Playoff preview ...
Sadly, the postseason is under way without the Tigers. Still, it promises to be a fun month of October (not to mention a chilly month of November) as the eight remaining teams battle it out for the right to play in what's nearly certain to be a crummy-weather World Series.
I'm most interested to see how the Twins fare against the Yankees. They're coming off an unbelievably tense three weeks as they scrapped and clawed their way to the American League Central championship, and they didn't get into New York City until after 3 this morning. The oddsmakers, for one, don't have much faith in the 87-76 Twins ... for today's game, you'd have to bet 360 chips on the Yankees just to win 100.
Anyway, there are a few ways to view the playoff preview:
* There's the best way: Buying the print copy of The News, which (just like the Freep) features tons of good baseball coverage today, including some very impressive and story-telling photographs.
* Of course, there's the always the Web version of the story.
* Or you can check out this PDF here, though I hope you have a good zoom on your computer:
For the record, I picked the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals and Rockies to advance to their respective league championship series ... and of course, Cliff Lee and the Phillies put me off to a predictably poor start.
But hey, the bar is low, right? After all, 1-6 picking 'em this year will be progress.
