We now have two wild card teams in the World Series. So, will this guy's head explode now? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Costas fan, but sometimes the "purist" aspect goes a bit too far. If some of them really do want baseball back to what it's like in the old days, would we still have Negro Leagues? How far back do you want to go? It's 2002, not 1952 or 1932, get used to it.

In any event, I think I'm rooting for the Giants mainly because of Barry Bonds and not despite it. Then again, it's probably that knee-jerk reaction of rooting for the grizzled veterans toward the end of their career, even after years of rooting against them. It happened with Martina Navratilova, and now it's happening with Bonds. At least now we won't have to hear all the bellyaching that Bonds never did anything in the playoffs. He's in the Series now, so everything is hunky dory now.

Finally, with the World Series starting up Saturday -- meaning endless hype for the next few days, but thankfully saving us from excess 24 promos -- we'll get to annoy many fans with Tim McCarver at the mic. I may be one of the few people (Aaron Barnhart included) that actually likes the old catcher. Sure, he can get preachy at times, but I wonder if people actually listen to what he says and connects it with what's going on in the field. Maybe people don't want to be educated when watching a baseball game, fine by me.