Ex-Pirates in the 2011 Playoffs (plus programming note)

Here are the ex-Pirates whose teams made the postseason: Rangers: Mike Gonzalez Tigers: Don Kelly Rays: None Yankees: None Diamondbacks: Lyle Overbay Brewers: Nyjer Morgan Cardinals: Octavio Dotel, Arthur Rhodes* Phillies:  None *Rhodes was officially a Pirate for two weeks but never played for the team. The above list is just from my perusal of the [...]

LCS Predictions

Can’t do much worse than I did in the first round. Texas over New York  in 7 San Francisco over Philadelphia in 6 Texas over San Francisco in 6

Postseason predictions

By popular demand; my postseason picks. Tampa over Texas in 5 Minnesota over New York in 4 Philadelphia over Cincinnati in 3 Atlanta over San Francisco in 5 Tampa over Minnesota in 5 Philadelphia over Atlanta in 5 Tampa over Philadelphia in 6 Full disclosure: My preseason picks are listed over at Wezen-ball. I correctly [...]

Hinske and Postseason Appearances

A fair amount has been made of Eric Hinske being on three consecutive AL pennant winners. This seems to me more of a coincidence to me than an actual accomplishment. However, all the talk has reminded me of Candy Maldonado who – when I was young – always seemed to be playing in the postseason. [...]