This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
More from Passan: “The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.”
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This also brings up huge questions about the 2024 postseason! Guards made it all the way to ALCS before losing to the Yankees.
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
All of this is on Rob Manfred. All of it
Clase notoriously turned into a pumpkin in the ALCS! It's extremely suspicious in hindsight!
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Clase notoriously turned into a pumpkin in the ALCS! It's extremely suspicious in hindsight!
This is the election equivalent of a 15-inning ALCS game jfc
Per King County elections, expect around 30,000 ballots in Seattle's drop today. Seems likely this thing is headed to next week.
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the election equivalent of a 15-inning ALCS game jfc
Tough time to be a Seattle fan
Mariners: Lose the ALCS
Sounders: Blow 2 goal lead vs 10 men
SuperSonics: Haven’t won a game since 2008
Mariners: Lose the ALCS
Sounders: Blow 2 goal lead vs 10 men
SuperSonics: Haven’t won a game since 2008
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tough time to be a Seattle fan
Mariners: Lose the ALCS
Sounders: Blow 2 goal lead vs 10 men
SuperSonics: Haven’t won a game since 2008
Mariners: Lose the ALCS
Sounders: Blow 2 goal lead vs 10 men
SuperSonics: Haven’t won a game since 2008
Indictment goes back to May 2023, which means Cleveland made the ALCS in 2024 while their closer was actively throwing games.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Indictment goes back to May 2023, which means Cleveland made the ALCS in 2024 while their closer was actively throwing games.
the year is 2048, the astros have just been eliminated in the ALCS, the newspapers are wondering if robot arm verlander could help for the 2049 season
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
the year is 2048, the astros have just been eliminated in the ALCS, the newspapers are wondering if robot arm verlander could help for the 2049 season
Thanks, everyone! After ALCS game 7, I am hesitant to get ahead of myself on Wilson-related decisions, but your answers make me feel a little bit of hope (oh no lol)!
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thanks, everyone! After ALCS game 7, I am hesitant to get ahead of myself on Wilson-related decisions, but your answers make me feel a little bit of hope (oh no lol)!
read Matthew's latest to hear about how Ben Gibbard's "friend" hit him with the most devastating sports reverse jinx I've ever heard of during the ALCS game 7: www.gq.com/story/death-... #Mariners
Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Dave Depper on Running the NYC Marathon: ‘It Was Kind of a Major Party’
The Pacific Northwest indie rockers share a love of running, which brought them to the Big Apple for their first time for the city’s storied marathon.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
read Matthew's latest to hear about how Ben Gibbard's "friend" hit him with the most devastating sports reverse jinx I've ever heard of during the ALCS game 7: www.gq.com/story/death-... #Mariners
I wonder if Clase did this during the ALCS last year. He pitched like shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I wonder if Clase did this during the ALCS last year. He pitched like shit
You'd think after the ALDS, ALCS, and World Series finishes that I'd be long deceased from stress and anxiety. Instead I watched all of this 3rd match between Minnesota and Seattle even after mistake after mistake by the Sounders.
I'm either tough as nails, or died a long time ago.
I'm either tough as nails, or died a long time ago.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You'd think after the ALDS, ALCS, and World Series finishes that I'd be long deceased from stress and anxiety. Instead I watched all of this 3rd match between Minnesota and Seattle even after mistake after mistake by the Sounders.
I'm either tough as nails, or died a long time ago.
I'm either tough as nails, or died a long time ago.
John Schneider took a team that was in last place a season ago, won 94 games to win the division, won the ALCS and were 2 outs away in Game 7 from winning the World Series and DOESN’T win manager of the year. Complete and utter horseshit. Like I’ve always said, the MLB hates the #Bluejays #Canada
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Important update:
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Important update:
On this date in 1999 Jimy Williams of the Red Sox is named Manager of the year. He managed an over achieving pitching staff led by Pedro Martinez to a 126+ ERA. The Sox finished the season 94-68, making it to the ALCS, the furthest they’ve gotten since 1986.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On this date in 1999 Jimy Williams of the Red Sox is named Manager of the year. He managed an over achieving pitching staff led by Pedro Martinez to a 126+ ERA. The Sox finished the season 94-68, making it to the ALCS, the furthest they’ve gotten since 1986.
/2 This was not a fundraiser, when the Jays played the Mariners and won the ALCS, because the playoffs were so good with the Mariners the Jays fans donated to the Seattle children’s hospital, the Dodgers fans did the same with the Toronto Sick kids hospital after the WS
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
/2 This was not a fundraiser, when the Jays played the Mariners and won the ALCS, because the playoffs were so good with the Mariners the Jays fans donated to the Seattle children’s hospital, the Dodgers fans did the same with the Toronto Sick kids hospital after the WS
Boston Red Sox Closer Koji Uehara holds up the ALCS MVP trophy, after picking up the Save in Game 6 against the Tigers to send the Sox to the WS. Koji pitched in 5 of the 6 games, allowing no runs and picking up a Win, along with 3 Saves to earn the MVP.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Boston Red Sox Closer Koji Uehara holds up the ALCS MVP trophy, after picking up the Save in Game 6 against the Tigers to send the Sox to the WS. Koji pitched in 5 of the 6 games, allowing no runs and picking up a Win, along with 3 Saves to earn the MVP.
I feel like the Mariners ALCS series drained the life out of me 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I feel like the Mariners ALCS series drained the life out of me 🤣
Rico Petrocelli and his wife Elsie celebrate the Red Sox ALCS win as they return from Oakland at Logan Airport in Boston October 8, 1975. That season Petrocelli hit .239 with 7 HR’s and a .644 OPS. In the postseason he hit .263, with 1 HR and 6 RBI’s.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Rico Petrocelli and his wife Elsie celebrate the Red Sox ALCS win as they return from Oakland at Logan Airport in Boston October 8, 1975. That season Petrocelli hit .239 with 7 HR’s and a .644 OPS. In the postseason he hit .263, with 1 HR and 6 RBI’s.
Astros wouldn't have made it out of the ALCS without cheating, too. Not like it was just in the World Series
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Astros wouldn't have made it out of the ALCS without cheating, too. Not like it was just in the World Series
I’ll finish the Cadmyn drawing eventually but the hurt from the ALCS is still there
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ll finish the Cadmyn drawing eventually but the hurt from the ALCS is still there
Quantum Leap: 10 Things You Need to Know About the 1983 ALCS
by Matthew Trueblood (@matrueblood.bsky.social)
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by Matthew Trueblood (@matrueblood.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Quantum Leap: 10 Things You Need to Know About the 1983 ALCS | Baseball Prospectus
Things are different, but perhaps not as different as you might assume.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Quantum Leap: 10 Things You Need to Know About the 1983 ALCS
by Matthew Trueblood (@matrueblood.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
by Matthew Trueblood (@matrueblood.bsky.social)
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Not a fundraiser, when the Jays played the Mariners and won the ALCS, because the playoffs were so good with the Mariners the Jays fans donated to the Seattle children’s hospital, the Dodgers fans did the same with the Toronto Sick kids hospital after the WS
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Not a fundraiser, when the Jays played the Mariners and won the ALCS, because the playoffs were so good with the Mariners the Jays fans donated to the Seattle children’s hospital, the Dodgers fans did the same with the Toronto Sick kids hospital after the WS
my random MLB The Show version of the 2025 ALCS ended in an "eh... close enough" way.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
my random MLB The Show version of the 2025 ALCS ended in an "eh... close enough" way.
With the news that Shane Bieber has picked up his player option and is foregoing craploads of dough to stay with #Bluejays in 2026, we are putting together a bonus episode of Deep Left Field that includes a conversation Bieber and I had after Game 7 of the ALCS. You're gonna love it!
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
With the news that Shane Bieber has picked up his player option and is foregoing craploads of dough to stay with #Bluejays in 2026, we are putting together a bonus episode of Deep Left Field that includes a conversation Bieber and I had after Game 7 of the ALCS. You're gonna love it!
After going through an ALCS and World Series, Tulane football is a walk in the park.
Tulane in 4-0 in one score games this year.
Is your heart healthy enough for Tulane football?
Is your heart healthy enough for Tulane football?
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
After going through an ALCS and World Series, Tulane football is a walk in the park.
And ALCS membership is free to NUJ members.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And ALCS membership is free to NUJ members.