How do you like me now?

All season I had to listen to Moody and Hey Russ talk about whose team is better. Now after the first day of the playoffs, let's compare. First, lets take the Cardinals. Sure, they knocked out Peavey in the 5th, but managed only 2 hits after that. Plus, it took an eyes closed, swing out of his ass from Sanders to secure the win as the Cardinals bullpen by committee gave up 5 runs. As for Carpenter, he only struck out 3. Peavey struck out 3 in 1.2 fewer innings, not very Cy Young Award numbers. And most importantly, So Taguchi was reduced to a Defensive Substitution in the 8th and then got taken out in a double switch 2 outs later. How am I supposed to love baseball cause it's So Taguchi, if he's only out there for 20 minutes?

Let's compare the White Sox now. They too sent the opposing pitcher, Clement, to the showers early, but one inning sooner than the Cardinals. The Sox hit 5 homeruns in the game, 2 by Pierzynski alone. The bullpen looked at a stress free outing, allowing only 1 hit in 1.1 innings. The Sox did manage to leave 9 runners on base, compared to the Cardinals 7, not very small ball efficient. To cap it off, they managed 6 more runs, on 1 more hit, with the same number of at-bats as the Cardinals.

Most importantly, 12,000 more people attended the Cardinals game, at 12 noon. This left the businesses of St. Louis unattended and crippling the economy. At least the citizens of Chicago waited until 3 pm to leave work.

Now this information was gathered by an impartial 3rd party, me. And as we all know, I am a Dodgers fan. You won't catch me saying I'm a Dodgers fan, go away to college, denounce my team, and come back rooting for a team that has formed quite a bandwagon. I bleed Dodger Blue and have been since 1978. So I will enjoy the playoffs, mainly because I love watching baseball, and I will wait until April 2006 for the Dodgers to get my hopes up. I know this will happen, because as my dad so eloquently stated, "LA stands for Losers Again."