Well, it's time for the picks that are sure to be wrong. After going 2 of 4 in the AL, and 1 of 4 in the NL maybe my predictions will take a different turn for the better with the best part of the year starting up. This is the best time of the year, we got football in both college and pro off to a great start and now the baseball postseason. Well, that enough on to the picks!
YANKEES/INDIANS- The Yankees are 6-0 verses the tribe this season, but its now the postseason! But, really don't see this changing! The Indians have great pitching, and the Yankees have great hitting. I expect the Yanks starting pitching to step it up a notch, with the likes of Andy Pettitte, Chin Ming Wang, and of course the Rocket. Yanks in 5
RED SOX/ANGELS- Very interesting match-up for a divisional series. Pitching and Hitting is great for both teams. Winning game one is going to be key for this series with Cy Young candidates in Josh Beckett and John Lackey going at it. Which Sox bullpen shows up is going to be the difference in the series, the one that was the best in baseball before Eric Gagne, or after. Red Sox in 4
PHILLIES/ROCKIES- Two of the hottest teams in baseball going at it in the first round. Though might not be the highest ticketed series but I will enjoy it. Two of the top NL MVP candidates in Ryan Howard and Matt Holliday, that lead their teams to the playoffs with the hopes of advancing to the league championship. The Phillies line-up is so solid up and down, and the pitching has been great as of late. Though the Rockies have grab my attention there time will be up. Phillies in 4
CUBS/DIAMONDBACKS- The Cubs are back in the playoffs and baseball was in great need of this especially when the Mets got bounced. The Diamondbacks great run to the postseason was a shock by me, but not the way Brandon Webb got them there. This series is definitely going the distance if Webb is ready for game 4, if not Diamondbacks hitters will have to win another game somehow to get to a game five. So here's the pick...Cubs in 4 with only one start by Webb, Cubs in five with Webb starting 1 and 4
AL CHAMPIONSHIP RED SOX/YANKS- The Major League baseball got what they wanted and so did the east coast. The Yankees have played stellar baseball since the All-Star break and have played even better against the Sox. Keys to the series will be the Red Sox bullpen, the Yankees bullpen, and the old-time pitchers. Curt Schilling, Andy Pettitte, and Roger Clemens are all back with a league pennant on the line. Schilling has a chance of locking up a Hall or Fame career with one great performance. With Pettitte and Clemens looking to return to their playoff dominance. Pitching will be the difference to who will stop who's bats, this is a tough call, but I'll go with the team with home field...Red Sox in 7
NL CHAMPIONSHIP PHILLIES/CUBS- Major League baseball gets what they want again with two major cities fighting to get where both cities have failed to get to on numerous occasions. With Philadelphia getting home-field advantage in this series, meaning that Carlos Zambrano will probably pitch in one of the first two away games and I am not that sold on Zambrano being the ace for a 7 games series but they do have my boy Lou Pinnella in the dugout making the decisions. I am going to stay with the hot team and the team with the better line-up. Phillies in 6
WORLD SERIES- So we got the Phillies back in the Series since 1993, and the Red Sox trying to get their second title in 4 years. I would love to see this series, seeing Howard hitting bombs in the historic Fenway Park. And of course "Big Papi" Ortiz on the national stage, trying to make more clutch performances and see the faces of the Philadelphia faithful. Boths teams have line-ups to do serious damage and pitching staffs that can shut down opponents for 7 strong innings. The Sox inconsistency this season bothers me, while that Phillies strong play this last month has been inspiring. With the Philadelphia as the most losingest frachise in history, things will turn out good this season after getting their 10,000th loss. Phillies win the series on the Sox turf, Phillies in 7!
Enjoy!!!
YANKEES/INDIANS- The Yankees are 6-0 verses the tribe this season, but its now the postseason! But, really don't see this changing! The Indians have great pitching, and the Yankees have great hitting. I expect the Yanks starting pitching to step it up a notch, with the likes of Andy Pettitte, Chin Ming Wang, and of course the Rocket. Yanks in 5
RED SOX/ANGELS- Very interesting match-up for a divisional series. Pitching and Hitting is great for both teams. Winning game one is going to be key for this series with Cy Young candidates in Josh Beckett and John Lackey going at it. Which Sox bullpen shows up is going to be the difference in the series, the one that was the best in baseball before Eric Gagne, or after. Red Sox in 4
PHILLIES/ROCKIES- Two of the hottest teams in baseball going at it in the first round. Though might not be the highest ticketed series but I will enjoy it. Two of the top NL MVP candidates in Ryan Howard and Matt Holliday, that lead their teams to the playoffs with the hopes of advancing to the league championship. The Phillies line-up is so solid up and down, and the pitching has been great as of late. Though the Rockies have grab my attention there time will be up. Phillies in 4
CUBS/DIAMONDBACKS- The Cubs are back in the playoffs and baseball was in great need of this especially when the Mets got bounced. The Diamondbacks great run to the postseason was a shock by me, but not the way Brandon Webb got them there. This series is definitely going the distance if Webb is ready for game 4, if not Diamondbacks hitters will have to win another game somehow to get to a game five. So here's the pick...Cubs in 4 with only one start by Webb, Cubs in five with Webb starting 1 and 4
AL CHAMPIONSHIP RED SOX/YANKS- The Major League baseball got what they wanted and so did the east coast. The Yankees have played stellar baseball since the All-Star break and have played even better against the Sox. Keys to the series will be the Red Sox bullpen, the Yankees bullpen, and the old-time pitchers. Curt Schilling, Andy Pettitte, and Roger Clemens are all back with a league pennant on the line. Schilling has a chance of locking up a Hall or Fame career with one great performance. With Pettitte and Clemens looking to return to their playoff dominance. Pitching will be the difference to who will stop who's bats, this is a tough call, but I'll go with the team with home field...Red Sox in 7
NL CHAMPIONSHIP PHILLIES/CUBS- Major League baseball gets what they want again with two major cities fighting to get where both cities have failed to get to on numerous occasions. With Philadelphia getting home-field advantage in this series, meaning that Carlos Zambrano will probably pitch in one of the first two away games and I am not that sold on Zambrano being the ace for a 7 games series but they do have my boy Lou Pinnella in the dugout making the decisions. I am going to stay with the hot team and the team with the better line-up. Phillies in 6
WORLD SERIES- So we got the Phillies back in the Series since 1993, and the Red Sox trying to get their second title in 4 years. I would love to see this series, seeing Howard hitting bombs in the historic Fenway Park. And of course "Big Papi" Ortiz on the national stage, trying to make more clutch performances and see the faces of the Philadelphia faithful. Boths teams have line-ups to do serious damage and pitching staffs that can shut down opponents for 7 strong innings. The Sox inconsistency this season bothers me, while that Phillies strong play this last month has been inspiring. With the Philadelphia as the most losingest frachise in history, things will turn out good this season after getting their 10,000th loss. Phillies win the series on the Sox turf, Phillies in 7!
Enjoy!!!
4 comments:
Wow, thats bold....I don't agree with the Sox/Phillies, but I definitely would like to see it. I think that the Phillies don't have the pitching to keep up with the Sox, plus even though this Phillies team is a little different the Sox have owned the Phillies the past couple of seasons. So if they do meet up I'll give Phillies two games and say the Sox in 6 at home
LETS GO METS 2008
Although not a Yanks fan, you have to take into consideration that Dice-K has to pitch twice against them and if I remember correctly, he got shelled last time out. Plus, he's never thrown this many innings in a season. Also, Schilling is a ? Can he be the pitcher against the A's or the one who got beaten bad on a few occasions. While saying that, the same questions can be said for the old guys throwin for the Yanks. Clemens and Pettite can both get rapped and does Mo Rivera have enough to finish the season. He has not looked dominant at all this year. All in all, the AL series is going to be another battle. I'm with you though with the Phillies. J-Roll is nasty!-Pitbull
Phillies in five
D-Backs in four
Yanks in four
Sox in three
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