PLAYOFF COMMENTS
With Boston and New York rained out tonight I'm left with some time to contemplate what has happened thus far in the playoffs. Here are my thoughts...

Why didn't PHIL GARNER bring in BRAD LIDGE in a 4-4 game in the 8th inning last night? I mean, his bullpen sucks, we all know that. DAN MICELI, RANDY QUALLS, DAN WHEELER, CHAD HARVILLE, those guys just aren't getting the job done. They have a bullpen ERA of 7.50 so far in the post-season. You're down 0-1 in a tie game and you keep one of the best relievers in the bullpen? Why? Miceli promptly gives up back-to-back jacks and the Cardinals lead the series 2-0 now. Scrap Iron has been getting out-managed all post-season, but it seems that the bats have overcome some of his blunders. Now that Houston is matched up with a clearly superior team, his mistakes will no longer go without being punished by the observation.

CURT SCHILLING's ankle injury has been a weird situation. First of all we know that he has been hampered by a bad ankle for a few months now. Before Game 1 he states how he'd love to "shut up 55,000 Yankees fans" or whatever his quote was. His ankle is just sprained at this point. Somewhere between this and his Game 1 start they discover that he has a torn tendon in his ankle. I just don't get when that happened? Did he trip over JOHNNY DAMON's hair in the club house? PEDRO MARTINEZ's jerry-curl? I could go on and on. But either way, Schilling looked bad in Game 1 and is still questionable for the rest of the series.

If we do get a New York/St. Louis World Series, this will be the first time the best records from each league have matched up in the Series in a while. I am looking forward to watching the two best teams in baseball battle in the Fall Classic.