Here’s your morning
baseball briefing for Monday October 7, 2013:
Weekend
Results
Friday:
News
& Notes – New York Yankees third baseman
Alex Rodriguez is suing Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig,
claiming they improperly collected evidence in hopes of destroying his career
and reputation. Rodriguez then filed a
separate lawsuit suing Yankee team doctor Chris Ahmad and New York Presbyterian
Hospital for malpractice in misdiagnosing his hip injury during the 2012
playoffs.
Schedule
(Times EST)
Today 10/7: All series best of five.
1:07pm – Game 3 A.L.D.S. Oakland (Parker 12-8) @ Detroit
Tigers (Sanchez 14-8)
Series tied 1-1
3:07pm – Game 4 N.L.D.S. St. Louis (Wacha 4-1) @ Pittsburgh
(Morton 7-4)
Pittsburgh leads series 2-1
6:07pm – Game 3 A.L.D.S. Boston (Buchholz 12-1) @ Tampa Bay
(Cobb 12-4)
Boston leads series 2-0
9:37pm – Game 4 N.L.C.S.
Atlanta (Garcia 4-7) @ Los Angeles (Nolasco 14-7)
Los Angeles leads
series 2-1
Predictions: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles
Playoff Predictions
Overall: 9-4
History
2002 World
Series – Anaheim Angels vs. San Francisco Giants
The 2002 World
Series was an all-California affair and was the first in baseball to feature
the two wildcard teams. Anaheim finished
second in their division behind Oakland, and beat the New York Yankees in the
A.L.D.S. for their first postseason series win before beating Minnesota in the
A.L.C.S. to win the American League pennant and advance to their first World
Series. San Francisco finished the season
in second place behind defending champion Arizona, then defeated Atlanta and
St. Louis to advance to their 20th World Series, and third since moving west in
1958.
Anaheim had
home field advantage in the series, and the Giants took an early series lead
with a 4-3 victory in Game 1 behind home runs from Barry Bonds, Reggie Sanders,
and J.T. Snow, only to lose Game 2 in heartbreaking fashion 11-10 when lifelong
Angels outfielder Tim Salmon hit his second home run of the game, a two-run blast
in the eighth inning that broke a 9-9 tie.
The series
shifted north to San Francisco for the middle games of the series, and Anaheim
routed the Giants in 10-4 in Game 3 despite another home run from Barry Bonds,
who became the first player in baseball history to homer in his first three
World Series games. San Francisco rebounded
in Game 4 to tie the series with a 4-3 win when third baseman David Bell
singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth to tie the series at
two. The Giants carried the momentum
into Game 5 where they routed the Angels 16-4 in a game the Angels never led,
and with the series moving south to Anaheim, the Giants were within one game of
winning the World Series with a 3-2 lead.
Needing
a win in Game 6 to stay alive, the Angels trailed 5-0 in the seventh inning and
were just eight outs away from losing when first baseman Scott Spezio belted a
three-run home run to left to close the scoring gap to 5-3, and an inning later
they scored three more times to take a 6-5 lead that they would not relinquish,
and the series was tied 3-3 and headed to a final Game 7. Their 6-5 victory marked the largest comeback
win in a World Series elimination game.
Game 7 in Anaheim
couldn’t provide the drama the series already exhibited, but the Angels won 4-1
behind the pitching of rookie John Lackey who became the first rookie to win
Game 7 of the World Series since 1909.
Anaheim Wins 4-3
For the series, San Francisco outscored Anaheim 44-41 but
outhit them 76-66. No current Hall of
Famers played in the series.
Tomorrow: 2003
World Series – New York Yankees vs. Florida Marlins
Trivia
Today’s
Question: Of the top 5 all-time home run leaders – Barry Bonds, Babe
Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Alex Rodriguez, which player never won a World Series title?
Friday’s
Question: What Yankee outfielder and
beloved player retired after the 2001 World Series?
Answer: Paul O’Neill
House
Bet
Today: Over/Under
combined 40 runs scored in all four
games today.
Friday: Over/Under
8 runs scored in the Tampa Bay – Boston
game.
Result: Over. They combined for 14 runs in the 12-2 Boston victory.
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