Baseball Playoffs....

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Texas in 5. Only because the bullpen will screw up at least once. They are better at almost every position. SF's starters wont shut them down like they did to Philly.

I like Texas, but 5 is a bit silly IMO. Lee likely wins twice, who else is shut down? San Fran gets really timely hits, and if HUGE IF TIM L is right and does not match up with Lee, thats 2 wins for San Fran, likely.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I like Texas, but 5 is a bit silly IMO. Lee likely wins twice, who else is shut down? San Fran gets really timely hits, and if HUGE IF TIM L is right and does not match up with Lee, thats 2 wins for San Fran, likely.

It is pretty simple. Texas has a much stronger lineup and is a much better defensive team. They just beat the two best teams in baseball.

Linececum against the AL
In 11 games he is 5-3 with a 3.99 era with a oba of .268

Cain has been very good against the AL.

But the Texas lineup is much stronger than what they have faced and I dont believe they can win more than one game unless they start scoring a lot more. Think Cody Ross is going to keep hitting HR's?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I like Texas, but 5 is a bit silly IMO. Lee likely wins twice, who else is shut down? San Fran gets really timely hits, and if HUGE IF TIM L is right and does not match up with Lee, thats 2 wins for San Fran, likely.

No matter which side you choose, I don't think "in 5" (or a sweep) is silly. For some reason, these things do only go 4 or 5 sometimes. I think that everyone knows that Philly is the most talented offensive team in the N.L. San Francisco has the best pitching in the N.L. From what I've seen during the regular season (and now the post) is that Frisco has sort of mastered a plan to pitch to these people. They seemed to have the right people to handle a line-up of mainly lefthanded hitters. You give a team of good pitchers the same exact task, and they're pretty good at remembering what to do. Well, that's now changed. They don't know these Ranger hitters by heart. They aren't exactly sure how to get them out. Other than Uribe, and Sanchez, the Giants mainly need mistakes in order to hit. I don't think that the Giants are gunna see as many hanging pitches. They were def. not this good in the regular season. I'll guess they aren't gunna stay this good (but that closer is no joke.) What odds are they giving for Texas to sweep?