More Random Thoughts from Championship Week

Score through two days: I'm up 5-4-1. I'm ahead by one in four different counting stats (HR, SB, W, SV) with a .08 lead in WHIP. Slutty Tom is leads RBIs by 1, Ks by 5, OPS by .11 and ERA by a relatively healty .88 margin. We're tied in runs...

Living on the East Coast, there are plenty of late-night MLB games which I don't stay up for. I had to get to bed early last night, missing three or four West Coast games in the process. So it was somewhat of a surprise this morning when I awoke to find that J.J. Putz secured a save, putting me up by 1 in that cat. Troy Tulowitzki added on to what was a 2-for-2 night when I went to bed with a home run and RBIs to give me the lead in homers and put me one RBI short of Slutty. Waking up to notice these late-night stats the next morning is like finding $20 in the back pocket of a pair of pants you haven't worn in a week. I might go to bed at 10 tonight...

Slutty Tom is at it again. Wandy actually did well last night, striking out seven batters in five shutout innings (even though he had been assigned an earned run after the second inning). Evidently that performance gave Slutty the confidence to start the vaunted Edwin Jackson/Jonathan Sanchez duo tonight. They've actually been very productive pitchers this year, so I can't knock Slutty's hustle...

I start Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright tonight. I'm going with my starters this week for unknown reasons, even to myself. I guess part of me wants to play the strikeout/win game with Slutty Tom this week. I was able to beat Kevin last week by relying solely on my relievers to rack up saves and keep down my ERA and WHIP. I just don't have the confidence in my relievers that they will be as stellar as last week, so I'm trying to be proactive in attaining strikeouts and, possibly, wins. It's a gamble that hopefully will pay off, but I'm banking on this matchup going down to the wire on Sunday.