Not much left in regular season worth following except the wild card race in the NL. AL is settled, although Boston still has a chance to win the division, which it appears they won't. Now, Minnesota catching and passing the White Sox? That would be awesome. Go Twins. Ozzie would have to kick his own ass, swearing the whole time, on national television.
We lose to the Mets. And I couldn't have cared less. Santana needed to throw 125 pitches. Mets are now one up on the Brewers (who play the AA Pirate affiliate all week) so that race could get close. I've decided that I don't want the Brewers in the playoffs at all.
Right now I think that Marquis and Marshall have to be on the postseason roster. Not so sure about Gaudin. He's been pretty bad of late.
My roster would be this:
Pitchers: Zambrano, Harden, Dempster, Lilly, Marquis, Marshall, Wood, Marmol, Cotts, Samardzija, and Howry. Yes, Howry. He's got more experience and when the chips are down I still think he'll come through. I'd carry eleven pitchers for the first round. I'm leaving off Wuertz, Hart, Guzman, Gaudin.
Non-pitchers: Soto, Blanco, Lee, DeRosa, Fontenot, Theriot, Cedeno, Ramirez, Soriano, Edmonds, Johnson, Fukudome, Ward, and Pie. Yes, Pie. Hoffpauir is too similar to Ward in that he's not great defensively. Pie at least gives us excellent defense if need be, and speed. He can pinch run. If we had a bigger right handed bat in the mix, I'd chose that over Pie...but we don't.
I expect that Lou will go with 12 pitchers and leave off Pie.
I hope that Z is sharp tonight so that we can all quit worrying about him.
Big party at Merkle's (bar across from Wrigley) last night. Did any of you go? I did not, but would have liked to.
I received my notification yesterday that I did not get the opportunity to purchase playoff tickets. Maybe if we play the Dodgers or Angels I can go out here.
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I watched and also was ambivalent about last nights results. I am not sure who I want to win the wild card. Or more correctly, who I want to lose the wild card, as the deflation and humiliation of either the Brewers or Mets, as well as their fan base, are both worth goals. The only thing I don't want to happen is for the unplayed astrohole game to be needed to be played.
There are many tickets on stubhub currently, with prices up to $5K for a single seat. I may look at Dodger,Dback or Angel sites, but most likely will sit it out at home.
Eamus Catuli.
I lost out too....
Sleep with Ralph and he will take you
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