Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Fall Ball - Major League Playoffs

So we begin the next round of the Major League Baseball playoffs. A few select boys of summer have managed to make it into the fall. Here's what you can chat up:

+ It's an interesting group, Yankees vs. The Texas Rangers.
+ What you should be saying is, "What? The Texas Rangers made the playoffs much less the American League Championship Series?"
+ Yes, Dorothy, they did. Here's why it's an incredible story. This is the franchise that literally bet the farm on now Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez taking them to the playoffs. Never happened.
+ A-Rod agreed to move on to the Yankees, even switching positions from shortstop to 3rd base.
+ What the Rangers have done, in part due to Texas pitching legend Nolan Ryan, is re-group, re-commit and, FINALLY, win.
+ Two huge additions: Pitcher Cliff Lee and Outfielder Josh Hamilton. I'll talk about them in a different post.

Phillies vs. Giants - what to chat up
+ Philly has been here and beyond before. This is a steady team with strength across the board from Ryan Howard, to Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley (altho, not his best year), Cole Hamels and a pitcher who refused to quit, Roy Halladay. More later on him.
+ The Giants have have superb pitching and it starts with Cy Young award winner Tim Lincecum.
+ Talk about whether the Giants can match up against the Phillies, who had no trouble sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in their best of 5 series.

Talk it up and Enjoy!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I am openly rooting for the Rangers to defeat the Yanks. I don't think it will happen and we will see a rematch of last year's series. A nightmare for Fox would be Giants-Rangers. Now that would be epic. Outlaw would get better ratings, oh wait, that has been cancelled. Oh well, it still would have more people watching

mity quinn said...

Amazingly, Outlaw has been canceled but it remains on Hulu.com!

Marc, I doubt the Rangers can beat the Yanks but wouldn't that be an amazing story line? I mean, think about all the possible stories: what Nolan Ryan has done with the team, Josh Hamilton, A-Rod's in, then he's out.

I'm not counting the Rangers out quite yet...

Unknown said...

The worst case scenario for Fox is here. A Giants v Rangers World Series. The only thing that would be worse for Fox is a four game sweep. They may actually contemplate moving some of the games to the afternoon so as not to decimate their ratings.