Time for some October magic...

It starts tomorrow with a one-game playoff between the Tigers and Twins to determine who will play the Yankees in the ALDS on Wednesday.

Predictions:

Tiebreaker: Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins ... Twins advance

ALDS: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels ... Angels in 5
ALDS: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins ... Yankees in 3

NLDS: Colorado Rockies vs. Philadelphia Phillies ... Phillies in 4
NLDS: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St Louis Cardinals ... Dodgers in 3

ALCS: Yanks vs. Angels ... Yankees in 6
NLCS: Dodgers vs. Phillies ... Dodgers in 7

WS: Yanks vs Dodgers ... Yankees in 6

10/5/2009 11:17:14 PM

Quote :

"Dodgers in 3"

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA please tell me another.

The team with 2 out of the top 3 pitchers in the NL starting games 1 & 2 are going to get swept.

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 11:26 PM. Reason : Waino/Carp may finish 1, 2 in Cy Young]

10/5/2009 11:25:52 PM

Alright alright I admit I just want to see Joe Torre face the Yanks in the World Series...

10/5/2009 11:33:00 PM

If anyone sweeps it will be STL....but I think it goes 5 games.

Tiebreaker: Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins ... Twins

ALDS: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels ... Angels in 5
ALDS: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins ... Yankees in 4
NLDS: Colorado Rockies vs. Philadelphia Phillies ... Phillies in 5
NLDS: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St Louis Cardinals ... Cards in 5

ALCS: Yanks vs. Angels ... Angels in 7
NLCS: Cards vs. Phillies ... Cards in 6

WS: Angels vs Cards....Angels in 7

10/5/2009 11:36:48 PM

I'm going:

Sox in 4,
Yanks in 5
Cards in 4
Phillies in 3

10/6/2009 1:01:47 PM

ALDS
Yanks in 4...Twinkies' magic eventually runs out

Angels in 5...Once the torch has been passed to the long-suffering team, the two rivals usually don't meet in the postseason again (Isiah-Jordan; Cowboys-49ers; Pats-Colts). That trend continues this year (we DON'T need to see Yanks-Sox IV anyway)

NLDS
Cards in 3...The fact that "Dem Bums" waited until the next to last day to win their own division shows that they've run out of steam (anytime the Dodgers get bounced

Phils in 4...I had my doubts about this team six months ago, but they could be legit contenders if their pitchers can get their act together (i.e., their closers)

ALCS
Yanks in 7...This is merely a tossup, but for once, the Bronx Hype Machine backs up all that dough their owners spent

NLCS
Cards in 6...The pitching for the Red Birds will be too strong for the champs and expect Lidge to collapse once again

WS
Cards in 7...The $200M payroll gets shut down at the most inopportune time

10/6/2009 11:26:20 PM

Not sure if they are talking about this on SC or wherever, but it's gonna fucking snow here in Denver on Saturday, haha... Game 3 may be interesting.

10/7/2009 12:27:07 PM

Yankees and Cards sweep, Philly in 4, Boston in 5

Philly over StL in 7, Yankees over Boston in 5

Yankees in 6

although I hope the Yankees don't make it past round 1

10/7/2009 12:42:06 PM

NLCS Rockies and Dodgers

ALCS Angels Yankees

Dodgers, Angels

10/7/2009 12:45:46 PM

Subway Smogway Series

10/7/2009 12:47:09 PM

It's pretty pathetic watching the first 3 innings of Dodgers games, there's like 4 people in the first 6 rows behind home.

An Angels/Dodgers series would guarantee at least two ballpark murders, possible riots, etc.... Which are always nice.

10/7/2009 12:53:36 PM

I'm wondering if the Phils can get by the Rockies. Their starting pitching is as good as any manager could ever want, but since Lidge decided to implode again that bullpen has been real shaky. I have a feeling they will end up having a save blown in a critical situation in this series. Colorado's bats are really good.

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM. Reason : ing]

10/7/2009 1:23:28 PM

I don't care what's happened in the past, it's the west's year to represent.

10/7/2009 1:29:05 PM

wow, what a horrible call

10/7/2009 2:59:17 PM

that's the 2nd call they've blown already too

10/7/2009 3:21:58 PM

Quote :

"Their starting pitching is as good as any manager could ever want"

Tony La Russa begs to differ....although the Phils is pretty good. Hamels has not been the same this year.

Carpenter, Wainwright, Piniero, Lohse, Smoltz>>>>Lee, Hamels, Happ, Blanton, Pedro or Moyer

10/7/2009 5:28:45 PM

Go Twins!

10/7/2009 7:00:40 PM

Mauer should've made that play at the plate

^^completely agree, but I'd also put Utley/Howard/Ibanez over Pujols/Holliday/Ludwick (or however StL has their 3-4-5 hole configured)

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 7:46 PM. Reason : and I'd obviously take Pujols individually over any single Philly batter]

10/7/2009 7:44:46 PM

Part of me wants the Dodgers to win this series. The other part of me says they probably can't beat Boston or New York if it comes down to it....

10/8/2009 9:20:17 AM

^^^ I agree as well. Carpenter and Wainwright had great years and if it weren't for Timmy there would be a Cy Young in STL. However, I wasn't saying they were the best, only that they were above average and that if you had that group you would have to like your chances going into Oct as evidenced by Lee's CG shutout yesterday.

I should have chosen my words better

[Edited on October 8, 2009 at 9:47 AM. Reason : ^]

10/8/2009 9:47:06 AM

Quote :

"if it weren't for Timmy there would be a Cy Young in STL"

One of the Cards should get it over Lincecum....problem is they will probably split votes. I can see any of the three getting it.

Carpenter last night made me . Never seen him have such poor control.

10/8/2009 1:14:38 PM

I think they should have the MVP, Cy Young, etc winners announced right after the season, like Basketball does

Because although they don't take into account postseason play, when a voter votes in November, he can't help but be influenced if someone shit the bed in the playoffs


Unless they vote now and just hold the results for a month, which would be silly

10/8/2009 1:17:50 PM

Quote :

"Lee, Hamels, Happ, Blanton, Pedro or Moyer"

pedro's kinda hurt, moyer's not on the roster


[Edited on October 8, 2009 at 2:36 PM. Reason : e]

10/8/2009 2:34:28 PM

Quote :

"Unless they vote now and just hold the results for a month, which would be silly"

Pretty sure that's what they do. Bud doesn't want awards distracting the media and fans from the postseason games. It's the same reason they don't like free agent dealings announced until after the Series. And, yeah, it's pretty silly.

[Edited on October 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM. Reason : ]

10/8/2009 2:39:00 PM

FUCK YOU HOLE CAMELS

hahahaha. right when i typed that he gave up a 2-run jimmy jack.

[Edited on October 8, 2009 at 3:52 PM. Reason : k]

10/8/2009 3:50:04 PM

big hit for Ibanez, breaking it open a little bit here. heart of the order has been sick so far

10/8/2009 4:45:25 PM

Damnit Rockies. Come the fuck on.

10/8/2009 4:46:11 PM

obviously the twins have no interest in winning this series

10/9/2009 7:08:44 PM

lol @ Johnny Damon trying to make that catch

how did you just take off towards the right like that?

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM. Reason : lol]

10/9/2009 7:54:16 PM

god....dammit

10/9/2009 9:30:42 PM

great job ass fucks way to give up a two run homer

10/9/2009 9:31:13 PM

oh we's goin to extreez

10/9/2009 9:33:13 PM

clutch motherfucker

10/9/2009 9:33:24 PM

Ahahah The twinkies got out of that mess

10/9/2009 10:08:18 PM

that was some SHIT

10/9/2009 10:09:27 PM

Nathan is the happiest guy right now.

10/9/2009 10:10:12 PM

nice blown call ump who was like 14 feet away. that should be a run for the twins.

or at least 1st and 3rd.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM. Reason : !]

10/9/2009 10:17:20 PM

What's the point of having outfield umps when they're going to miss that type of call.

10/9/2009 10:18:41 PM

god i fucking hate the yankees. and that fucking ump. it's like tony torasco all over again

10/9/2009 10:29:27 PM

FMMLBL

10/9/2009 10:45:54 PM

that foul ball call changed the game.

10/9/2009 11:18:41 PM

The Yankees win.. eat it haters

10/9/2009 11:21:50 PM

they will NOT beat the NL this year. so fuck it.

10/9/2009 11:24:47 PM

FUCK FUCK FUCK MOTHER FUCK

10/11/2009 3:47:03 PM

FUUUUUUUCCKK

10/11/2009 3:48:15 PM

I agree with the previous 2 posts

10/11/2009 3:56:58 PM

lol at the Red Sox

10/11/2009 4:00:31 PM

seconded

been Papelbon's mo all year pitching into trouble it came back to bite him today.

10/11/2009 4:00:50 PM

Eat a cock, Red Sox.

10/11/2009 4:08:07 PM

ahhh the sound of thuds as people fall off the red sox bandwagon... i swear their bandwagon fan base around here could contend with the yankees fanbase of the 90s-early 2000s

Thank you Angels!

10/11/2009 4:10:31 PM