MLB on TV, Unless you don't have cable, like me.

In the case that you are part of the minority of Americans sans cable, I thought you might like to know that the Major League Baseball playoffs are upon on us. In fact, they are zipping right by with a total of 13 games needed (minimum +1) to get through the Divisional Series.* The end result of these four Divisional Series nearly mirrored my desired outcome. This is of course excluding the Red Sox beating the Angels, who are appropriately named “Evil Empire Lite” by my good friend Mel-Anon. This being said, it is hard to say that rooting for the Angels and Moreno’s Evil Empire Lite: West Coast Edition could be considered fun from a passionate purveyor of parity – as I tend to be.

In conjunction with Mr. Anon’s post on this subject, I would have to agree that it looks like the Colorado Rockies should be the favorite in the NLCS. After a sluggish outing by Webb last night, the Snakes have an uphill climb. I think they may make it fun to watch (if you have cable) but, I think the Rockies will be, pardon my biblical reference, David of the NL this year. Rox in five. The David role is what NL teams get to play in the World Series, at least from a betting line standpoint. I do believe the only two favorites from the NL going into the Series in the past decade were the Cards in ’04 (oh lordy, what a no show that was) and the Diamondbacks, with Schilling and Johnson in 2001 (by a scant –115 over the Yanks).

The real question at hand is to whom the role of Goliath falls. Though I hope, and wagered, on the Indians triumphing – their bullpen must outperform its regular season effort to be competitive. I do like Cleveland’s defense, contact hitting, and overall clutch performance. The front side of their rotation with Carmona and Sabathia is powerful in a seven game set. The Sox counter with a very powerful line-up and a solid rotation. I still think Beckett is overrated, but it is hard to downplay his previous playoff success. Overall, I think the intangibles lie with the Indians. They get to have it out with David after beating EEL in seven.

The World Series... Well it’s too early to start prognosticating, but if the Rockies make it and are a huge dog – you can bet that I’ll bet on them.

* I had to look into the appropriate plural form of series, and in fact it is series. If it is referring to a single series of events, it takes a singular verb. Correspondingly, if it is referring to more than one series of events, it takes a plural verb.