Well that wasn't so good last night. Remember that teams that one game of a Division Series have one that Series for the last 3 seasons (12 series) (Fact from ESPN). Last night every team I personally wanted to move on, lost. Well anyway here are some notes for today's ALDS and NLDS games:
Texas @ Tampa
Game two will be at 2:30 this afternoon (wow they got unlucky with day starts) and it is a must win for Tampa Bay. In yesterday's game the Rangers looked fantastic as they won their second post-season game ever. Lee was Lee (ie Amazing) and the bats came out (including old friend Jeff Francoeur). The Rays are going to need a strong start today out of Shields, especially since he is going against Wilson. Not to completely rip off of Maddon's post game press conference, the Rays bats were not as bad as they seemed yesterday. They just seemed slightly off. If they can correct that today, then they can make this series interesting.
New York @ Minnesota
Sigh. The Yankees won. The Twins must get to Andy tonight and they must do it according to their ball park. For both teams yesterday, getting to the starter wasn't the problem, it was just that the Yankees were able to get to the pen, the Twins not so much. If the Twins want to win this series, they need to take one Minnesota before going to New York.
Atlanta @ San Francisco
The nightcap of today's triple header goes out west for the first game of this series. Lowe will try to keep the Giants down while Lincecum will try to shut down the Braves. While both of these teams just made the playoffs, you have to feel that momentum is on the side of the Giants who were rising the entire month of September in order to get here while the Braves had the NL East Division and then would have to settle for the Wild Card, and then almost lost it. Lets Go Giants. I don't think I would be able to handle a playoffs where the Braves, Phillies and Yankees all moved onto the Championship Series.
