The San Francisco Giants have made it into the playoffs in spite of a shoddy second-half record on account of a shaky bullpen. The NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers simply couldn’t step on their throats hard enough to keep them out of the playoffs, and they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves when they sitting at home while the Giants take out whichever team is unfortunate enough to make it out with the American League pennant.
That’s right, it is a foregone conclusion. The MLB Playoffs don’t even have to be played really. It’s just a formality at this point.
Being an even year, and the Giants have gotten into the playoffs, it’s a lock, a guarantee, that the Giants are going to win the World Series.
It doesn’t even matter that they’re literally the last one into the dance, as the second Wild Card. The Mets are the one team that stands at the door to the party, and relying on the Mets to accomplish anything important is like relying on a 600 lb. food addict to guard your Publix fried chicken.
And when they clobber the Mets, they’ll upset the Team of Destiny Chicago Cubs, and then trounce whomever wins the Nationals/Dodgers series; that’s a toss-up, because both teams are notorious for getting bounced in the NLDS, but one has to emerge to be the fodder for the Giants.
I’m going to go ahead and guess that the Boston Red Sox come away with the American League pennant, because if there’s one thing the Giants’ even-year trend is good at, it’s quashing destinies, and no bigger destiny to quash than putting David Ortiz’s career out with an L on the grandest stage of them all.
Yes, I’m taking time out of my trip in Korea, because there’s literally a typhoon watch on Jeju, and going out isn’t really a great idea. So why not catch up on the internet and sports??
