World Series
Kirk Gibson celebrates with teammates during a 1984 World Series Game 1 homer, they won the series 4-1 over the San Diego Padres. My dad and I were not always Yankees fans. In the past blogs I had written that my favorite teams when I first started watching baseball were the Montreal Expos(because of Gary Carter) and my American League team was the Detroit...
The World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals brought cheers after the team went to celebrate at the Edward Jones Dome as the New Orleans Saints took on the Rams. The Cardinals received a standing ovation from the crowd as the franchise won their eleventh title, beating the Texas Rangers in seven games. “To be on the sideline is definitely an adrenaline rush and...
It didn’t really matter what happened in game seven of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals nothing was going to beat the highs and lows of game six. In fact that game alone made this year’s Series an instant classic. The emotional roller coaster that players, managers, owners, and fans were taken on during the 10-9 come-from-behind...
Freed prisoner, Ilan Grapel, had a tough five months in an Egyptian jail, but was finally freed this week. The 27-year-old US-Isreali citizen was freed in a prisoner swap between Egypt and Isreal. He was arrested on June 12 after he was attending a demonstration in Cairo. He was accused of spying for Isreal. But, however, Grapel was tricked that the New York Mets...
The Texas Rangers made the 2011 World Series a little more interesting Thursday night when they rallied in the ninth inning of Game 2 to tie the series at one game apiece. It goes without saying that the St. Louis Cardinals were just three outs away from putting themselves within two wins of their second title in six seasons. Instead though, the Rangers bats came to...
The 2011 World Series is tied at 1-1 heading to Texas after the Rangers sneaked out of St. Louis with a miraculous win to even the series Thursday night. The Rangers will come home for three games against the Cardinals with a shot to close out the championship series after rallying to score two critical runs in the final inning of Game 2, winning 2-1. Although momentum...
It took 50 long years for the Texas Rangers to make the World Series. Led by the heroics in pitching with Cliff Lee, to Nelson Cruz; the Rangers finally made it. However, they fell to the San Francisco Giants. Anyways, that was last year. This year, the Rangers are back and are looking to win for the first time in two trips now to the big show. Cruz had a big home run...
John Buck was calling the pitches at the 2010 all-star game when Brian McCann hit the game deciding 3-run double in the 7th inning. What does John Buck have to do with anything? John Buck represents what is wrong with Major League Baseball’s mid-summer classic. It probably wasn’t John Buck’s fault that Brian McCann...
