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NLDS Preview

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies In this series I favor the Phillies, though not nearly as much as the rest of the country. The Brewers will still get two starts out of CC Sabathia in a five game series and the way that he has been pitching, that could mean that they just need one win in one of the other three games. Despite all of that, the Brewers have really pushed Sabathia about as far as any pitcher can go in the day of the pitch count and five-man rotation. I see this series going to 5 games with the Phillies getting it done against Sabathia. Pick: Phillies in 5 Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs While I see Lou Pinella's strategy of benching his stars during the last week of the season, he runs the risk of having their bats cool down and not be ready to go. The Dodgers have been playing very good September baseball and have gotten healthy at the right time. Even with that said, the Cubs are just so deep and have been baseball's most consistent team all seaso

Royals Talk

While the Chicago White Sox tied the small-market Minnesota Twins this evening for the AL Central lead at the end of regulation play in 2008, there was one bright ray of sunshine for me as an Ozzie Guillen team took another breath for this season. The 2008 Kansas City Royals finished with a 75-87 record, beating the Detroit Tigers by one game for fourth place in the division. While playing their best baseball in September the Royals finished ahead of pre -season World Series favorite Detroit. This is a small victory that will most likely go unnoticed outside of the Kansas City clubhouse and this blog, but I think that is quite an amazing feat. Let's compare the lineups towards the end of the season: Kansas City: C - J. Buck; 1B - R. Shealy ; 2B - A. Callaspo ; 3B - A. Gordon; SS - M. Aviles ; LF - M. Teahen ; CF - D. DeJesus ; RF - J. Guillen ; DH - B. Butler Detroit: C - D. Ryan; 1B - M. Cabrera; 2B - P. Polanco ; 3B - C. Guillen ; SS - E. Renteria ; LF - M. Thames; CF - C. Gr