After Brad Lidge struck out Troy Tulowitzki Monday night, the first round of the MLB postseason came to a close. The four higher-seeded teams all prevailed and in remarkably easy fashion. Fans can only hope the LCS match-ups provide a bit more drama then the first round did.
The next round starts Thursday night when the Phillies and Cole Hamels head to LA to take on the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw. The NLCS is a rematch from last year in which the Phillies won in five games. Each team remains largely unchanged, with the biggest difference being the ineffectiveness of Brad Lidge this year compared to his stellar 2008. On paper, it appears to be an excellent match up, but it did a year ago as well and turned out to be disappointing.
In the American League, the Yankees and Angels have cruised through their first opponents on a collision course for each other. In the last ten years, no team has given the Yankees more problems than the Angels. Still, that was before the Yanks added C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira. This looks like a fantastic pairing of two nearly-equal teams. It's going to come down to starting pitching, as it always does this time of year. Game one is Friday night in the Bronx.
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