Post your 2006 predictions

by Angels95 on Apr 1, 2006 2:23 PM PST Comment 9 comments

Mine happen to be heretical, as I predict the Angels to finish second.

West Cent East
1 OAK CW NYY
2 LAA CLE TOR
3 TEX MIN BOS
4 SEA DET TAM
5 ----- KCY BAL

1 SFG STL ATL
2 LAD HOU NYM
3 COL MIL PHI
4 SDG CHC WAS
5 ARZ PITT FLO
6 ----- CIN -----

WC
Tor, Hou

DS
ChW def. Tor
NYY def. Oak*
Stl def. SF
Hou def. Atl

CS
NYY def. ChW
Stl def. Hou

WS
Stl def. NYY

MVP
Pujols
Arod

Cy Young
J Santana+
Zambrano

Note
*of course!
+ Lackey should be top 5
Okay, I overrated Texas originally. No way can a team with that pitching staff, even with Eaton, finish >3rd. Still, triple digit winning seasons will have to wait for 2007-2010.

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I agree

Oakland looks better to me than the Angels, but there are enough question marks for everybody that anything is possible. Here's hoping for the best!

Nolan Ryan for president!

by Dodger Hater on Apr 1, 2006 5:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

2006

West Cent East
1 OAK CLE BOS
2 LAA CWS NYY
3 TEX MIN TOR
4 SEA DET TAM
5 ----- KC BAL

1 LAD STL NYM
2 SD HOU ATL
3 SF MIL PHI
4 ARI CHC FLA
5 COL PIT DC
6 ----- CIN -----

WC
LAA, ATL

WS
BOS def. NYM

MVP
ARod
Pujols

Cy Young
Harden
Zambrano

ROY
Kotchman
Hermida

by SABRJoe on Apr 1, 2006 10:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Kotchman

is ineligible for ROY

by Rev Halofan on Apr 1, 2006 10:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Take Note

West Cent East
1 LAA CLE TOR
2 OAK MIN NYY
3 TEX DET BOS
4 SEA CHI TAM
5 --- KCY BAL

1 COL HOU ATL
2 LAD MIL NYM
3 SDG STL PHI
4 AZ PIT FLO
5 SF CIN WAS
6 --- CHI -----

WC
ny, ny

DS
LAA df NYY
CLE df TOR

NYM df HOU
ATL df COL

CS
LAA df CLE
ATL df NYM

WS
LAA df ATL

MVP
Helton
Seizmore

Cy Young
J Santana
Oswalt

by Rev Halofan on Apr 1, 2006 10:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

skanks ahoy!

West Cent East
1 LAA CLE BOS
2 OAK MIN TOR
3 TEX CHW TBD
4 SEA DET NYY
5 --- KCR BAL

1 ARI MIL ATL
2 LAD STL PHI
3 SDP HOU NYM
4 SFG CIN WAS
5 COL CHI FLA
6 --- PIT ---

WC
OAK, STL

DS
OAK d. BOS
LAA d. CLE
STL d. ARI
MIL d. ATL

CS
LAA d. OAK
MIL d. STL

WS
LAA d. MIL

MVP
Poo-holes
Hafner

CY
Santana
Hudson

ROY
Mathis
Fielder

by mattwelch on Apr 2, 2006 12:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the revenge for 1982 ALCS there

and the Hudson Cy is a sly swipe at Oakychoaky...

by Rev Halofan on Apr 2, 2006 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My 2006 Picks

AL
West LA Angels
Central Chi White Sox
East NY Yankees
Wildcard Clev Indians
Pennant Chi White Sox
MVP Alex Rodriguez
Cy Young Mark Buerhle

NL
West Arz Diamondbacks
Central Mil Brewers
East Atl Braves
Wildcard NY Mets
Pennant Atl Braves
MVP Albert Pujols
Cy Young Tim Hudson

World Series Chisox over Braves 4 games to 2

Red Sox Hee Seop Choi will have a better season than Dodger Nomar Garciaparra. Choi starts the season on the disabled list and spots Nomar 15 games right off the bat. The Dodgers will win more games (85) than Nomar plays.

Angel Edgardo Alfonzo will have a better season than Giant Steve Finley. The Halos got the better of this trade.

A's Milton Bradley will have a better season than A's Frank Thomas. Yahtzee! A change of venue helps Milton.

Angel Tim Salmon will have a better season than Giant Barry Bonds. Bonds has a higher mercury content that Kingfish. Bonds will pass Babe Ruth's 714 area code.

Bad news: with the AL wildcard being in the Central division the Angels will not get to beat up on their cousins the Yankees in the first round of the post-season. There is more mojo in Atlanta than Leo Mazzone. Bobby Cox continues to have the good times roll.

In half an hour I am off to see the next NL Cy Young award winner beat the Dodgers on Opening Day. The game will not be rained out today. I sat in the stands during the first two Dodger Stadium rainouts: April 1967 vs St. Louis (I missed seeing a Bob Gibson vs Don Drysdale game) and April 1976 vs San Diego. For the record I also sat in the stands during rainouts in June 1977 (Atlanta @ NY Mets) and July 1989 (Oakland @ Detroit). I was also driving to games when it was announced on the radio that they were called off because of rain in May 1972 (Detroit @ Kansas City) and June 1992 (Atlanta @ San Francisco). The best of these rainouts was the one in Kansas City. While driving from Omaha to Kansas City I heard that the Friday night game was rained out. An advertisement mentioned a Creedence Clearwater Revival concert that night in KC. I went to the CCR concert that night and found an empty seat in the second row. The rained out game was made up as part of a Sunday doubleheader, so I still got to see all three Tiger-Royal games.

by Yetijuice on Apr 3, 2006 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs