[FragFailure]

Here's my playoff predictions and why

ALDS

NY Yankees vs Minnesota

Yankees sweep in three. Minnesota is cursed against them. Any other team could easily upset the Yankees in the ALDS. The White Sox would have given the Yanks a better run for their money and possibly beat them.

Boston vs Oakland

I think Boston will win in four. Pedro will win game 1 and whoever will lose game 2. Boston sweeps the two games at Fenway. I'll give credit to the A's for winning the west. The trends say that Oakland losing in round one is as solid as Atlanta not winning the World Series.

NLDS

Florida vs San Francisco

Florida will upset the Giants in game 1. San Fran will get serious and put the hurtin' on Florida the next three games.

Chicago vs Atlanta

The Cubs are a matchup nightmare for Atlanta. This is the type of team that Atlanta could get upset by. Atlanta owns Houston. They have a much tougher time with the Cubs. Prior, Wood, Zambrano and Clement vs. Maddux, Ortiz, Hampton and washed up Shane Reynolds. If the Cubs bats get hot, look out. The Cubs will pull off the upset of Atlanta and win in five. They will win game five on the road where Turner Field will have at least 25% Cub fans.


ALCS

Boston vs NY Yankees

Well this is the matchup that all the BoSox and Yankee fans want. To me Boston is the better team. However, it is the Yankees and it is the curse of the Bambino. It's Buckner going five hole in '86. However, the Bronx Bombers have had two disasters in the last two years themselves (see Luis Gonzalez and the Rally Monkey.) Is this year different? I say yes it is. Fate has to smile on the BoSox nation just one time and I feel this year is different. I feel that the Yankees pitching is old and hanging on by a thread. You can talk about the bad BoSox bullpen all you want. GM Theo Epstein went out and kept making moves for relief pitching. You think NY feels safe with the way Gabe White, Chris Hammond and Jeff Nelson have been pitching? The only situation that has the Yankees advancing would be two blown saves by Byung Hung Kim. Otherwise Boston gets home field as they take out the bombers in six. Somewhere Dahak passes out when Boston gets by New York.

ALCS MVP: Trot Nixon who will pound Yankee pitching

NLCS

Chicago vs San Fran

The Cubs will also fall in six (maybe seven.) This series will be much more exciting and closer in score than an Atlanta/SF NLCS. The Cubs aren't ready this year. The Cubs will break the trend next year of never having two winning seasons in a row. The Cubs will go on to be the dominant NL team for the next five years if they keep their starting pitching intact. That is a White Sox fan saying that...again.

NLCS MVP: Jason Schmidt

World Series

San Francisco vs Boston

I would be pulling for Boston although SF winning won't pain me either. I'd predict Boston, but I refuse to put the curse on them by predicting them. I'm going to predict SF wins a painful game seven in Fenway when Marquis Grissom gets the game winning hit off of Byung Hung Kim in the 10th inning. It will be remembered as a great fall classic as Barry Bonds gets his long awaited World Series ring.

World Series MVP: Barry Bonds hits .380 with 3 HR's and 11 walks in the series.



Anyone got any other predictions?

[OpTlk]

im not gonna get as detailed as Frag got, but im gonna agree on the WS matchup...then again any AL team besides the damn Yankees is fine with me. SFG in 6
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Magic number is 11 baby!

[Bada Bing]

ANy team can easily upset the Yankees We'll see about that. When is the last time a Chicago team won anything big the 85 Bears Har
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[ROOFCUTTER]

Padres lose, New Stadium costs millions, its ok thougth taxes are going up.
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Um all i can say is THE YANKEES WIN, THE YANKEES WIN, btw New Jersey will take the cup again..lol
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[Azrael]

<=== Has always been on the lakers bandwagon, do I still have to get off?


Man, had I known there would be this much love flying around over the cubbies I might have tried to watch a game or two on the tv. I've got a friend who is a longtime cubbies fan, so I'll root for them just so I can hear him stop crying in his beer about it being "their turn".
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[Typh00n]

Oakland VS. San FranciscoI want the Braves to win but they dig themselves a hole every year right before postseason, and i looks very much to me like they have doen it again.

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w00t!!!!

and I agree with frags depiction of the cubs v atlanta series.

[Verman]

Whoa!
Frag, you doing any odds work at the Sports Book to pass the time?

Cubs vs Red Sox would be the all-time sentimental favorite for those long suffering fans.
However, my $$ says G'Nats vs Yanks.
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