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Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 8 days ago
Eddie Brinkman, who defined good field, no hit, passed away Tuesday at age 66, according to a Detroit Free Press story. The cause and location of his death was not reported. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 2 days ago
Longtime St. Louis Cardinals coach George Kissell passed away Tuesday in Tampa at age 88 of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 2 days ago
ALCS umpires: Tim McClelland, Derryl Cousins, Brian Gorman, Brian O'Nora, Alfonso Marquez, Sam Holbrook ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 8 days ago
During the postseason (and that included Tuesday's tiebreaker game between the Twins and White Sox), Major League Baseball deploys six umpires for each game. This has been the practice since 1947. However, as John Branch of the New York Times asks umpires: does it really help? ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 1 day ago
Former major leaguer Cory Bailey and two other Taiwanese players were suspended by the Chinese Professional Baseball League for possible game fixing, according to a Taipei Times report. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 5 days ago
Coming to you from the Cream City, it's Game 3 of the NLDS between the Phillies and Brewers. ...

Source: www.baseballtoaster.com --- 5 days ago
Welcome to the Conglomerated Game Thread for the Division Series games today: ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 9 days ago
The calendar has turned over to October and over here at the Griddle, I can kick back a little. Teams will be eliminated now not by mathematical formulas, but rather by losing 3 or 4 games before their opponent does. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 7 days ago
Live from Seacaucs, it will be the MLB Network, the first 24/7 baseball only channel. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reports on the ambitious plans for a network that will be taking on ESPN in many ways. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 7 days ago
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Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 8 days ago
Live from (Insert name of troubled financial institution) Park in Philadelphia, it's the first game of the postseason, Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the wild card Milwaukee Brewers and the Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Phillies. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 3 days ago
Although the World Baseball Classic in 2006 was a surprising success, or surprisingly not a disaster, there were lots of disagreements and sniping among teams and national federations about which players would play and who would get paid or get to play. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 7 days ago
Coming to you again from scenic Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, it's Game 2 of the AL Division Series between the White Sox and Rays. Today's goal for the White Sox: keep Evan Longoria from becoming the second coming of Mike Schmidt. ...

Source: www.baseballtoaster.com --- 3 days ago
Held over for at least one more day! It's the ALDS between Tampa Bay and Chicago. The Rays have a 2-1 lead, but still have one more game to play in blackout conditions at US Cellular Field. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 2 days ago
If the Boston Red Sox defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in the upcoming ALCS, there will be a rematch in the World Series, a rematch from the great beyond. The Red Sox won two consecutive five game World Series in 1915 and 1916 against the Phillies and Dodgers. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 4 days ago
Canadians had gotten the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize Labatt Park in London, Ontario as the oldest continuously used baseball diamond in the world. Records show that baseball was played on the site since 1877. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 7 days ago
Nothing screams postseason baseball more than seeing the blue, green yellow, and white of the Tampa Bay Rays running across the FieldTurf of Tropicana Field in front of a screaming crowd of 36,000 people or so, many of them banging cowbells or sounding a klaxon. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 1 day ago
Yesterday, I took a look back at the 1915 World Series and today, for your pregame NLCS reading, I thought I would take a look back at another potential World Series rematch. This would be the 1916 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 9 days ago
Tonight, at 4:37 pm PT, weather permitting, the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox will play what should be the last regular season game of the 2008 season. Both teams finished 162 games with a record of 88-74. ...

Source: griddle.baseballtoaster.com --- 9 days ago
The Chicago White Sox won the AL Central and the final playoff spot with a 1-0 win at home against the Minnesota Twins. ...