Welcome to October

With the end of the regular season upon us, we shift our attention to the playoffs in the MLB. This is an exciting time to be a baseball fan. The Giants beat the Mets to move on to face the Cubs to start the playoffs, but now Chicago leads 1-0. The Blue Jays won their Wild Card game on a walk-off homer from Edwin Encarnacion and are up 2-0 on the Rangers headed back to Toronto tomorrow. The Dodgers lead the Nationals 1-0 and the Indians lead the Red Sox 2-0 headed to Boston tomorrow. You know who I want to see lose. Those blasted Giants and Dodgers better fall eventually. Because I don't want to see either of them hoist the world series trophy.

The Padres lost their final series to the Diamondbacks in the form of a sweep. That was quite depressing, but the good part about it is that it put us in last place in the division and now we will pick third overall in next year's draft and be allotted $3 million more to our bonus pool next June. Had we won one of the games against the D-Backs, we would be selecting number seven overall without the bonus money. So I guess it's a win for us, even though we lost. Now begins the long and dreadful winter until games start up again in April. The number one thing I hope we get this offseason is trust for A.J. Preller. Hopefully he can put his magic hat on, gain the trust of the rest of the league and build upon the farm system that we already have.

 In Gainseville, there was supposed to be a big game today between Florida and LSU, but it has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. In fact, LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva is not even sure if the game against Florida will even be played. This is a real bummer because LSU dominated Missouri last week, showcasing what their offense really has the potential to do. I think with Les Miles gone, this team can go a long way, even defeating some of the other big boys in the SEC West such as Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Here are your games for the week.
- #25 Virginia Tech at #17 North Carolina, 3:30 ET, ABC/ESPN2
- #9 Tennessee at #8 Texas A&M, 3:30 ET, CBS
- #1 Alabama at #16 Arkansas, 7 ET, ESPN
- #23 Florida St. at #10 Miami, 8 ET, ABC

That should do it for this week. As we get further into October, the NBA will start up pretty shortly and the playoff chase in baseball will heat up into the league championship series. Don't forget to see who pulls out on top!