The second round is set to begin and neither league leader in wins is still around playing. The Cubs went out without a fight and the Angels proved it’s all about the postseason with their downfall to the Red Sox.

      With the sweep of the Cubs, the Dodgers advanced to play the Phillies with a trip to the World Series on the line. The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was 1983. 

      The Dodgers hadn’t even won a series since 1988 and that was when they won it all. Los Angeles is still a Laker town, but you’d be hard pressed to stop someone on the street who wasn’t bleeding Dodger blue. With the off season hiring of Joe Torre and the midseason pickup of Manny Ramirez the Dodgers are poised to make a deep playoff run. The people at FOX sure are banking on it for ratings.

     The Boston Red Sox disposed of the Angels in four games to set up a showdown with the upstart Tampa Bay Rays. The series was a mild surprise as the Angles had beaten the Sox eight out of nine, had the league’s best record and had home field advantage. The Red Sox on the other hand had really owned the Angels when it counts, in the postseason having beaten them eleven straight times and eliminating them in the process.

   It now looks like the Red Sox are on a collision course with the Dodgers. The back stories there are endless. The Red Sox traded Manny in midseason, the former Yankee manager Joe Torre would be in the mix and the current Dodger owner had made a failed attempt to purchase the Red Sox before settling on the Dodgers. Just like it always is in corporate America, it’s all about ratings and the all mighty dollar. In my case I just hope my Dodgers come out on top.