Well... Couldn't have been more wrong about a Yankees Phillies rematch. The Giants seemed done after blowing it at home with Lincecum on the mound in Game 5, but Bochy worked his magic and got his boys through to the World Series. Gutsy effort, but I'm still picking the Rangers to win. San Francisco may have a better pitching staff (Brian Wilson is the man) but their bats can't match up with Texas's lineup. Either way, it should be a great series featuring poor tv ratings and two fan bases who have no idea how to handle this type of situation. Tim Lincecum and Cliff Lee go head to head in Game 1 on Wednesday.
Other news of note:
- Oklahoma and LSU were eliminated from the National Championship race this weekend (at least I was right about Oklahoma losing) and Auburn looks like the team to beat. An Oregon - Auburn title game would be a spectacle but unfortunately it won't happen. Both teams have too many challenges ahead of them to make it through unscathed and instead we'll probably get Boise State and TCU or some other asinine combination of schools.
- Rangers have won three straight without Drury or Gaborik. If their young D matures over the course of the season and their secondary scoring keeps coming through then maybe they'll turn into a contender after all.
- This weekend, Charger fans learned that Kris Brown sucks after he booted a potentially game tying 50 yard field goal off of the upright in the last minute against the Patriots. Welcome to the club.
- All of the head to head fine talk in the NFL is complete crap. If the league didn't want its players to get hurt they wouldn't be pushing for an 18 game schedule that will exploit its players and its fans. Players will potentially work more often without an immediate increase in pay because they are already tied to their contracts and ticket prices surely won't go down even though each individual game is devalued. Sounds like a league that really cares about the individuals that make it work. Stop being hypocritical, fine only for actual malicious hits, and let the boys play.
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