Today:
Rockies over Padres.

AL:

Yankees over Cleveland in 5. Sabathia is tough, but the Yankees will beat Carmona. Also, dont forget Joba Chamberlain, who will be a difference maker in tight games.

Red Sox over Angels in 4. Red Sox at home in the postseason? Very difficult to beat them. They should win the first 2, and then Beckett will finish the Angels off in game 4.

Yankees over Red Sox in 7. Another long, tough series...but this time, the Yankees have the bullpen advantage, and a better lineup 1-9. Yanks also won 10 of 18 from the sox this year.

NL:
Mets Phillies over Rockies in 5. Both these teams are hot, but the Phillies have overcome a 7 game deficit in under 3 weeks. Gotta like their momentum. Will be the best series of the playoffs.

D-Backs over Cubs in 3. This D-backs team is underrated. Brandon Webb is deadly...and this team has speed and defense. The Cubs won a weak division and I think they will be overmatched.

D-Backs over Phillies in the NLCS in 7. Would be an awesome series, and Brandon Webb 3 times is hard to beat.



World Series:

Yankees get revenge on the D-Backs in 5 games. The Yankee lineup is deadly, and they hammered the Diamondbacks in interleague play.

10/1/2007 12:33:18 PM

^homer

cleveland over new york in 5
boston over los angeles in 5

arizona over chicago in 4
philadelphia over colorado in 4
OR
san diego over philadelphia in 3

boston over cleveland in 5
arizona over san diego in 5

boston over arizona in 6

10/1/2007 12:43:48 PM

if anybody other than the yankees or red sox win it all, i will be happy

10/1/2007 12:56:53 PM

Arizona got outscored this year by 20 runs. No other playoff team outscored their opposition by fewer than 62 runs (Cubs). The D-backs really overachieved this year - that doesn't matter now, but I thought it was interesting.

Indians over Yankees in 5
Angels over Red Sox in 4

Phillies over Rockies in 4
Cubs over D-backs in 5

Indians over Angels in 6
Phillies over Cubs in 5

Indians over Phillies in 5

10/1/2007 12:58:16 PM

Ernie, PM

10/1/2007 12:59:52 PM

^^ I agree with the Rook. I think its an Indians Phillies match up in 5. Cleveland finally wins it and Philly fan dies another slow offseason.

However if the Yankees can get through Cleveland and Boston can survive LA, look out. I think you'd have to give the nod to them over any NL team.

But you could have said that about the Cards and D-backs last year and 2001, respectively.

10/1/2007 1:19:11 PM

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


my ex's dad (who lives in Chicago in the summer, Phoenix in the winter and is a die hard cubs fan) bought tickets to the d-backs vs cubs game (or the 'potential' games) last week or a couple weeks ago or whatever and they promptly (both the teams) lost almost all their games.....so since they are indeed going to play, I believe the cubs curse is broken

10/1/2007 1:26:44 PM

i'll pull for the cubs since they havent won in forever, but you KNOW damn well they wont win

10/1/2007 1:27:35 PM

Derek Jeter finally comes out of the closet

10/1/2007 1:38:20 PM

Since I have no favorites in this years race....I would LOVE to see the Rockies win.

They are a very likable team as is their manager Clint Hurdle. Helton has been a good player for years and deserves some recognition and a chance at a ring.

10/1/2007 1:41:20 PM

NL:

Today: Rockies

Phillies beat Rockies in 5
Cubs beat Dbacks in 5

Phillies beat Cubs in 6

Angels beat Red Sox in 5
Yankees beat Indians in 3

Angels beat Yankees in 7

Phillies beat Angels in 6

10/1/2007 2:00:44 PM

Quote :

"Yankees over Red Sox in 7. Another long, tough series...but this time, the Yankees have the bullpen advantage, and a better lineup 1-9. Yanks also won 10 of 18 from the sox this year. "

C'mon man stop being a total homer. You definitely have the better batting lineup 1-9 but bullpen is laughable with the exception of the one game at Fenway it was starting pitching that cost the Sox the game. Rivera is your only sure thing and the Sox can hit him thats been proven. With the Joba rules it means you won't see him every game. Bruney sucks, Viz is shakey at times and don't get me started on Farny.

My predictions

Today:
Padres over the Rockies (Magic is done for the Rockies)

ALDS:

Yankees over the Indians in 4 (The Sox and Yanks owned the AL Central this season)
Sox over the Rally Monkey in 4 (The halos suck on the road)

NLDS:

Phillies over the Padres in 5
Cubs over D'backs in 4

ALCS:

Sox over Yankees in another classic October battle this one will be more back and forth the Sox tak advantage of being at home and win in Game 7.

NLCS:

Cubs over Phillies in 6

World Series:

Cubs over Red Sox in 6 ending the longest championship drought in sports history.

10/1/2007 2:31:40 PM

AL
Yanks over Tribe in 5
Angels over Bosox in 5
Yanks over Angels in 7
NL
Padres over Rockies
Padres over Phillies in 5
D-backs over Cubs in 4
D-backs over Padres in 6
WS
Yanks over D-backs in 5 (payback from last time they were in the WS together)

10/1/2007 2:43:36 PM

Quote :

"i'll pull for the cubs since they havent won in forever, but you KNOW damn well they wont win"

Is the game tonight on TV?

10/1/2007 2:48:17 PM

The Rockies game is.......

10/1/2007 2:50:15 PM

Red Sox

10/1/2007 3:19:41 PM

^ must be nice to be a fan of two teams. haha.

10/2/2007 9:18:06 AM

Quote :

"if anybody other than the yankees or red sox win it all, i will be happy"

10/2/2007 9:19:56 AM

Rockies over Phillies in 5.
Cubs over D-Backs in 4.
Red Sox over Angels in 5.
Yankees over Indians in 4.

Cubs over Rockies in 6.
Red Sox over Yankees in 7.

Red Sox over Cubs in 6.

10/2/2007 10:00:22 AM

If Boston Beats LA then I think the Yankees take it all.

Anyone know NYY's record against the Indians this year?

10/2/2007 1:21:41 PM

Quote :

"^ must be nice to be a fan of two teams. haha."

Much bigger Mets fan... the Red Sox making it was a very, very, very small consolation. Trust me..

10/2/2007 1:23:22 PM

^^ The Yankees have played the Indians 6 times this year.....the Yankees have won all 6 games :-)

[Edited on October 2, 2007 at 1:51 PM. Reason : .]

10/2/2007 1:50:46 PM

and in all 6 of those games, they never had to face CC

and don't forget that 5 of the last 6 yankees wins came against the Sox without Manny in the lineup...in case you missed it, he did kinda ok after coming off the DL to close out the season

10/2/2007 1:54:51 PM

^Hey he asked a question and I gave him the answer.....I fully realize that they did not face CC, however it is what it is....

Yes Manny did well coming off the injury........while playing all bottom feeder teams. But I am glad he is back .....I don't want to hear the excuses when they lose that they weren't at full strength. :-)

10/2/2007 2:03:13 PM

I will now repost my predictions, with commentary

NL:

Phillies beat Rockies in 5
Holliday didn't touch home plate!

Cubs beat Dbacks in 5
I still don't acknowledge that the Diamondbacks exist

Phillies beat Cubs in 6
Cubbies are only lovable as losers

AL:

Angels beat Red Sox in 5
I hate the Red Sox

Yankees beat Indians in 3
I hate both of these teams, end it quickly.

Angels beat Yankees in 7
Fuck the yankees

World Series:

Phillies beat Angels in 6
I'm normally an AL guy, but I have a soft spot for Philly and their friendly fans.

10/2/2007 2:14:15 PM

Quote :

"Philly and their friendly fans"

DOES NOT COMPUTE

Indians over Yankees in 5
Red Sox over Angels in 4

Rockies over Phillies in 4
Cubs over D-backs in 5

Sox over Indians in 5
Cubs over Rockies in 7

Cubs over Sox in 7

Reverse the Curse!

[Edited on October 2, 2007 at 2:22 PM. Reason : perfect optimism]

10/2/2007 2:22:07 PM

Yankees over Indians in 5
Angels over Sox in 5

Rockies over Phillies in 5
Cubs over DBacks in 4

Angels over Yankees in 7
Rockies over Cubs in 6

Angels over Rockies in 6

This year's playoffs has 4 very even series if you ask me and any of the 8 teams in this thing could get hot and win.

10/2/2007 3:06:28 PM

A-Rod and the YANKEES!!

YANKEES WILL GO 11-0 and that is all you need to know

10/2/2007 10:21:11 PM

Quote :

"and don't forget that 5 of the last 6 yankees wins came against the Sox without Manny in the lineup...in case you missed it, he did kinda ok after coming off the DL to close out the season "

Don't give me that crap, the Yankees have had scores of injuries as well all season. Thats such a cop out.

I'm gonna laugh at all the Yankee haters when we take it all this year.

10/3/2007 7:20:35 AM

I predict, the Indians beat the Yanks in 4

A-Rod subsequently decides to leave for Chicago

Joe Torre retires

the yankees organization is in shambles for the next 4-5 years

10/3/2007 8:36:21 AM

gforce

Quote :

"Yes Manny did well coming off the injury........while playing all bottom feeder teams. But I am glad he is back .....I don't want to hear the excuses when they lose that they weren't at full strength. :-) "

Don't give me that the Yankees last 2 series were against the Rays and O's.

TKE-Teg

Quote :

"Don't give me that crap, the Yankees have had scores of injuries as well all season. Thats such a cop out. "

And when the Yankees had all their injuries the Red Sox dominated them. Its pretty even when both teams are healthy.

The Yankees finished hot no doubt, but Joba has never pitched in October, and ARod normally disappears in October. I have little doubt that the Yankees will get past Cleveland. I mean they were 6-0 against them. Should be interesting.

10/3/2007 10:17:46 AM

^BigPapa
Hey you and I are ok....no doubt both the Yanks and the Bosox finished against lower tier teams....all I was saying his good numbers when he came back were not against top notch pitching is all...

Also about the the Yankees injuries early in the year.....there is a big diff between losing one hitter (albeit a very good one) and 3/4 of your starting pitching going on the DL. In any case I have said since the beginning of the year....this is the Redsox to lose....In the 2nd season (the playoffs) it's all about pitching.....and the Redsox have it. But we will see....

P.S. You are correct Joba has never pitched in Oct.....but neither has your zillion dollar Japanese sensation.....we will see....

10/3/2007 1:56:38 PM

how come wakefield isnt in the rotation? or bucholz?

10/3/2007 2:01:15 PM

ABY

10/3/2007 2:03:03 PM

Quote :

"You are correct Joba has never pitched in Oct"

Or in back to back games but once. How is he going to react throwing 3 straight days in tense October baseball? I wouldn't count on Joba being as rock solid as he was in the regular season...

^^ b/c they don't need them. Schilling, Beckett and Dice-K are all they need for Round 1 I think given the schedule they chose.

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 2:05 PM. Reason : c]

10/3/2007 2:04:28 PM

so they can re-adjust their post-season rotation in between rounds? i thought they had to "set it and forget it" but i could be wrong

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 2:12 PM. Reason : .]

10/3/2007 2:09:48 PM

Wakefield is having back problems. Originally they were gonna stick him in the pen for the ALDS, but they decided to let him rest his back for the possible next round.

And you can readjust your rosters for each playoff series, but the player has to be eligible for the postseason roster. Most teams carry extra positional players in the Divisional Series since its a 5 game series.

Buchholz is done for the year with arm fatigue. Which is kind of scary, may not be that bad they don't want to over pitch him this year because I have a feeling Schilling will be gone and we need someone to fill that spot between Buchholz and Lester they are the two likely in-house canidates, although would really love it if we went after Johan.

10/3/2007 2:21:25 PM

word up

also i hope yall dont get johan

10/3/2007 2:26:44 PM

Gary Matthews Jr out along with Bartolo Colon out = Red Sox win.

Can I change my predictions? Ill go Red Sox in place of Angels.

10/3/2007 2:50:37 PM

it sounds fucking DEAD at Philadelphia and its not because philly is losing. tbs sucks

10/3/2007 3:32:19 PM