By Michael Tapia It was an upset weekend in baseball with the Rangers eliminating the Yankees and the Giants eliminating the Phillies. The World Series match up that most of the country expected will not be taking place after all. After two six games championship series’ Texas and San Francisco have earned the right to […]

By Michael Tapia Rocky Balboa once told his son, “it ain’t about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” and like the great city of Philadelphia where Rocky is from that […]

An unexpected turn of events occurred on Wednesday, with the Yankees beating the Rangers and the Giants overcoming the Phillies. Just when everyone thought that the Yankees were out of the playoffs they took advantage of the situation to show off their resiliency. The Giants on the other hand, pushed the Phillies into a situation […]

By Michael Tapia While the first round of these playoffs did not bring much of a surprise, last night did. The Giants and the Rangers stunned the Phillies and the Yankees who are the defending champions of their respective leagues. The Rangers dominated the Yankees executing what could be described as a “coup d’etat” on […]

By: Michael Tapia As if last year’s Game 1 performance of the World Series did not serve of enough memory of what Cliff Lee is able to do to the New York Yankees, the story was repeated. It was déjà vu all over again in The Bronx as Cliff Lee dominated for eight scoreless innings.

By Michael Tapia The weekend served as strong evidence that the despite the lack of a salary cap baseball is still competitive with both series tied. The ALCS which begun on Friday has featured a very liberal Texas team on the base paths and the struggling Yankees on the pitching end. Nonetheless, both teams are […]

By Michael Tapia After 49 long years, the great state of Texas has finally won a playoff series – a baseball one that is. A team which was once the Washington Senators made the residents of the greater Dallas area proud last night – after staving off a massive collapse to the Tampa Bay Rays […]

By Michael Tapia The weekend proved to be decisive with the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies advancing to the championship series of their corresponding leagues. In the American League, the Yankees wait for the winner between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers; in the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies wait for […]

By Michael Tapia Day two of the 2010 MLB Postseason proved to be a pitchers paradise with all three winning teams only giving up a total of two runs.

By Michael Tapia Welcome to the NewsOne 2010 MLB Divisional Series predictions. American League: The regular season has concluded and it took to the very last day for all to be defined in this year’s postseason. After the 162nd game of the season, we learned that the Tampa Bay Rays won the division over the […]

By Michael F. Tapia: It’s been a long wait, but the “Fall Classic” is here and everyone is hyped about the upcoming MLB Playoffs. This year’s postseason features a somewhat different cast of teams, as five of the eight did not qualify last year.  The three returning teams are the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins […]