Well the first round of the MLB postseason came to a close last night and what n interesting first round it was. To start we have the Cubs who come into the playoffs a serious favorite to win the world series and they get completely stomped on by the Dodgers who really just crushed all that great pitching the Cubs were supposed to have and silenced that great offense that the Cubs also had, i mean what happend its like the Cubs didn’t even show up for the series. Next let’s stay in the N.L. with the Brewers and Phillies, this series went more or less as expected. the Brewers had to really expend every bit of energy they had to get to the postseason and while they did take a game from the Phillies it just looked as if they didn’t have enough left in the tank to create some more magic. Sabathia was exhuasted to his full extent and while they did come in on a hot streak and an emotional high it just wasn’t enough to get them past a rather underrrated Phillies team, in my opinion at least.
Let’s move over to the A.L. now and take a look at the White Sox and Rays. now this is also kind of the same problem that the Brewers had where they had to give everything to get in to the post season and then it just appeared they didnt have enough in the tank to beat a very young and talented Rays team that is having by far the greatest year in Franchise history. Personally i believe that the White Sox had enough talent to beat the Rays and they might have even had a better team but there poor play at the end of September put them in the position they were in to have to win three games in three days agianst three different teams just to make it to the postseason. And now we go to what was the most compelling match up of the first round which was then Red Sox and the Anegls. The Angels coming in had lost 9 in a row to the Red Sox in the postseason but really did have their best chance to knock off the defending champs they have ever had. When this series started i thought the Angels were the more tlaented team but for those of you who watched you saw that it wasn’t about talent in this series it was about discipline and making the most of the oppurtunities given to you, the angels struggled with fielding,hitting with runners in scoring postion and base-running while the Red Sox for the most part played mistake free and that was the difference. i mean the play that finally decided the series last night was the failed atempt at a squeeze play in the top of the ninth where the batter Eric Aybar failed to make contact on the bunt. This play summed up the entire series, the angels had a golden oppurtunity to take the lead and completely blew it. A lot of people want to point the finger at the manager Mike Scoisca but the reality is if your in that batters box and get the bunt sign you need to make some kind of contact with the ball no matter what!! You can not leave the runner out to dry like he did. And the Red Sox being the Red Sox capitalized on the bad play of the Angels and won the game in the bottom of the ninth along with the series.

well that all for me im Travis Proctor and here is my clip of the playoffs so far it shows what happens when you dont capitalize on your oppurtunities.