J.D. Boo? Paul Byrd Didn't Achieve a 4.59 ERA Naturally?

J.D. Drew cranked a first-inning grand-slam home run to center field to put the Boston Red Sox up for good in game 6. They held on to win 12-2, with Curt Schilling winning his second game of the series. The Cleveland Indians' two-game lead has now been erased as game 7 approaches.

As if the outcome of games 5 and 6 weren't bad enough for the Indians, they now have a performance-enhancing issue to deal with. Paul Byrd, of all people, has admitted to receiving HGH. He says it was prescribed by a doctor (so you know it's legit).

The writers at the San Francisco Chronicle were the ones to break this story. They've kind of got a thing for the baseball drug scene.

Tonight, game 3 starters Jake Westbrook and Daisuke Matsuzaka (which I spelled "Daisasuke Matsusaka" before spell-checking) will duel for post-season glory. Westbrook got the better of the Japanese rookie in Cleveland. He went 6 2/3 giving up two earned, while Dice-K didn't survive the fifth and gave up four. The Both bullpens pitched lights-out as the Indians went on to win 4-2.

The Colorado Rockies, winners in 21 of their last 22 games, await tonight's victor. They are 7-0 this post-season, but have not had this many off days since February. They clinched the NLCS from Arizona on Oct. 15. The World Series won't begin until Oct. 24.

Ryan Maloney

Gonna Miss Those Endless Frank TV Promos

The Colorado Rockies may have won the NL pennant in the wee hours of the morning last night, but the true winner from TBS's 2 weeks of playoff coverage was Frank Caliendo. The final tally of promos aired was 765. Mercifully, four of the five series TBS covered were sweeps, and only one (Indians/Yankees) went an extra game. So, just imagine how that count would have increased with some Game 5s or 7s. There is still a month before the show debuts. Only 625 Seinfeld and 342 Friends reruns away! I wonder if the superstation has anyother original programming. On the bright side, there are about 200 Dane Cook promos that haven't been aired yet, so don't put that fork away yet. You still might have to poke your eyes out. I won't post the video to save us all some the pain for the time being.

Pat Morgan

That was an Incredible Game!

The Colorado Rockies have completed the improbable by winning the NL Wildcard, in perhaps, the most exciting "regular season" game in MLB history. The Rockies won 14 of their final 15 games, and won the play-in game last night 9-8 in 13 innings over the San Diego Padres to claim the final spot in the 2007 MLB playoffs. An absolute incredible story by a team that many thought may never, ever make the postseason again. This team will now continue their unlikely run and head to Philadelphia, which is pretty much guaranteed to be a slugfest of a series.

Tonight's game was truly incredible. Even though MLB is economically flawed in many, many ways, it shows why baseball at its true core is the best sport on the planet. Every night you have a chance to see something new, and this game was definitely proof of that. A play-in game that goes 13 innings, and includes 4 ties and 4 lead changes is something special. Especially when you throw in the fact that the ultimate cinderella team completed the comeback off the all-time saves leader in the bottom of the 13th (even though Trevor Hoffman always stinks it up in the big spot). Wow! I'm anxiously awaiting ESPN Classic to air this as an Instant Classic. I never though a matchup of two NL West teams could be so much fun. Matt Holliday also locked up the NL MVP, in my opinion, with his big triple in the 13th. Even if he never actually touched homeplate on Jamey Carroll's sac-fly.

I also really enjoyed TBS's coverage of the game, and look forward to their LDS and NLCS coverage. It blows away FOX and ESPN MLB coverage by miles. The announcers were clearly into it, and knew their stuff fairly well. They aren't the Joe Buck play-by-play NFL sellouts, or analysts like Joe Morgan and Tim McCarver that think they know everything and have to speak dumb to their audience. I've also always loved Ernie Johnson, and Cal Ripken was a good in-game analyst. I'm wondering if Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley will jump out on set at some point . Turner sports is the best of the major sports carriers. Their NBA coverage has always been first rate, and now they are off and running with the MLB. Great work!

Postseason Picks:
ALDS
BOS over LAA in 5
NYY over CLE in 4
NLDS
CHC over ARI in 4
PHI over COL in 5 (Colorado has been given 8:1 odds to make world series, good bet!)
ALCS
NYY over BOS in 6
NLCS
PHI over CHC in 6
World Series
NYY over PHI in 5

Pat Morgan