The Boys of Summer

Ok, so this is a little late - a whole month late, actually - but I've been a little wary of putting this post on my blog. Why? Every time I wrote about the Rockies last year, they would flounder into a potentially devastating losing streak. When I stopped around the time September began, they promptly got it together and held off the Giants for the WIld Card spot.

So I'm sure you can see why I'm hesitant to write about the very team that inspired me to create this blog. Still, I have to find a way to write about baseball, otherwise this will be a deserted blog for the next 5-6 months. So, with that being the case, I've found a way to talk baseball without exactly talking about the boys at Blake Street.

At the start of every college basketball season, I do what I call Preseason Bracketology. And at the start of every baseball season, I tend to forget to go through a thorough prediction process, mainly because that's around the time I'm neck-deep in real brackets for March Madness.

Not this year, though. Since I finished my Preseason Bracketology so early, I was able to dedicate my time in February to predicting every game for the entire MLB season. How crazy is this? It might not be up to the insanity standards of College Basketball, but figure this: there are 30 MLB teams and each team plays 162 regular season games. 162 * 30 = 4860. That's the number of I games I predicted. And, with my luck, I'm guessing I will be correct in less than 5% of those games.

Anyway, after going through the whole spreadsheet process, this is what I came up with. Enjoy!

AL EAST:
Tampa Bay Rays (94-68)
New York Yankees (92-70)*
Boston Red Sox (90-72)
Baltimore Orioles (82-80)
Toronto Blue Jays (69-93)

AL CENTRAL:
Minnesota Twins (91-71)
Cleveland Indians (85-77)
Chicago White Sox (84-78)
Detroit Tigers (79-83)
Kansas City Royals (56-106)

AL WEST:
Seattle Mariners (92-70)
Los Angeles Angels (90-72)
Texas Rangers (83-79)
Oakland Athletics (71-91)

NL EAST:
Atlanta Braves (92-70)
Philadelphia Phillies (90-72)*
Florida Marlins (89-73)
New York Mets (84-78)
Washington Nationals (59-103)

NL CENTRAL:
St Louis Cardinals (91-71)
Cincinnati Reds (84-78)
Chicago Cubs (76-86)
Houston Astros (76-86)
Milwaukee Brewers (74-88)
Pittsburgh Pirates (52-110)

NL WEST:
COLORADO ROCKIES (94-68)
Los Angeles Dodgers (88-74)
San Fransisco Giants (87-75)
Arizona Diamondbacks (81-81)
San Diego Padres (55-107)

AL DIVISION SERIES:

Tampa Bay Rays (94-68) v Minnesota Twins (91-71)
Game 1: Rays over Twins, 6-4
Game 2: Twins over Rays, 8-3
Game 3: Twins over Rays, 7-6
Game 4: Twins over Rays, 4-3 (F/10)
TWINS WIN SERIES, 3-1

Seattle Mariners (92-70) v New York Yankees (92-70)
Game 1: Mariners over Yankees, 3-1
Game 2: Yankees over Mariners, 4-3
Game 3: Mariners over Yankees, 5-4
Game 4: Yankees over Mariners, 6-1
Game 5: Mariners over Yankees, 4-1
MARINERS WIN SERIES, 3-2

NL DIVISION SERIES:

Colorado Rockies (94-68) v Philadelphia Phillies (90-72)
Game 1: Rockies over Phillies, 5-1
Game 2: Rockies over Phillies, 7-4
Game 3: Rockies over Phillies, 6-4
ROCKIES WIN SERIES, 3-0

Atlanta Braves (92-70) v St Louis Cardinals (91-71)
Game 1: Cardinals over Braves, 3-0
Game 2: Braves over Cardinals, 5-3
Game 3: Cardinals over Braves, 4-3
Game 4: Braves over Cardinals, 6-5 (F/11)
Game 5: Braves over Cardinals, 2-1
BRAVES WIN SERIES, 3-2

AL CHAMPIONSHIO SERIES:

Seattle Mariners (92-70) v Minnesota Twins (91-71)
Game 1: Mariners over Twins, 4-2
Game 2: Mariners over Twins, 3-2
Game 3: Twins over Mariners, 7-3
Game 4: Twins over Mariners, 8-3
Game 5: Mariners over Twins, 4-3
Game 6: Twins over Mariners, 6-5
Game 7: Mariners over Twins, 4-3
MARINERS WIN SERIES, 4-3
SEATTLE MARINERS: AL CHAMPS 2010

NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:

Colorado Rockies (94-68) v Atlanta Braves (92-70)
Game 1: Rockies over Braves, 6-3
Game 2: Braves over Rockies, 4-1
Game 3: Rockies over Braves, 3-2
Game 4: Braves over Rockies, 3-2
Game 5: Braves over Rockies, 5-4
Game 6: Rockies over Braves, 5-1
Game 7: Rockies over Braves, 8-6 (F/10)
ROCKIES WIN SERIES, 4-3
COLORADO ROCKIES: NL CHAMPS 2010

2010 WORLD SERIES:

COLORADO ROCKIES (94-68) V SEATTLE MARINERS (92-70)
Game 1: Mariners over Rockies, 2-1
Game 2: Rockies over Mariners, 5-3
Game 3: Rockies over Mariners, 6-2
Game 4: Mariners over Rockies, 4-3
Game 5: Rockies over Mariners, 2-0
Game 6: Mariners over Rockies, 2-1
Game 7: Rockies over Mariners, 5-3
ROCKIES WIN SERIES, 4-3

2010 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS:

COLORADO ROCKIES (94-68)


According to BBTN, the five best teams of 2010 are pictured in this World Series Idol.



This is what I was lucky enough to witness on April 17, 2010.



One month in and it's already been a memorable season. I can't wait to see what the next five months will hold in store for my beloved Rockies:)