
No baseball today. No baseball tomorrow. That's dreary. Thank heavens for gorgeous weather, autumn leaves, Chinese dumplings and road trips!
Yesterday the Rays beat the White Sox, who were hoist by their own petard. A homer-hitting team, they were unable to score in any other way. The Angels too were undone by their strength. A team built on executing fundamental baseball was mostly fundamentally-flawed in its series with the Red Sox. Same thing, of course, may happen to the Phillies when they face the Dodgers. It's curious how the (very) so-called experts talk up the Dodgers as the hottest team in baseball. Their winning record in September seems a bit like CC Sabathia's, with lots of those wins being against suspect teams. In the case of the Dodgers, it was the weak NL West. As for that sweep of the choking Cubs, don't you think anyone could have done that? I'm just hoping I get to use my ticket for Game 6! Of course, it would be even sweeter if the Phillies finished the Blue Crew off in 5!