[Steve615]

The Chicago Cubs are the first NL club to punch their ticket to the postseason.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080920&content_id=3515126&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

How far do you think they will go?

 

[Steve615]

In the AL,the Angels are already in and the Tampa Bay Rays will make their first ever postseason appearance.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080920&content_id=3514963&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[stevenv]

I'd like to see the Cubs and the Rays in the World Series.

 

[Steve615]

Here is the tentative schedule for the 2008 Postseason.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp

It looks like FOX and TBS will have all of those bases covered.

 

[asrabbit91]

The Cubbies will stay the lovable losers, and get swept in the first round.

 

[Jimmy 440]

I would have said until they get swept by the METS ! <lol>

 

[offinthewoods]

If things stay the way they are now The Cubbies will lose to the Phillies in the NLCS!......wishful thinking on my part

 

[fluffybear]

Here is the tentative schedule for the 2008 Postseason.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp

It looks like FOX and TBS will have all of those bases covered.

I really hate the idea of having playoff games carried by TBS (or any other cable/satellite channel).

There still is quite a few who do not subscribe to cable/satellite services and are being disenfranchised by putting playoff games on this outlet.

 

[fluffybear]

Cubs are eliminated by LA Dodgers

 

[Guest]

Hopefully they win the World Series and I won't feel bad for them and their long suffering fans anymore.

 

[adunkle]

Cubs take World Series in 7 games.

 

[mazter]

One and done! They won't get out of the first round.

 

[fluffybear]

I wouldn't mind if the Astro's were to claim the NL Wild Card but they would need some serious help in order to accomplish that.

World Series is a West Coast affair between Angels and Dodgers with the Angels taking it in 6 games.

 

[Steve615]

The Red Sox can now be added into the mix.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080923&content_id=3533813&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

EDIT : With the Red Sox winning tonight,the Yankees have been officially eliminated from postseason play.

 

[Steve615]

Some more info in regards to the Yankees' playoff run ending.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080923&content_id=3533396&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[djlong]

I can only imagine what it would be like in Chicago if the Cubs make it to the series and lose to Tampa Bay...

Of course, a Cubs / Red Sox series has the potential to be classic in many ways. Talk about "old school". Nice mix among the most likely playoff teams as far as history is concerned. The Cubs, both Sox [Red and White], Dodgers and Phillies would be 'originals'. Tampa Bay is 11 years old, the Angels date back to the early 60s, the Mets are from '62.

 

[Steve615]

The Dodgers are in,and the Diamondbacks are eliminated.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080925&content_id=3546692&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

[Steve615]

The Mets won a coin flip with the Astros yesterday,giving them the right to host a tiebreaker game with Houston for the NL wild-card slot,if necessary.
Other scenarios mentioned are:
* The Phillies would host the Mets for NL East tiebreaker.
* The White Sox would host the Twins for the AL Central tiebreaker.
* = If necessary

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3609252

 

[n3ntj]

I'm rooting for a Rays-Cubs World Series.

 

[Steve]

Assuming the Mets don't get in (and I don't think they will), I'm a Piniella fan rooting for the Cubs to beat the Red Sox. If the Mets do make it, as a New Yorker I have no choice but to root for them. /steve