Baseball Update

So far, the playing the first two games in the lower seed cities hasn't hurt the higher seeds too much.

In the National League, the Cincinnati Reds won both games in San Francisco and will resume playing tomorrow. They'll have three chances to win one game at home and advance to the NL Championship Series. Ideally, they do it in game 3 as that will be the game that I'm at.

Meanwhile, Washington defeated St. Louis in game 1 in Busch Stadium. Game 2 starts about 4:30 EDT this afternoon

On the American League side, the NY Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles in game 1 of that series, after waiting out a lengthy rain delay.

The lone exception to the higher seed winning is the Oakland Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers series. Detroit won both games at home and now just have to take one game in Oakland. This takes a little added depth when you remember that the Tigers will probably have Justin Verlander going to the mound again in Game 5. No matter where you play, I give the Tigers the edge in that game.

The Championship Series (for both leagues) start this weekend. Times are not set yet but if the NY Yankees advance, expect the prime time slots to go the AL. A Baltimore victory would probably have MLB tearing their hair out with the propect of no major media market teams left. I personally, would love that.