G-Men of baseball just 1 win away!

"Every victory's just as tasty, but tonight's was really delicious" - Brian Wilson

Juan Uribe came through with a clutch sac fly off of Roy Oswalt in the bottom of the 9th for the 6-5 W and brought San Fran within 1 game of the 'ship.

Buster Posey officially had his coming out party last night with 4 knocks and big ups to Aaron Rowand for showing that he's still a warrior on the field. It puzzled me why he was taken out immediately after gunning out Ruiz at home in the fifth.

Manuel had some guts for going with Oswalt in the 9th, but you gotta do what you gotta do to win the game at hand. Although Roy gave up a run on 2 hits, it wasn't over the span of 8 innings like Game 2. Philly's got some serious work to do, but they've got the right guys taking the ball.

Tonight we get a rematch of Halladay/Lincecum. With everything on the line, I expect this one to be the classic that game 1 should have been.

A message for Philly fans..Beware the Hurri-CAIN!

Matt Cain looked like a stud today throwing 7 shutout innings. Javier Lopez and Brian Wilson, who looks like the dude from 300, came in and capped off the 3-0 victory over the Filthies.

Barry Bonds put the needles aside for today to make it out to the ballpark and throw out the ceremonial first pitch. He looked "jacked" up to be there as AT&T Park may be the only place on the planet that accepts Barry Bonds as anything other than a crybaby steroid freak.

I digress.

Chase Utley had one of the tougher games i've ever seen him have as he went 0-4 and misplayed two balls hit his way. Cole Hamels looked solid through the first 3 2/3 innings of the game until he ran into this man....

Cody F'n Ross! The Giants have 8 RBI's in this series and 4 of them are from this man. Ross knocked in an RBI single and Aubrey Huff followed him with another ribeye. The Filthies have got to find a way to get this man out!

This is another series where the lack of an off day between games 4 and 5 hurts a team's rotation; in this case, Philly's.

Do you send Roy Halladay out on 3 days rest and, hence, send Oswalt and Hamels on three days rest? Or do you put the ball in Joe Blanton's hands? Blanton hasn't lost since July, but hasn't pitched since the 29th of September. Regardless of who throws, San Fran has gained back the momentum in this series and Philly unexpectedly has their backs against the wall.

Filthies nod up series, time to head to the bay!

O.K, so the pitching matchup of the century wasn't the 1-0 classic we anticipated. No worries. We'll see it again in game 5!

Just so you know, there is a guy making a name for himself in this postseason that doesn't pitch, Cody Ross.

This guy is a stud who plays the game the way it should be; hard. I watched him kill the Mets, while in a Marlins uniform. He had 90 RBI's last year, and he has already hit 3 HR's in the NLCS!

Don't expect Cole Hamels to shut him down, Cody's 9-30 with 4 HR's and 6 RBI's against him all-time.

Cole Hamels had a very impressive CG shutout to cap the NLDS for the Filthies and Roy Oswalt was absolutely filthy with an 8 inning, 1 run and 9 strikeout preformance. We get it Filthadelphia, your rotation is pretty damn good.

Jimmy Rollins, as much as I hate his guts, had a clutch 3-run double to seal game 2. He had a rough year, but he's always ready for October baseball.

The baseball Giants decided to switch up the lineup today and have turned to experience; wily vets Aaron Rowand and Edgar Renteria. Pablo Sandoval and Andres Torres get to enjoy the view from the bench for this one. I expect contributions from the two aforementioned postseason warriors of old, as well as a pitcher's duel between Hamels and Cain. I'm taking the Giants for game 3 and a regaining of the series momentum.

Halladay vs. Lincecum..Are You Ready?

It's being billed by Fox as the freatest pitching matchup in NLCS history! They might be right!

Reigning 2x Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum vs. the odds on favorite to win this year's Cy Young, Roy Halladay.

Roy Halladay is coming off throwing the 2nd no-no in postseason history. Big time Timmy Jim is coming off a complete game, 2 hit, 14 strikeout preformance. Not bad for their first ever postseason starts. Anyone who remotely follows the game of baseball should find some way to tune into this one tonight because this will be nothing short of a classic.

And if either of these two men happens to get rocked, i'm hoping it's Halladay! Lets go Giants!

Dodgers/Philthies ready to duke it out for the pennant...again

The Philthies used three runs in the 9th inning to send the Rockies home in 4 games....The Dodgers made short work of St. Louis and swept...All of this leads to a rematch of last year's NLCS...

However, things are not quite the same as they were a year ago...A better bullpen as well as the emergence of Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier have the Dodgers, as well as myself, thinking that they will not exactly lose this series in 5 games the 2nd time around...

The Phils may have a potent offense (even one of the best in baseball), but the Dodgers offense is not only just as potent..but they are no longer riding the coattails of Manny Ramirez...Players like Kemp and Ethier have stepped their game off to take the pressure off of Man-Ram...Needless to say, Manny, as well as Rafael Furcal have more than done their part as each hit .500 in the NLDS...And think about this readers...if they can get through Carpenter and Wainright, you really think they're gonna be intimidated by Lee and Hamels?

As far as the pitching goes, the Dodgers have the Phillies beat in Starting and Relief pitching...Yes, the Phillies have Lee and they hope to have Hamels show up, but who else? Pedro has thrown only seven in the last month so how durable will he be? Blanton and Happ didn't exactly pitch all that well in the NLDS...The Dodgers' staff has come a long way since the days of relying on Chad Billingsley, who hasn't even been pitching this postseason. Guys like Padilla and Wolf have stepped up and assumed a level of play that will make every game this series tough for Philly...

In game 1, the Dodgers will be sending 21-year-old Clayton Kershaw to the mound...Kershaw seemed unfazed of the bright lights with a strong preformance in game 2...Now he must set the pace for the rest of the series against a team he has not beaten in his 2 starts against them this year (0-2 5.22 e.r.a)...

On the other side, Cole Hamels will look to regain his old form and lead his team to a 2nd straight National League Pennant...Although he has had a shaky season, he has pitched phenomenally against the Dodgers this year with a 0.36 e.r.a in 2 starts that includes a complete game shutout back in June....Did I mention he also won 2 games in the NLCS last year?

What this series basically will come own to is the bullpen...bottom line...the Phillies shaky bullpen is going up against the pen' with the best bullpen e.r.a in baseball...Even though Lidge had a couple saves in the NLDS, he has been far from "Lights Out" this year an he can't be depended upon...L.A has a slew of talent for every crucial situation imaginable...Kuo, Belisario and Sherrill are ALL capable of closing an they also have some guy named Johnathan Broxton....

Dodgers in 6 people...