- Houston now has it's back to the wall, losing two straight to the Red Sox at home and going down 3-1 in the American League Championship Series. I picked Bosotn in six and I can see the Astros forcing a Game 6 back in Boston. I just didn't think this Astro team would be as hungry for another World Series, plus the Red Sox won 108 this season, no push-overs.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers leave LA with a 3-2 lead in the National League Championship Series. Milwaukee needs to take two in a row at home to capture the pennant. I picked the Brewers in six- that won't happen. but it wouldn't surprise me to see the Brewers at least force a winner-take-all Game 7.
LA has been there before. They have the experience . A Dodger-Red Sox World Series would be classic.
- The Sixers play their home opener tonight against the Bulls. Hopefully the have let the opening night defeat in Boston fade away. Losing to a bad chicago club in your home opener would signal red flags and question the stability of this 76ers team.
- Both seasons for our local winter teams has just begun but already I'm not seeing a championship on the horizon. Maybe playoff runs at the very least?
The Sixers are no way better than the Celtics. They will win 50 games again and hopefully jell as the year goes on, as they did last season when they went on a 16-game winning streak to close out the year.
The Flyers are way too inconsistent to even think about winning the Stanley Cup. They still have their young core, sprikled in with vets like Geroux, Simmons and Vorachek. but until they either get a true No. 1 goalie- or one of their prospects, like Carter Hart emerges from the minors- thye will struggle just to reach the playoffs.
- I agree. The baseball playoffs are on way too late. how is a kid, on a week-night, supposed to stay up til 2am and watch the end of these games? The west coast really doesn't care anyhow, yet baseball caters to that time zone.
Why not start the playoff games at 6:00 pm EST? That way, even if they do run 3 hours the games ar eover around 9:00 on hte east coast, more logical for kids and adults who need to get up early for school or work. 3:00 PST would mean fans on the west coast get the games clsoe to when work and school are finished for the day.
All sports should think more of east coast fans. Pro football starts too late on Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights, but at least midnight is a bit better end than 2:30 am. The NCAA Basketball Championship game tips-off after 9:00 EST.
Baseball, already slow and too analytical, is shooting itself in the foot by having big playoff games end well-after midnight and beyond. Unless you are a Red Sox or Astros fan, from Boston or Houston, who is up at 2:30 in the morning, watching baseball? A loyal fan spends all spring and summer following their team, only to have it's playoff game- the reason you play 162 games a season- decided in the middle of the night? Makes no sense.
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