National League Playoffs

September is coming to an end and that can only mean on thing. Baseball play offs. Right now that is probably going to be one of the most interesting play off years. Especially in the American League with teams like Tampa Bay being tied for first, and the Yankees being four games away from being eliminated from the Wild Card race. Its so unbelievable. But that is for a different blog. For a different day. Today I want to talk about the National League.

If it ended today, the Dodgers, the Mets, and the Cubs (yeah that's right the Freakin' Cubs) would be the three teams to make the play off race. The Brewers and the Phillies are tied for the wild card position. Let's pretend that the Phils make the play offs.

The Cubs would play the Dodgers because the Cubs have the best record in the National League. Just writing that sentence seems like a contradiction. Honestly, I think the Cubs could sweep this series. They have the pitching (Dempster, Zambrano, and Wood) and definitely the offense (Lee, Ramirez, and Fukudome) to beat anybody.

But don't count out the Dodgers. They didn't win their division for no reason. Even though they are probably in the easiest division. They have the offense in people such as Manny and pitching with veterans such as Derek Lowe. But with both teams having little inexperience in the play offs look for the Cubs to come out on top.

The Mets would play the Phillies. That division race is still pretty close as well so whoever doesn't win the division would look to get some revenge on the division winner. I think the Phillies will win this series but i think it will go at least six games. Neither team really has dominant pitching but they do have very good offense. The Mets slipped near the end of last year and didn't make the play offs at all. It would be a shame if neither New York team made it....NOT!

So the National League Championship would be played between the Cubs and Phillies. Curse or no curse, I think the Cubs will win the NLCS. They have just been so dominant all season and I see no reason why it can't continue during the play offs. Of course every body thought that about the Seattle Mariners who won 100+ games that one year. Choke.

Stay tune for my thoughts on the American League Playoffs and Extensive thoughts on the World Series.