It’s that time of the year – October baseball (well actually, late September initially). Now that the playoffs are set and the regular season has come to a close, let’s take a look at the match-ups. ALDS New York Yankees [...]
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Wild Wild Card Baseball: Incredible MLB Finale
Written by Mike on September 29, 2011
The 2011 MLB Regular Season came to a close today, and it sure went out with a bang. Just as every professional sport can hope, the last day of the season brought the MLB meaningful and exciting games. Both Wild [...]
Continue ReadingDiamondbacks Sizzling: True Contender or Fun Pretender?
Written by Mike on August 31, 2011
First off, welcome back to MikesPickz. It has been one month since the last post, and well, that is one month too long. I will be posting far more frequently on this site now that certain other obligations I had [...]
Continue ReadingPirates vs Braves: Not the Worst Call Ever
Written by Mike on July 27, 2011
The Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in 19 innings on July 26th, thanks to a blown call by the home plate umpire. The replay speaks for itself: As bad as this call was, and it was pretty bad, even [...]
Continue ReadingThe Best Pitcher No-One Is Talking About
Written by Mike on July 16, 2011
Several of the big name pitchers are doing their thing as everyone expected. Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, C.C. Sabathia, etc. are all having All-Star years as everyone expected. Now that the season is half-way through, let’s take a look at [...]
Continue ReadingMLB All Star Game Snubs
Written by Mike on July 4, 2011
The MLB revealed the 2011 All-Star Game rosters and as with any all star game there are some significant snubs. The MLB All Star game is one of the most complex All-Star games to dissect because of the weird rules [...]
Continue ReadingMLB Sweep Recap: June 7-22nd
Written by Mike on June 23, 2011
The MLB Sweep Recap is a new segment on MikesPickz.com. If you have not noticed, we maintain a list of all MLB series sweeps for each team in the league (I’d definitely check it out if I were you). The [...]
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