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When people ask me what was the greatest baseball game I ever saw, I always say it was Game Six of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. The Mets won that game 7-6 in 16 innings to advance to the World Series. It was a game that was filled with so much drama, passion,áand intensity that you could feel it with every ...

According to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald, the Florida Marlins have decided to retain Fredi Gonzalez as manager of the team. There was a lot of speculation that GonzalezÆs job was in jeopardy after team executives Larry Beinfest and David Samson deemed the Marlins season as ôdisappointing.ö There were also plenty of rumors that team owner Jeffrey Loria was unhappy with the team not making the playoffs. In case you missed ...

Last year, I went 4-for-4 in predicting the American League and National League Division Series. I thought they were some of the easiest matchups to predict in quite some time. This year? Not so much. This yearÆs matchups are pretty tough. But after playing out some scenarios in my mind for the last week, I am pretty confident in my Division Series picks. Here are my predictions for the NLDS. I will give ...

According to ESPNÆs Buster Olney, the Milwaukee Brewers have re-signed closer Trevor Hoffman to a one year, $8 million contract for 2010 with a mutual option for 2011. When the Brewers signed Hoffman last offseason, I thought he would get his 30-40 saves and have an ERA around four. But despite his K/9 decreasing and his BB/9 increasing, Hoffman turned in one of his best statistical seasons in 2009. Hoffman had 37 ...

Before the regular season started, I gave some predictions on some prop bets for the baseball season. Now that the regular season is almost over, I thought it would be a good time today to look back at some of those predictions I made. All lines were curtesy of Bodoglife.com á Player Bets Aubrey Huff. Over/Under 23-1/2 HrÆs û I like the Over Huff had 15 HRs Dustin Pedroia. Over/Under 40-1/2 Doubles û I like ...

ItÆs been a bad day so far for baseball GMÆs. First, it was JP Ricciardi getting the ax in Toronto this morning and now it is Kevin Towers. The San Diego Padres announced today they will not bring back Towers as GM in 2010. Towers has spent 14 seasons as the PadresÆ GM and they have won four division titles and made one World Series appearance (1998) under his stewardship. CEO Jeff Moorad has ...

Yesterday, I wrote that the Toronto Blue Jays' offseasonáhadá"massive team blow upö written all over it. Well, the blow up started this morning. According to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse, JP Ricciardi was fired as Toronto Blue JaysÆ GM. Assistant GM Alex Anthopoulos will take over on an interim basis. ôThis was a tough decision and a difficult one for me personally as I have enjoyed J.P.Æs friendship and his perspective on the ...

In a move that comes as a little bit of a surprise, the Baltimore Orioles will pick up manager Dave TrembleyÆs option for 2010. This means Trembley will be back to manager the Orioles. I say the move is a little surprising because the Orioles have played so bad down the stretch (they have 13 out of 15), there would be pressure on GM Andy MacPhail to replace Trembley. But according ...

According to FoxSports.comÆs Ken Rosenthal, Toronto Blue Jays players are fed up with manager Cito Gaston and donÆt want him to return in 2010. ôItÆs nearly a mutiny right now,ö one source says. ôHe has lost the entire team.ö Sources say the playersÆ primary complaints are GastonÆs lack of communication, old-school approach and negativism. It seems to me there is a perfect storm making itÆs way into Toronto and itÆs coming to a ...

The National League playoff field is set. With todayÆs 9-2 beatdown of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Colorado Rockies clinched their second playoff berth in three years. St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and now the Rockies will represent the National League in the 2009 postseason. ItÆs been a crazy year for the Rockies, trading arguably their best player, Matt Holliday, in the offseason, and lost arguably their best pitcher in ...