Bako flies out to left to end the game! Marlins are NL champs, and the Cubs have once again blown three match points to lose the NL pennant. What a great show by Florida however. A small market, low attendance team makes the World Series. Bud Selig must be fuming, which makes me very happy.

No Cubs-Red Sox series, but whoever the Marlins end up playing, it's going to be a lot of fun. Beckett, Pudge and Cabrera are worth the price of admission. We'll see who they are going to play tomorrow night.

Once again, this series raises questions about how much attention Dusty Baker pays to situations during the game. His lack of a warmed up reliever when Prior got in trouble yesterday cost the Cubs a lot more than a missed foul ball. Let's see if the press calls Dusty on that.

Congratulations to Jack McKeon. I'm not a big fan of his as a manager, but he turned this team around, and has them four wins away from their second World Championship. A magic year in Miami.