That's better

The Eagles' stirring comeback made up for an otherwise lost weekend.

The Phils earn kudos for sweeping in DC to give themselves a shot down to the last day, but they are a team stuck on mediocre (86, 80, 86, 86, 88 wins) in need of some major changes. Thome, Abreu, and Burrell could bring some swag. There is some talk of moving Ryan Howard to LF and Abreu to CF, moving Burrell to RF and keeping Thome on 1B. They could do worse.

Vandy's loss still bothers me. I was dreaming of a bowl game, with the only question being how good a bowl game it would be. Losing to Middle makes me wonder if we won't end up with a mediocre record, perhaps without any bowl game.

Prediction time:

Chisox over Bosox in 6.
Yankees over Angels in 7.
Astros over Braves in 5.
Padres over Cardinals in 6.

Given my track record, the smart money is on the Bosox, Angels, Braves, and Cards. What do the rest of you say?