I was going to write a post about how much I love baseball, and how the best performances appear in the playoffs.
But really, what I'd rather say is:
Ha-ha! Ha-ha! Yankees lost! Ha-ha! Suck it, A-Rod!
Suck it also, Bug Unit, Steinbrenner, Johnny Damon, Mussina, Matsui, Sheffield, Giambi, and Jeter.
Congrats to the Detroit Tigers (who, you may remember, have been my pick to win the World Series since their season opening 40-games-over-.500 position, and what the hell happened to Shelton?). Kenny Rogers put up the most emotional pitching performance I've ever seen in the playoffs, and rightly so. He's been plagued with the Payton-Manning "Can't win the big one" stigma for a long time. It was totally exhilarating to watch him overcome the best lineup in baseball dominating over seven and two-thirds innings.
They had some clutch hitting (Ordonez), some help from the Yankees (A. Rodriguez at third, Giambi at first, Abreu in right), some calls went their way (I. Rodiriguez at third), some great defense (Monroe), incredible speed on the basepaths (Granderson), and great bullpen work (Jones).
They're still my pick to win the World Series, though the Oakland series might be tough. The A's have started playing like a contender.
ALCS: Detroit over Oakland in six.
NLCS: St. Louis over New York in seven.
WS: Detroit over St. Louis in six.
Go Tigers.
-t
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1 comment:
yes, i agree with detroit winning it ... but i think the mets will make it to the world series. they'll beat the cardinals
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