Quick Picks
Alright, I know the games have started already, but I didn't have a chance to do this while I was at work today. So here's the quick picks for the first round of the playoffs. You'll get far more in depth analysis from me for the league championship series and the World Series.
St. Louis over San Diego...this won't even be close, San Diego may not win a game.
Houston over Atlanta....sorry Phil, Atlanta doesn't have what it takes. This will go five, though.
Boston over Chicago...White Sox somehow won 98/99 games despite having terrible on base percentages. Great pitching, but not enough to get by the Red Sox.
Yankees over Angels...Yes, it will be a repeat of last years ALCS. Vlad Guerrero could ruin the Yankees by himself if he peaks in this one, however.
Like I said, more in depth breakdowns will come for the later series.
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St. Louis over San Diego...this won't even be close, San Diego may not win a game.
Houston over Atlanta....sorry Phil, Atlanta doesn't have what it takes. This will go five, though.
Boston over Chicago...White Sox somehow won 98/99 games despite having terrible on base percentages. Great pitching, but not enough to get by the Red Sox.
Yankees over Angels...Yes, it will be a repeat of last years ALCS. Vlad Guerrero could ruin the Yankees by himself if he peaks in this one, however.
Like I said, more in depth breakdowns will come for the later series.
...And The Captain said "WHO? Who among ye will step up and taking on the role of coveted "New Blog?" Who shall take the place of those fine people who came before you?" And four brave souls stepped forward, and so it was done. And the four were "Always Greener Grass", and the Girls With Drinks. Also included was the Rhinestone Cowgirl and the Siryn Song, last only in the alphabet, but certainly not in courage.
See, around here, we like to make linking an adventure.
Please say your "Rest in Peace" prayers to the entire "In Memoriam" section and to "Two Girls in D.C." Additionally, you will not an entirely new section, as "The Myth" documents his season of football picks.
That is all.
posted by The Captain at 9:33 PM
4 Comments:
I'm not going to disagree with you on your 'Houston over Atlanta' pick.
The Braves went into their typical year-ending losing streak, which happens every year because we win the Division title too early and they coast the rest of the way, only this year is worse because we won it only 4 or 5 days before the season ended, and still put it on cruise-control.
Andrew Jones has long since begun his Annual September Slump, batting a cool .211 or something for the month. He will do nothing.
The rookies will become rookies in the post season, and won't be able to hit anything.
Our bullpen is a mess. One of the worst we've ever had. Dan Kolb is this year's Albie Lopez (a guy we paid $4 million for and essentially buried by July of that year). Reitsma was reliever of the month in July, now his era is hovering around the 3 digit mark.
No, Captain, I am expecting a repeat of year's past.
That's a shame. I wish Bobby Cox would win one more so the division title after division title run won't seem so futile. Whenever the talk of how great the Braves franchise has been in the last 15 years comes about, the first thing the talking heads speak of is the solitary World Series win. It's like they don't realize how tremendous a job it's been to get all these different teams to the top of their division and into the playoffs for so many consecutive years.
It is an amazing accomplishment, and one that I don't take for granted.
It does get frustrating being a Braves fan, though. It isn't Cox's fault, but for some reason we just can't put it all together (or at least the last 8-9 yrs we can't).
People wonder why we don't sell out playoff games - I think it's because people have come to expect a letdown of some sort.
Well, we were right. Didn't go 5 though, thanks to our wonderful bullpen.
I was wrong on which Jones would go into hibernation. I should have said Chipper instead of Andruw.
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