Dodgers Fall In Game 1

Well that wasn't exactly the start I had hoped to see. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS 8-6 in front of a sold-out crowd at Dodger Stadium. Two three-run homers for the Phillies is really what did the Dodgers in. The Dodgers gave a valiant effort, but in the end it was the Phillies who came away with the win, and in doing so gained homefield advantage in the series. The winner of Game 1 of the NLCS has advanced to the World Series 14 out of the last 17 times. If the Dodgers want to win the series, then it must be their pitching that wins it for them. The Dodger offense is not good enough to get into an offensive shootout with the Phillies, as proven tonight. The Dodgers left way too many men on base, and did not convert on golden opportunities. The Dodgers had six runs on 14 hits, whereas the Phillies had eight runs on eight hits.

Vicente Padilla will be on the mound for the Dodgers tomorrow, and the Phillies will counter with Pedro Martinez. Tomorrow is a must win game for the boys in blue, because there is absolutely no way they will come back from an 0-2 deficit heading back to Philly.

The ALCS starts tomorrow in the Bronx, as the New York Yankees take on the "LA" Angels of Anaheim. I'm pulling for the Yankees simply for the fact that if the Dodgers don't win the World Series, then I sure as hell don't want to see the Angels win it. I never have liked the Angels, and my disliking for them and their fans has only increased since their idiot owner Arte Moreno decided to put Los Angeles as part of their team name. Honestly, nobody outside of Orange County gives a horse crap about the Angels, so what's the point of trying to make it seem like they are LA's team? The Angels don't have half the tradition and name that the Dodgers do, and it's stupid that their fans think they are better than the Dodgers just because they have won a World Series this decade.

Some noteworthy college football games this weekend include #20 Oklahoma vs #3 Texas, #4 Virginia Tech vs #19 Georgia Tech, #22 South Carolina vs #2 Alabama, and #6 USC vs #25 Notre Dame.