Coming down the home stretch.

Well, baseball season is coming down the home stretch and the Phillies, Yankees, and Red Sox are your top 3 teams. Two teams that were RED FREAKIN HOT all season that are cooling off quickly are the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburg Pirates. The tribe were doing really well even with a non-healthy squad which is simply amazing, but the biggest story in baseball, maybe even in all of sports has been the way the Pirates have been playing all year. Unfotunatley though the bucs are cooling off faster than a a bunch of people in a swimming pool. Even with the recent acquisition of Derek Lee they're still sucking up. As a matter of fact it seems like they're getting worse after the acquisition, I mean c'mon man they lost 4 straight to the freakin cubs! The Cubs are the second worst team in baseball!! They know they can do better than that. I don't know if they'll make the playoffs but I really hope so because I want all the stupid media people to shut up and stop talking about how bad the pirates were. This team has amazing ptotential beause what they're doing this year is unbeleivable and i'm lovin every minute of it. I seriously hope they make the playoffs but the Brewers look real good esspecially with Prince Fielder in their lineup and Zack Grienke in their rotation. I think they have potential to win the world series this year (yes maybe even get past the phillies) because their lineup just seems to tough. Obviously he phllies have the best pitching rotation in baseball and their batting is also top notch but I think the Brewers batters will eat up the phillies pitching, swallow it, then spit it back out. I think the Brewers probably have the best batting lineup in baseball. Rickie Weeks, Prince Feilder, Carlos Gomez, Ryan Braun and Nyjer Morgan. Rickie Weeks is a five tool kind of player. He hits for power, contact, has a good glove and has speed. the Phillies don't have a guy that can do it all. Jimmy rollins was that guy till now. He lost his power. Shane Victorino is the closest thing you can get to match Rickie Weeks. Weeks can carry a entire squad on his back. On that note, like I said I think the Brewers will go to the world series this year. As for the American League? Well my White Sox are still in it but they are playing horribley due to the awful hitting. The only bright spot in that batting lineup is Paul Konerko. Paulie is absolutley amazing because the older he gets, the better he gets! Everyone (myself including) thought last year was Paulie's best year but boy were we all wrong!! This guy is totally underated when he has CLEARLY been one of the best all around players in baseball (excluding speed). He has an amazing bat (obviously) and plays like a gold glover at first base. But all the idiot media people don't pay attention to players like Konerko. All they know is Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, & Jose Reyes. Great players of course and Jose (Reyes) is having an unbeleivable year for the Mets, but they don't care about players in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaulke, ect because they simply don't want to. The only teams they want in the world series are the Yankees or Red sox or Phillies. If those teams don't make it in then those lame east side loving analysts will be pissed off but who gives a crap. Anywaus back to the Chi Sox. Not only Paul Konerko but Juan Pierre has been red hot lateley. He has had a ht in 23 of his last 24 games. Now that's some serious game!! Hopefully he can keep it up. He's also one of the nicest guys in baseball. A true class act. Another guy thats played very well is A.J. Pierzynski which is no suprise to me because he (like Pierre) are arguably the two toughest batters to strikeout in baseball. They both foul off tons of pitches in an at bat. they're as tough as they come. But other than those three guys, their hasnt been ANYBODY good. Adam Dunn & Alex Rios have been huge dissapointments this year. Adam came to the Sox and was expected to hit at east 30 to 40 home runs like he's been doing for the past decade. As for Alex, he was solid last year for the Sox but this year he looks very bad. That's why Alejandro De Aza is starting out in center and no Rios. De Aza has done a pretty good job so far and I'm glad they decided to call him up from the minors because i've always liked this  guy's play. He deserves the oppurtunity in the bigs. He can hit for contact, has a great glove, a solid arm, and can run like crazy. Now, if he can build his power up then he will be a five tool player. A dangerous one! Even with the downs of the White Sox hitting, I still believe they will make the playoffs because they have a great pitching rotation and a bullpen that is one of the best in baseball with Matt Thornton, Jesse Crain, Chris Sale, & Sergio Santos. Are they world series bound? NO WAY! Not with that hitting! But if you think about it, the San Francisco Giants won the whole thing last year mostly with just their pitching. They only had 3 good batters. Buster Posey, Cody Ross & Juan Uribe. The rest was all pitching. And that's kinda how the Sox look like right now except the Giants had a little bit better batting. They're batters showed up when it matterd. in the playoffs. The White Sox might of actually had a chance in the playoffs but the Yanks had thier butts on a platter late this season. Earlier in the year the Sox played well against the Yanks when Brent Lillibridge was red hot (which he should be a gold glover this year). If it weren't for the yankees I would actually say the Sox had a chance believe it or not. Because I think they will get past the Tigers. Their only really good pitcher is Justin Verlander. They're bats are real good but I don't think they are good enough. On that note here's my world series predicticon.... YANKEES vs. BREWERS. Till next time yall...PEACE!!!