I know many will say "BRING ANYONE", but after all, everyone has a preference... Who would you rather face in the NLCS? I say the Pirates. The Cards pitching is just too deep and their lineup is dangerous top to bottom... Plus, they've been there before, so they might handle pressure better... Also, if its the Pirates, we have HFA and having Greinke and Kershaw pitching at DS for the first 2 games could be a big difference...
Cards. I just feel we'll be road warriors this year from the LDS to the LCS to the (hopefully) World Series. And I want to beat them. Bad.
Pirates Not as good at baseball And my friend is an insufferable Cards fan. I also don't want the Cards to be in another WS so sooner they're eliminated the better
Pirates. Having Greinke followed by Kershaw at home against Liriano and Burnett (both have ERAs over 4 on the road) would be huge. The upside to the Cardinals is Wainwright couldn't go again until game 3, meaning Kershaw and Greinke should have an advantage.
HFA would be nice, but too much of a crapshoot, so who knows. I guess I prefer Pittsburgh but this is a crazy time of year.
I just noticed that their rotation was Lynn, Kelly, Wacha and Wainwright... I like our chances against that rotation... but their lineup still scares me...