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I would love for everyone who lurks around here to post your picks, as I'm all about bragging rights. Just so you know what to include, here are my choices, if you couldn't figure out from my rankings post.
AL Div winners: Boston, Minnesota, Anaheim. WC: NY Yankees
NL Div winners: Florida, St. Louis, Los Angeles WC: NY Mets
World Series: Yankees vs. Florida Overall Winner: Yankees
Tie Breaker is Home run total of MLB leader: 44
The winner will recieve book Shwag. (Always a favorite)
On the subject of picks, let me mention that I put my picks out here for ridicule, so if I do well, expect to read me proclaim it from the rooftops. I picked the Red Sox to beat the Cubs before last season. (not bad) I picked all the baseball playoff series correctly before they started. (Rack me) I chose the Colts to beat the Eagles in the Super Bowl. (okay) I had Illinois, Georgia Tech, Okla. St, and Michigan State as final 4 teams before the year. (not too bad) Before the tourney I had Illinois and North Carolina playing in the final game, with Michigan State and Wake Forest joining them in St. Louis. (pretty f-ing good.) I'm in 2nd out of 32 in The Juice Blog tourney pool. (congrats to Vogon Poet)
I was told I was idiot in the comments before the playoffs for saying that the NL winner wouldn't compete with the AL winner. On the college b-ball front, I was told by many that the West Coast and Big East teams would do a lot better than I predicted.
Let me finish by mentioning, I welcome these comments, as scoreboard is a bitch. By the way, I know that my luck is going to run out soon. Having said that, a poster named onetimer mentioned in my last college b-ball post(Nirvana) that 95% of pickers chose Illinois and N Carolina and Michigan State was just luck. He proceeded to mention that a blind monkey could have produced my results. What a load. Hide behind your psuedonym, stoopid. Second out of 32 is damn good and I'm winning my money pool. Now, watch my bright red ass shake at you. This monkey is the big banana until you show me you can do better. Sorry to the rest of you for my less than diplomatic behavoir. I guess you could say I went apeshit.
Champ Chimp
NL Div winners: Braves, St. Louis, San Francisco WC: Phillies
World Series: Yankees vs. St. Louis
Winner: Yankees
Tie Breaker is Home run total of MLB leader: 45
NL: Philadelphia, St. Louis, Los Angeles WC: San Diego
World Series: Minnesota vs. Los Angeles
Winner: Minnesota
Homers: 52
AL: Yanks, Twinkies, Angels. WC: R-Sox.
NL: Bravos, Cards, Pads. WC: Marlins
WS: Cards over Yanks. I can dream, I'll be a homer.
AL and NL are fairly balanced this year. NL is a little deeper, but not much moreso. It'll be an interesting year.
HR Total: 48, Adam Dunn leads. AROD in second with something like 45. Be bold and pick the people for fun, too.
NL: Phillies; Cardinals; Dodgers; WC: Cubs
WS: Yankees over Phillies
HR: 50
NL Div winners: Atlanta, Chicago, San Diego WC: St Louis
World Series: Yankees vs. Chicago Overall Winner: Chicago
Tie Breaker is Home run total of MLB leader: 51
AL Div winners: Boston, Minnesota, Oakland. WC: Anaheim
NL Div winners: Philly, Cubs, San Diego WC: Atlanta
World Series: A's vs. Cubs
Overall Winner: Cubs
Tie Breaker is Home run total of MLB leader: 53
AL: New York, Minnesota, Anaheim, Boston (WC)
NL: Florida, Chicago, San Diego, St. Louis (WC)
World Series: Chicago over Anaheim
45 HRs for Jim Thome
... and yeah ... I'm a homer too.
NL: Philly, St. Loius, Los Angeles, WC: Atlanta
World Series: Boston over Atlanta
HR: 49
NL: Philadelphia, St. Louis, LA WC:Chicago
World Series: Boston over LA
HR: 47
NL: Atlanta, St. Louis, LA WC: Philly
World Series: Boston over Philly
HR: 51
NL: Braves, Cards, Dodgers, Padres
World Series:
Braves over A's.
HR leader 55.
NL: Marlins, Cardinals, Dodgers, Mets (WC)
WS: Cardinals over Twins
HR Champ: 49
NL: Braves, Cardinals, Padres, WC: Cubs
WS: Yankees over Cubs
HR Champ: 46
NL: Braves; Cardinals; Dodgers; WC: Marlins
WS: Yankees (I can't bring myself to type the Sox here, though my head tells me to) over Marlins
HR: 49
We haven't been there for a while, but we're here
http://thereturnofmikegimbel.blogspot.com
AL: Red Sox, Twins, A's, Yanks (WC)
NL: Phillies, Cardinals, Giants, HatedDodgers (WC)
WS: Giants over Red Sox
HR Champ: 54 (as in 1954)
AL:
East:
Boston 103-59
New York 97-65
Baltimore 81-81
Tampa Bay 65-97
Toronto 62-100
Central:
Minnesota 82-80
Kansas City 79-83
Chicago 76-86
Cleveland 75-87
Detroit 68-94
West:
Oakland 84-78
Anaheim 83-79
Seattle 81-81
Texas 80-82
NL:
East:
Philadelphia 93-69
Atlanta 89-73
New York 86-76
Washington 84-78
Florida 80-82
Central:
St. Louis 99-63
Chicago 82-80
Houston 77-85
Milwaukee 68-94
Pittsburgh 67-95
Cincinnati 61-101
West:
San Francisco 101-61
Los Angeles 90-72
San Diego 84-78
Arizona 79-83
Colorado 74-88
NL: Braves, Cards, Dodgers (Marlins)
World Series: Red Sox over Marlins
MLB HR Leader: 51
NL: Phillies, Cards, Padres, Cubs
World Series: Phillies over Yankees
MLB HR Leader: 46
NL Div winners: Florida, St. Louis, Los Angeles WC: Chicago Cubs
World Series: Boston vs. Chicago
Overall Winner: Boston
Tie Breaker is Home run total of MLB leader: 56
AL: Boston, Minnesota, Oakland. WC: Yankees
NL: Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers. WC: Marlins
World Series: Twins over the Dodgers
Tiebreaker: 48 homeruns will be the number.
AL: Red Sox, Twins, A's. WC: Yankees.
NL: Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers. WC: Marlins.
World Series: Red Sox over Dodgers in 6.
MLB HR leader: 49.
NL: Atl, St. L, Padres WC: Cubs
AL: NY v. Boston
NL: St. L v. Cubs
WS NY v. Cubs--Cubs in 6
Now, honestly, I thought my comment that made you go apeshit was lighthearted, and not intended to anger. My reasoning was that NC and Ill were obvious picks--they were for me and for 85% of the folks in my pool (in Illinois). Therefore, you get two chances to pick a third for your final four. Random guessing would be about 1/8th. I got Louisville.
My name is Brian (don't know why that matters since half the folks here are under pseudonyms and if I went by Brian it doesn't do much more to expose my identity).
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