The Cincinnati Reds have a new magic number to make the MLB playoffs with six games remaining in the regular season. With six games left to play, the Reds hold the last wild card spot in the National ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are closing in on another Red October. Last night, the Phillies defeated their National League East Division rival New York Mets 9-3 to inch closer to the postseason. Here's ...

Baseball is a game of numbers. Most are obvious - 4 balls for a walk, 3 strikes for a strikeout, 3 outs in an inning, 9 innings in a game. But for some major league teams, a significant number can be ...

The Philadelphia Phillies are closing in on another Red October. The Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Sept. 12 to pull closer the postseason and an NL East title as the New York Mets ...

The Detroit Tigers enter an off day on Thursday with a magic number to win the AL Central that keep dropping. The Detroit Tigers claimed a 6-2 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday, wrapping up a ...

The Chicago Cubs made more inroads into their magic number to clinch a National League wild card playoff berth with their 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. That pursuit, measured by the ...

The Milwaukee Brewers are extremely close to officially clinching a spot in the National League playoffs. It's always an interesting time of the year to talk magic numbers and other things of that ...

Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99 exists for just hours. The difference lies in the structure of ...