9 Teams...1 Champion?

So we've played 162 and 7 teams have qualified for the dance.  21 teams have been sent home for the winter.  And two teams will play a do or die game tommorow night in Denver in front of 50,000 crazy fans who may or may not have just discovered their home town had a team two weeks ago.  The playoff preview will have to wait for tommorow when the field of 8 is finally set.  How bout them Rockies.  Everyone wants to talk about the Mets epic collapse.  Don't get me wrong, it was historic.  But how about Colorado.  Two weeks ago if you were a Rox fan you had to think..."Our only chance is to win em all"  And for all intents and purposes that is what they did.  13-1 the final two weeks of the season to force a do or die one game playoff in front of their home crowd.  Unreal.  Tommorow night at 6:30 PM on TBS the Rockies will send Josh Fogg to the hill and he will oppose the reeling Padres' ace Jake Peavy.  The pitching matchup definately heavily favors San Diego, but the home field advantage and momentum favors the Rockies.  Padres' manager Bud Black made a controversial decision today to hold back ace Jake Peavy.   Tony La Russa made the same move last season on the final day holding back Chris Carpenter.   It worked for La Russa, it may have backfired on Black.  Sure the Pads have Peavy going in the playoff tommorow, but they seem to me to be dead mean walking flying into Denver tommorow.  Saturday afternoon they were set to clinch with Trevor Hoffman on the mound in the ninth.  Then Tony Gwynn, Jr. of all people laces a triple to tie the game.  Its tough to bounce back from that.  Do yourself a favor and tune into this game.  It is only the 7th one game playoff in baseball history. 

Prediction: Rockies, 3 Padres, 2

Tommorow: I will recap the Rox/Friars playoff game and preview the AL Playoffs,  Tuesday Night its the NL Preview,  Then Wedensday the fun begins.