... Phillies. But as dominant as Rivera was, there were seven other closers who were a part of the postseason, and at one point or another, they all faltered and cost their teams ... -48 in 2008 and won a World Series with the Phillies. In 2009, he blew 11 saves and had an ERA that hovered ... 5 saves, 0 blown saves. In the 2009 postseason, not only did Rivera show why he is still the best closer in baseball ...

... big payroll is just money unless it's combined with smarts. Here's what we can conclude off the 2009 postseason: Complete World Series Coverage School's Out for Winter: Here Are Lessons Learned From 2009 Postseason originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:19:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.   ...

When everything has settled down and we look back, we will know that 2009 is the year that Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez finally earned his stripes — pinstripes, that is. A-Rod had such a tumultuous start to 2009 with the steroid confession, hip surgery, and his divorce finally becoming official. While Hideki Matsui may have been the MVP of the World Series, A-Rod was the MVP of the entire ...

... the Yankees, he picked it up once the series went to Anaheim, finishing his postseason with a line of .378/.425/.541 and one homer ... Jorge Posada(notes) right in front of him. It was the worst call in a postseason full of bad calls that included an earlier McClelland ... and extended what was one of the most amazing runs by a pitcher in postseason history. (The midseason acquisition finished his October ...

The Yankees won the title this past Wednesday night, so the media has been less likely to criticize or ignore baseball than usual of late. They’re also more likely to wrap the season up for 48 or 72 hours (instead of 24 or fewer) before moving 100% into football, instead of the 95% ... MidwestSportsFans posted 9 minutes ago from midwestsportsfans.com Find more top sports news, videos, ...

I finally got some free time to type in what I had written almost two months ago. Some are dated - will Sabean/Bochy be re-hired? - but others are not, so I thought, why not? I'm following Andy Baggarly's transcript, and will note my comments with a "OGC:". 1. Bruce Bochy, on what the Giants accomplished... OGC: That was one of the things I wanted the young players to ...

... long stretches of teams sitting idle. The 2009 postseason lasted a full month ... days. Keep the five-game division series as is, but start the postseason on the first Tuesday of October. Get rid of off days except for travel ... team each day during the marathon of the regular season. The postseason is the worst time to take that away from fans -- and from the players who are used to the routine ...

... Yankees organization found out quickly during the 2008-2009 offseason was that they hadn't seen anything yet. Before anyone could say "competitive imbalance& ... amassed on its roster. Think about this for a minute -- although Hideki Matsui won the 2009 World Series MVP award (and deservedly ... offense to one other win as well, the man ended the 2009 postseason going 19-for-52 for a .365 batting ...

... ;Houdini’ Robertson a shot at being the bridge to Mariano. Why? Well, if you weren’t watching the 2009 Postseason (Shame on you!), outside of Marte and Mariano, D-Rob was the most consistent ... he has struck out 99 batters. However, his walk totals could be a little bit lower, but in the Postseason he appeared to corral that as he got out of jam after jam he was inserted in. All things ...

... about that?    SURGERY FOR LIDGE, IBANEZ, EYRE - Philled In Well, at least we know now what was wrong with Brad Lidge. I hope?   The 10 most memorable moments of the 2009 postseason - Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports I can't believe he forgot Jimmy Rollins' walkoff double in NLCS Game Four the first ...