The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers went into game four of the World Series with the series being dominated by Giants pitching (or, depending on who you ask, dominated by the Tigers lack of hitting). The Giants sent ace Matt Cain to the mound—but during the postseason Cain was more serviceable than ace-like: W L […]
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Game one of the NLCS between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants came and went. It left yet one more Jerk in its wake. Madison Bumgarner got the nod from the Giants and lasted all of 73 pitches. Bumgarner’s performace was a prelude to San Francisco’s 6-4 game one loss. In 3.2
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Alex Rodriguez played baseball on Thursday night. Or a more accurate description: he held a piece of wood in his hands and tried to hit a little white ball. Hitting that little white ball didn’t go so well and New York fans probably wish A-Rod would just go away at this point. The Baltimore Orioles
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The San Francisco Giants were on the brink of elimination Tuesday night. Down two games to none they faced Cincinnati Reds righty Homer Bailey who pitched liked he had Zeus’s hand planted firmly in his butt. To make a long game short: Bailey delivered the goods. He went seven solid innings, striking out 10 and
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The St. Louis Cardinals got to Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann and they got to him early. In an MLB playoff season that was leaning in favor of the away team, the Cardinals did everything in their power to reverse that trend. Zimmermann just never looked right on Monday night—kind of like the ads for Cougartown
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Sometimes a stat just jumps out at us here at Baseball Jerks. We call it a ‘Jerk-Stat.’ A Jerk-Stat is a stat that echoes the futility we see sometimes see on the field. Today’s Jerk-Stat: Home teams are just 2-6 during the playoffs entering Monday’s Divisional Series games. Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com tweeted: Of 10
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