Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I am very excited for the season to start. As much as I love football, baseball has always been my first love. Below are my predictions for the upcoming season: * Notes wildcard American League East: 1. Yankees 2. Blue Jays 3. Red Sox 4. Orioles 5. Devil Rays American League Central 1. White Sox 2. Indians* 3. Twins 4. Tigers 5. Royals American League West 1. A's 2. Angels 3. Rangers 4. Mariners ALDS A's over Indians White Sox over Yankees ALCS A's over White Sox CY Young Barry Zito-A's MVP Travis Hafner-Indians Rookie Felix Hernadez-Mariners Manager Eric Wedge-Indians NL NL East: 1. Braves 2. Philles* 3. Mets 4. Nationals 5. Marlins NL Central 1. Cardinals 2. Brewers 3. Astros 4. Cubs 5. Pirates 6. Reds NL West 1. Dodgers 2. Giants 3. Padres 4. Diamondbacks 5. Rockies NLDS Dodgers over Braves Cardinals over Phillies NLCS Dodgers over Cardinals CY Young Chris Carpenter-Cardinals MVP Jimmy Rollins-Phillies Rookie Prince Fielder-Brewers Manager Ned Yost-Brewers World Series A's over Dodgers
Originally Posted By cape cod joe I guess you just don't know baseball DD as how can you not know that the Sox as in Red are going to win their second World Series in 3 years?
Originally Posted By beamerdog Can't wait for tomorrow night's game! I hope Jimmy Rollins stays as hot as he was at the end of last season. Unfortunately, April is usually a nasty month for him :-( They raised the outfield fences, so maybe that will help the lack of pitching talent. It doesn't look like Randy Wolf will even begin pitching until after the all star break. Sure hope your right about the wildcard.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <---[must have a screw loose or missing part of the male gene, since I have no interest in sports -- not one. Not March Madness, not Super Bowl, not nothing...]
Originally Posted By cape cod joe I like the double negatives Jim. You know I always talk about positive things in life, so the way I look at it, your double negatives equal one VERY positive post Go Bruins--I mean Celtics, I mean Red Sox!!!!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I sometimes feel that I'm missing out on some special part of life.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Well, the only good thing about today's game is that Jimmy Rollins got a hit on his last at bat after being pitched 3 balls. It was raining, cold and we got creamed.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Jim --You are missing out on the Red Sox winning 7/3 and as I had hoped, they are well on their way to a perfect 162/0 season. Then they play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl and I don't care who wins that. Would you like to see the winner of that game then proceed to the Stanley Cup Finals?
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden beamerdog, great to see another Phillies fan. Yesterday was quite a disapointment, aside from Rollins. I'm still very excited. My prediction for the year: Ryan Howard from Rookie of the Year to MVP.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Go Giants! Lost yesterday, Bonds had a syringe thrown at him in the 8th. It's gonna be a long season.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<American League Central 1. White Sox 2. Indians* 3. Twins 4. Tigers 5. Royals>> Your prediction of the AL Central is in line with what most people expect, but I hope you're wrong. I look for the Twins to be in second place and get the Wild Card spot. I think that the Twins will be a better team this year than last. Mauer and Morneau have another year of experience, Tori Hunter will hopefully not miss a major portion of the season due to injury and the acquisition of Rondell White should give them more power in the DH position. We upgraded our season ticket package this year and are really looking forward to going to the games. Although our new package has fewer games than what we had last year, we now have upper deck box seats between home and first where last year we had the "cheap seats" (upper deck outfield).
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Go Giants! Lost yesterday, Bonds had a syringe thrown at him in the 8th. It's gonna be a long season.<< I was listening to ESPN Radio and they talked about the syringe and Bonds's performance in the game and all the steroids talk, but I never heard them give the actual score of the game. Sorry to hear they lost. I miss listening to Giants games.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Will the Red Sox go 162/0? They start in Arlington in 22 minutes. We Sox fans aren't too devoted are we? Wakefield will be showcasing his knuckler in contrast to Shill's heat last night>mid 90's!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I guess you just don't know baseball DD as how can you not know that the Sox as in Red are going to win their second World Series in 3 years?< so you think they' get past the Cubs in the series huh ? By then Wood- Prior healthy -- stand clear
Originally Posted By cape cod joe When the NBA went on strike several years ago, I promised my friend in Phoenix (who's company has season tickets to the Suns) that I would NEVER follow them again. I've been true to my word. Before I get blasted ---------okay the Red Sox did lose last night, but in the entire season, they've lost just ONE game!! Thank God the damned Yankees lost too.
