LA's starting is pretty much equivalent to ours (ace followed by several quality arms). Their bullpen is hands down better than ours (Donnely, Shields, Franky, and their middle relief is greater than ours as well, though we cannot forget that we have the great equalizer Mariano Rivera : ). They have a very good lineup, but ours is without question better. The thing with them is that they are the best all around team in the playoffs (IMO). they have a bunch of hard-nosed gritty players in their lineup. Guys who can run, play defense, hit for average, hit for contact, hit for power (some who can do all of those things), they have spectacular pitching, and they have been the toughest team against the Yankees in the last 10 years. This is not a series I am looking forward to, though it will be nice to get some revenge for 2002.
We gotta Grind it!