Well, Cleveland is facing an elimination game. That's, um, not good.

Well, the Red Sox are 2-0 when Josh Beckett starts for them and 0-3 otherwise. If Carmona can keep his pitch counts down and the Indians can jump on ol' Bloody Sock early (which will help keep the pitch counts down for Carmona), they'll start hanging the World Series logos in [...]

Git 'er dun.

With the Rockies in, baseball has a small market upstart playing for its brass ring, which is great for the sport. Colorado (Colorado!) has captured the imagination of sports fans across the country. Imagine that -- the jersey doesn't have to say New York or Los Angeles or (hopefully) Boston.
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This has certainly been a disappointing series so far. Before the series started, we heard a lot about how there were no big market teams in this one and how that would kill TV ratings. I don't believe that has to be the case and I really hoped that this would [...]

You might have heard somewhere that the Red Sox recently ended quite a long World Series drought. Well, their opponents in the ALCS, the Cleveland Indians have had a little drought themselves. Joe Posnanski writes a brilliant piece about life as a Cleveland Indians fan. The article's premise is why [...]

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We had some problems earlier today, but it's time for a game and things are rolling.

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I picked the Indians to win the ALCS because I want them to win more than anything. The other big reason was because I thought four starts by Captain Cheeseburger and Fausto Carmona would give the Tribe an advantage. Then the big beef patty gave up a bunch last night and [...]

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Colorado beat Arizona's best pitcher last night, which is heckuva good sign. Man, the Rocks are hot. This could get ugly if Arizona doesn't get one here tonight.

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Back when we were dating, Lucy worked at a clinic in town and one of her patients was a certain former Twin who now plays for the Red Sox. My wife doesn't know much about baseball players and cares even less about them, but she thought that I might want an autograph. [...]

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Let's see how the ratings numbers come out, but I for one really like this matchup. The National League has been the weak step child for the last couple of years and it wasn't that long ago that the NL West was the worst of the worst. But, as I have [...]

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I’ve seen one game at The Stadium. It was July 23, 1999 and the Yankees’ opponent that night was none other than the Cleveland Indians. The Indians were the four time defending AL Central Champs and came into that game with a 58-37 record, good for first place in their division [...]

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When you've won 26 World Championships and 39 pennants, people will buy your merchandise year after year, regardless of whether you change your logos. The Yankees have had this logo since 1936(!). Before that, they had the interlocking NY that they still wear on their caps. Hate the Yankees all [...]

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There is an organization known as the American Academy of Achievement, which honors people who have done outstanding things in various walks of life. In the grand scale of things, being honored by the AAA isn't exactly the most prestigious award ever, certainly it's not like winning a Nobel Prize, an Oscar, [...]

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That Phillies logo was used by the club from 1950-69 and I happen to think it's pretty cool. I'm not sure what the circle is supposed to represent -- the ball is in orbit? -- but I love the hat there. I am not enamored of the Colorado logos and I [...]

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I remember the first time I ever saw Wrigley field with my own eyes. My brother, a friend of ours, Beaner, and I went on a six stadium tour back in 1990 that took us to Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis. We had a fantastic time on that [...]

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It'd be nice to see an Angel win here.

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I sure enjoyed that game last night. It looked like the Yankees were going to get it going in the top of the fifth with Captain Cheeseburger struggling, but Sabathia held on -- even though he ended the fifth inning with 115 pitches. The Indians then jumped on the Bombers in [...]

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We'll see if Lou's decision to go to the bullpen early last night becomes another piece of the Cubs' Woe Is Us lore. I wouldn't have made the switch, but the game was tied and the Cubs never scored again, so it's hard to pin the loss on Sweet Lou. Then [...]

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The fan bases of both these teams are thirsting for a title, as each team has been denied a World Championship for a very long time. The Cleveland Indians won the American League Pennant twice in the 1990s, but lost in the World Series to Atlanta (their only WS Championship in all [...]

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This series gets the early slot two days in a row, earning the "No Respect Series" tag for this year's Division Series round. That's too bad, because these teams should be promoted by MLB precisely because they were such a surprise. But, of course, the other three series have the Yankees, [...]

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I've seen games in each of the home ball parks -- three in Arizona and about 10 or so at Wrigley. Of course, Wrigley is a fantastic venue, but I really liked the Arizona stadium, too. If you are going to play in the desert, you need a roof. The [...]

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This is Will Young's series, pitting his two all-time favorite franchises (NOT). The Angels are banged up and the Red Sox didn't play particularly well in the second half of the season. I think the BoSox will win the series, but I'll root for the Angels, if I have to choose [...]

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Who saw this coming? Wow. How exciting for two teams that were out of the playoff picture a month ago and haven't been in the playoffs for over a decade (Phillies last appearance was 1993, Colorado's only appearance was 1995). This is a feel good series and it would be [...]

I'll be running post season game threads for each series -- if you want to come by and talk about what's going on, enjoy. We'll start today with the Phillies/Rockies game, followed by the LAA/BOS tilt and tonight's Cubs/D-Backs game.
I'm not much on prognostication of the post season and given the crapshoot that the [...]