Good for Ron Roenicke

Good for him for getting his first win as Brewers manager.But also good for him for not panicking nor "going by the book."It's early in the season and everyone is soiling their pants with pitch counts. Meanwhile Yovani Gallardo chucked 8 innings of 2 hit ball in a 1-0 game. Did Roenicke go to the closer like everyone on the planet Earth is told they should do?Nope. He let Gallardo finish it. An

COMPLETE GAME VICTORIES TO CLINCH DIVISION SERIES (Updated with Cliff Lee)

A few days ago I wrote a post about pitchers who threw a complete game victory to clinch the Division Series.I felt it was such a rare occurrence that it was worth noting.Now it has happened twice in three days and Cliff Lee has added his name to the list. It just goes to show you, I shouldn't write lists like this until the round is OVER!Let's update it.Complete Game Division Series

Complete Game Victories to Clinch the Division Series

Cole Hamels gave the Division Series a wonderful exclamation point and helped the Phillies continue to serve notice:They intend to roll over the National League.Last night, Hamels gave the Phillies their second complete game shutout in 3 games. (Granted, Halladay’s was more impressive.)But a clinching complete game shutout is nonetheless pretty dang cool.And RARE.In this day and age of high paid

I’ve heard this song before…

The Giants finished the regular season as Division Champs and got home field advantage in the Division Series. And drew the Wild Card team from the East.They won Game 1 with a complete game shutout from their ace and looked like they were cruising in Game 2.Everyone had their eyes set for the League Championship Series… and maybe if luck with have it a match up against Dusty Baker’s squad.And

Lincecum picks up the gauntlet

My dad and I were talking about the Giants game this afternoon. My dad said "people are going to be expecting Lincecum to throw a no hitter on the heels of Halladay."Well, he took care of THAT thought with the first batter.I knew my dad was AT the game and when I saw he let up a lead off double, I thought "Oh man... please don't get rocked."He didn't throw a no hitter... but DAMN he did the next