What a great game last night. Overcoming the obstacles of your likely Cy Young winner only going one inning and leaving with a sore shoulder. Your scheduled starter the night before coming down with strep throat and not being able to pitch for a while. Your three best hitters in a slum. The opponent having a $203 million payroll. The opponent being able to replace a 224 game winner in the third inning with a 263 game winner. The list goes on.

But these Angels did it. They found a way to win in game five. They now fly to Chicago for game 1 tonight (what horrible scheduling by Bud Selig). Hopefully they'll be able to put together a hodge-podge pitching lineup and sweep the White Sox like they did earlier this year. We'll just have to wait and see. Either way, these playoffs have been infinitely more exciting than last year's, but we have a long way to go before we start to rival 2002.

URL: ESPN.com - MLB/PLAYOFFS2005 - Caple: Feels so good