Okay, so nothing worse than watching an entire year of Major League Baseball, and none of your predictions are coming true. I really need to start getting used to this, I haven't made correct predictions since like 1998.
Some dissapointments so far: No Cubs Phillies NLCS. This would of been the highest rated NLCS in the last 15 years, no question about it. Two tortured fan bases and organizations remain tortured.
Some pleasant surprises: The Cleveland Indians! Just a badass group who hasn't been afraid for a second in this series. C.C. Sabathia. FAUSTO CARMONA?! HELLO. Everyone said the playoffs would be a whole new game for them, it looked about the same as it has all year to them.
Under the Radar: Curt Schilling. I know, I know, how does Curt Schilling fly under the radar? Well on a sunday afternoon opposite of football in California. Schilling pitched 7 innings of shutout ball, furthering his status to me as the Greatest Big Game pitcher I have ever seen. Please keep in mind I was born in 1987, never saw Bob Gibson (although his highlight reel is sick) Was only 4 when Jack Morris was going at it and really didn't appreciate the likes of Smoltz, Maddux or Glavine when they were stomping my Mets all them years. So theres my reasoning on Schilling being the big gamer. I'm willing to listen to all arguments though.
Something I'm looking forward to: Not Boston and New York. These fan bases are getting exactly what's coming to them. There are your true Yankees and Red Sox fan's. And then there are those who don't realize there are 28 other teams in Major League Baseball. All year, they thought it was coming down to them. It's not. I'm excited to see Boston and Cleveland, although realistically I'm typing this while the Yankees are still alive. So there prolly gonna win and I'm gonna have to eat my words.
Something to really look forward to: Colorado vs. Arizona. Has about the same sex appeal as Britney Spears these days, but on the upside, this is going to be a long exciting series. Arizona has kids, Colorado's got kids. If Arizona only had a guy on their team with an exciting name in their lineup then it'd be exciting. Instead there stuck with guys named Mark Reynolds, Conor Jackson, and Eric Byrnes. If Arizona had Troy Tulitwitzki, now thats another story. Realistically, theres serious young talent in this series. Matt Holliday went from being only known in Denver and by Baseball insiders to being a bona fide superstar with one dive in the dirt. I'll admit it hurts a little to know that the NL will be represented by The Diamondbacks or Rockies (both expansion teams).
Revised World Series Prediction: Cleveland over Colorado in 7.
Let's Go Fausto Carmona!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Baseball Playoff predictions 2007
ALDS
Anaheim over Boston 3-2
New York over Cleveland 3-2
ALCS
New York over Anaheim 4-3
ALCS MVP: Joba Chamberlin
NLDS
Philadelphia over Colorado 3-2
Chicago over Arizona 3-1
NLCS
Philadelphia over Chicago 4-3
NLCS MVP: Chase Utley
World Series
Philadelphia Phillies over New York Yankees 4-3
World Series MVP: Alex Rodriguez
Not one of these will come true. Philly Chicago will be such an exciting series just based on the cities alone. I don't think i can stomach another Boston New York ALCS cause boston sucks. That will prolly happen tho. Wouldn't be shocked if Cleveland made some noise. Sabathia and FAUSTO Carmona are too two dynamite not to get atleast one win in them first two games. The best would be if ARod hit something like .723 with 18 home runs and the Yankees still lost, in which case you'd be looking at your 2008 World Series Champ, ARod, Sweet Lou and Steve Bartman the 2008 Chicago Cubs.
While we're here lets just make a make-shift 2008 Cubs team with ARod
1B- Derrick Lee
2b- Ryan Theroit/Mark DeRosa
SS- Alex Rodriguez
3B- Aramis Ramirez
RF- Alfonso Soriano
CF- Felix Pie
LF- Jacque Jones
C- Jason Kendall? I think I don't know if this is right but it even looks scary.
Lets go Fausto Carmona!
Anaheim over Boston 3-2
New York over Cleveland 3-2
ALCS
New York over Anaheim 4-3
ALCS MVP: Joba Chamberlin
NLDS
Philadelphia over Colorado 3-2
Chicago over Arizona 3-1
NLCS
Philadelphia over Chicago 4-3
NLCS MVP: Chase Utley
World Series
Philadelphia Phillies over New York Yankees 4-3
World Series MVP: Alex Rodriguez
Not one of these will come true. Philly Chicago will be such an exciting series just based on the cities alone. I don't think i can stomach another Boston New York ALCS cause boston sucks. That will prolly happen tho. Wouldn't be shocked if Cleveland made some noise. Sabathia and FAUSTO Carmona are too two dynamite not to get atleast one win in them first two games. The best would be if ARod hit something like .723 with 18 home runs and the Yankees still lost, in which case you'd be looking at your 2008 World Series Champ, ARod, Sweet Lou and Steve Bartman the 2008 Chicago Cubs.
While we're here lets just make a make-shift 2008 Cubs team with ARod
1B- Derrick Lee
2b- Ryan Theroit/Mark DeRosa
SS- Alex Rodriguez
3B- Aramis Ramirez
RF- Alfonso Soriano
CF- Felix Pie
LF- Jacque Jones
C- Jason Kendall? I think I don't know if this is right but it even looks scary.
Lets go Fausto Carmona!
Monday, October 1, 2007
The Mets
Instead of crying and sobbing and whining, and crying and punching holes through walls about the Mets' collapse. I am instead going to inform you and wish that at this time you scroll to the very bottom of this blog and look at the first blog I ever posted. It is about the Mets and Phillies. I wrote that i was scared as hell of the Phillies. I am correct. Doesn't happen a lot, but this time I knew it would happen.
Anyways, The Mets collapse: The Mets were never a good team this year. They played over their head eary in the year, getting ridicoulas performances from John Maine and Jorge Sosa. I said all year eventually The Braves would overtake first place. The thing is, the lead should of somehow never got all the way up to 7 games this late. Give Philadelphia some credit too and the Braves for blowing their games along the way. The blew it along during the season while the Mets remained an even keil. But finally, at just the time where you can't go dead. The Mets did, and that's why they will live in infamy and as the team who had the biggest late season collapse of all-time.
If I sound bitter about the collapse, yeah maybe i am a little bit. But realistically, the Mets never had it throughout the year. They never woulda made a splash in the playoffs.
Maybe I'll flip flop on this, but I'd rather die the slow death with this team, then the sudden death when Carlos Beltran left his bat on his shoulder last October. I'm still missing skin on my knuckles from that one.
Anyways, The Mets collapse: The Mets were never a good team this year. They played over their head eary in the year, getting ridicoulas performances from John Maine and Jorge Sosa. I said all year eventually The Braves would overtake first place. The thing is, the lead should of somehow never got all the way up to 7 games this late. Give Philadelphia some credit too and the Braves for blowing their games along the way. The blew it along during the season while the Mets remained an even keil. But finally, at just the time where you can't go dead. The Mets did, and that's why they will live in infamy and as the team who had the biggest late season collapse of all-time.
If I sound bitter about the collapse, yeah maybe i am a little bit. But realistically, the Mets never had it throughout the year. They never woulda made a splash in the playoffs.
Maybe I'll flip flop on this, but I'd rather die the slow death with this team, then the sudden death when Carlos Beltran left his bat on his shoulder last October. I'm still missing skin on my knuckles from that one.
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