With about ten games remaining, lets go around the League!
(Of note, this is mostly a post about sports. There will be very few mentions of poop. The author will resume writing about excrement soon. He promises.)
AL East
Last night's Tampa win over Boston gave them a two game lead over their division rivals. With no more games to play against each other, the current standings look likely to be the final standings as well. Give this one to those over-achieving Rays.
Predicted Winner: Rays
AL Central
The White Sox are up on the Twins by 2.5 games with ten to go. But, not so fast, because three of those are in Minnesota. The Twins might have a slightly tougher road to go though, because although they play their last six at home, they have four in Tampa before that. I'm calling this one for the Sox.
Predicted Winner: White Sox
AL West
The Angels are 18.0 games up on the Rangers. Call it!
Actual Winner: Angels
AL Wild Card
The Red Sox have a 7.0 game advantage over Minnesota. Its going to be the Sox unless they catch the Rays, in which case it'll be the Rays.
Predicted Winner: Red Sox
NL East
Those Phight'n Phils are somehow (read: Mets bullpen) ahead of New York again. They're only 1/2 game up with one more win. The remaining schedule doesn't tell us jack, either. The Phils have the following: 4 vs. ATL (3 at home), 3 @ FL, and then finish up with 3 vs. WAS. The Mets will finish their collapse up with 1 more in DC, 3 in ATL, 4 vs. the Cubs, and then 3 vs. the Fish. This one'll come down to the wire.
Predicted Winner: Phillies?
NL Central
This one was close about a month ago, but the Cubs have pulled away from Milwaukee. They're currently up by 8 games. Call it!
Predicted Winner: Cubbies
NL West
Manny for MVP! Actually, that's pretty stupid, but Manny has made a huge difference for the Dodgers. What people are ignoring while their sniffing Manny's odoriferous jock is that his arrival coincided with an offensive revival up and down the lineup for LA. In any case, the Trolley Dodgers are up on the D-bags by 3.5 with 10 to go. The schedule essentially hands the division to LA as they have games remaining against Pittsburgh, San Francisco and San Diego, while the Bags have four at St. Louis, six vs. Colorado, and one more against the Giants.
Predicted Winner: LA
NL Wild Card
This one is a bit more complex. The Mets have a 0.5 game lead on Milwaukee, but are only 0.5 games behind the Phillies for the AL East lead. If the Phils keep winning like I expect them to, then it'll be the Mets or the Brewers, but if the Phils tank they could easily fall out of contention giving the Wild Card to Milwaukee. The Brewers recently took the mostly unprecedented step of firing their manager in the midst of a playoff push (OK, Yost is a moron, but still), so you could say they're experiencing some turmoil up in the Samich City and you wouldn't be wrong. Its likely that the Brewers are going to keep falling off a cliff and the Wild Card will go to the loser of the NL East. I'll go with that for now.
Predicted Winner: Mets
If I'm 100% right (which is 100% unpossible), then the match ups for the first round of the playoffs will look like this:
AL
Red Sox (WC) at Angels (ALW) - By virtue of the best record, the Angels "get" to face their nemesis in the playoffs, the reigning champion Red Sox. Wow, what a prize.
White Sox (ALC) at Rays (ALE) - Normally there would be some question as to the seedings, but MLB says the WC winner can't face a team from their division in the first round, so we know the Rays will face the White Sox.
NL
Mets (WC) at Cubs (NLC) - The Cubs have the best record in the NL sown up. They'll play the WC winner.
LA (NLW) at Phillies (NLE) - The winner of the East is going to have a better record than the winner of the West, so this match up will most likely be the Dodgers vs either Phils or Mets.
Of note, if the Brewers pull out the Wild Card they won't be allowed to play the Cubs so the match ups will be completely different.
AL East
Last night's Tampa win over Boston gave them a two game lead over their division rivals. With no more games to play against each other, the current standings look likely to be the final standings as well. Give this one to those over-achieving Rays.
Predicted Winner: Rays
AL Central
The White Sox are up on the Twins by 2.5 games with ten to go. But, not so fast, because three of those are in Minnesota. The Twins might have a slightly tougher road to go though, because although they play their last six at home, they have four in Tampa before that. I'm calling this one for the Sox.
Predicted Winner: White Sox
AL West
The Angels are 18.0 games up on the Rangers. Call it!
Actual Winner: Angels
AL Wild Card
The Red Sox have a 7.0 game advantage over Minnesota. Its going to be the Sox unless they catch the Rays, in which case it'll be the Rays.
Predicted Winner: Red Sox
NL East
Those Phight'n Phils are somehow (read: Mets bullpen) ahead of New York again. They're only 1/2 game up with one more win. The remaining schedule doesn't tell us jack, either. The Phils have the following: 4 vs. ATL (3 at home), 3 @ FL, and then finish up with 3 vs. WAS. The Mets will finish their collapse up with 1 more in DC, 3 in ATL, 4 vs. the Cubs, and then 3 vs. the Fish. This one'll come down to the wire.
Predicted Winner: Phillies?
NL Central
This one was close about a month ago, but the Cubs have pulled away from Milwaukee. They're currently up by 8 games. Call it!
Predicted Winner: Cubbies
NL West
Manny for MVP! Actually, that's pretty stupid, but Manny has made a huge difference for the Dodgers. What people are ignoring while their sniffing Manny's odoriferous jock is that his arrival coincided with an offensive revival up and down the lineup for LA. In any case, the Trolley Dodgers are up on the D-bags by 3.5 with 10 to go. The schedule essentially hands the division to LA as they have games remaining against Pittsburgh, San Francisco and San Diego, while the Bags have four at St. Louis, six vs. Colorado, and one more against the Giants.
Predicted Winner: LA
NL Wild Card
This one is a bit more complex. The Mets have a 0.5 game lead on Milwaukee, but are only 0.5 games behind the Phillies for the AL East lead. If the Phils keep winning like I expect them to, then it'll be the Mets or the Brewers, but if the Phils tank they could easily fall out of contention giving the Wild Card to Milwaukee. The Brewers recently took the mostly unprecedented step of firing their manager in the midst of a playoff push (OK, Yost is a moron, but still), so you could say they're experiencing some turmoil up in the Samich City and you wouldn't be wrong. Its likely that the Brewers are going to keep falling off a cliff and the Wild Card will go to the loser of the NL East. I'll go with that for now.
Predicted Winner: Mets
If I'm 100% right (which is 100% unpossible), then the match ups for the first round of the playoffs will look like this:
AL
Red Sox (WC) at Angels (ALW) - By virtue of the best record, the Angels "get" to face their nemesis in the playoffs, the reigning champion Red Sox. Wow, what a prize.
White Sox (ALC) at Rays (ALE) - Normally there would be some question as to the seedings, but MLB says the WC winner can't face a team from their division in the first round, so we know the Rays will face the White Sox.
NL
Mets (WC) at Cubs (NLC) - The Cubs have the best record in the NL sown up. They'll play the WC winner.
LA (NLW) at Phillies (NLE) - The winner of the East is going to have a better record than the winner of the West, so this match up will most likely be the Dodgers vs either Phils or Mets.
Of note, if the Brewers pull out the Wild Card they won't be allowed to play the Cubs so the match ups will be completely different.
[Edit: Now with spelling!]
3 comments:
I'm gonna love it if it's Dodgers - Phillies. I can convert back to a Dodgers fan (seeing as my local area doesn't field a pro baseball team) and trade some ball-busting with BMFS, aka Tre (I didn't know he was a Denton III until I received his lovely wedding invitation)
If we get a Dodgers/Phillies matchup you better be in ship shit-talkin' shape for 3 days, 'cause that's as long as that series is gonna last.
Beyotch.
I'll see you in the playoffs, hosebags.
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