The rundown on the St. Louis postseason..
--Philadelphia CHOKED against St. Louis. Obviously, guys like Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez shouldn't have even been on Philly this year anyways. Polanco isn't that useful these days, either.
--Milwaukee/St. Louis was pretty much an "even match-up" as neither team was deep in starting pitching, and, with Nyjer Morgan, Milwaukee's clubhouse was likely cancerous. The media falsely treated Nyjer Morgan and Rickie Weeks as "stars." Yuniesky Betancourt is overrated. Milwaukee's "actual stars" are Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, with Milwaukee receiving solid contributions from Corey Hart and Lucroy. And, Mark Kotsay had 1 or 2 big hits in the postseason.
If Milwaukee's light-hitters get on base, and then their big-bats hit bombs, they will certainly look very potent on offense. However, that strategy is not as workable in the postseason. Doubles are more important in the postseason. So, Milwaukee's failures weren't that unexpected, and they also suffered from poor managing.
--Now, onto Texas/St. Louis. Is Texas going to CHOKE - too? They are vastly superior to St. Louis, and earned the 2nd seed in the AL (behind only the Yankees). St. Louis is a wildcard that was absolutely gifted a postseason berth by Atlanta. If St. Louis goes all the way, all we'll hear is their "brilliance" of trading Rasmus (for dark players), the "magic Albert" factor, and so on. Albert Pujols is almost as dangerous to us as Tiger Woods. The closest thing on Texas is Adrian Beltre, and, perhaps, Neftali Feliz.. which is nothing compared to Albert. I ask, who on St. Louis sold their soul?