Some early playoff thoughts

Yeah, I've been watching the playoffs. The only reason I haven't written anything about them is the whole manager situation, which every time I turn around there's more to think about. So two days of playoff baseball are behind us. Here's some thoughts

• Not only are they barely better than the Brewers, record-wise at least, the Padres got their ace injured in their clubhouse champagne celebration. Any chance they had of winning cracked with Peavy's ribs. This series has "sweep" written all over it. And incidentally, as much as I dislike the Cardinals, it's hard not to root for Reggie Sanders. He's played just about everywhere and made the playoffs just about everywhere (except here) but never won a series. Him getting a ring this year would be the silver lining, kind of like Wakefield last year in Boston.
• How bout those White Sox? There's going to be a lot made about how the Red Sox are never finished, how they're the best series comeback team in baseball, etc. etc. Don't believe a word of it. These Red Sox are nothing like last year's BoSox. It's one thing to come back like they did last year when three of the four wins came from Pedro, Schilling's amazing return, and Derek Lowe. Their pitching staff this year doesn't come close to comparing.
• The Angels and the Yankees are quite an even matchup. The winner of that series is probably the AL champ this year.
• Smoltz and Clemens today? The amazing thing about that matchup is that it's almost as good today as it would've been 10 years ago. The Braves need a split before things head back to Houston. Of course, I hope they don't get it. I still hate the Braves.