Sunday, April 5, 2009

Opening Day!

With the first game of the 2009 Major League Baseball season only hours away, it's time to get out my predictions!
NL WEST:
1- Colorado Rockies (90-72)
2- Los Angeles Dodgers (88-74)*
3- Arizona Diamondbacks (85-77)
4- San Fransisco Giants (83-79)
5- San Diego Padres (67-95)
NL CENTRAL:
1- St Louis Cardinals (87-75)
2- Cincinnati Reds (86-76)
3- Chicago Cubs (86-76)
4- Houston Astros (82-80)
5- Milwaukee Brewers (73-89)
6- Pittsburgh Pirates (68-94)
NL EAST:
1- Philadelphia Phillies (93-69)
2- New York Mets (87-75)
3- Atlanta Braves (84-78)
4- Florida Marlins (79-83)
5- Washington Nationals (74-88)

AL WEST:
1- Oakland Athletics (91-71)
2- Los Angeles Angels (90-72)
3- Texas Rangers (76-86)
4- Seattle Mariners (74-88)
AL CENTRAL:
1- Minnesota Twins (89-73)
2- Cleveland Indians (85-77)
3- Chicago White Sox (80-82)
4- Kansas City Royals (78-84)
5- Detroit Tigers (75-87)
AL EAST:
1- Tampa Bay Rays (94-68)
2- New York Yankees (90-72)
3- Boston Red Sox (89-73)
4- Baltimore Orioles (72-90)
5- Toronto Blue Jays (70-92)




PLAYOFFS:
NL DIVISION SERIES:
Dodgers over Phillies (3-1)
Rockies over Cardinals (3-2)
NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:
Rockies over Dodgers (4-3)

AL DIVISION SERIES:
Rays over Angels (3-2)
Twins over A's (3-2)
AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:
Twins over Rays (4-3)

WORLD SERIES:
ROCKIES over TWINS (4-3)



ROCKIES ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! Holliday seen crying in Oakland residence. Helton rides off in the sunset on his white horse with his WS ring. Took 13 years but it was worth the wait. I'm thinking these would be great headlines to see in Rocktober, as seen below:)



Ideally, this is exactly what I want to see; my two all-time favorite teams playing in the greatest World Series since '01 (D-Back's over dreaded Yankees in 7). Ok, this most likely won't happen, especially now that I've predicted it. I have a horrible curse of jinxing the teams I pick...just take a look at my March Madness bracket. Other teams that could walk away with a WS ring: (not including Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Phillies) LA Dodgers, LA Angels, Oakland A's, San Fransisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds.

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