By the time Sandy Alomar established a new Indians postseason record with his 10 RBI in the 1997 World Series, the 31-year-old catcher was a long established member of the team. He had pre-dated Manny and Lofton and Vizquel and Thome and had represented Cleveland in five All-Star Games; he […]
League Division Series play has produced 39 winner-take-all contests – those ultimate, tension-filled testing grounds that have a way of squeezing out all of the possible drama. The very first year of this round – 1981 – was especially generous in its largesse, serving up three Game 5’s on the […]
On August 11 this year during a Sunday afternoon in the Bronx, Yankees outfielder Juan Soto clubbed his 29th and 30th dingers of the year. Since that multi-homer performance, I’ve been following New York’s box scores with an increased focus on Soto’s line, for I realized then that should Soto […]