Can it be? Did the number-one team fail to make the playoffs?
Analyzing strengths and weaknesses of two teams in an effort to figure out the key elements of a series is worthwhile. Predicting the result is folly.
With the playoffs starting tonight, Will has news on who’ll play through pain, who may miss time, and which training staffs will have to work hardest to keep the best team on the field.
Seven teams had better projected chances to make the postseason than the 2005 Indians did and missed, according to the Playoff Odds Report.
A.J. Burnett gets sent packing, Mike Piazza gets sent off gracefully, Bernie Williams has a few more weeks before he gets sent off, and playoff-bound teams rejoice.
It’s a classic matchup between a team that scores a lot and one that stops the opposition from doing just that.
The difference between playing this week and not for the Phillies and Astros was one pitch.
The Indians’ funk continued in yet another one-run loss, this one pushing them to the brink of elimination.
What looked to be a pitchers’ duel rapidly became a blowout, giving one team a spot in the postseason.
The final day of the season holds four relevant games, lots of other fun things to watch, and is more than a little bittersweet.
There are three playoff spots up for grabs with two days to go in the season, but there’s no way to watch all the great baseball action.
It was a postseason atmosphere with postseason consequences in Boston last night. Paul breaks down the game.
BP’s resident Tribe fan Dave Haller is on-site at Jacobs Field, filing this report from Game One of the Indians/White Sox series.
Will checks in with updates on playoff rotation regulars like Jake Peavy and Chris Carpenter getting some much-needed rest, and has news on offseason surgery awaiting Eric Chavez and Braden Looper.
Notebook has a look at the Boston offense, and a certain neglected bat in Los Angeles.
The media’s been making a big deal out of the White Sox’ collapse, but they clinched the AL Central on Thursday.