YOU WONT BELIEVE: 4 - What They Never Told You

This baseball quiz is a sprint, not a marathon

Once the baseball playoffs begin, the old adage is turned upside down because it’s a race to the title

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2022

Phillies score six in ninth to beat Cardinals, 6-3, in Game 1 of wild-card series

ST. LOUIS — Jean Segura wasn’t even halfway down the first-base line when he leaped in the air, looking more like Mikhail Baryshnikov than the player who delivered a game-winning hit in the Phillies’ first playoff game in 11 years.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 7, 2022

Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs

For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically, there is some overlap, but that’s even better! More games means flipping channels, which means less of a chance we’ll have to sit through commercials for ...

Sports Illustrated · Oct 7, 2022

Three Things That Will Decide the Cardinals-Phillies Wild-Card Series

Who will come out on top between No. 3 St. Louis and No. 6 Philadelphia? Let’s break down the deciding factors in Friday’s first NL Wild Card Series matchup.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2022

Pujols Makes Definitive Statement on Whether He’s Retiring

The Cardinals start their postseason Friday against the Phillies.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2022

Pujols Made Change at Plate Before Incredible Second Half

A slight adjustment at the plate seems to have unlocked an MVP-level second half for the Cardinals legend.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2022

MLB finalizes playoff schedule

All the best-of-three wild card series will begin on Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022

Oneil Cruz's walk-off walk staves off Pirates' 100th loss for another day

PITTSBURGH — It’s still possible the Pirates will lose 100 games this season, but they aren’t going quietly into that good night.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols represent St. Louis with pride and passion

They say St. Louis English teachers used to write in and complain about Cardinals broadcaster Dizzy Dean, who sometimes would butcher the language, such as describing a player who “slud into third.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 3, 2022

Pirates get clutch performances, beat Adam Wainwright to spoil Cardinals' Sunday coronation

Sunday in St. Louis had a festive feel and was supposed to be about a coronation of Cardinals stars, the formal feting of Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina in their final regular-season home game.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022