October 3, 2008

  • Postseason: First Thoughts

    Thought I’d check in. Yes, the season review will be up shortly, but I’m still working on it. In the meantime, I have been watching as much of the ALDS and NLDS as I can (which is still not much). I’ve enjoyed watching Curtis Granderson in the TBS studio, although it is very obvious just how much more experienced Cal Ripken and Dennis Eckersley are at broadcasting. Curtis is smart, though, so he’ll get the hang of it, and he’s doing a real nice job considering the fact that he hasn’t done that much broadcast work (Although it is kinda weird to watch him ask questions and demonstrate Manny Ramirez’s home run). I haven’t been able to watch any of the Phillies-Brewers series, but it looks as though CC Sabathia continues to not pitch well in the postseason. I haven’t seen much of either ALDS series. I saw a little bit of the Tampa Bay-Chicago series yesterday, and even less of the Red Sox-Angels game the night before. I have seen quite a bit of the Dodgers-Cubs matchup, though. Now, of the 8 teams that are in the postseason, the World Series matchup I’d want to see most would probably be the Dodgers and the Rays (Dodgers cuz I like them, Rays cuz they’re the best story of all the AL teams). To that extent, things seem to be going my way so far, especially with the Dodgers having beaten the Cubs twice at Wrigley Field. Now, as far as the other matchups go, the prospect of a Dodgers-Brewers NLCS sounds more favorable than Dodgers-Phillies, but it looks as though that might not happen (Granted, the Dodgers have to win the NLDS first). On the AL side of things, I’m a little more torn. I don’t like the Red Sox, so I don’t exactly want to see them win, but at the same time, assuming the Rays beat the White Sox, if the Angels win their ALDS, the Rays would lose home-field advantage for the ALCS. It’s quite a dilemma.

     

    UPDATE: I am quite literally the only person in this computer lab. It's kinda creepy.