It’s October. And that means the leaves are starting to fall from trees, Thanksgiving (at least here in Canada) is on the way, and Halloween is not far off either.
The NHL and NBA are also about to launch into their respective regular seasons. October also means playoff baseball, and it begins in New York where the Yankees host the Minnesota Twins in the American League wild card game.
The winner of the one game playoff in the Bronx has the privilege of playing the American League’s best Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The other AL playoff series pits the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros, which could turn out to be a classic.
I can’t envision any team taking out the Tribe this post-season. They’ve played well all season long and are my choice to represent the AL in the World Series.
Over in the National League, Colorado and Arizona hook up in an all AL West wild card playoff game in Phoenix. The winner, and your guess is as good as mine (Diamondbacks) will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.
That leaves the Washington Nationals to tangle with the defending champion Chicago Cubs in the NL’s other best-of-5 series. Wow, what a series that should be. Flip a coin!
The Dodgers have been the class of the senior circuit this season and they have all the tools to go all the way but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cubbies make another deep playoff run.
I could pick several different World Series finals and be perfectly happy with watching those matchups. Aside from being treated to another Cubs-Indians World Series, I’d like to see the Tribe take on the Dodgers.
Wouldn’t it be horrible, though, if the Indians got back to the Fall Classic, only to lose again?
The Cubs ended the major league’s longest World Series drought last year, so let’s cheer for the Tribe to end their 68 year long wait in 2017.
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