Well, for all looking comments on today's Gen. Petraeus/Amb. Crocker "hearings", you will just have to wait for this is a very important post on the major league pennant races, the real news!
Now that the season has started and is about a week old, it is really time to evaluate who has it and who does not and who will be in the Fall Classic.
In the American league, I see a surprise winner in a division and some teams falling down a notch.
In the American League East, look for the Toronto Blue Jays to win the division. The Blue Jays?! Yes, the Blue Jays. I think that Boston will probably come down to earth with a second place in the division. Oh, and the dreaded New York Yankees? Third is the best they will do. The smoke and mirrors that Joe Torre did towards the end will not hold up this year. And besides, I think this is the weakest division in the American League.
On to the Central division. The Cleveland Indians should win this with ease. They are starting a little slow, but as last season showed, when they catch on fire, they on really on fires. Detroit is the only serious competition in this division, but it will not be enough to win. A wild card possibility maybe.
In the West it will be the Anaheim* Angels and Seattle Mariners fighting for the division title. I think that the Angels will win it and Seattle will be the wild card. This maybe the toughest division in the American League. Even the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers could have a least a shot at the wild card.
Over in the senior circuit, the National League, I see the East as the New York Mets to lose. If they do not win this division going away, manager Willie Randolph must be fired for incompetence! This could be the National League team in the World Series. And have a real shot to win it all. Sorry, but this year the Atlanta Braves will be watching the playoffs at home. No division or wild card for the tomahawk choppers. Maybe they can get a head start on the decline of the planet that Ted Turner ranted about last week and use those tomahawks on him!
The National League Central division is the joke division of major league baseball. I mean whoever wins this division could win with a sub-.500 record. It is that bad! But, it is good enough for the Chicago Cubs. They will win the Central and, who really cares about the other teams!
And finally, the only division that counts, the National League West. The Dodgers will win this and it will literally be on the back of new manager Joe Torre. He has surrounded himself with the best coaches and with a renewed sense of fire in the belly, he will be able to get this team to the promised land.
So, here is the order and playoff scenarios:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
West:
Los Angeles Dodgers
East:
New York Mets
Central:
Chicago Cubs
Wild Card:
San Diego Padres
AMERICAN LEAGUE
West:
Anaheim Angels
East:
Toronto Blue Jays
Central:
Cleveland Indians
Wild Card:
Seattle Mariners
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS
Los Angeles Dodgers
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPS
Cleveland Indians
WORLD SERIES CHAMPS
Los Angeles Dodgers
Hey, it is the 20th anniversary of the last time the Dodgers won the World Series against the Oakland A's. So it is about time the Dodgers won another one!
*In this blog, the Angels will NOT be referred to as the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" but the Anaheim Angels. There is only one team in Los Angeles and that is the Dodgers. And, I am an Angel fan!
4 comments:
by haten' on the central 64!!!! if you remember correctly it was the mets' division to lose last year, and THEY DID!!!... we will keep this on memory and check back to see how you do... my prediction of your predictions. THUMBS DOWN!!!
Mr. Pat, I don't hate the Central, just have to call it as I see it. And, my point on the Mets is that they can not blow it again this year. I would like to know your predictions. Hey, I thought Mitt Romney would be the GOP nominee, so I am not exactly Nostradamus!
here ya go 64 al: east-blue jays central-tigers west-angels wc-indians... nl: east-phillies central-cubs west-d-backs(only because your dogers can't beat them head to head) wc-brewhas world series-phillies-indians phillies world champs.... that should provide some laughter for ya!!!
I think that they are really great predictions! We are not really that far off. I have to admit, a Phillies-Indians World series would be intriguing. I think that the Indians will be in the Series, that we agree on. But the Phils, they will have to pass some serious opposition. At least you are going with a National League team to win! The NL is superior to the AL now, but I do not understand why they keep losing series after series. And all-star games. BTW, I am letting you in on a post I will be doing over the weekend on who the next baseball commissioner should be. Hint. He resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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