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Root, root for the CARDINALS!

All right! The National League Championship Series opens tonight with my beleved St. Louis Cardinals taking on the Houston Astros!

The Astros will be a worthy adversary for the Cardinals. Nothing -- except for the Cardinals winning the NL Central -- made me happier than the Astros edging out the Cubbies and Giants for the wildcard spot. The Cubs were the poster boys for underachievement this year in baseball. It was good to see them fail. I'm still making plans for my 100 Years of Cubs Futility Party in 2008! While I feel bad for sincere, well-behaved fans of the team, some of whom are my friends, I thought all along the Cubs were the most overrated team in baseball in 2004. Sure, the starting pitching ranks among the best in baseball, but the offense and relief pitching proved to be rather suspect.

I predict the Cardinals win the NLCS in six games. The Cards are fortunate in that they won't have to face Roger Clemens until Game 3 and Roy Oswalt in Game 4. While the Astros own the edge over the Cardinals in the regular season, I think the Cards have too many weapons not to move on the World Series.

Wouldn't a Cardinals-Red Sox World Series be sweet?

Roger 0 comments 11:26 AM