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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 5, 2021 16:38:04 GMT -8
AL WC: Boston, better offense.
NL WC: St. Louis, better pitching and defense.
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 7, 2021 12:26:01 GMT -8
Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros:
Houston has the better offense, White Sox the better bullpen.
This might be a long series, but I'll pick a short one.
Houston in 3.
Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays:
Tampa Bay has never had an offense this good before.
I know they have a lot of young pitchers, I haven't watched them yet. I guess they're good, but I'm just making some assumptions based on their limited IP data.
Tampa Bay in 3.
Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers:
Kind of like the old recent Nationals, the Braves lose a lot early. I have to see them win a series, before I can believe it.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee has done that a few times.
Last year doesn't really count for Atlanta.
Plus Milwaukee keeps remaking their offense.
Milwaukee in 4.
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants:
Like the Denver Nuggets, I've picked the San Francisco Giants to lose almost every series since 2010. I want to stop that for this series, because they deserve some credit for having the best record in the league.
If the Giants win, it will be a long series. If the Dodgers win, it can be any amount of games.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the Dodgers are the first team to be undefeated heading into the World Series, in the wild card era.
The Giants SP is a mystery bag. Their offense is pretty good.
This isn't about home field, it just looks that way.
San Francisco in 5.
San Francisco
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Post by thee on Oct 9, 2021 7:01:52 GMT -8
LaRussa > the other coaches
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 9, 2021 15:08:04 GMT -8
White Sox are down 0-2.
Overall I think LaRussa has done a good job this season, except for this incident:
1) Yermin Mercedes started off the year off great. However, he had a dispute with Mercedes, and it got so bad that he just retired from MLB mid season.
The dispute was that Mercedes swung on a 3-0 pitch and hit a HR, when the other team had a position player pitch. LaRussa says you shouldn't swing when the other team has a position player pitching, especially not on a 3-0 count.
LaRussa and Mercedes never got over the dispute.
I agree with Mercedes on that one, if the other team is throwing pitches, whoever it is, you have to swing.
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Post by thee on Oct 9, 2021 19:27:22 GMT -8
That's why baseball aint been berry berry good to me.
Tjght, tight call, what if he fouled out ?
Maybe more things could go wrong than right.
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 10, 2021 20:48:42 GMT -8
They say baseball is a game of mistakes / errors.
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 15, 2021 11:37:45 GMT -8
Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros:
Both have good offenses, I'll go with Houston. Will every game have at least 6 runs scored?
Houston in 6.
Boston
Houston
Boston
Houston
Houston
Houston
MVP: Jose Altuve
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves:
Braves have a good offense, Dodgers are good all around.
Los Angeles in 4.
MVP: Mookie Betts.
Betts with 3 stolen bases, 5 doubles.
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Post by thee on Oct 16, 2021 10:51:15 GMT -8
I thought they would block Stros out of P/Os, for last years cheating ?
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 20, 2021 22:12:19 GMT -8
I thought they would block Stros out of P/Os, for last years cheating ? No, the players got no punishment.
The only punishment was for Alex Cora (bench coach), a fine to the owner, and the manager.
Manfred made a deal with the players that they wouldn't get punished, if they told what happened.
It sucks.
With that said, I'm a little conflicted because I like their new manager, Dusty Baker. He's taken 5 different teams to the playoffs.
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Post by nuraman00 on Oct 26, 2021 15:38:19 GMT -8
I think this will be a long series, probably tied 2-2 after 4 gams.
Houston in 7.
Atlanta
Houston
Houston
Atlanta
Atlanta
Houston
Houston
MVP: Jose Altuve
Stolen Base: Tucker
Chevy Vehicle: Probably a bad pick, but Tahoe again.
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