Major League Baseball’s Playoffs Are Finally Here; Haven’t We Seen This Movie Already?

Baseball’s playoffs have begun. And don’t the teams look familiar? When compared to the other three sports over the past 10 years, MLB has had less movement between the haves and have nots, according to calculation performed by yours truly. While I can’t approach Sports Sturm in detailed dissection of numbers, I offer the following in trying to examine parity in the sports leagues – and how it’s decreasing in baseball.

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Football Muse You Can Use

As you know, Wednesday is my “day of rest” in the football week. So, this blog entry, while lengthy, will be mostly because my intern, TC, contributes 3,000 words (and some eye-catching photos) to this blog as he takes apart the Cowboys “Drive of the Week” with precision and detail.

Before we get to that, and an update on our weekly projects, let me cover two quick items:

Yesterday on the radio, Todd Archer of the DMN and now the Ticket, joined our show and we started talking about the Cowboys “blitz allergy”. When opponents blitz in the last few seasons, it is my premise that Romo and Garrett are actually worse now, than when Romo was a rookie.

Is it true?

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One Last Home Run Pool of Sorts for 2009

The hardware (SSE Baseball)

No prizes awarded. (Did Evan take them all with him?) But you have until 1:37 p.m. today – first pitch of Division Series opener – to emphatically state who will beat whom in the World Series in how many games. First tie-breaker will be results of League Championship Series. Second tie-breaker will be World Series MVP.

Example: Cardinals over Yankees in six. Cards will beat Phillies, Yankees will beat Red Sox. Series MVP: Chris Carpenter

And does anyone care that the Rangers finished with the fourth-best record in the American League, better than the Twins? (Not related to HR Pool at all. Just curious. No wrong answers.)