Division playoff series kick off today, and I thought I would post my totally-uneducated picks.
The Oakland-Minnesota series looks, to me, to be the best match-up, and should be very entertaining. It could honestly go either way. Dan will be pulling for the Twins, while Tom roots for his hometown A’s, so IM chatter should be fun. I wouldn’t be surprised by the Twins moving on, but I think we’ll see Oakland playing for the American League championship.
The Padres’ magic ride is going to come to a halt when the Cardinals crush them and move on.
Speaking of magic, the Yankees will likely use some to string out their series with Detroit, but I think the Tigers are going to continue to shock the league and advance to face the Athletics.
I think a Dodgers-Cards matchup in the National League championship would be great. Sorry, New Yorkers, no chance for a Subway Series the rest of the country wouldn’t care about any way. LA just has to get past the Mets first, though it will probably take them six games to do so. From a purely nostalgic view, it would be nice to see the Dodgers in the World Series again.
We’ll revisit these in a couple of weeks, when I’m sure I’ll be totally wrong on all counts. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying what is quite possibly the best sports month: Major League Baseball, college football, and the beginning of NHL hockey!
My personal picks are:
Minnesota beats Detroit in the AL Championship. A Motor City-mashing by Minnesota. I would normally root for Detroit since I used to live in Michigan. But, seeing as how they blew a huge lead in their division that they had for most of the year to lose it in the final series of the season, they don't deserve to play in the World Series.
In the NL, I choose St. Louis over LA in the NL Championship. Los Angeles won't dodge the new century's version of the Big Red Machine. St. Louis will be playing with Ace Cards the whole series.
But, enough of the goofy puns...
For the "finals", it's a repeat of the 1987 World Series with the Twins beating the Cardinals again. And I want to see the AL Cy Young winner (Santana) face the NL MVP (Pujols). Now that is a matchup!! Check this out: Santana won the Triple Crown of pitching (ERA, Wins-tied , Ks) and Pujols is in the top 3 in the NL in all Triple Crown categories (BA, HR, RBI). Probably the most dominating pitcher in all of baseball facing the toughest hitter in the game. It's lefty vs. righty; it's power vs. power. It's postseason baseball!!
Posted by: FranX at October 3, 2006 10:51 PM