What a finale

Wow. What a last day of the regular season. Wish I'd been able to stay awake to watch it all live. :)

Rays come from behind 7 runs against the Yankees to win while Red Sox blow a lead against the Orioles almost simultaneously. Rays are in, Sox are out. Carl Crawford is the second most overpaid player in baseball.

In the NL almost the same thing. Braves out Cardinals in on last day!

My Phils have to play St. Louis. Not happy about that since they're hot BUT they have Halladay, Lee et al all ready to go on an extra day's rest. Bring it!

In the AL I *WISH* I could root for the Rays but I have this whole New York thing planned so; mixed feelings.

Gonna be a great first round!

Travel plan

A lot of people have asked me how I can make travel arrangements when I don't know for sure who's playing.  Well, you can't.  :)

However, thanks to cheap American airlines and our proximity to Maine, I took another gamble. 

As it stands, dad and I plan to drive to Bangor early on Oct. 19 and fly to Philadelphia that day.  We'll spend 2 or 3 nights there and then take a 90 minute train ride from Philly to New York City on Friday or Saturday.  After the game on Saturday, we'll then fly from New York back to Bangor on Sunday Oct. 23 and drive to Saint John to catch game 4 on TV at my house. (with Freddie.  But he'll be pissed that he didn't get to come on the trip!)  Below shows a map of our route.

Phew.  BUT, if my Philles and the Yankees do both make it to the big series I'll have saved some $ by booking in advance and overall will just look pretty smart.  I already have the tickets and hotels booked too.

On the other hand, if the Brewers or Red Sox or Tigers or (yikes) Arizona makes it to the World Series, well, then I've got some major re-planning to do.  We'll make it work somehow...  :)

Greg

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Exciting day today and/or tomorrow!

Pennant races

All pennant race related games went as I'd hope last night, in terms of keeping the Red Sox and Cardinals out of the playoffs, and of the Phillies starting to play like potential champs again.

Go Phils!

P.S. Happy re Sox cause I don't like them and Cardinals because they're way hotter than Atlanta.