bumgarner continued to cement his status as the best postseason pitcher […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals are back in the World Series for the first time in 29 years. If they want to nail down their first title since that 1985 season, though, they’ll have to get past […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – You can’t teach experience. That’s one advantage the San Francisco Giants have entering their third World Series in the last five years. It’s been 29 years since the upstart Cinderella Kansas City Royals were in the […]
It’s a matchup nobody envisioned at the beginning of the playoffs, let alone the start of the season, as the Royals and Giants become the first World Series matchup between wild card teams since the Angels beat San Francisco in […]
St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco Giants made one change to their roster for the National League Championship Series against St. Louis, adding outfielder Michael Morse in place of Gary Brown. Morse will give the Giants some pop […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – For the fifth straight year either the San Francisco Giants or St. Louis Cardinals will be representing the National League at the World Series. St. Louis eyes its second straight World Series appearance and its third in the […]
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco Giants announced their 25-man roster for the best-of-five National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals beginning on Friday. The Giants advanced to the NLDS with an 8-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates […]
Washington gave the District of Columbia its first taste of postseason baseball since 1933 in 2012, as the Nationals returned to the playoffs for the first time since 1981 when they were known as the Montreal Expos. Despite having the […]
Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco Giants will have 10 pitchers available for Wednesday’s National League wild card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Madison Bumgarner will start the contest at PNC Park. Jake Peavy and Yusmeiro Petit, members of […]
Pittsburgh’s run ended with a National League Division Series loss to St. Louis, but the Pirates are back in the playoffs after an 88-74 finish that nearly nabbed them an NL Central title. The Pirates, who won 17 of their […]