Go...Rays?

Well, Tampa won. That makes teams I support 1-5 so far this postseason. Philly and the Dodgers jumped to commanding 2-0 leads in their respective series. Milwaukee is in trouble as they were counting on at least 3 victories from CC Sabathia this series, meaning he will have to start and win the next 3 games. The Cubs are in trouble because they're the Cubs. Also, they were the team I was rooting for to win it all, and they lost the first two games at home. It's not impossible for them to win the next 3 games in a row, but I wouldn't exactly start making plans for a Windy City Series. At least Tampa won. Super rookie Evan Longoria Parker, er Eva Longoria, er, whatever homered in his first two at bats but only singled in a run his third time up, proving once again that rookies can't handle the pressure of postseason play.

At least I'm consistent!

EVERY team I root for loses. Need proof? In the LDS, I'm rooting for the Cubs, against the Phillies (FUCK Philadelphia), and against the insufferable Red Sox fans. Three games were played last night, and who won? That's right, the Phillies over the Brewers, the Dodgers over the Cubs, and Red Sox over humanity. I mean the Red Sox over the Angels. As an interesting side note, the Red Sox have now won 10 consecutive postseason games over the Angels, tying the record set by the A's who won 10 straight in October against the Red Sox.

Well that was a waste of time

161 games and almost exactly a year later, the Mets find themselves in the exact same position they held last year. Couldn't they have just played one game at the beginning of April and saved us this whole mess? Johan Santana pitched a masterful game, throwing a three-hit shutout on three days rest to help the Mets pull into a tie for the wild card lead with the Milwaukee Brewers. Ben Sheets did his part by lasting less than 3 innings for the Brewers as they fell to the Cubs 7-3. Playing the role of Tom Glavine this year is Oliver Perez, who has fittingly given up at least 4 runs in 3 of his last 4 starts, two of which he failed to pitch 5 innings. Playing the role of the Florida Marlins this year is the Florida Marlins, who have made no secret of their desire to knock the Mets out of the playoffs again.

It's better to be lucky than good

Actually, that's bullshit. It's better to be lucky AND good, and the Mets seem to be pulling that off right now. Heading into a critical three game series against the hated Phillies, the Mets wrapped up a three game sweep in Milwaukee. The Brewers lead the National League wild card race largely on the strength of their dominant starting pitching. However CC Sabathia threw a one-hit shutout Sunday afternoon, meaning the Brewers ace A would not pitch against the Mets. On Monday, ace B Ben Sheets dominated the Mets for 5 innings before pulling himself from the game with a tweaked hair follicle, or something like that. The NL East leaders came from behind to win that game, won an extra-innings affair in the major league debut of John Niese the next night before finishing off the sweep in a dominating performance yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile, the rivals from Philadelphia ran into a suddenly and inexplicably hot Nationals team in Washington, dropping two of three. An unlikely three game sweep of the Phillies this weekend at Shea would put the Mets in prime position for another historic collapse.