I was going to write this in-depth, position-by-position playoff preview, but I don’t get paid for this and most Dodger fans (basically any non-cholo) are knowledgeable enough to know to make their own logical opinions, so here are my own quick observations:

Hitting: The Cardinals have that cyborg Albert Pujols, all-star Matt Holliday, and a bunch of guys with bad porn mustaches. The Dodgers have better depth throughout their lineup, but they can struggle to score runs sometimes and they don’t have anyone nearly as scary as Pujols. Advantage: Draw (unless Manny steps up and turns into our own version of Pujols, then it becomes an advantage for the Dodgers)

Pitching: The Cardinals first 3 starters will be Carpenter/Wainwright/Piniero, while the Dodgers counter with Wolf/Kershaw/TBD. The Dodgers have the best bullpen ERA in the NL, while St. Louis was 4th. I hope that TBD turns out to be a 5 inning shutout start from Bills, and then he gets taken out before the 6th. I wish Torre would have thought ahead and juggled the rotation to have Kershaw start Game 1 to put a righty between Wolf and Kershaw. I thought he would since Joe is an old-school guy Advantage: Cardinals (because of Carpenter)

Conclusion: Not good. Honestly, I would have preferred to face the Phillies starting on the road, than the Cardinals at home. Carpenter has been dominant this year and in 2 starts against the Dodgers this year he pitched 15 innings while allowing 3 runs. The Dodgers will probably see him twice, which I’m counting as 2 losses, so they will have to win the other 3 games against Wainwright/Piniero/maybe Wainwright again. I don’t like those odds. Prediction: Cardinals in 5 (also, TBS announcers will say that St. Louis has the best baseball fans at least 500 times)


I like how Ferio did not make a concrete prediction. Where is the fun in that? Tanaka says you have no marbles!