We have our league champions. Rooting interests?
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Ladies and Gentlemen of Batter's Box .... fans of the improbably unlikely ....
The Texas Rangers ... the Texas Rangers ...
{{choke}} (hang on, give me a sec ...)
The long-suffering, never-won-a-postseason-series-before-this-year Texas Rangers ...
... are going to the World Series. There are no further words.
John Farrell. DeMarlo Hale. Brian Buttefield. Sandy Alomar Jr. It is clear that the next manager will be one of these four men, but it is still not clear who. Farrell seems like the favourite, but this can be traced primarily to a Peter Gammons tweet which he has recently admitted was not as definitive as it originally appeared.
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Though he was probably never a serious candidate for the Jay job, cross the name Eric Wedge off the lsit of potential new skippers in TO. The 101-loss Mariners tabbed the ex-Indian chief (Har!) for their club's managerial post today, one former backup backstop (Wedge) to replace another (Don Wakamatsu). Good hire?
UPDATE: The Cubs have retained Mike Quade as manager, dropping the "interim" tag from his title after he took over a 51-74 team and took them to a 24-13 finish in 2010.
Quade was never a candidate in the Jay search. But ... Ryne Sandberg, anyone?
... is two million people in North Texas simultaneously saying "holy crap!"
Rangers win ... Rangers win!
Wait ... Rangers win? Rangers win???
The only team in the history of major league baseball to have never won a post-season series has ... well, won a post-season series. A series in which the home team posted an inglorious 0-5 record.
As a North Texan, I have nothing further to say. There are no words. Justin Smoak can become a 14-time All-Star in Seattle, and the Cliff Lee trade is still worth it.
P.S. I'm not sure yet, but I think I'll still be rooting for the Yankees in the next round. Shhhh. Don't tell my wife!
With a home run in the sixth inning off Michael Bowden, scoring Yunel Escobar, Jose Bautista hit his 48th home run of the year, breaking George Bell’s club record set in 1987.
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The Twitter rumour mill is reporting that the Jays will announce on Friday that Vancouver will be the new home of their short season A team, replacing Auburn.
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With Kyle Drabek set to make his major league debut Wednesday night comes word that the man he was traded for will get to return to his old stomping grounds next season. According to bluejays.com, Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies will be in town for the Canada Day weekend.
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Kyle Drabek, the centerpiece of Toronto's return in the Roy Halladay trade and the 2010 Eastern League leader in wins, has been promoted from Double-A New Hampshire. The son of Doug Drabek will make his major league debut on Wednesday, in Baltimore. Brett Cecil, the scheduled starter, has been pushed back a couple of days.