October Baseball

It's October, which means - MLB Playoff time! This is shaping up to be almost the perfect postseason, and it's just started. Why? The Yankees are not in the playoffs and the Tampa Bay Rays are! Since living in Tampa, I have been a Rays fan, following their futile seasons and up and coming players from time to time. They've always had a lot of young talent, and finally, it is paying off. So I am really happy for the Rays.

But I'm also highly frustrated by this post-season. The White Sox made it to the playoffs, which doesn't bother me at all. But what drives me crazy is how they got here. They won 1-0 against the Twins yesterday. And who was pitching for the White Sox? John Danks. John Danks! He was a Ranger two years ago, we gave up on him and now he just pitched the White Sox into the postseason. And the Rangers starting rotation? Umm… The Rangers have so mismanaged their organizational pitching. Hopefully Nolan Ryan will straighten it all out - maybe he'll make a comeback.

And as happy as I am for the Rays and hope they win it all, it is truly depressing to know that if the Rays win just two games, they will have surpassed the Rangers' entire postseason win total. (The Rangers are 1-9 all time in the postseason and are currently riding a nine game losing streak.)

But even with the frustration, bring on October baseball - where every pitch, every base runner, every fielded ground ball potentially makes the difference between going home and being crowned World Series Champs. Go Rays!