Durzblog

Where is Dane this year? Consider this year's rendition of the post season a success already -- i''ll watch Frank Caliendo all day long -- just as long as I don't have to here Dane "living for this"....Only 18 of 56 teams who lost the division series opener came back to win the series, including only four of 28 in the NL, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Yesteday's action....

Sox take Game One
The Angels won eight of nine regular season games between the clubs this year and that made no difference last night. Jason Bay cracked a two-out, two-run homer off Angel's ace John Lackey in the sixth, and the Sox beat the Angels 4-1 late last night
in the opener of their first-round AL playoff series. Ellsbury had three hits, stole a base and scored a run. These are probably the best two teams in the entire playoffs, a win Friday night for the Sox would be enormous -- Ervin Santana will pitch against Daisuke Matsuzaka. It is rumored that there will be a loud Italian from Middletown at the game -- Beware....

Dodgers Slam ahead of the Cubbies
The 100 year wait looked as if it would continue at Wrigley last night...James Loney hit a go-ahead grand slam off a wild Ryan Dempster in the fifth, Manny hit a bomb in the seventh and Russell Martin homered in the ninth for safe measure. In the end the Dodgers rolled the Cubs 7-2 in their NL playoff opener Wednesday night. Dempster walked seven in total and that is never going to work in tightly played post season games..

Hamels Deals
The Phitins use the arm of Hamels and benefit from a few Brewer blunders as they win their first playoff game since 1995. Today Myers will have to do some good work as he squares off against CC Sabathia at 6:00. A loss would be devastating for the Brewers. Hamels pitched 8 scoreless frames and Lidge barely did enough to preserve the 3-1 win. Cameron's inability to come up with Utley's drive to center in the third would be the difference.