[BluesDuke]

And on to the Serious, as Ring Lardner might have said . . .

[cripplecreek]

I’m still in mourning over the Tiger collapse.

Guess I’m rooting for the Rangers now.

[colorado tanker]

I agree. The BrewCrew's pen was just too thin. Braun sure had a heck of a postseason, though.

But the Rangers will give the Cards all they can handle and then some.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Suppose there’s a left-handed pitcher pitcher pitching

An abundance of pitchers!!

[bobby.223]

Yep, great job Cards, screw Bud Selig. I still haven’t forgotten or forgiven the crap he had announced on 04/01/1970....

[Churchillspirit]

The Rangers beat my team (The Angels) to get to the play-offs, so I'm cheering for them now - although I like The Cardinals.

Should be a great series.

[Jacquerie]

The Cards are ascendant. They were 10 games or so behind the Phillies only a month ago, and beat my Braves in the last game of the season. They don't know that as a wildcard team they have no chance to win it all.

If nothing else, I have enjoyed a postseason without the insufferable Cranks.

[dfwgator]

Found out an interesting statistic....the Cardinals only were .500 against left-handed pitchers, whereas the Rays and Tigers feasted against left-handers during the season, which probably went a long way towards why the Rangers’ starting pitchers haven’t been effective in the post-season, and may indicate they will be better against the Cardinals. Of course, you can throw all of that out the window during the post-season, but something just to keep in the back of your mind.

[RayChuang88]

I think the 2011 World Series could become a Home Run Derby of sorts because while early this season it looked like the pitchers were WAY ahead of the hitting, right now both the Rangers and Cardinals will need a LOT of hitting to win.

Someone mentioned the Giants last year. What happened last year was the Phillies' streaky hitting going cold at the wrong time, and the Rangers had no really effective pitching outside of Cliff Lee. This year, at least the Rangers have good relief pitching, and they're going to need them to keep the Cardinals' sometimes frightening hitters at bay.