Baseball

[Jwaksman]

I want to start up a baseball thread. I think the first order of business is to put back up our predictions from the old board. No cheating allowed! Try your best to remember what you posted on the old board, and repost it here. That is, except for Gesser, since he posted exact win totals for every team. If he can remember them all then more power to him, but I think we can deal with just division winners and what-not. Anyway, I still remember my pre-season predictions:

American League:

East: Yankees
Central: Twins
West: A's
Wild Card: Red Sox

Playoffs:
Yankees over Twins
Red Sox over A's

Red Sox over Yankees

National League:

East: Braves
Central: Cards
West: Dodgers
Wild Card: Mets

Playoffs:
Braves over Dodgers
Cards over Mets

Braves over Cards

World Series:
Braves over Red Sox


MVP's:
Vlad & Pujols

Cy Young:
Santana & Pedro

[exjersey1]

AL:

East: Yankees
Central: Twins
West: Angels
WC: Jays

NL:

East: Braves
Central: Cardinals
West: Padres
WC: Marlins

LDS:
Yankees over Twins
Angels over Jays

Padres over Braves
Marlins over Cardinals

LCS:
Yankees over Angels
Marlins over Padres

WS:
Yankees over Marlins


Cy Youngs:
Mulder & The Big Unit

MVPS:
Pujols & Matsui

[FIRE CHIEF]

NL
Braves
Cards
Padres
Marlins

AL
Yanks
Twins
Angels
Bo Sox

Wild Card
Marlins over Cards
Padres over Braves
Yankees over Twins
Angels over Red Sox

LCS
Marlins over Padres
Yankees over Angels

WS
Marlins oiver Tankees

MVP
Chipper, Vlad

Cy Young
Peavy, Randy Johnson

[MoMo]

Nationals all the way, bay-bee!!!! :D

[jrun]

Good thread, because we all know that baseball doesn't matter until the playoffs!

[NJ5k]

While I'm not as extreme as jrun, I must agree that I have very little interest in baseball until each game starts to mean something. Is that point before the playoffs? Of course. But is that point now (or in the next month or two)? I'm afraid not. That said, I'll make my picks later if you guys allow me to.

[rippev]

American League:

East: Red Sox
Central: Twins
West: Rangers
Wild Card: Yankees

Playoffs:
Yankees over Red Sox
Twins over Rangers

Twins over Yankees

National League:

East: Braves
Central: Astros
West: Giants
Wild Card: Mets

Playoffs:
Mets over Braves
Astros over Giants

Astros over Mets

World Series:
Astros over Twins!


MVP's:
Pujols and A-Rod

Cy Young:
Dontrelle Willis and Santana

[cnick]

NL
East - Braves
Central - Cardinals
West - Dodgers
Wildcard - Marlins

Braves over Cardinals in 5
Dodgers over Marlins in 4
Braves over Dodgers in 6

AL
East - Red Sox
Central - Twins
West - Angels
Wildcard - Yankees

Red Sox over Angels in 4
Twins over Yankees in 4
Twins over Red Sox in 7


Braves over Twins in 6

World Series MVP - Marcus Giles

Regular Season MVPs - Pujols & Santana
Cy Young - Clemens & Santana

[Filipe]

ALE: Boston
ALC: Minnesota
ALW: Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim?)
ALWC: New York

Boston over Angels
Minnesota over New York
Boston over Minnesota

NLE: Atlanta
NLC: Houston
NLW: Dodgers
NLWC: Marlins

Atlanta over LA
Houston over Marlins
Atlanta over Houston

Atlanta over Boston

AL MVP: Vlad
NL MVP: Pujols (although, if Giants tear if/when Bonds comes back... :rolleyes: )

AL Cy Young: Santana (although, if this Jays rookie keeps playing like he is...)
NL Cy Young: Clemens (wins as a going away gift)

[FIRE CHIEF]

I caught the Cubs/Buccos game this afternoon and it was pretty boring to tell you the truth.

Derek Lee had a big hit, that's about all you need to know.

[fentonfreshman]

Haha. Derek had a big game, not just a big hit. He's playing great & is usually a slow starter.

[NJ5k]

Flilpe got me thinking:

What's the deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim? Anyone know?

[cnick]

I think it's a marketing ploy.

The Dodgers were not happy with it.

[gesser]

Flilpe got me thinking:

What's the deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim? Anyone know?

Arte Moreno, the owner, wanted to do it to expand his franchise to include LA area people to increase revenue. He wants to be known as a 'big market team'. The Angels began in LA and moved to Anaheim so they have some history there. However, I think it's wack and prefer to call them Anaheim still...or even California.

[gesser]

Congrats to rippev and Filipe. Special congrats to rippev for having Houston in the WS. Not many could have seen them in the WS.

I never put down my predictions but I was thinking Cleveland would win the Central and the Twins would be the WC before the season. Whoops. For the NL, I probably thought STL would win the Central (but who didn't) and for the WC I probably had Florida or Atlanta.

I thought I knew baseball best too.

However, I did say before the season to my friends that ARod would probably win the MVP. I know it hasnt been announced yet but I like his chances. Again, not too profound a selection as he's a MVP fave every year.

Okay, I promise next March to make a comprehensive thread and post about baseball. It will be my spring semester goal. It's going to be huge [Conan voice as Donald Trump's voice]!!! I will take weeks off from DyeStat prior to that to make this unbelievable thread.