This is what baseball is all about!
Despite the fact that MY Los Angeles Dodgers faded and never looked like the team that was supposed to win the West, we have a one game playoff between the Padres and the Rockies tonight – Monday.
This past week of baseball has been one of the best runs for the playoffs in history! Wild Card positions changed hands more frequently than a two horse match race! The Phillies final took over top spot on the last day of the regular season as they watched the worst melt down in Mets history unfold. The Padres, in control of their own destiny, lost to a team that isn’t even in the playoffs. The Yankees came 2 games of winning the division and we have a playoff matchup with the Angels and RedSox can’t seem to win on the other team’s stadium – advantage BoSox.
Now it’s all down to one game for the last playoff spot in the 2007 season.
The Rockies beat the divison winner, Arizona Diamondbacks - a playoff team! The Padres lost to a team that isn’t in the playoffs and really, what do they have to really show for themselves. Just Jake Peavy who is pitching tonight which means he can’t start the playoffs. That is if they make the playoffs.
And it was in Arizona’s best interest to win their last game. What’s worse than going into a one game playoff where the season comes down to an extra game is a team losing as they go into the playoffs.
Momentum – momentum and more momentum! It’s who’s hot at the right time and the time is now.
If San Diego pulls off a win, which I doubt, they aren’t going to beat a charged up Phillies team.
But who am I going to root for tonight? I’m a Western Division fan, of course. And if the Dodgers aren’t in it, you have to root on the least of all evils. And Colorado is far from evil. They aren’t much of anything except the team that saw Nomo pitch a shutout on a cold Saturday afternoon in the rain. They are a team of… well… far from destiny. They bring top pitchers in to their team only to watch them unravel in what is one of the worst pitchers parks in the Major Leagues.
I mean, if the Dodgers aren’t in it I will root for teams in this order to succeed. Rockies, Arizona, Padres and Giants… I take that back. I WILL NEVER ROOT FOR THE GIANTS EVER! If they are the Western Division representatives, I’m rooting for the Central or East or even, ugh, the American League. Yuck.
So go Rockies! Go Wild Colorado! Show them what ya got… Then… lose to the Cubs.
So there you have it. Go Cubs! Go Auntie Jenny’s team! Get rid of the curse once and for all!
I love baseball. Oh how I love baseball.
And, for the record, I did not win my fantasy baseball league. I was on the verge going into the last few days with a pretty big lead… but I lost it all on pitching and some great performances by my opponent.
So I made the championships. But I came in 2nd. Which is nothing. I WANT TO WIN MY BASEBALL FANTASY LEAGUE!!!
I may have to join like 3 or 4 next year.
That being said… Go Dodgers in 2008!
