>>What did you think of their decision to shut Steven Strasburg down in early September? Maybe it was the right decision, given his history of injuries, but I don't remember this happening before. You have to wonder if they won't give him the ball in a critical playoff game. He's got all winter to recover.
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>I think they're out of their frigging minds. They may never have this chance again. It's clear that the NL East is a competitive division and is likely to stay that way.
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>>Generally as a matter of ritual I cheer against the Yankees. This year I am not cheering for them but not so much against them, either. My father, who died on May 2, was a huge Yankees fan his whole life. That was kind of an unusual decision. Maine was then, and still is, Red Sox country. Baseball was still the national pastime and the Yankees aced out the Red Sox in several pennant races. He said some people in town literally would not speak to him all winter because he was a Yankees fan. The day after my dad died was the day Mariano Rivera suffered a season ending and possibly career ending injury. My brother in law Richie, who is an off the charts Red Sox fan, and I agreed that it was good he didn't have to witness it. (Mariano blew out his knee shagging fly balls in the outfield before a game, which proves once again that baseball is a game with odd bounces).
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>No such qualms here. The only time I root for the Yankees is a Yankees win helps the Phillies (like when the Yanks are playing the Mets).
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>Personally, I want to see a Nationals-Orioles World Series. Just too much fun not to.
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That would be fun.

The Giants are circling the drain but I feel like a prophet about the Tigers.