playoff-race Stories - Defending Big D
Rangers Analysis: Three Keys for the Weekend
Any coach in any sport will tell the media and their players in tight playoff races something to the effect of "we can only control how we play." Well, after 80 games on this god-forsaken roller-coaster that is an NHL season the Rangers have the opportunity to make this season...
Canucks' First Round Opponent Not Even Close To Being Decided
Are these good times or what? There are no guarantees on who the Canucks will play in round 1 of the playoffs until perhaps the last day of the regular season. It's about fair to assume the Canucks will finish in 3rd. With only 4 games left, and the maximum points that can be attained at 8, it's...
Those Numbers aren't Magic (but mine are)
Helene Elliott confused the masses with this, in today's LA Times: For a change, Kings have magic number for clinching playoff spot - latimes.com Any combination of 19 points earned by the Kings or NOT earned by the ninth-place Calgary Flames will assure the Kings their first playoff berth since...
Tuesday/Wednesday: The Points You Blew, the Record You Need
The Good: Wings lose, Wild half-lose, Avs lose, Ducks lose, Stars lose, Canucks half-lose. The Bad: Flames win, Preds win, Canucks win, Kings half-lose, Yotes win (3pt all-rival game grrrrr). And as a result... Three points separate 3 from 6. Six points separate 7 from 10. Here are the...
Down but not out: Lightning host Thrashers (preview)
WHERE: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN: 7:30 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT BLOG: Bird Watchers Anonymous <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Southeast Standings GP W L OTL PT Washington 50 32 12 6 70 Atlanta 50 22 21 7 51 Florida 51 21 21 9 51 Tampa...
Saturday Rockpile: Cubs fans = bad; Tracy, Tulo, and Friedrich = good; Esmil Rogers = meh
Cubs fans show up in droves at Coors Field, other stadiums - The Denver PostJim Armstrong chimes in with the piece that is heavily related to the discussion the occurred in the comments section of yesterday's Rockpile. Sure, there were a lot of Cubs fans at the game last night, but they were...
Friday Rockpile: Aaron Cook's toe, Cubs coming to Coors, Stewart staying optimistic, more.
In yesterday's game, Aaron Cook aggravated a toe injury that has bothered him a bit as of late, but he says that he will make his next start, which is scheduled for Tuesday against the Pirates. Cook says it wasn't necessarily the toe that brought him out of the game as much as it was the fear of...
Rockies 8, Phillies 3: Atkins, Rockies offense back Hammel's strong pitching performance
Dexter Fowler, Ryan Spilborghs, and Garrett Atkins had two hits apiece, and Jason Hammel tossed 6.2 innings of solid baseball as the Rockies defeated the Phillies 8-3. Atkins had four runs batted in to go with his two hits and a walk. On an 0-2 pitch, he followed Spilborghs' 2-out single with a...
Game #106 Overflow Thread
Keep it going, Rox!
Saturday Rockpile: Joe Beimel set to join the Rockies, who are tied for the NL Wildcard lead
Beimel excited to join contender - The Denver PostNewly-acquired Joe Beimel is set to join the Rockies in Cincinnati tonight. Beimel seems extremely excited to latch on to a contending team and start participating in meaningful games again. The article mentions that a corresponding roster move will...
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