ahoy. it’s october, the best time of the year for baseball. sara is still trying to understand my vivid interest in baseball games when neither team involved is wearing a Twins jersey. it’s hard to explain. but every year i get riveted watching games between teams that i rarely / never watched during the regular season. fun stuff.
anyways, after last night’s 13-inning spectacle in colorado, this year’s mlb playoffs are set. why not try our hand at predicting winners? it’s got to go better than my football playoff predictions. right?
right?
ALDS
New York def. Cleveland, 3-0
Boston def. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, which, incidentally, is part of Orange County, California, 3-1
NLDS
Philadelphia def. Colorado, 3-1
Chicago def. Arizona, 3-2
ALCS
New York def. Boston, 4-2
NLCS
Philadelphia def. Chicago, 4-1
WORLD SERIES
Philadelphia def. New York, 4-2
Boy howdy. Alex here, and like Wade says, why not try our hand at predicting? It’s fun, and by the end we all look like idiots and you can laugh at us. This will be just a quick hit prediction segment from each of us. However, I do have some preferences. I don’t like any of the teams in the AL, but I have to admit that I wouldn’t mind seeing Cleveland advance, just to get some new blood involved. In the NL, I’ll be cheering for the winner of the Phi/Col series to take it all, although I wouldn’t mind seeing Arizona do some damage either, since they’re so young, and as far as I know Craig Counsell is no longer on the club. Anyway, right, predictions:
ALDS
CLE def. NYY, 3-2
BOS def. LAA, 3-1
NLDS
PHI def. COL, 3-2
ARI def. CHC, 3-2
ALCS
BOS def. CLE, 4-2
NLCS
PHI def. ARI, 4-2
WORLD SERIES
PHI def. BOS, 4-3
Happy October! Wade and Alex were kind enough to invite me along on their delusional journey (Philly? Really???). Although to be fair, teams that enter the post season on a roll have long been thought to have an advantage; and the Phils have won 13 of 17. That ain\’t bad. On the other hand the Tigers stumbled, nay, slipped and fell into the post season last year, and rode that to their first appearance in the World Series in over 20 years. So what\’s my point? Who knows… all I know is that is doesn\’t take much to see that the events of the last day/week/month don\’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you\’ll understand that. Now, now… Here\’s looking at you kid!
ALDS
NYY def. CLE, 3-1
BOS def. LAA, 3-1
NLDS
PHI def. COL, 3-0
CHC def. ARI, 3-2
ALCS
BOS def. NYY, 4-2
NLCS
CHC def. PHI, 4-3
WORLD SERIES
CHC def. BOS, 4-3
There you have it… the Chicago Cubs will be your World Champions! Now some might say I picked them just to annoy Alex. And I couldn\’t call them liars, but with the recent spate of long time losers taking the crown (e.g. White Sox & Red Sox) I\’m thinking the Cubs are due. Do the Bartman! Along those same lines, that means put 20 bucks on Cleveland to win in 2008 and/or 2009. You heard it here first!
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