October Beisbol

The New York Yankees made their third straight exit in the first round of the playoffs after losing to the Cleveland Indians last night. And if the "boss" was being honest, the exit may cost Joe Torre his job as the Yankees manager.

This was the only series I predicted right on the nose, with the Indians ending the series in four games. The Indians outplayed the Yankees in every aspect of the game.

Alex Rodriguez may get the most criticism, but the Yankees nation can look at their captain, Derek Jeter, for some answers. Jeter went 3-for-17 in the series, batted into three double plays, and drove in one run.

It makes no difference though. The Indians hit the ball from top-to-bottom in the lineup, and their pitchers kept the Yankees offense at bay.

League championship series predictions to come.

In other baseball news... I am a little late on this one, but thought it was pretty nuts.

A Cubs fan decided to hang a goat carcass from the Harry Caray statue at Wrigley Field in an attempt to rally the Cubs in the NLDS. (Youtube is not allowing to embed the video, so its the link.)

It obviously did not work and am rooting big time for the Cubs to win it all in 2008. If that happens it would be their first World Series title in 100 years.

R.I.P Angels. Hey TBS, Fox, ESPN and every East Coast bias medium out there, you got your wish! The Red Sox made it to the ALCS.

Baseball - Playoff Time Almost Here

The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers are tied for first with 19 games to go after the Cubs beat the Cards 12-3 and the Brewers dropped one to the Pirates 9-0.
Good thing Jim Hendry signed Ted Lilly from his hospital bed, because the Cubs and Lilly are now 9-1 when he starts the day after a loss. The victory improved his record to 15-7 and made me look a little smarter as I drafted him in two of my fantasy leagues.

I like the Cubs chances in taking the NL Central division; just based on the fact that the Brewers end their season with four games against the NL wild card leading San Diego Padres, no bueno. Plus Zambrano will beat up his players if they do not make it into the playoffs.

In the American League, the Seattle Mariners continue to go down the wrong path, as the Oakland A's beat the M's on two grand slams. Which is good news for me, since I have season tickets to the Angels and picked up the playoff package for the whole postseason. If the Yankees roll into my area for the postseason there will be plenty of chaos to look forward to. Tailgating for everyone.

Oh, and as for the Yankees in the East; the Red Sox dropped one to the Tampa Bay and the gap closed to five games in the AL East with a three-game series coming up this weekend at Fenway Park between ESPN's beloved teams, the Yanks and Red Sox. I am sure they will remind all you sports fans that they play this weekend.

Lastly, MLB officials have added Jay Gibbons to their interrogation list, a day after SI.com reported that Gibbons received steroids and HGH from a pharmacy after they were both banned. Oye Ve. This list is just going to get longer and longer. Maybe Mr. Bonds was just keeping up with his fellow players...

More baseball tomorrow.