I’m not going to write about the Mets being up two games to none over the Cubs in the NLCS because of Theo Epstein; his 2004 Red Sox came back from a three-game deficit against the Yankees on their way to winning a World Series for the first time in 86 years.  I don’t want it to come back to bite me.  But I will write about players I would have on a fantasy team, if I did that kind of thing.

Curtis Granderson is having himself a nice postseason, and so is Kyle Schwarber.  I just wish White Sox scouts knew how to use GPS.  That way, they could have driven the three-four miles to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, where Granderson played, or the five hours it would’ve taken to get to Bloomington, Indiana, where Schwarber hit his homeruns for IU. 

And let’s not forget the Royals’ Ben Zobrist.  He grew up in Eureka, Illinois, oh, maybe two hours from the Cell in good traffic.  And he spent part of his collegiate career at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbpnnais, where the Bears train.  Too bad nobody thought to ask a sports’ writer for directions.  Zobrist has hit well over .320 in both playoff series this postseason, which is what I would expect from a renowned White Sox killer.

Remember starting pitcher Marcus Stroman, who tore his ACL in spring training?  Well, not only did he return this season to post a 4-0 record in September for the Blue Jays, he went back to Duke to finish his degree in sociology while using the school’s facilities to rehab; talk about multitasking.  Stroman also picked up the Jays’ first win against the Royals last night in the ALCS.

All of which brings us to tonight’s starter for the Cubs, Kyle Hendricks.  I’m betting the Dartmouth man keeps his team in the game at the very least.  We’ll see.