IT IS OFFICIALLY MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR!!! It is time for Post season baseball and there is nothing LIKE IT!!!! This Years stories have been amazing between Cinderalla Orioles and A's, rookie Phenoms like Trout and Harper, 7 no hitters, a TRIPLE CROWN and a new Wild Card!!! MLB has had a great year and will now begin its BEST time of year!
I admit I wasn't a big fan of this new playoff format at first but after this season I love it!!! Look at how many teams were involved during the last month and a half of the season. Look at how IMPORTANT winning your division has rightfully become! You dont like the one game play in....WIN your division! You have a $55 million payroll so how can you possibly compete...Go Ask Billy Beane.....Your team is in the AL East and cant possibly compete after 14 years of losing..Go talk to Buck's BIRDS!
What a year it has been...but now its time to decide who is the best of this group. First I ask you to go back and take a look at my May prediction post. After a quarter of the season was over (40 games roughly) I made my playoff and award predictions. Other than the Rays(A's take their place) and Dodgers (Giants take their place) letting me down, I have every other team right, including the Orioles and Cardinals!!
Now lets pick this years World Series winner!!!
WILD CARD PLAYIN GAMES:
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ORIOLES WIN: Texas continues their sad spiral...BUCKS BIRDS keep the MAGIC alive...
Key Player to win: Matt Weiters
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BRAVES WIN: Braves lineup and bullpen are too good for Cards to match.....even with Kyle Lohse having a tremendous season
Key Player to win: Chipper Jones
DIVISONAL SERIES:
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ORIOLES WIN 3-2: The Yankees Starting pitching and bullpen will falter because it just isnt what it once was..and they have lost the one edge they had on the Birds...Intimidation..O's arent scared to play the Yanks and Jeffrey Maier isnt going to be there this time.
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TIGERS WIN 3-1: The trouble for the A's will start with their youth in starting pitching. Look for Triple Crown Winner, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder to have a HUGE impact on that. Oh and by the way..That Justin Verlander guy is pretty good....
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BRAVES WIN 3-2: The Nats have had an AMAZING season and have been the best team in baseball for most of the season...the problem is the Braves have been the best team over the last 2 months and have the Nats number....How can you not root for Chipper here!
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REDS WIN 3-2: The reds have been even with the Nats all year and have had the quietest 97 win season I can remember. Dusty's team is playing lights out and Joey Votto will have his national coming out party! I just dont trust the Giants lineup to be able to score.
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:
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TIGERS WIN 4-2: Buck's Birds run out of Magic here. The Tigers have figured it out this last few weeks after severely under achieving. I just feel like that O's staff runs out of gas here and ends what has been the most exciting season in Baltimore since 1983.
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REDS WIN 4-3: Dusty finally gets back to the series. This Reds team will find a way to get past Kimbrel and will be able to get just enough pitching from their starters to return to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1990....Chipper rides off in to the sunset one more time!
WORLD SERIES:
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TIGERS WIN 4-2: Verlander and company send Jimmy Leyland off with another World Championship....Cabrera says take that to all the MVP nay sayers and also wins MVP honors of World Series.
What do you think...Gimme your predictions...share this on FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!!!
GOLDY
