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