This year’s World Series is set up to be one of the lower watched in recent history. First, we have a team in the Detroit Tigers that will fail to get national attention. Yes, it’s a great story, but not great enough to hold a national audience. Let’s face it; the national audience would rather see the Yankees or Red Sox.

Last night the Cardinals beat a Mets team that just couldn’t take advantage of situations. The game itself was pretty exciting. The Mets blew a shot in the 6th with bases juiced. The Cardinals finally broke a 1-1 tie to go up 3-1 heading into the bottom of the 9th. The Mets got the first two runners on in the 9th. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why the Mets didn’t sacrifice to get the runners to 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

Ok, maybe this should have been titled “why the Cardinals should lose.” First, the Cardinals are barely a .500 team. Honestly, they are lucky to be in a series tied 2-2. Today, that magic ends. The rains came down and gave Mr. Glavine another day of rest. On 3 days rest, the Cardinals had more than a legitimate shot to get to him. However, he’s now rested another day and should pitch well.

The Detroit Tigers didn’t suffer an emotional letdown when they played the Oakland A’s in game one of the ALCS yesterday. The Tigers came into town steaming and ready to go to the World Series.

Baseball Betting – Sports news hounds have been monitoring the news wires and phone calls since the Detroit Tigers pulled the plug on the Yankees’ season. Would A-Rod be traded? Is Torre Fired? Will the Yankees sign every free agent this off-season? One of these questions was answered today when Joe Torre held said he was coming back next season.

Let me just say right now that I was cheering for the Tigers. I’m glad they won and I’m glad the Yankees lost. Once again A-Rod proved that he’s not the greatest player in the game and that he’s worthless when it counts. The MLB playoffs initially looked to be boring and a waste of time this season. Yes, I love baseball as much as the next person, but just about everyone figured the Yankees would represent the AL and sweep whoever was there for the NL.

Many had written off the AL playoffs to the New York Yankees. They are just too complete when compared to the other teams. Game one of their series against the Detroit Tigers went pretty much as expected—Yankees won easily. It looked to be going that way again today in game 2. However, the Tigers kept hacking away and runs in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings helped give them a 4-3 victory over the Yankees.

Ok, that might be a bold statement considering the series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres isn’t over yet, but in reality it is. First, consider that teams up 2-0 in a 5-game series almost never lose the series—only happened once. Next, consider that the Padres can’t seem to score. Finally, consider that the Padres would need to win three straight games—two of which are in St. Louis. Can it happen? You bet. Will it happen? Most likely not.