Wild-card playoff Monday to determine Phils' opponent

By my count, the Fightin's were 3-4 vs. the Rox and 4-3 vs. the Pad People.  That includes taking three of four at Petco but dropping two of three at Coors.  (Perhaps furthering dajafi's theory that OFJOAB is bad for the Phils but that a nice pitcher's park is just what the doctor ordered.)

If the phillies hadn't made it I would be rooting for the Rockies. You have to admire that team.

That said, I'm rooting for the Padres to win the game because I like playing in their park.

Yeah, I think I'm for the Padres, for the reasons FTN and enterpsmith have set forth. The Rockies might not have the better team, but they're playing out of their minds right now and scare me a little.

I really hope we don't end up with two weekday day games for the DS this week. I don't have any confidence in MLB in that regard. Boston will almost certainly get the prime time slot on Wednesday. The Yankees will almost certainly get it on Thursday.

slugfest

The best reasons to want the Padres is that Peavy is going tonight (and maybe Hoffman too) and they lost Cameron and Bradley.  The offense difference isn't as extreme as many think.  I know OPS+ is supposed to be park adjusted, but just look at these splits...

Padres Home OPS line: .235 .310 .378 .688
Rockies Home OPS: .298 .372 .477 .850

Padres Away OPS: .264 .332 .440 .771
Rockies Away OPS: .261 .336 .395 .730

Yeah, Padres away includes Coors and Rockies away includes PetCo, but does that even out the difference, maybe?

assuming the Pads can take this to extras, I can't think of a better situation for us...tired bullpen, Peavy once, etc.

P.S. Peavy seems to struggle in big games. Perhaps that could bode well for our chances if the Padres advance.

What is the rule for a play in game that never ends?

Pads up 8-6.  This is probably good since we have a decent advatage in a 5 game series against them.

We get the Rockies instead after a wild turn of events.

Trevor Hoffman has lost his mojo. If I recall correctly, he blew the Padres other chance to clinch a few days ago. Dude single handedly cost them the playoffs...twice.  

Although, Matt Holliday didn't appear to touch the plate on the last play. Tim McClelland is gonna catch alot of shit for that in the papers tomorrow.

In my opinion, this game has provieded a pretty compelling case for some kind of instant replay system in baseball. First, what a appeared to be a botched homerun call early in the game and later a clearly botched play at the plate. All I can say is that if this happened to the Phils I would probably already be on a man hunt for each and every member of the officiating crew.