Wow! What a weekend of National League Baseball this is going to be! Unless of course you're a Mets fan.

With three games to play, check out these races:
* In the NL East, the Mets and the Phillies are tied
* In the NL Central, the Cubs lead the Brewers by 2 games
* In the NL West, the Diamondbacks lead the Padres by one and the Rockies by 2.

* And in the wildcard, the Padres lead the Mets, Phillies and Rockies by one precious little game.

This is INSANE! First of all, in the east, what's the deal with the Mets? They blew a 7 game lead in the last two weeks. How is that even possible? I'll tell you how. Inconsistent starting pitching, lousy relief pitching and no clutch hitting. Talk about a choke job in the making. If they blow this, say goodbye to Willie Randolph. As for this weekend, the Mets host the Marlins and the Phillies host the Nationals. Advantage Mets, just barely. But with Cole Hamels pitching tonight, and all the momentum, Philly's got to feel good right now.

Over in the central, the Cubs and the Brewers are both limping toward the finish line and neither is inspiring much confidence right now. The Cubs have lost three in a row and the Brew Crew's lost two. This weekend, the Cubs travel to Cincy while the Brewers host the Padres. Advantage Cubs ... you would think. But the Brewers are an excellent home team and the Cubbies are only 500 on the road. Plus, like I said, they're both playing poorly, so who knows.

And in the west, what's up with the Colorado Rockies? Two weeks ago, they were left for dead. But they've reeled off 11 wins in a row and are now in the thick of this thing. Talk about peaking at the right time. And they host the first place D'Backs in a HUGE three game series this weekend. Meanwhile, the team in the middle, the Padres, are hoping they can sweep the Brewers while Colorado and Arizona beat each other up.

So, three of these teams will win their divisions. One more will secure the wildcard. And as for the other three, they'll have plenty of time to reflect on what might have been. And just for the heck of it, here are my predictions. The Phillies win the East, the Cubs win the Central and the D'Backs barely hang on in the West. And the wildcard goes to ... drumroll please ... the hottest team in baseball, the Colorado Rockies! ... Oh, and the Mets fire everybody.

Now let's sit back and watch it all unfold.