Let's see...it's 2017 and the two 2016 World Series contenders, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs, are still strongly in the running for a rematch. Will Joe Madden's Cubs repeat as champs? Well, in spite of their comeback in the second half of the regular season to win their division, the National League team that people are talking about isn't them but rather the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won 104 games, at one time going on a 43-7 run. L.A. has a 2-0 divisional playoff lead over wild card winner Arizona...and the games haven't been close. Action goes back to Arizona today to see if the Diamondbacks can't pick up at least one victory in this best-of-five series. In the other NL series, Washington and Chicago are knotted up at 1-1 with the Cubs hosting today's game. In the American League, the New York Yankees, a traditional favorite of mine, squeaked out a 1-0 win over the Indians to stay alive in their series, but they're still 2-1 behind Cleveland. And Boston turned the tables on Houston yesterday to stay alive as well, also now trailing 2-1. All series feature games today:
Houston at Boston, 1 pm, on Fox Sports 1
Washington at Chicago, 4 pm, on TBS
Cleveland at New York, 7 pm, on Fox Sports 1
Los Angeles at Arizona, 10 pm, on TBS
In Gainesville, Cox Cable has Fox Sports 1 and TBS on channels 62 and 67, respectively. Unfortunately, I'll be at work and will miss this day-long extravaganza of championship-level baseball (but work's a good thing, too). Three of the four series just might be decided today...I'm rooting for the Yankees and Nationals to make it to the World Series, which I recognize as being highly unlikely. My "backup" favorites are the Red Sox in the American League and Arizona in the National...even less likely to happen. Should Cleveland and Los Angeles play in the World Series...the most probable matchup... I'll go for the Indians...
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