The Yankees are trying to exercise their playoff demon that is the Angels, like LA did by beating the Red Sox in the LDS. Alex Rodriguez‘ bat is awake and he’s working towards shaking the “Playoff Choke” label. CC did what they brought him to NY to do in Game 1, and Jeter’s still the man. The Yankees have different guys stepping up at different times to carry them to pie-in-the-face team victories. Read the full story

Aroldis Chapman defected from Cuba in July while playing in a baseball tournament in the Netherlands. The 21-year-old was able to bypass the amateur draft and is now a free agent in Major League Baseball. And oh yeah, he throws 100 mph. Read the full story

The Los Angeles Angels became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Angels outfielder Torii Hunter put on some goggles and got his Michael Phelps on to celebrate the American League West title.

Read the full story