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Both the Angels and the Dodgers are in their respective division play offs and both have better records than their opponents (Red Sox and Cardinals, respectively) so the playoffs in the AL and in the NL both start, the first two games, in the teams' Southern California stadiums.

For those unfamiliar with the lay out:  Angel Stadium (so-called "Edison field") is in Anaheim at the interchange between CA-57, CA-22, and I-5.  A scant 25 miles north on I-5 puts you right smack dab adjacent to Chavis Ravine (or "Dodger Stadium"). 

Now, the I-5 is pretty jammed, ANYWAY, becaue it was laid in the 50's and has not been significantly updated since then other than the odd two or three mile long "widening" that might have taken place (mostly down on the Anaheim end) ... so with the regular bumper-to-bumper traffic that starts at 2:30 to 3:00 every day and lasts until 7:30 ish ... layerd under the traffic moving from north to Dodger Stadium and from Los Angeles to Angel Stadium ... and the reverse, I'm encouraging all of my Southern California friends to either take vacation the next week and a half or check into Public transportation.

OH, and dare I express a fervent hope for a "Freeway Series" in the West this year?

Now that he's president, if you question his tax policies, energy plans or health-care ambitions, you are “hoping he will fail” — and that, with the help of roundabout reasoning, is tantamount to hoping we cannot transcend race. -Jonah Goldberg, 8/20/09