Wednesday night’s sorrows are unfortunately all too familiar for Torontonians in May. After dropping two on the road, the Toronto Maple Leafs returned home for Game 5 with the hopes of using the energy from the crowd to fuel them in regaining the series lead once again. That hope quickly dissipated as the Florida Panthers … Read more
The Kansas City Royals held a lead for most of tonight’s game against the Houston Astros before surrendering a couple late runs to fall 4-3 at Daikin Park. Kansas City had a chance to give Colton Gordon a “welcome to the show” moment in the first inning of his major league debut. Bobby Witt Jr. … Read more
The Atlanta Braves dropped the series to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 today, as they were unable to turn another late comeback into another late win. Instead, it was Pittsburgh doing the celebrating at the end as they ended up taking the victory in walk-off fashion. In what ended up being a pretty nasty trend for … Read more
1 Manchester United defender Luke Shaw was spotted by the cameras laying into teammate Rasmus Hojlund, as the club fell to a 2-0 defeat against West Ham United were brought back down to reality just three days after reaching the Europa League final as fellow Premier League strugglers West Ham beat them to secure their … Read more
Of course it was Brad Marchand. Of course. Did you expect anything different? At any rate, the Leafs are still in a good spot up 2-1 in the series as we look ahead to Game 4 on Sunday night in Sunrise. The great Jeff Marek filled in for Jay Rosehill on a special Saturday edition … Read more
For the third time this season, the Atlanta Braves had a chance to reach .500 and for the third time this season, they failed to do so. This time, their late comeback bid fell short as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to a 3-2 win over the Braves. Austin Riley was the second batter in … Read more
Drake Baldwin has lived up to the hype, even in a limited role as a rookie. He’s only had 65 plate appearances, so we are still very early, but after a great night Wednesday, he boasts a 122 wRC+ and his plate appearances have been of an impressive quality for a young player (or any … Read more
The toughest game to win is the fourth one. It’s the phrase we’ve heard time and again about the Toronto Maple Leafs since they opened the Battle of Ontario with three wins to take the dominant series lead. Now with losses in Games 4 and 5, it’s ringing all too true as the series shifts … Read more
With their backs against the wall, the Ottawa Senators managed to force Game 5 Saturday night, defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in yet another OT thriller. While the Leafs were certainly hoping to get the sweep in the first round Battle of Ontario, it didn’t come together in the end, despite a four minute … Read more
The Royals six game win streak came to an end on Sunday afternoon. Yordan Alvarez powered Houston to a 7-3 win, to avoid getting swept in Kansas City for the second consecutive season. The Royals also fall back under .500, now sitting at 14-15 heading into an off day tomorrow before playing the Rays Tuesday-Thursday. … Read more