Following their win last night (in a make-up game for one that was rained out earlier in the month), the Chicago White Sox host the Minnesota Twins for a one-game playoff to see who gets the American League Central crown. Technically, this is considered regular season game # 163 for each team (in terms of stats), but really, we're into the postseason now, baby! It's also the third consecutive must-win game for the White Sox, each of them against a different opponent (Cleveland on Sun, Detroit last night, Twins tonight). If they actually pull it out this evening, they can "relax" in the sense that they'll then get to play a best-of-5 series with Tampa Bay Rays... so they could actually lose a game and not be done!
I'm really looking forward to the Angels-Red Sox series, because Los Angeles looked so good this year (the only team to post 100 wins across MLB) and won 8 of 9 games against the AL Wildcard team. On the other hand, they've been absolutely owned by Boston recently in the postseason, having been swept by them the last two times they met (last year and 2004). So clearly, something has to give!
And you can't be a baseball fan if you're not intrigued by the fact that the Cubs have made it to the playoffs with the best record in the National League (and second only to the Angels) in this, the 100th year since their last world championship! C'mon, how great a headline would that make: Cubs Own '08 Again! Damn, that'd be fine! You wouldn't want to have to face them in 2108, if that happens...
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You should also point out that in both of those sweeps of the Angels (2004 and 2007), my boys went on to win the World Series!!
I wouldn't be upset to see the Cubbies win this year. I'd like their fans to know the sweet jubilation of ending a drought that's older than their parents!
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