A Wainwright/Kershaw matchup is one of the few games you expect to see a 10-9 final score.

I'm very surprised to see Kansas City come in and snag both games on the road. It would be nice to see them finally make a run, but they've played three extra inning games in a row, haven't much for offense and still have Ned Yost as manager.

I really think the Angels will dominate the playoffs. Nobody in the AL or NL can stop them.

Ahem .

well, this wont mean anything to you youngsters. but when I was a kid there were 16 teams in baseball, 8 in the american 8 in the national. the winner of each league went to the world series, how very simple it was. now the regular season doesn't mean squat. look at the angels 1- 240 mil first basemen gets 2 hits. I- 140 mil outfielder goes 0 for 14. trout gets 1 hit. these clowns are getting millions to produce,and if they don't the owners shoulnt have to pay them. and ,I forgot Kershaw, you know, " the second coming in L.A." fails big time. why don't they earn their money!!

I scoffed when Kershaw got his money last offseason.

You also burned your Lebron Jersey four years ago. But I'll bet you have a new one .

goombah, Kershaw is one of the few that earns his money. hes simply great in the regular season. but, cant seem to put it together in the playoffs, hes the reason the dodgers made the playoffs, but mattingly left him in too long in game one, he should have pulled him sooner. like the angels the dodgers cant put it together in the post season. look at their payrolls the highest in baseball.

I really can't wait to see how the ALCS and NLCS series go. Hopefully not as lopsided as the previous series.

This is possibly the best postseason in baseball history thus far, and four-game Friday two weeks ago may have been the single greatest day of playoff baseball with the orioles coming back late to sink the Tigers, the Giants holding on to beat the Nats, the Cardinals mounting a furious comeback to shock Kershaw and the Dodgers and then getting the last out of the game with Puig on third, and the Royals going extra innings to beat the Angels.

These series really mark a return to pure baseball where the games are played and won on the bases, not determined by chemically induced slugfests that marginalized the role of pitching and defense. I love these 2-1 type games where every base runner is crucial and teams make moves to advance him or stop him. In the recent past base runners usually just waited to see if batters could drive him in with a homer.

I got to see the Giants play the Pirates in the wild card game, and on the following day I went to see the o's and tigers in Baltimore. It's really enjoyable to see the energy of postseason baseball.

I like the Giants, but am hoping that the Cardinals come back to win their series. St. Louis is the best baseball town in America, and it would be nice to see another KC-St.L series so that the Cards can get revenge for Don Dekinger.

wainwright is going for the cardinals tonight. it isn't over yet. only game 5.

yes, 8 times russ hodges 1951.