And Then There Were Two

This year is super exciting for me as a baseball fan and a Dodgers fan. My team has made it through the NLDS and is headed to the NLCS. Now we wait to see if it will be the Pirates or Cardinals we face. If the Pirates move forward we have home field advantage. And to be honest, I would love to see the Dodgers play the Pirates. When I lived back east I loved driving the eight hours to Pittsburgh to see them play at PNC Park.

Tonight, I watched as the first team won the ALDS, the Red Sox. A team that for so long heard chants about 1918 before winning a World Series in 2004, which subsequently made all Yankees fans shut up and have to come up with a new insult to hurl at the Red Sox players and fans. The Red Sox were my "team" when also living back east. They were close, they were fun, and they had a lot of heart. So I'm happy to see they made the ALCS.

The other team tonight also played hard. I remember thinking of the Rays as a team where players went who wanted to play but weren't all that good anymore. It was like the approaching retirement team. Tonight I learned that is not the case at all or ever. They are committed team that fought through every inning tonight trying to make a come back and win. An incredible team effort that you saw stretch all the way to the dug out and bullpen.

Now we wait for the other two teams to be determined. The NLCS will either be the Pirates or Cardinals playing the Dodgers. The ALCS will either be the Tigers or A's against the Red Sox. Both will be exciting to watch as we narrow this down to the final NL and AL team to play in the World Series.