# Time to guess who's headed to the World Series. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427 "2012-09-21T20:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/21 "2012-09-23T19:05:56Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’ll be the first to hope for a Baltimore-DC beltway series. (Is Baltimore in the beltway?) uh…Nationals in 5. They are not in the DC beltway, but here in DC I’ve heard of it talked about as the battle of the beltways. They say the same things when they play during the regular season and when the Ravens and Skins play. I’d love to see that as well, and even as an old O’s fan, I’m still pulling for the Nats. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/22 "2012-09-24T19:20:42Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **astorian** -Just checked, Detroit is a half game out! No “miracle” needed. Yeah, I lost touch for a few days, before the Chisox went into a tailspin. I still say it’s mighty risky, at this point, to pick a team that’s not even a lock to make the playoffs. They CAN’T win either wild card spot… so it’s either win the division or go home. I’m not convinced yet they’ll win the division, let alone the pennant or World series. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/23 "2012-09-24T20:09:18Z")
Reds over Rangers in 7. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/24 "2012-09-24T20:17:07Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Reds over Rangers in 7. Same teams, but in 6. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/25 "2012-09-24T20:19:10Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Reds over Rangers in 7. So close… Rangers beat the Reds in 5. I attend a World Series game for the first time in my life, wearing a Rangers t-shirt and Reds cap. I can be spotted in the stands at GABP as my boyhood hometown team finally gets the win. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/26 "2012-09-24T20:45:30Z")
Orioles over the Nationals in 7. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/27 "2012-09-24T21:33:02Z")
Based on nothing but my hopes - Nats over Rangers in 6. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/28 "2012-09-25T14:23:26Z")
Nats over Orioles in the Beltway Series, after which Peter Angelos begs for forgiveness for trying to keep baseball out of DC then hurls himself into the shark tank at the B’more aquarium. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/29 "2012-09-25T14:35:11Z")
Interesting. I really thought this would be more one sided when I started it. National League. As of 9/24/2012. So far Washington, Cincinnati and San Francisco have cinched. Wild card still TBD. American League. Looks like Texas has the West, with the Ease and Central too close to really call. Wild Card TBD. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/30 "2012-10-23T19:53:53Z")
It looks like the winner of this thread was **etv78** , who was the only person to correctly pick Detroit vs. San Francisco (although he has the end result backwards 🙂 ). Honorable mention goes to **hrhomer** , **echo7tango** , \*\*zamboniracer \*\*and \*\*myself \*\*for picking the Giants. Nobody else picked the Tigers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/31 "2012-10-23T20:01:32Z")
I’m guessing the Tigers and the Giants. Am I too late? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/32 "2012-10-23T20:53:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Tigers over G-men in 6 Gotta admit… you nailed this one at a time when it was far from obvious the Tigers would make the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-guess-whos-headed-to-the-world-series/635427/33 "2012-10-23T22:58:37Z")
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