I'm liking this series!

Hello, baseball fans!

I like the way the LCSs are shaping up! In the NL, two expansion (and NOT big market!) teams are playing; well, one of the two is playing - the D-Backs have been doing a lot of watching so far and come into play tonight down 0-3. The Indians are poised to take a 2-1 on the Red Sox with two more to play at "The Jake" before heading back to Beantown (if necessary). How could it get any better than that? I don't know about anyone else, but I really like it when small market, small payroll teams advance. It proves that you don't have to have a $200+ million payroll to compete AND it proves that buying every free agent with Scott Boras as an agent doesn't necessarily guarantee success. Hey, this is GOOD for baseball!

What would be better? If baseball could guarantee that all of the players on the field were NOT drug-affected and if baseball would establish drug-testing guidelines to ensure that no player will ever be juiced up again! Okay...I know that's a tough one. As fast as tests are devised, bathroom chemists come up with ways to defeat the tests. What about this? Any player who suddenly gains 50 pounds of pure muscle and goes from 35 homers a year to 70 AUTOMATICALLY comes under suspicion! Uhh...how about a hat size test? Any player who goes from 71/4 to 9 automatically comes under suspicion! Okay; not reasonable. Perhaps, when the next CBA is reached, baseball will insist upon tough drug-testing as part of the agreement. I hope for the sake of baseball it comes to pass.

This year's LCSs have been good. They could be better in the future.