October fall classic is here. 8 teams are vying for the ultimate prize. This year gave us the pleasure of mammoth 700 HR by Barry Bonds, startling hitting record of 262 hits by Ichiro Suzuki and impressive outings by older pitchers Clemens, Randy Johnson and Schilling. The Major Leagues set a season attendance record with more than 73 million fans going to games. Seven teams set home attendance records, including the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The American League champion New York Yankees hosts the Minnesota Twins, and the American League wild card team, the Boston Red Sox, visit the Anaheim Angels. The National League series has the St. Louis Cardinals hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the streaky Astros will visit the NL East Champion Atlanta Braves. Strength and Weakness of the playoff teams: 1. Anaheim Angels: Strength: best middle order lineup in the AL. Plays great defense and have playing great at the end of the season. They won 12 out of 14 games in the final 2 weeks to clinch the AL West. Vald da man is the AL MVP. He hit six home runs and drove in 11 runs in his final six regular-season games. They donýt have to rely that much on the starting rotation because of their deep bullpen. Hard throwing FROD and the awesome closer troy Percival are another reason they are playing this month. Player to watch: Troy Glaus Flaws: Starting pitching is not that good as Twins and Red Sox. Team is not that cohesive since most of the players once landed to the DL. Gurrerro, Ertand and Garrett Anderson are not 100% healthy. The bottom of the batting order is weak and overworked starting pitchers. 2. Minnesota Twins: Strength: Left-hander Johan Santana is the hottest pitcher in the baseball. He is going to AL Cy Young award. They play good defense especially the gold glove center fielder Torii Hunter. Joe Nathan is the biggest surprise in their team. Flaws: no power hitters and rely more on defense and the ace Santana. This must be the worst team playing in the playoffs talent wise. 3. Boston Red Sox: Strength: great 1-2 punch with Schilling and Pedro. They are tough to beat in the playoffs. Have tons of postseason experience. It has the best 3-4 hitter in the AL with Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. Good leadoff hitter in Damon. Have better bull pen than last year. Flaws: coaching staffs which doesnýt have enough experience. The manager doesnýt know when to pull out their star pitcher Pedro and Schilling. Beside that they really donýt have any flaws; they are better defensively than previous years. Lacks WILLPOWER to WIN 4. New York Yankees Strength: They are the YANKEES. EXPERIENCE counts. Yankees player step up when the season is on the line. Derek Jeter is prime example. CLUTCH HITTERS. The complete team while in the ball park. Good batting lineup with Sheffield, AROD and Matsui. Joe Torre, the manager of the Yankees, gets the respect from every ballplayer. Best setup man in the league with Tom Flash Gordon and still the dominant close in Mariano Rivera. Flaws: Shaky starting rotation and donýt have starting lineup as before. Overworked bullpen. more to come on NL.....