NLDS Postmortem: Phillies defeat Brewers

I have to admit, I did not have my full attention focused on the Phillies' division series-clinching victory over the Brewers today as I was mostly flipping back and forth between the Rangers and Giants. After Jimmy Rollins homered to lead off Game 4, I just had a feeling that the Phillies weren't going to have any problems finishing off the series. I turned back in time to see Pat Burrell and Jayson Werth hit back-to-back homers in the third inning, Burrell's a three-run shot. At that point, it was over. The Brewers seemed to be emotionally spent after their wild ride in September, and even though they got a couple of late runs, it was clear that Milwaukee wasn't up to the task of one more comeback today. In a way, it's too bad, because it would have been really interesting to see CC Sabathia and Cole Hamels go at it in Game 5 in Philadelphia. Instead, Sabathia likely will never make another start in a Brewer uniform, although I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of the lefty ... (link)