Baseball Historians

NL Post Season Awards-
NL MVP-
Ryan Howard-Phillies-48 Homers and a big presence for the World Champs…. Greats stats on a winning team and carried the O with 2b Chase Utley slumping power numbers wise…. GREAT Subway ads!!!
NL CY YOUNG-
Brad Lidge- Phillies-Those laughing check his stat line…You trying pitching in that ball park and go 54 [...]

Well, I had 1 on the WS teams right— the Phillies— Better than most!
Hats off to both teams. As a fan of two teams(Red Sox and Mets) that came up short, every Phillies and Rays fans should enjoy this! I think this will be an exciting series and either club can win with some [...]

Man is it tough being a Pirates fan.  It’s been forever since we’ve had a .500 season and even the minor league system had a tough time.  And that’s both on and off the field because while the Pirates may have gotten the crown jewel of the draft, it almost looked like we weren’t going [...]

Philadelphia Phillies vs the Los Angeles Dodgers
Series Keys-
1- Home field- Both teams won all 4 games at their stadiums,  Philly has the extra home game.
2- Bullpen- Phillies have a closer that was perfect in save situations with all star Brad Lidge. Dodgers have Jonathan Broxton(14 saves,13 holds, 8 blown saves), who took over mid season [...]

Philadelphia Phillies vs Milwaukee Brewers
Phillies
Strengths- Excellent offense even with LF Pat Burrell’s back acting up… 2b Chase Utley and 1b Ryan Howard form the best right side of the infield in baseball… good speed with SS Jimmy Rollins and Cf Shane Victorino…. 4 solid ML starters, led by LH Cole Hamels and veteran RH Jamie [...]

Game 162 Recap-
Back to back homers by 1b Adam Laroche and RF Steve Pearce were enough,as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres 6-1 Sunday at Petco Field.  RH RP Tyler Yates earned the win with a great 8th inning.(Struck out the side) Both Laroche brothers- 3b Andy- had 2 hits to pace the [...]

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Game 159 Recap-
An impaired Ryan Braun hit a walk off grand slam to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 in 10 innings Thursday night at Miller Park in Wisconsin. The Brewers maintained their tie with the New York Mets for the NL wild card with the thriller. Each team has 3 games [...]

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2nd overall pick, Vanderbilt 3b Pedro Alvarez, ended a long contract dispute that was close to hitting the courts, by signing a 4 yr/6.4 deal. He had signed the disputed deal minutes after the midnight Aug 15th dealine but the new deal ends all issues and gives the talent starved Pirates. Over 170 college games, [...]

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Game 147 Recap-
The red hot Houston Astros got a complete game performance and 2 rbi from Roy Oswalt(15-9,3.54) to help them defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 Thursday night at Minute Maid Park in Texas.  The win(14 of 15) allows the ‘Stros to pull within 3 games of the wild card leading Milwaukee Brewers. Their 36-16 [...]

Game 145 Recap-
SS Miguel Tejada’s 6th inning grand slam broke open a close game and helped the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Wednesday  at Minute Maid Park in Texas. Houston has won 5 straight,13 of 14 and are within 4 games of the wild card leading Milwaukee Brewers. Veteran RH Brian Moehler(11-6) went [...]

Game 144 Recap-
Houston 1b Lance Berkman had a huge day with bat, with a rbi double and 3 run homer while scoring 3 runs, while leading the Astros to a 9-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Minute Maid Park in Texas Tuesday night. Houston has won 12 of 13, 15 of 20 and 29-11 [...]

Game 143 Recap-
The red hot Houston Astros scored all 3 runs in the 5th, hi-lighted by a home run from a mid-day minor league call up, leading them to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Minute Maid Park in Texas. Rookie PH Mark Saccomanno homered in the 5th in his 1st major league [...]

Game 142 Recap-
The San Francisco Giants exploded for a 10 run 4th inning and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-6 Sunday at AT&T Park in California. With a lineup that featured 6 rookies, C Pablo Sandoval led the way with 5 rbis. The big inning featured 9 hits and 2 errors, marking the biggest inning [...]

Game 141 Recap-
The San Francisco Giants used a big 5 run 7th inning to rally and defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday night in California.  Pittsburgh built a 4-1 lead and San Francisco exploded for 5 runs in the 7th, hi-lighted by 1b Scott McClain’s 2 run homer. The win marked the Giants first win vs [...]

Game 140 Recap-
Veteran LH Zach Duke pitched a 6 hitter and a small earthquake rocked the Bay area, as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants, 7-0. The quake occured around 9 pm and was strongest about 30 miles East, the good news? No major injuries, building collapses,etc. LF Brandon Moss drove in 3 [...]

Game 139 Recap-
1b Joey Votto’s rbi single put the Red ahead for good, capping his big day(2 for 5,homer,run,2 rbi) , helping Cincinnati defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-6 Thursday afternoon in Ohio.  SS Jeff Keppinger added 2 rbi and LF Wilkin Castillo scored twice for the Reds.
The Pirates started strong, going up 5-0 in the [...]

Game 138 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied behind the Brother tandem of Adam and Andy Laroche to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Wednesday at Great American Ball Park in Ohio. Adam(1B) and Andy(3b) had back to back rbi singles in the decisive 8th inning after Andy(right) put the Pirates up 4-3 in the 6th. The rally [...]

Game 123 Recap-
Future hall of famer Pedro Martinez(4-3,4.96) pitched 7 innings for the 1st time this season, while SS Jose  Reyes and C Ramon Castro each had 2 hits, 2 rbi and homered.  Martinez allowed 8 hits and 1 run while striking out 4 & a walk, while pitching into the 7th for only the [...]

Game 122 Recap-
Mets RH Mike Pelfrey(11-8,3.91) was great over 7 innings and got some huge defensive plays from 3b David Wright and CF Carlos Beltran, helping New York defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Friday Night at PNC Park.  Beltran threw out a runner at home in the 7th and Wright started a tough double play [...]

Game 121 Recap-
2 Rookie played starring roles, as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 Thursday at PNC Park.  Cueto(8-11,4.90) allowed 4 hits and a run over 5 innings,while striking out 7 and walking 3. Chris Dickerson batted leadoff and was 3 for 5(2 doubles and a triple, run,rbi)  with a huge rbi double [...]

Game 120 Recap-
Paul Maholm(8-7,3.69) pitched 8 strong innings and OFs Jason Michaels(2 run) and Brandon Moss homered in support, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Wednesday night at PNC Park. Maholm allowed only solo shots to OFs Corey Patterson(3rd) and Jay Bruce(8th) to cross the plate, he gave up 7 hits and [...]

Game Recap-
Reds Ace Edinson Volquez(14-5,2.86) was tough over 6 2/3 innings, leading Cincinnati to a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park Tuesday. After struggling in 4 starts post all star break(1-2,6.64) he start was moved back 2 days and it looked to make a difference. He allowed 5 hits and 1 [...]

Game 118 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 6 runs in the final 3 innings, posting a huge comeback win over the contending New York Mets, 7-5 Monday at Shea Stadium in Flushing. The New York bullpen has struggled lately with All Star closer Billy Wagner on the DL and the Pirates feasted on the opportunity. Pirates [...]

Game 117 Recap-
The Philadelphia Phillies scored 3 runs in the 7th to take control of a close game, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates,6-3 Sunday in  Pennsylvania.  Phillies all star 2b Chase Utley homered with a runner on to take the lead at 5-3 and the Pirates could not rally. RH RP Tyler Yates(5.27) gave up the [...]

Game 116 Recap-
RH Brett Myers(5-9,5.09) was strong for 7 2/3 innings, NL MVP SS Jimmy Rollins had 4 hits and CF Shane Victorino had 2 rbis singles, to lead the Philapelphia Phillies over the Pittsburgh Pirates,4-2 Saturday Night at Citizens Bank Park in Pennsylvania.  Myers was outstanding over 7 2/3 innings, allowing 5 hits and [...]

Game 115 Recap-
RF Steve Pearce broke up a scoreless tie in the 12th with a run scoring double, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0 Friday Night at Citizens Bank Park in Pennsylvania.  Pearce’s hit plated C Ryan Doumit , who doubled. 2b Freddy Sanchez scored an insurance run with an infield single. [...]