Who Dat Nation in Trouble?
I wrote last week that it would be interesting to see how the Saints responded after a pretty much lackluster win over the Minnesota Vikings on opening night. The Saints offense was a shell if its former self, but I mostly wrote it off as opening night jitters and fixing early season kinks. I now officially have some concerns with the Saints.
While the Saints defeated the 49ers last night, they survived four 49er turnovers and two deep inside of New Orleans territory. While on the face it would appear than any type of win against the Vikings and on the road in San Fran would be huge on its face, the Vikings and 49ers has yet to win and San Franciscio was embarrassed by the hapless Seattle Seahawks in Week 1. I’ve still got to see a whole lot more from the New Orleans Saints. They better show it soon, the Atlanta Falcons enter the Super Dome Sunday.
Phillies are the Best Team in Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies are the best team in baseball, and are my pick to win the World Series. Cole Hamels shut down the Braves giving up 1 run in eight innings of work to take Game 1 of the three game set and stretch their lead to 4 games in the Eastern Division. All the Phillies must do now is go 6-5 the remaining 11 games while the Braves must go 11-0 to catch up. That ain’t happening! Braves MUST look at the greater goal, which is to win the Wild Card. With that in mind, it is imperative that the Braves not get swept!
The Phillies clearly made the move of the trade deadline when they acquired Roy Oswalt from Houston. The lineup of Hamels, Halladay, and Oswalt is the best in the game, and I believe will be impossible to stop come October. Before Oswalt was acquired there was some major questions among Philly fans about this pitching staff. Halladay was doing just fine, but Hamels was struggling. I believe trading for Oswalt upped the competetive juices in Hamels and made him better. Over his last five starts Hamels is 5-0 with a ridiculous 0.76 ERA, and since Oswalt showed up at the end of July the Phillies are 22-7 when either Halladay, Hamels, or Oswalt start. I’d say iron sharpens iron.
Yankees Increase Lead over Rays
In a night that former “Boss” George Steinbrenner was honored with a statue in Monument Park, the Yankees took Game 1 in their four game set with the Rays 8-6. Curtis Granderson led the way with 2 HRs. His last a three shot that turned out to be the game winner. The Yankees have now lowered their magic number to clinching a playoff berth to seven. The Rays were able to lower their magic number as well to nine, thanks to the Orioles knocking off the Red Sox.
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