Fastball Fans

Well… as I type this they still need to get two outs without giving up 3 or more runs for the title to be right… make that one out.  The Tigers are (there was the third out… quick work) on a roll, having won six straight postseason games. They have essentially guaranteed themselves a World Series berth.  

Pitching has been a common theme for the winners the past few days… Glavine yesterday and Rogers today. Now, I should probably wait until at least after the game tonight to enter my prediction for the World Series, but… I certainly don’t think it would be a stretch to say that the Tigers will be in it.  

Their NL counterpart, in my opinion, will be the Mets. I say this because of how the Mets have played all season, which is spectacular. When I think of the Cardinals I think of how they faltered at the end of the season, which is far from the way a team hopes to enter the postseason. The fact that I saw the Mets sweep my Braves from a scorching hot seat at Turner Field earlier this season isn’t hurting my opinion of them either… Now, to finish my prediction up I need to pick a winner, right? I pick Detroit: both because I want them to win (I can’t bring myself to cheer on the Mets in the World Series… Braves fan and all), and because I feel they have what it takes, having seen them pretty much shut down the Yankees, and now the Athletics.  

I would feel pretty darn good with myself if I got the winner right, but to give myself the chance to feel REALLY good about my prediction, I am going to add this: Detroit will win the series in 5 games.  

Now, I have nothing to back that whole 5 game bit up other than a feeling, but that has been enough in the past. 

The Mets, off a stellar performance by starter Tom Glavine and their bullpen, have just taken game 1 of the NLCS from the Cardinals. 

As a Braves fan I am very confused when it comes to how I am supposed to feel about this. It is great that Glavine had a wonderful start, I would never want to see him pitch poorly, well… unless of course he is playing the Braves. 

And I can’t blame the Mets as the reason for my Braves not making the playoffs. The Braves certainly had the opportunity to make it to the postseason. 

I’ve never been the biggest Cardinals fan, for various small, and to be honest, stupid reasons. I honestly don’t know who to root for, which has rarely if ever happened to me. I always lean one way or the other. 

Oh well, hopefully one of the two gives me a reason to cheer them on tomorrow. Another Glavine-esque start would probably do the trick. 

When I turned on the computer this morning, I saw an article about a plane crash. I’m sure the images that flashed in my mind when I first saw the article were shared by many of you when I saw that it happened in New York. It wasn’t until I checked back on the story later in the day to see what happened that I found out that Cory Lidle was in the plane along with his flight instructor. 

My condolences go out to his family and friends. 

This whole thing just brings home the fact that there are many things more important than the postseason, cheering on our favorite team, or the sport in general. The citizens of New York had to fear yet another possible attack, a wife lost her husband, a child his father, and a sport its player. 

There were no winners today.