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10-01-2008, 09:45 AM
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Re: Playoff predictions?
My predictions:
Ratings that are "down from last year". Proclamations that baseball needs to do something to attract fans. Complaints about the length of the season forcing the World Series to be played in temperatures in the 40s. An All-Chicago World Series, with the workmanlike Southsiders upsetting the pretty boys from Wrigleyville.
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10-01-2008, 10:21 AM
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So long old friend
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cincinnati,Ohio
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Re: Playoff predictions?
NLDS:
Dodgers over Cubs Phillies over Brewers NLCS: Dodgers over Phillies ALDS: White Sox over Rays Angels over Red Sox ALCS: Angels over White Sox World Series Angels over Dodgers in six
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10-01-2008, 10:23 AM
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Pre-tty, pre-tty good!!
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Re: Playoff predictions?
Cubs over Dodgers 3-1
Brewers over Phils 3-2 Cubs over Brewers 4-2 Angels over Red Sox (Beckett's oblique strain will not allow him to pitch effectively) 4-3 Rays over White Sox 3-2 Rays over Angels 4-3 Rays over Cubs 4-2 I also predict I will not be attending a World Series game for the first time in 3 years and that blows.
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10-01-2008, 12:04 PM
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Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Re: Playoff predictions?
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People will complain about Tim McCarver.
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10-01-2008, 12:09 PM
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Let's ride
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Re: Playoff predictions?
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10-01-2008, 12:10 PM
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Oy Vey!
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Location: Chicago
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Re: Playoff predictions?
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Over/under on the number of times he says "perhaps" |
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10-01-2008, 12:10 PM
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Greatness In The Making
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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Re: Playoff predictions?
NLDS:
Dodgers over Cubs Brewers over Phillies NLCS: Dodgers over Brewers ALDS: White Sox over Rays Red Sox over Angels ALCS: White Sox over Red Sox World Series: White Sox over Dodgers
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10-01-2008, 12:14 PM
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Has big taste
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh
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Re: Playoff predictions?
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Anyway, my guesses, and the last few years I've been pretty horrendous at this: ALDS White Sox over Rays in 5 I call this to be one of the best series in the whole playoffs. The Rays are a much better team and deserve to win, I'm just calling momentum and a gut feeling for the White Sox. Angels over Red Sox in 4 I know everybody's going to think I'm biased here, and on paper I'd never pick the Angels to beat the Red Sox. But I've been favoring the Angels all year long so I'll just go with it. NLDS Dodgers over Cubs in 4 I'd love a sweep, myself. Brewers over Phillies in 4 ALCS Angels over White Sox in 4 Snoozefest NLCS Dodgers over Brewers in 6 WS Angels over Dodgers in 4 So there you have it, I have what I myself would consider two of the worst playoff teams competing for the World Series. But series by series, that's just how my predictions played out. I hope I'm wrong (except the Cubs, I hope I'm totally right on the Cubs).
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10-01-2008, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: PDX
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Re: Playoff predictions?
Any World Series that has the Brewers vs the Angels or Rays would be the first WS to not have an original 16 franchise in it.
That's what I'm rooting for.. that and good baseball, but I predict I'll hate TBS and their rock n roll intro by 5 this afternoon. |
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10-01-2008, 12:16 PM
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Tired of talk. Win!
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Playoff predictions?
NLDS
Dodgers vs. Cubs The Cubs will find a way to lose, they always do, its pretty simple. Dempster is a solid pitcher and I kick myself everytime I hear the story about how he wanted to stay with the Reds because he felt he owed them something and they wouldn't sign them. He'll be the only bright spot in this series for the Cubs. The first hundred down, let the second hundred begin now. Dodgers 3-1 Brewers vs. Phillies Lot of Brewer love flying around and with CC on the hill its no surprise. Problem is the Phils have Brad Lidge, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, and some dude named Utley who is maybe the best player in baseball. Phils 3-1 NLCS Phils vs. Dodgers Manny is a comet flying across the Hollywood sky. He and Torre are enough to get it done. Dodgers 4-2 ALDS White Sox vs. Rays Dewayne Wise is in the Sox lineup. I think that says enough for me. I will be rooting like a fan for Junior Griffey, but he won't get his ring this season either. Rays 3-1 Red Sox vs. Angels The Angels are an enigma perhaps, some say the best, some among the weakest. All I know is they've got John Lackey, K-Rod, and Texieria. I also like Halos. Angels 3-0 ALCS Angels vs. Rays You coulda had Boston and Chicago, major markets. Instead you get Anaheim and Tampa. Rays 4-2 World Series Dodgers vs. Rays Cinderella had to be home before midnight, and this series will linger on well into the night. Still the experience the Dodgers have will rule the day. Dodgers 4-3
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10-01-2008, 12:27 PM
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WOOOOO!!!
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Re: Playoff predictions?
Joseph, we almost made the exact same picks all the way down to the series W/L split...
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10-01-2008, 12:29 PM
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Score Early, Score Often
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: Playoff predictions?
NLDS
Dodgers vs. Cubs Brewers vs. Phillies NLCS Brewers vs. Cubs ALDS White Sox vs. Rays Red Sox vs. Angels ALCS Red Sox vs. Rays WORLD SERIES Brewers vs. Rays Rays complete the dream season. GL |
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10-01-2008, 12:51 PM
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Playoff predictions?
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But Milwaukee? No no no no no no no no no and no. That's Bud Selig's franchise. They are the absolute last franchise that anyone should ever be rooting for. I'll be rooting for (1) Junior, (2) the Red Sox and Brewers to lose as soon as possible, and, um, that's about it. |
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10-01-2008, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: South Vienna, OH
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Re: Playoff predictions?
NLDS
Dodgers over Cubs Ryan Dempster is a good pitcher. But he's not an ace, and he'll stumble under the pressure of Game 1. With that being said, Zambrano isn't exactly up to the task of handling big game pressure either. Cubs fall behind 0-2, and lose the series in four. Phillies over Brewers The Brewers are a mess. A questionable bullpen. A below average defense. Sheets is done for the year and their rotation is a mess. Sorry CC, but you can't do it on your own. Phillies in four. ALDS Rays over White Sox The White Sox are an older team, without home field advantage. Tampa's energy and the enthusiasm generated by that Tampa crowd will be enough to carry the Rays to the ALCS. Rays in five. Red Sox over Angels I want to pick the Angels. I really do. I'm tired of all things Boston. The Red Sox are without Manny, and they're banged up, but with that being said, I'm still picking Boston. M2, I liked your quote, calling the Angels a "paper tiger." That sums it up nicely. I don't think they're as dangerous on the field as they look on paper. The Red Sox pull it out in five. NLCS Dodgers over Phillies Joe Torre's cool hand will lead the Dodgers to a World Series run that just a month or two ago looked impossible. Manny will put enough runs on the board to make the difference, and the Dodgers pitching will stymie the fantastic Philly offense. Dodgers in six. ALCS Red Sox over Rays They're a nice story. But the clock will strike midnight for Cinderella. They don't have the experience, or the bullpen, to deal with Boston. The Red Sox have a deeper lineup, a three headed rotation monster in Beckett-Lester-Daisuke that nobody can match, and they are, after all, the defending champs. Red Sox in seven World Series Boston over LA The Red Sox finally get their payback on Man-Ram. This team just flat out knows how to win in October, and three titles in five years will put them dangerously close to the run of the Yankees in the late 90's. In a year where there appears to be no clear cut, dominant champ, I'll give the edge to the defending champs, who will keep the crown in Boston |
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