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Baseball

The Cubs won a playoff series!  Well… it was just a playoff game, but it counts if they advance to the next level.

The Division Series is set.  Both teams I picked in the wild card play ins won.  (I’m 2-0 for the post season so far!)

In the American League we have the Rangers and the Blue Jays.  Despite being an AL East team, I am picking the Blue Jays to win the pennant.  Why?  Because I hate it when pundits talk about how big moves at the trade deadline never have all that big an effect on the standings.  Well, the Blue Jays went all in at the deadline and took over the division after that.  So the pundits can suck it.  (The Mets did the same thing, but I ain’t picking them cause they are from effin’ New York.  Screw that)

We also have the Royals and the Astros.  As I said before, all the Astros get for winning the play in is the honor of losing to the Royals.  Enjoy it!

In the National League we have the Cubs and the Cardinals.  The Cubs don’t have a prayer but I’m rooting for them.  Why?  Go watch Back to the Future II and find out.  2015 is the year.  It’s destiny, and Marty McFly has money on it.

As for the Mets and the Dodgers?  I hate them both.  Not only that, they are both New York teams (sort of).  I have to decide which team I hate the least.  The Dodgers, I guess.  I’ll pick the Dodgers.  I’ve been to Dodger Stadium, so I guess that clinches it.

So in summation, the League Championship Series round will be the Blue Jays and the Royals in the AL, and the Cubs and Dodgers in the NL.

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Baseball

Last night when I went to sleep the Yankees were losing 2-0 and I was happy.  This morning when I woke up I read that the Yankees lost 3-0.

Deep breath…
Sigh of relief…
And all was right with the world.

Now the Astros are clear to get pounded to pudding by the Royals in the Division series.

Baseball

The Major League Baseball post season has begun.  The Yankees are playing the Astros tonight and the Cubs play the Pirates tomorrow.  

I’m rooting for the Cubbies because of Back to the Future 2.  I’m rooting for the Astros because the Yankees are friggin’ EVIL!

The universe would be a much better place if the Red Sox were still in it.

Rules for Predicting NHL Playoff Results

For years I have been following one rule when making my NHL playoff predictions. That rule is: Never Pick San Jose after the 2nd round. Time after time I picked them to either win the West or win the Cup and they always, always, always choked. I can pick them in the 1st. I can even pick them in the 2nd. Never, though, can I pick them after that. That is rule number one.

After yesterday I now have a rule number two: Never pick St Louis in the first round. They are incapable of winning a first round series so I don’t have to worry about any other round. Three years in a row they go out in one when they should have advanced. My days of picking the St Louis Blues have officially come to an end.

NHL Thoughts

I had a couple of stray, random thoughts while following* the first night of the NHL playoffs.

  • No Bruins… I have a grand total of zero craps to give about everyone else.
  • Oh sure, Ottawa… Now you fricken lose! Jackasses!

And that is about it.

*When I say “following” I mean that I checked the scores at about 8:30, and then again around 10:00. I saw that the Ottawa/Montreal game was close and almost over so I listened to the last couple of minutes. Friggen Ottawa.

MLB PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS – World Series

So let’s recap the League Championship predictions, shall we? As with the two previous rounds, I didn’t do all that well.

I predicted the Royals would beat the Orioles and they did. Easily. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Royals have yet to lose a post season game. (I’m not wrong) They are 8-0 in the playoffs. Finally picking them was an easy choice.

I predicted the Cardinals would beat the Giants. Nope. Screw you, Giants for winning and screw you, Cardinals for losing. Urgh.

So in round three I was 1-1 which gives me a post season total of 2 out of 8 which means I SUCK.

In the World Series?

Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants. I hate all New York baseball, even when the New York baseball teams left New York when my parents kids. I have always like the Royals. At least I have liked them since George Brett hit .390 in 1980. This is an easy pick for me. The undefeated Royals will win over the jerky not-from-New-York-but-still-kinda-from-New-York Giants. The only question I have is will the Royals sweep again. That would be something amazing to see, wouldn’t it?

Go Royals.

MLB Playoff Predictions – Championship Round

Hey, at least the Dodgers are out of it, right?  I said, am I right?

(insert the sound of crickets chirping)

Okay.  I suck.  Boy, do I suck.  This is awful.  Remember the NHL playoffs last year?  I picked almost the whole post season correctly.  Not the effing Bruins of course, but their road to redemption starts tonight against the Flyers at 7:30.  We’re not talking about hockey right now though, we’re talking about baseball, and boy do I just suck.

I went zero for the wild card play in games.  I picked them both wrong.  How’d I do in the division round?  Hint.  Crappy.

I picked Detroit over Baltimore.  Nope.  Baltimore won.
I picked Anaheim over Kansas City.  Not only that, I picked an Anaheim blow out.  Nope.  Wrong on both counts.  Kansas City swept.
I picked Washington over San Francisco.  Nope.  Negative.  Wrong again.  San Francisco won.
I picked St Louis over Los Angeles.  Thank you, oh baseball gods, for finally letting me get one right!  St Louis won!  WOOHOO!   Thanks Cardinals!

So overall in this baseball post season, I am 1/6.  I am the worst predictor ever.

So what about the League Championship round?

Baltimore vs Kansas City:  My hatred of all AL East teams not called the Boston Red Sox persists.  I can even honestly say that I wanted to pick the Royals in each of the first two rounds, even though I didn’t.  Well, no more.  I am picking the Royals to continue their unlikely march to the World Series.  The Royals will win the American League Pennant.

San Francisco vs St Louis:  Have you noticed that three of the four teams still alive have multi-word city names?  Is it a conspiracy?  The Cardinals have been in it every year for a while now.  It was glorious to see them lose to Boston in 2004 and 2013, but in the non-Red Sox years I have been routinely rooting for them.  That happens again this year.  The New York, um… I mean San Francisco Giants shall not pass.  The Cardinals will win the National League Pennant.

Of course I’ve been wrong in five out of six picks, so who the hell knows what’s going to happen.

Baseball Playoffs

I don’t believe it.

The Nationals and the Cardinals both won yesterday. Two teams that I picked to win their series actually won games, on the same day no less! St Louis can actually win their series if they win tonight! I might not get shut out entirely on the first two rounds of the post season!

Go Cardinals!

MLB Playoff Predictions – Division Round

Hey, how about those Pirates? Was that a case of “we’re just happy to be here” or what? I shut the game off at 5-0 Giants and it only got worse. I picked both Wild Card match ups wrong. 0-2, kiddos. Yippee for me.

Here are my useless division series picks. If you’re a bettin’ type I would suggest betting against all of these predictions.

Detroit vs Baltimore: There is no way in heaven or on Earth that I would ever root for the Baltimore Orioles. I don’t Yankees hate them, but they are in Boston’s division so it’s a close thing. Go Tigers.

Kansas City vs Los Angeles of Anaheim: I’d like to pick the Royals. Did you see George Brett’s reaction to the walk off the other day? Priceless. I’d like to pick them to win this series, but the Angels are going to dismantle them and throw each separate piece into a different dumpster so that all the kings horses and all the kings men will never be able to put the Royals back together again. Go Angels. Damn it, I feel disgusting saying that.

San Francisco vs Washington: I don’t really know much about either of these teams. I’ll use the same logic I used for last night’s game. The Giants used to be from New York, therefore I hate them. Go Senators… I mean Expos… I mean Nationals.

St Louis vs Los Angeles: I hate the Dodgers. Only partly because they too used to be a New York team. Mostly I hate them because they are the Dodgers. Go Cardinals.

To sum up, my prediction for the League Championship Series will be Detroit vs Anaheim of Los Angeles of California and Washington vs St Louis.

Let the games begin, and let these predictions prove utterly wrong.