I’ve gotta go with Yankees, as usual.
Yeah right. The Red Sox will win the World Series the same year that Nader is elected President.
Just my take on the various teams’ frontline strength and second half performance, with a smattering of guesswork.
I think I rated Atlanta a bit high.
I, for one, welcome our third party overlord.
REDSOX!
This is our year!
(see above)
I think you rated them a bit high and Boston a bit low. I don’t know what my listing would be but St. Louis would be higher and Anaheim and LA would be considerably lower.
Much as I’d love to think that this is finally the year that the Braves pull through, I gotta give the edge to the Cardinals. I’m expecting a 1964 rematch as well, but I think the Cards will be able to prevail over the Yankees. Here’s how I see the teams in terms of relative strength and momentum going into the playoffs:
NL:
Cardinals
Astros
Braves
Dodgers
AL:
Yankees
Angels
Twins
Red Sox
I’m rooting for a Twins vs Astros World Series, just to tick off the suits at FOX.
I don’t know enough about the AL teams’ strengths to make a confident pick except that I hate the Yankees, this collection of Sox is obnoxious beyond belief, and the Angels, are, uh, who are they again? so that pretty much leaves the Twins by default.
For the NL, given my location I’ve gotta root for the 'Stros, and with Clemens-Oswalt-Backe pitching the first three games, I think this time at least they’ll get past Atlanta. After that, who knows? Ya gotta love what they’ve done in the face of considerable adversity (some of it self-inflicted), but they live and die on their hitting, and if the big bats don’t swing in the postseason, they haven’t got a prayer. The Cards appear to have peaked too soon, so I think NLCS will be 'Stros vs. a Dodgers team that has manhandled them in the regular season.
So, what I’d like to see: Astros vs. Twins.
What I probably will see: (heave, retch, hurl) Dodgers vs. Yankees .
the red sox of course. this is 1904 right!!!
in 1904 the sox held the title 'cause they canceled the world series.
I’d rather be wrong. Either way one of us will have gotten it right.