Baseball Historians

September 30, 1986 at Olympic Stadium 
Expos 1, Mets 0  (103-54)
The Mets had their worst offensive game of the season by being shutout and held to only two hits.  Gary Carter’s double and Lenny Dykstra’s single were the only hits of the game.
Ron Darling had a great outing go to waste and he dropped to [...]

Alright, I’m a glass half full kind of guy.  I know the Tigers lost to the Royals and they lost ugly.  The Twins lost as well though, so a Twins loss today (they’re way down in the seventh inning) and a Tigers win tonight give the Tigers the AL Central crown.
The downside to the Tigers [...]

September 30, 1906 at Southside Park
White Sox 8, Senators 5  (89-55)
The White Sox won their fifth straight game in the opener of a double header with the Washington Senators.  Frank Owen gave up the lead in the fifth inning but the White Sox stormed back and Ed Walsh picked things up nicely out of the pen.  [...]

Even when it doesn’t matter, the Yankees play like they’re supposed to.  With home field advantage on the line, the Yankees are one game ahead of the Twins and Tigers.  I know they have the tie break over the Tigers but I’m not sure about the Twins.  Regardless, the Yankees will probably need two wins [...]

Man, this is bitter sweet.  The good news is, we’ve gone most of the season without a really effective Pedro and still finished with the best record in the National League.  The bad news is, you knew he’d be money and a difference maker.  Now that World Series win doesn’t seem as firmly in the [...]

Alright, it all comes down to these final three games.  The Twins are in the playoffs, but they can avoid playing the Yankees on the road in the first round.  They probably need a sweep (along with some help) to do it, but there’s still a solid chance.
Monday was the day the Twins clinched a [...]

September 29, 1976 at San Diego Stadium 
Padres 6, Reds 1  (100-59)
Padres starter Brent Strom held the Reds to a single run on only three hits in a loss to the Padres.  Tony Petez drove home George Foster in the eighth inning to account for the only Reds’ run.
Fred Norman gave up six runs (five [...]

Well, this looks like it’s the beginning of the end.  The only way the Phillies can win the Wild Card outright is if they win their last three AND the Dodgers lose their last three.  Worst case scenario, the Phillies are playing this weekend with that final playoff spot in the Dodgers hands.  And all [...]

The Tigers enter their final regular season series of the season tied with Minnesota Twins after a loss to the Blue Jays and a Twins win yesterday.  The good news is, the Twins are no longer playing the Royals.  The even better news is, the Tigers now get to play the only team that has [...]

By Thaq Diesel
The Cardinals are indeed doing an impersonation of the 1987 Blue Jays.  In fact, St. Louis may be heading toward one of the worst collapses of all time to end a season.  Sadly, the Astros are capitalizing on it more than the Reds to this point, but we’re three games (well with the St. Louis [...]

I like saying that, even if it was just a two game series. Regardless, the Cubs took both games of a two game series against another team out of contention.  Woo hoo.
The Cubs turned on the offense on Tuesday.  Sean Marshall was solid through six innings and Henry Blanco had four hits and four RBIs [...]

These past four wins have been nothing short of huge.  With today’s win, the Dodgers will be no worse then one game ahead of the Phillies and one game back of the Padres.  If they get some help, the Dodgers are tied for the NL West and two games ahead of the Phillies with only [...]

Well, as expected, the Angels fell out of contention for the AL West division title this week.  The Angels lasted until Tuesday when an A’s win and an Angels loss put the Oakland A’s into the playoffs.  Regardless, the Angels won two of three against the Rangers and with a sweep over the A’s, they [...]

September 28, 1986 at Three Rivers Stadium 
Mets 4, Pirates 1  (103-53)
The Mets completed their sweep of the Pirates with another eleven inning pitchers dual.  Bob Ojeda had a one run lead and a three hit shutout when Jim Morrison hit a solo homerun with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to send [...]

September 28, 1976 at San Diego Stadium 
Reds 5, Padres 4  (100-58)
For the second straight season the Cincinnati Reds won 100 times during the regular season.  It was the franchise’s first back to back 100 win seasons in it’s storied history.  Jack Billingham walked away with the win despite Will McEnaney almost blowing the lead [...]

The Red Sox are now down to their final series.  They’ll host the Orioles for three games and just like that, the season will be over with.  Sigh.
The Red Sox moved temporarily back into second place on Tuesday with a win over the Devil Rays.  Curt Schilling made his final start of the season and [...]

Alright, the White Sox are now officially done.  They won’t be defending their World Series from last year and while that’s dissappointing, I think White Sox fans know that this team will be right back in the mix next year.
The loss on Monday put us out of it and man was it ugly.  Jon Garland [...]

Sometimes excitement is good and sometimes it’s bad.  The excitement over the past week has definitely been bad as the Cardinals looked like they might have a near historic collapse.  Thankfully, Albert Pujols came through for the club again and the Cardinals are now a little bit closer to winning the division.
The Padres touched up Jeff [...]

The game lasted until close to 11 pm and I didn’t get home until midnight so I’m running on fumes today.  This was a tough game for Nate Robertson.  Four homeruns although the Blue Jays are stacked with good right handed hitters so you’d expect him to have a tough time now and then against [...]

September 27, 1906 at Southside Park
White Sox 4, Senators 2  (88-55)
The White Sox came one step closer to their first American League pennant when they beat the Washington Senators 4-2 at home today.  Frank Owen was solid in the win and he gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
The [...]

September 27, 1986 at Three Rivers Stadium 
Mets 4, Pirates 2  (102-53)
The Mets continued to add to their franchise record win total as they topped the Pirates in eleven innings.  The Pirates got on the board early off of Dwight Gooden and an RBI double by rookie Barry Bonds capped off a rally that gave [...]

September 27, 1976 at San Diego Stadium 
Padres 5, Reds 3  (99-58)
Santo Alcala gave up three runs in the bottom of the eighth and blew a one run lead late in the game as the Reds lost to the Padres.  Alcala dropped to 11-4 on the season.  Don Gullett didn’t get a decision, and he [...]

I’ve recently partnered with a new sports forum site called The Score Boards.  I’ll be setting up a section for a game chat for each game so if you’re at your computer while you’re watching the game, stop by and we can talk Tigers.  Of course I won’t be around tonight because I’ll be at [...]

Those Twins definitely aren’t making things easy for us.  They’ve matched the Tigers four game winning streak so while that magic number is coming down, it’s not coming down fast enough.  Even after the Tigers 95th win yesterday, the Twins still sit one game back of Detroit.
Placido Polanco was the man in only his second [...]

September 26, 1906 at Southside Park
White Sox 2, Americans 0  (87-55)
The White Sox extended their American League lead to two games with third straight win over the Boston Americans.  Ed Walsh pitched another shutout and he gave up only six hits in an outstanding pitching performance.
George Davis had the only extra base hit of the [...]

September 26, 1986 at Three Rivers Stadium 
Mets 3, Pirates 1  (101-53)
Sid Fernandez held the Pirates in check as he improved to 16-6 on the season.  He gave up a single run on eight hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings of work.  Roger McDowell came in and held the Pirates scoreless.  He earned his [...]

September 26, 1976 at Dodger Stadium 
Dodgers 2, Reds 1  (99-57)
The Reds fell a single run short as they failed to win their 100th game of the season.  Ken Griffey had three hits and Don Werner went two for two with a walk and the only Reds’ RBI of the game.
Pat Zachry took the loss [...]

September 26, 1926 at Crosley Field
Reds 2, Cardinals 1  (89-65)

The final game of the season, which had the top two teams in the National League going head to head, was anticlimactic because of a late September slide by the Reds.  Hi Bell threw a very nice game and left with a 1-0 lead by Bill [...]

The Twins clinched at least a Wild Card yesterday so after missing the post season last year, the Twins will get another chance to make a run at their first World Series since 2001.  Congratulations to the team and good luck in the playoffs.

The Mets dropped three of four to the Nationals this weekend.    It’s hard to tell whether this matters or not because the Mets have little to play for. It’s just worrisome because the track record of teams that clinch early isn’t all that great.  Hopefully Willie Randolph is keeping the boys in check.
David Wright hit [...]