The National League is Alright

Fine. I'll admit it. Through the amazing technology known as the Internet and MLB TV, I watched more NL games this past weekend than AL games. I guess one of the advantages of having "parity" is that it provides for great closing weekends.

Let's start out with the Phillies. What a comeback. I truly am sorry Mets fans, but your team had a 500 to 1 chance at not making the playoffs. But who knew that the Phillies would go on some remarkable two week tear of the NL. Everything just clicked for the Phillies and there's nothing you can do about that. Except maybe win games you should win. The Mets only really have themselves to blame. I mean yesterday was a playoff game, and the Mets played like it was the last game of a lost season. Tom Glavine hit Dontrelle and threw a ball into left field with men in scoring position. They played like they wanted to go home. Contrast this to Jimmy Rollins unilaterally creating a run in the first inning. Teams going in different directions.

And how about those Rockies? It seems like they've won a million in a row and are hitting the leather off the ball. Now these guys found a way to win when they needed to. In what amounted to a pitcher's duel, the Rockies scored first in the 6th. Only to give it up in the 7th. But then they came back and put up a 3 spot in the 8th. One game playoff? Awesome. It's NL Cy Young Jake Peavy against the Dragonslayer (his nickname, seriously) Josh Fogg in the thin air of the Rockies.

Not as sweet as a 4 way tie would have been, but hey, I've known for a while that god doesn't exist.