Sigh. Why does one root for a team that has such high expectations and then becomes a disappointment in the post-season? Yesterday was a good news-bad news day for New York sports fans. It was a good day if you root for the Mets, who swept away the LA Dodgers in three games to go to the NLCS for the first time since 2000. It was a bad day for Yankee fans who could not put away the pesky Tigers and lost the ALDS three games to one.
As of today, I am 1 and 2 for my predictions. Only the Padres can save me from going .500 in this first round. The Minnesota Twins (sorry, Kent) were mugged by the Oakland Athletics, getting brushed aside in three games. The Athletics will now face off against the Yankee killing Tigers. The ALCS will get underway on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday night, the NLCS will begin in New York at Shea Stadium. The Mets await their opponent as the Padres and the Cardinals are battling it out for that right. Yesterday the Padres staved off elimination by beating the Cards. However, the Cardinals are one win away from heading to New York. However, my original prediction stands, Pads in five.
The Yanks were feeble in this series and they really beat themselves. Tomorrow is Columbus Day and many people are off. I only hope the Yankees will be able to get a last minute tee time.
It will be interesting to see if this finally costs Joe Torre his job. Big George has been very happy with Joe, as have most Yankee fans, but something has got to give for a team that flirts with disaster so often and recently, has been burned by it more than avoiding it.
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