Round 1: White Sox 5, Angels 4, Cubs 4, Phillies 3
Championship Series: White Sox 6, Phillies (w/ another Bartmanesque incident occurring in Game 7)
World Series: White Sox 5

LDS: BOS 5, TBR 4, CHC 4, MIL 5
LCS: TBR 7, CHC 5
WS: CHC 7

anyone who believes in curses can have them. this years team is too good for that.

LDS: LAA, 4; Rays, 3; Cubs 3; Phillies, 4
LCS: LAA, 6; Cubs, 5
WS: LAA, 7

LDS: TBR 3, BOS 4, CHC 5, MIL 4
LCS: BOS 5, MIL 6
WS: BOS 6

LDS: Angels in 4, Rays in 4, Cubs in 3, Brewers in 5
LCS: Angels in 6, Cubs in 5
WS: Cubs in 6

LDS: White Sox 5, Boston 4, Dodgers 5, Phillies 4
LCS: Boston 6, Dodgers 7
WS: Dodgers 6

Here goes nothing, I feel less confident this year than in many a season. I hope numbers of games is not required:

LDS: Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, Phillies
LCS: Red Sox, Cubs
WS: Cubs

LDS: Phillies 4; Cubs 3; Angels 5; Rays 4

LCS: Cubs 5; Rays 6

WS: Cubs 6

LDS: White Sox 3, Red Sox 3, Dodgers 5, Phillies 4
LCS: White Sox 6, Dodgers 5
WS: White Sox 5

LDS: Angels 5, Cubs 5, Phillies 4, Rays 3
LCS: Cubs 5, Rays 7
World Series: Cubs 4

LDS: Cubs 5, Phillies 4, Rays 4, Angels 5
LCS: Cubs 6, Angels 5
World Series: Angels 7

Reposted from the other thread:

Cubs over Dodgers, 4
Phillies over Brewers, 3
Cubs over Phillies, 6
Red Sox over Angels, 5
Rays over White Sox, 4
Rays over Red Sox, 6
Rays over Cubs, 7

Philles over Brewers, 4
Cubs over Dodgers, 5

Rays over Whitesox, 5
Angels over Redsox, 4

Cubs over Phillies, 6
Angels over Rays, 5

Angels over Cubs, 6

White Sox over Rays in 4
Angels over Red Sox in 5

Phillies over Brewers in 4
Cubs over Dodgers in 4


Angels over White Sox in 6, unless Doug Eddings works one of the games
Phillies over Cubs in 7


Angels over Phillies in 5

LDS: Rays 4, Red Sox 4, Dodgers 4, Phillies 4
LCS: Red Sox 6, Phillies 6
WS: Red Sox 5

These are my "emotional" picks:

Brewers over Phillies, in 5
Cubs over Dodgers, in 5

White Sox over Rays, in 5
Red Sox over Angels, in 5

Cubs over Brewers, in 7
White Sox over Red Sox, in 7

White Sox over Cubs, in 7

I'd like an all-Sox ALCS, and an all-Chicago WS.

EDIT: all the series going the maximum....we've already had a week-plus of fantastic postseason-like baseball, and I'd like to get as much of it as I can before the long, cold winter sets in....

LDS: Rays 3, Angels 4, Dodgers 4, Phillies 4
LCS: Rays 7, Dodgers 6
WS: Rays 5

Cubs 3
Brewers 4
White Sox 5
Angels 3
Cubs 5
White Sox 6
Cubs 6


There. I said it.

Tampa in 5
LA of Anaheim in 5
Philly in 5 (cheering for Milwaukee though)
Chicago in 3

LA of Anaheim in 6
Chicago in 5

Chicago in 6

Angels over Red Sox in 4
Rays over White Sox in 5

Cubs over Dodgers in 3
Brewers over Phillies in 4

Rays over Angels in 5
Brewers over Cubs in 6

Rays over Brewers in 7

LDS: Sox 3, Angels 4, Phils 3, Dodgers 5
LCS: Sox 6, Phils 4
WS: Phils 5

LDS: RS in 4, Rays in 4, Cubs in 5, Brewers in 4
LCS: RS in 5, Cubs in 7
WS: Cubs in 7

LDS: TBR 4, LAA 4, PHI 4, CHC 3
LCS: TBR 5, CHC 6
WS: TBR 6

LDS: Rays 4, Red Sox 4, Cubs 5, Brewers 3
LCS: Rays 6, Cubs 5
WS: Cubs 6

Brewers over Phillies in 3
Dodgers over Cubs in 5

Rays over White Sox in 4
Angels over Red Sox in 3

Dodgers over Brewers in 6

Rays over Angels in 7

Dodgers over Rays in 7



I used a highly confidential methodology to arrive at these picks.

ALDS: Rays over White Sox in 3, Angels over Red Sox in 5
NLDS: Cubs over Dodgers in 4, Phillies over Brewers in 4

ALCS: Angels over Rays in 6
NLCS: Cubs over Phillies in 7

WS: Angels over Cubs in 6


It should be noted that I pick the Angels basically every year. Before them, I picked the Cardinals every year. I'm like Chris Berman with the Bills and 49ers, I'm afraid to say.

Angels 5, Tampa 4, Phillies 4, Cubs 4

Cubs 5, Angels 6

Cubs in 6

LDS: LAA 4, TBR 4, CHC 3, MIL 5
LCS: TBR 7, MIL 6
WS: TBR 6

NLDS
LA-4
Ph-5

ALDS
Bos-4
TB-5

NLCS- LA-7
ALCS- Bos-7

WS-Bos-6

BTW....I purposely didn't predict any sweeps. I think all the playoff series should be very competitive. There is no one outstanding team that I can see waltzing through any of these series.

ALDS: Rays in 4; Angels in 5
NLDS: Cubs in 5; Phillies in 4
ALCS: Rays in 6
NLCS: Cubs in 7
World Series: Cubs in 7

I'm sticking with my instinct to pick the least interesting outcome and be happy when I'm wrong:

BOS in 5
CWS in 3
LAD in 5
PHI in 4

BOS in 5
PHI in 5

BOS in 4

Rays 4, Red Sox 5, Dodgers 4, Phillies 5

Rays 6, Dodgers 7

Rays 5

ALDS: Rays in 4, Red Sox in 3
NLDS: Cubs in 3, Brewers in 4
ALCS: Red Sox in 5
NLCS: Brewers in 7
WS: Red Sox in 4

ALDS: Rays 3, Red Sox 5
NLDS: Cubs 4, Phillies 3

ALCS: Red Sox 5
NLCS: Phillies 6

WS: Red Sox 5

ALDS; White Sox 5, Angels 4
NLDS: Cubs 5, Phillies 4

ALCS: White Sox 7
NLCS: Cubs 6

WS: Cubs 7

ALDS: Red Sox 4, Rays 4
NLDS: Dodgers 5, Phillies 3

ALCS: Rays 6
NLCS: Dodgers 6

WS: Dodgers 5

ALDS: Angels over Sox in 5, Rays over Sox in 4
NLDS: Cubs over Dodgers in 4, Phillies over Brewers in 4

ALCS: Rays over Angels in 6
NLCS: Cubs over Phillies in 7

WS: Rays over Cubs in 6

Note: These predictions were calculated using the same advanced technology that banks have long been using to value mortgage-backed securities.

LDS: Cubs 4, Brewers 4, Rays 5, Angels 4
LCS: Cubs 6, Rays 7
WS: Cubs 5

LDS: Cubs 4, Brewers 5, Rays 3, Red Sox 4
LCS: Cubs 6, Rays 6
WS: Rays 7

LDS: Cubs 4, Phillies 4, White Sox 5, Angels 5
LCS: Cubs 5, Angels 6
WS: Cubs 6

LDS: Cubs 4, Phi 4, LAA 5, TB 3
LCS: Cubs 6, LAA 6
WS: Cubs 7

Cubs over Dodgers in 3
Phillies over Brewers in 3
Angels over Red Sox in 4
Rays over White Sox in 5

Cubs over Phillies in 4
Rays over Angels in 7

Cubs over Rays in 6

Its going to be sweep-o-rama in the NL this year.

Sure are a lot of people picking the Cubs...

I remain convinced that some bizarre incident or meltdown will lead to their demise at some point, and I'm guessing it will be in Game 7 of the World Series.

LDS: Cubs 3, Phillies 5, Rays 5, Angels 4
LCS: Cubs 6, Angels 5
WS: Cubs 5

I remain convinced that some bizarre incident or meltdown will lead to their demise at some point, and I'm guessing it will be in Game 7 of the World Series.

Not to pick on you, but man am I sick of seeing this ####. Twice in the Cubs history has anything weird happened, and only once during a postseason series. This is the same as saying the Red Sox had a curse, whether you want to admit it or not. It's ######## and I'm going to get enough of it from TBS/FOX this year I don't need to see it here where the level of discourse should be higher.

Again, I'm not yelling at you per se. But enough with the Bartman/curse/bad luck crap.

LDS: Angels 5, Rays 4, Cubs 4, Phils 5

CS: Rays 6, Cubs 5

WS: Cubs 7

LDS: LAA 5 TB 4 CHC 4 MIL 5
LCS: LAA 6 CHC 6
WS: CHC 7

ALDS: Rays in 5, Red Sox in 4
NLDS: Cubs in 4, Brewers in 5
ALCS: Red Sox in 6
NLCS: Cubss in 7
WS: Red Sox in 5

Through post 38, plus the 2 in the header, on LDS:

Angels 23 Red Sox 17
Phillies 28 Brewers 12
Cubs 29 Dodgers 11
Rays 30 White Sox 10

White Sox in 5
Angels in 5
Cubs in 4
Brewers in 5

Angels in 6
Cubs in 5

Angels in 7

Vlad gets his first ring. Cubs next 100 years without one begins...

From the other thread:
Brewers over Phillies 5
Cubbies over Dodgers 4
Angels over Red Sox 5
Sox over Rays 4
Cubs over Brewers 6
Sox over Angels 5
Sox over Cubs 7

In the series the Cubs will lead 3-1, but the Sox will win two separate games on AJ shenanigans. The entire will be a 24 hour reality program on the life of Steve Bartman and White Sox fans will buy Steve Bartman tickets to game seven at the Cell. He will of course refuse, but ultimately attend when he is offered $2 million dollars in addition to the tickets. He will donate all of the money to charity, attend the game and play no role in the outcome.

Note: I'm saying this to mock the media and our own fans much more than Cubs fans. I wouldn't even bring it up, but you're crazy if you think Bartman's name won't come up every ten seconds during that week.

White Sox in 3 (upset special)
Angels in 5
Phils in 4
Cubs in 5

Angels in 5
Cubs in 6

Angels in 5

With my track record, the fans of the Angels will hate me as LAAoA goes out in a sweep in the first round. :)

Philies over Brewers in 4
Dodgers over Cubs in 4
Angels over Red Sox in 4
Rays over White Sox in 4

Phillies over Dodgers in 7
Rays over Angels in 7

Phillies over Rays in 6

Rays over White Sox
Red Sox over Angels
Dodgers over Cubs
Brewers over Phillies

Rays over Red Sox
Brewers over Dodgers

Rays over Brewers

Dodgers in 4
Phillies in 4
Angels in 3
White Sox in 5

Phillies in 6
Angels in 6

Angels in 5

LDS: BOS 4, TBR 3, CHC 5, PHI 4
LCS: BOS 7, CHC 6
WS: BOS 5

Again, I'm not yelling at you per se. But enough with the Bartman/curse/bad luck crap.

The Cubs haven't been cursed. They've just flat-out sucked.

I'm saying this to mock the media and our own fans much more than Cubs fans. I wouldn't even bring it up, but you're crazy if you think Bartman's name won't come up every ten seconds during that week.

No, I know we will. That's why I don't need to hear it here and now.

The Cubs haven't been cursed. They've just flat-out sucked.

Exactly.

Brewers in 5, Cubs in 3, Rays in 4, Angels in 3

Cubs over Brewers in 5, Rays over Angels in 6

Cubs win WS over Rays in 5.

Phillies 5
Dodgers 4
Angels 4
White Sox 5

Dodgers 7
Angels 7

Dodgers 6

Ah... why not.

Rays in 5
BoSox in 4
Phils in 5
Cubs in 4

Sox in 6
Phils in 7

Phils in 7

LDS: ANA , TBR , CHC , MIL
LCS: TBR , CHC
WS: TBR 5

I am sher-prised at the % of people picking NL clubs to win the WS. I'm rooting for the Cubbies, but... the league quality diff is BIG, guys.

LDS:
Rays in 5
Angels in 4
Phils in 5
Cubs in 5

LCS:
Angels in 7
Cubs in 6

WS:
Angels in 6

Angels in 5
Rays in 4
Dodgers in 4
Phillies in 4

Angels in 6
Phillies in 5

Angels in 6

With my track record, the fans of the Angels will hate me as LAAoA goes out in a sweep in the first round. :)

With the Angels track record against Boston, I think most Angels fans are prepared for this.

One thing I want:
The Cubs to lose. I'm torn on whether I want it to be a total demolition by the Dodgers (and it hurts to root for the Dodgers) or a dramatic WS game 7 collapse. The latter would be more satisfying in a way, but I'd rather not take the chance.

One thing I don't want:
The Angels playing the White Sox and/or the Cubs. I simply don't want to be around the people in this town if either team plays the Angels. 2005 was bad enough, and that was just the Sox. If they play the Cubs, I don't know what will happen. I don't wanna know.

Round 1:

Dodgers over Cubs. Dodger bullpen is the difference as Lou insists on using Bobby Howry at every opportunity including petitioning the league DURING the game to reinsert Howry after BH is removed for a pinch-hitter.

Brewers over Phils: CC and Prince cast such large shadows several Philly players catch a chill. Weakened by illness they are unable to catch up to the alleged fastballs (cough, cough) of Jeff Suppan, Eric Gagne and Co.

Angels over Red Sox: A battle between two solid teams turns ugly when Dice K throws Vlad pitches even HE can't reach. Incensed and finally awake after semi-hiberation for most of the summer Vlad takes out his wrath on the Bosox staff foolish enough to throw him actual strikes with help from Mike Napoli.

Rays over White Sox: Ozzie Guillen attempts to "get in the heads" of the opposing Rays but is stymied by the fact he doesn't know any of them by name and is reduced to generic slurs versus attacking the players personally. Frustrated, Ozzie sulks in the dugout while Evan and gang reacquaint the Sox with the concept of "defense".

Round 2:

Brewers over Dodgers: Manny looks to get the upper hand for LA by having 50 pizzas delivered to the Brewer clubhouse before the game but discovers the plan is foiled after Corey Hart approaches him before the game and asks why Manny only took care of Prince and forgot about everyone else. Devastated, Ramirez goes into a funk including forgetting to take his position in left field for several innings which goes unnoticed until a Craig Counsell bloop to left causes Matt Kemp and others to wonder, "Isn't someone ELSE supposed to be out here??". Woken from his mandatory 8 p.m. nap Joe Torre reacts immediately by insisting that Manny take his position "the next time we are on the field...........d*mmit". With their emotional leader now distraught LA has to rely on their "inner Nomar". Milwaukee gets clutch performances from JJ Hardy and Ray Durham and JUST enough pitching from non-CC starters to squeak by.

Angels over Rays: In the battle of a FOX uber-nightmare the respective teams are approached about having extra female "umpires" positioned at each foul "pole" with timed cutaways between pitches so that viewers can have a "hardcore" feel for the game. Despite managerial protests the league acquiesces until a "wardrobe malfunction" results in Bud Selig experiencing "deep stirrings". Flustered by being contractually obligated to show "just baseball" FOX shows replays of the 2004 ALCS while 172 fans protest, 166 of them Yankee fans. Left to peace and quiet the Angels beat the determined Rays in seven games. The decisive fifth game is later referred to by historians as "The Greatest Game Nobody Saw". In fact, 2217 are in attendance including the local League of Womens Voters chapter which mistook the stadium for their sponsored debate venue and five homeless guys who use the place as a flophouse and are surprised to discover it's "not just some sh*tty warehouse".

World Series:

In a reprise of the 1982 ALCS the Brewers and Angels scrap it out for seven grueling games. K-rod and Salomon Torres trade off in blowing late inning leads while both offenses continue to sabotage innings by running into outs at inopportune times. Jason Kendall fails to get a hit in the Series but throws out four runners, gets hit by pitches three times, walks four more and somehow manages to catch for both sides for two innings when the Angels catcher remarks, "You like this sh*t so much, how about giving me a rest?" Garrett Anderson wins one game single-handedly hitting 2 homers and driving in 7 runs but for the rest of the series makes outs even while sitting in the dugout forcing the Angels to wrap him in bubble wrap and store in a closet when not in the field. Mike Scioscia is consistently thwarted in his attempts to get the upper hand late in games as he waits for his counterpart to not make the obvious decision. Pointing to the advance scouting reports Scioscia demands to know from umpires, "Where is the dumb guy? I was told the dumb guy would be making these moves! And it's not happening!" As Dale Sveum does his best "Chauncey the Gardener" impersonation the Brewers win the final game as CC strikes out 10 and is named World Series MVP and the spokesperson for "The Foundation to Save the Yeti".

Jason Kendall fails to get a hit in the Series but throws out four runners, gets hit by pitches three times, walks four more and somehow manages to catch for both sides for two innings when the Angels catcher remarks, "You like this sh*t so much, how about giving me a rest?"

You forgot to mention that he'll do all this despite being suspended for three games after charging the mound following a John Lackey pitch that comes kinda near the general vicinity of the area around the inside part of the plate.

And just for the hell of it, while googling the story for that old A's v. Angels game from a few years ago, I actually found a facebook page for Kendall Lackey.

Tigers in seven.

What I WANT to happen, and reality can go to hell:

Cubs over Dodgers
Brewers over Philles (sweep)

Rays over WSox
RSox over Angels

BSox over Rays
Cubs over Brewers

Cubs over BSox

All series go maximum games, except Philly series.

Tigers in seven

...years?

Just to put it on record:

No predictions.

Twice in the Cubs history has anything weird happened, and only once during a postseason series.

I count three weird things:

1. The Bartman game.
2. A black cat crosses Ron Santo's path at Shea in 1969.
3. That time in 1959 against the Cardinals when two balls were in play at once.

Which one were you leaving out?

Through this post, including the 2 in the header, on LDS (total 64 predictions):

Angels 41 Red Sox 23
Phillies 41 Brewers 23
Cubs 47 Dodgers 17
Rays 48 White Sox 16

EDITed to include posts 71-74.

Sure are a lot of people picking the Cubs...

I'm actually surprised at how many are picking the Dodgers to beat them.

For some reason, as a Cub fan, I feel some comfort in that. Am I weird? (For that reason alone, I mean...)

LDS: Angels in 4; Phils in 4; Dodgers in 5; Rays in 4
LCS: Angels in 7; Phils in 6
WS: Angels in 7

I'm actually surprised at how many are picking the Dodgers to beat them.

17 out of 64 is a surprising number of people? Cubs Nation is already wearing thin.

Boston in 4
Tampa Bay in 3
Philadelphia in 4
Chicago (NL) in 4

Tampa Bay in 7
Chicago in 6

Tampa Bay in 5

When the Red Sox, Brewers, Dodgers, and White Sox win their respective series, I want to hear the "Nobody on Baseball Think Factory believed in us, but..." quote from somebody on those teams.

Which one were you leaving out?

I was leaving out the 1959 one, because I don't recall that one. But that's still a regular season game.

17 out of 64 is a surprising number of people? Cubs Nation is already wearing thin.

Cubs Country is going to be just as reviled as Red Sox Nation and Yankees fans if the Cubs do win it all.

DODGERS AND ANGELS IN A FREEWAY FREE-FOR-ALL, BAY-BEE!!11!1!!11

you heard it here first.

I was leaving out the 1959 one, because I don't recall that one. But that's still a regular season game.

This morning, I saw a reference to the Brant Brown dropped fly ball, which doesn't make much sense. The Cubs made the playoffs anyway that year.

LDS: Rays 4, BoSox 4, Phils 4, Cubs 5
LCS: BoSox 6, Cubs 6
WS : BoSox 7

Cubs Country is going to be just as reviled as Red Sox Nation and Yankees fans if the Cubs do win it all.

That's a risk I'm willing to assume.

you heard it here first.

Except for those of you who read post #60.

I think Harveys Wallbanger set a gold standard for how a prediction post should look like. I'm ashamed of mine now. :-)

DODGERS AND ANGELS IN A FREEWAY FREE-FOR-ALL, BAY-BEE!!11!1!!11

I'd love it. It would be great for the region and the rivalry, such as it is.

Cubs Country is going to be just as reviled as Red Sox Nation and Yankees fans if the Cubs do win it all.

It's not already? If you don't hate Cubs Country, you must not live in Chicago.

Note that I like individual Cubs fans, just as I like individual Red Sox fans. I just hate the fan bases. It's like how homophobes can have gay individuals as friends.

If you don't hate Cubs Country, you must not live in Chicago.

?

It's like how homophobes can have gay individuals as friends.

So you acknowledge that your Cub-hatred is as irrational as homophobia! :-)

Sure--you like us Cub fans as people...you just don't think we should be allowed to marry or serve in the military! Or something...

LDS: Boston 5, Tampa Bay 4, Cubs 4, Brewers 5
LCS: Boston 6, Cubs 5
WS: Boston 7

And we become everything we always hated. And we don't really mind, deep down, at all.

Phils 4, Cubs 5, Angels 4, Rays 3
Cubs 4, Rays 6
Cubs 5

Tampa over Chicago in 5 (Javy V is an auto loss, Buerls or Floyd win, Danks forces game 5, Shields mows down Sox in game 5)
LAA over Boston in 4
CHC over LAD in 5
PHI over MIL in 4
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LAA over Tampa in 5
CHC over PHIL in 4
--------
LAA over CHC in 6

The one thing I'm sure is that the Cubs will not win the world series.

Cubs over the Dodgers
Phillies over the Brewers
Angels over the Red Sox
Rays over the White sox

Phillies over the Cubs
Angels over the Rays

Angels win the world series.

Rays in 3, Angels in 5, Cubs in 4, Phillies in 4

Rays in 6, Cubs in 5

Rays in 6

Damn right I'm being a homer. But I really do think that the Rays chances are just as good as anyone's and better than most. Most variables in the LDS favor the Rays (better team, home field advantage with the best home record in MLB, better rested, etc.), they've handled the Angels just fine this season, and I like the chances of the AL team in the World Series.

Dodgers in 4, Phils in 5, Angels in 4, White Sox in 5

Angels in 6, Phils in 6

Angels in 7

Angels
White Sox
Phillies
Dodgers

White Sox
Phillies

Phillies

Angels in 5
Rays in 4
Brewers in 5
Cubs in 3

Rays in 6
Brewers in 7

Brewers in 6

if you told me right now that neither the Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, or Dodgers would win the world series, but in exchange, neither would the Angels, I'd probably take that trade off.

if you told me right now that neither the Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, or Dodgers would win the world series, but in exchange, neither would the Angels, I'd probably take that trade off.

You truly are a miserable bastard.

World Series picks from the first 100 posts, if my quick scan was accurate:

Cubs - 22
Angels - 14
Rays - 13
Red Sox - 10
Phillies - 5
Dodgers - 4
White Sox - 4
Brewers - Harveys Wallbangers of La Mancha 2

EDITed to add the last 4 posts. And thanks, Sancho Panza Kyle C, for not leaving HW in isolation.