I followed the Rockies-Padres Wild Card playoff on the radio from KOA-Denver. My grandfather's old Panasonic portable transistor has the best antenna in the house, and I listened through 1,000 miles of wavering static and station interference, but I caught a heck of a game. Just the outcome I was looking for, a Rockies win in multiple extra innings where they used ten pitchers. For good measure, the ex-Cub factor poked the Pads in the snoot as Michael Barrett couldn't keep Matt Holliday from getting through with the winning run in the 13th.
As long as the red-hot Phillies are in the other bracket, let them face the hot team since at least one streak will be snuffed out and maybe the winner might get burned out in the process.
The Cubs and Diamondbacks open in Phoenix Wednesday night, Carlos Zambrano against Brandon Webb. Webb is 4-0 in his last five starts, Zambrano 4-1 and working on a 14-1/3 inning scoreless streak. The Cubs are coming off a pair of shutouts and a warmup game, the D-backs off the vapor trail of the Rockies' rampage to the Wild Card playoff. With Zambrano's 12-4 road record this season, I'd say the Cubs have the edge in Game 1.
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