A quick-and-dirty congratulations are in order for Hideki Matsui and the New York Yankees for their World Series championship. The Yanks beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games, and were powered by Matsui’s absolute domination of the Phillies pitching staff. For the series, Japan’s first-ever MLB World Series MVP hit an eye-popping .612 [...]

I missed last night’s pregame performance — I blame the NBA. In other news, damn, Alicia Keys look really, really good. — but apparently, Jay Z’s and Alicia’s performance of “Empire State of Mind” was so incredibly moving, it inspired the New York Yankees to even the game with Philadelphia Phillies. And here [...]

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins was on The Jay Leno Show last night, and whether you are a fan of Leno or not, Jimmy Rollins talking about the World Series is a good thing. As expected, Leno asked Rollins to make a prediction, and, as expected, he picked his team to beat the New [...]

After dominating the Los Angeles Dodgers out of the NLCS, the Philadelphia Phillies are headed back to the World Series, with thoughts of repeating on their minds. Naturally, when something good happens in the City of Brotherly Love sports-wise, Philadelphia fans celebrated in style — if, by “in style” you mean getting thrown off [...]

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz tested dirty, and the entire Red Sox nation — including Bill Simmons — seems crushed. The fear is the two World Series titles are tainted. Naturally, Dan Shaughnessy has gone into damage control.

I’m not the biggest baseball fan in the world, this much is true. Don’t get me wrong, I admire the ability to hit a 90-plus MPH sphere coming right at you, as well as the ability to throw said pitch. Nevertheless, I find the regular season largely boring. With that in mind, [...]