Surprised + confession
Surprised: Well, lets even go so far as saying shocked. Dodgers swept the Cubbies? Did NOT see that coming. I figured the Cubs would destroy LA quickly and loudly.
Confession: I didn't have enough faith in my team. I really thought the Halos were going to eat the Sox for breakfast and tie it up quickly. Starting out in LA, then coming back to Fenway? Figured we'd be able to take the games in Fenway, but I did NOT see Bay and Drew coming through so completely.
Conclusion: All you need to do is get to the offseason, and then all bets are off. When you get to October, everything changes. Boston seemed to maintain to get in. Talk about waking up? Holy crap! I'm still blown away. And very tired from staying up until 2am watching the end of Game 2. Man, so glad I did tho. What an amazing ending! Papelbon was awesome.
I'm curious to see what you all think - were most of the highpower teams playing hurt for a good part or most of the season, or was it just me because Boston was so f'd up all season.
And to go on record - I'm STILL glad Manny left. I wish the Dodgers luck, if only to allow Joe Torre to give the Steinbrenners the bird.