In 2012, Major League Baseball added a second wild card team to each league. This means there would now be five teams in each league that make the playoffs. Under this format the team with the second-highest win total in each league among non-division winners would be the second wild card team. The two wild …
Month: August 2015
Since 2000 when the Yankees beat the Mets in the World Series, the Yankees have only missed the playoffs in 2008, 2013 and 2014. However, their only WS win occurred in 2009. Heading into the 2015 season, the Yankees had many question marks. 1. Could A-Rod and Teixeira at the ages of 39 and 36 …
The last time the Mets were in the World Series was in 2000 when they were defeated by the Yankees in the Subway Series. Since 2000 the Mets fans have suffered. In fact, their only playoff appearance since 2000 was in 2006. In the 2006 playoffs they beat the Dodgers but then lost to the …
My previous two blog postings were about the 996 Major League players who appeared in just one Major League game in their careers. I called this special group of players The Cup of Coffee Club(The CCC). It only seems fitting to go to the other extreme, that is, to present the players who were active in …
My last blog focused on the stories of some of the players who belonged to The Cup of Coffee Club (The CCC). To have a cup of coffee means to have a very short stint of1 game in the majors. For those of you who have not read the last blog, it is still listed, …