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1. Best Regards, L.M. Posted: October 04, 2012 at 01:05 PM (#4253931)Cardinals over Braves
Orioles over Rangers
Orioles over Yankees.
A's over Tigers
Cardinals over Nationals
Reds over Giants
Cardinals over Reds
A's over Orioles
Cardinals over A's.
Atlanta over St. Louis
Oakland over Detroit
Texas over NYY
Cincinnati over SF
Atlanta over Washington
Oakland over Texas
Cincinnati over Atlanta
Oakland over Cincinnati
So let me get this straight, for $4.99 I get to choose my camera angle, can have up to 4 different camera angles going at once, don't get shifting camera angles, don't have to listen to the broadcast or be subjected to random crowd shots, and I'm assuming I don't have to listen to the national broadcast team..... What is the downside here?
Baltimore over Texas
Atlanta over St. Louis
Oakland over Detroit
Cincinnati over San Francisco
Baltimore over Yankees
Atlanta over Washington
Baltimore over Oakland
Atlanta over Cincinnati
Atlanta over Baltimore
post season is a crapshoot. I absolutely guarantee picking up a quarter and flipping it for each series will have an equally as good of a chance of being right, as asking an expert(say Keith Law) his predictions. Heck it would be equally as right as taking the lineups as composed and running them through 1000 simulations.
As a fan, if you don't predict your favorite team to win, you are doing it wrong. (of course you might just be setting low expectations to avoid disappointment)
Braves over Cards
Tigers over A's
Yankees over Rangers
Giants over Reds
Nats over Braves
Yankees over Tigers
Nats over Giants
Yankees over Nats
Atlanta over St Louis
Oakland over Detroit
Washington over St Louis
Yankees over Baltimore
San Francisco over Cincinatti
Washington over Cincinnati
Oakland over Yankees
I do not live to see the end of Washington vs Oakland because I die of joy.
I've seen this a lot, and I really don't understand why having the first two games at home is such an advantage. Why do folks think that. For the record, when baseball used this 3-2 system in 95-97, the teams that opened on the road went 7-5 in the series - certainly nothing firm can be drawn from that sample.
But, on to the picks:
Baltimore over Texas
New York over Baltimore
Detroit over Oakland
Detroit over New York
Atlanta over St. Louis
Atlanta over Washington
Cincinnati over San Francisco
Cincinnati over Atlanta
Cincinnati over Detroit
Giants over Reds
Rangers over Yankees
A's over Tigers
Nats over Giants
A's over Rangers
Nats over A's
Atlanta over St Louis
Oakland over Detroit
Washington over St Louis
Baltimore over Yankees
Cincy over SF
Washington over Cincy
Oakland over Baltimore
Oakland over Washington - Cespedes with the Series-winning homer in extra innings
OAK, TEX, ATL, CIN
TEX, CIN
TEX
That was what I was wondering. I still don't get them allowing it to be viewed even in blacked out areas. I'm glad for it, and think it makes sense, but when it comes to blackout and the MLB, making sense is not usually used in conjunction with each other.
I have antenna reception with a converter box, so should be fine.
Baltimore 5 -- Texas 1
Atlanta 2 -- Saint Louis 0
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NYY 3 -- BAL 1 (0 -- 4; 6 -- 5 (11); 8 -- 3; 3 -- 2 (13))
DET 3 -- OAK 1 (2 -- 0; 6 -- 1; 4 -- 13; 8 -- 1)
CIN 3 -- SF 2 (4 -- 6; 4 -- 7; 5 -- 2; 3 -- 1 (10); 9 -- 2)
ATL 3 -- WAS 0 (5 -- 3; 6 -- 2; 11 -- 4)
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NYY 4 -- DET 3 (4 -- 8; 7 -- 4; 5 -- 7; 2 -- 4; 6 -- 1; 5 -- 4; 8 -- 6)
CIN 4 -- ATL 0 (5 -- 0; 6 -- 0; 4 -- 3; 9 -- 2)
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NYY 4 -- CIN 2 (6 -- 3; 8 -- 5; 4 -- 5 (12); 3 -- 8; 12 -- 9; 3 -- 1)
Rangers over Orioles
Braves over Nats
Cincy over Giants
A's over Tigers
Rangers over Yankees
Braves over Reds in 7
A's over Rangers
Braves over A's.
I just hope the Braves somehow make the WS; I'll be able to make one of the first two games, and seeing one of Chipper's last games live would mean a lot...
Texas over New York
Detroit over Oakland
Detroit over Texas
St. Louis over Atlanta
Cincinnati over San Francisco
St. Louis over Washington
Cincinnati over St. Louis
Cincinnati over Detroit
I know the post-season is a crapshoot but I think it's especially true this year.
They are probably right: market dictates product, and live and broadcast baseball have increasingly become the domain of cartoon robots, abusively loud rock licks, and long camera pans over the stadium pool.
Yes, I would agree if the lesser team wins the first two games, that's a serious disadvantage to the better team. I would counter that if the lesser team wins Games 3 and 4, that's also a big disadvantage, since the better team has to go 3-0 in the other three games. I don't see any logical reason why the distribution makes a whole lot of difference, either positively or negatively.
(Oh, and I was wrong above. The teams with HFA went 6-6 in 95-97, though it should be noted that during that bizarre time period, the teams with HFA were not always the team with the better record).
Most ironic ending to a team's season ever?
Rangers over Orioles
Nationals over Braves
Reds over Giants
Rangers over Yankees
A's over Tigers
Reds over Nationals
A's over Rangers
Reds over A's
Mostly, I have no idea.
Texas over Baltimore
New York over Texas
Detroit over Oakland
New York over Detroit
NL:
Atlanta over St. Louis
Cincinnati over San Francisco
Washington over Atlanta
Cincinnati over Washington
WS:
New York over Cincinnati
TEX over NYY
OAK over DET
TEX over OAK
StL over ATL
CIN over SFG
WAS over CIN
WAS over CIN
Rangers lead 5-2 in the bottom of the 8th in Game 7 of the World Series. Alexi Ogando gets Werth and Harper to strike out, then gets a lazy fly ball by Zimmerman that Hamilton, back on the caffeine, loses in the lights and bonks off his glove for a 2-base error. After a walk to LaRoche, Mike Morse hits a deep fly ball to right field that Nelson Cruz Cansecos into a game-tying homer. The Rangers score runs in the 11th, 14th, and 15th innings, but fail to hold the lead. Bryce Harper pitches the 17th inning, striking out Hamilton, Beltre, and Young (Ron Washington not being smart enough to bat Napoli any higher than 7th), then hits a walk-off HR to end it.
Giants over Reds
Orioles over Yankees
A's over Tigers
Nationals over Giants
Orioles over A's
Nationals over Orioles
Baltimore over new york
Oakland over detroit
Oakland over baltimore
Atlanta over st louis
Washington over atlanta
San fran over cinci
Washington over sf
Washinton over oakland
Atlanta over St. Louis
Yanks over Texas
A's over Detroit
Nats over Atlanta
Reds over Giants
A's over Yanks
Nats over Reds
A's over Nats
And other than the A's and Detroit, it wouldn't surprise me if every series went to the limit. I can't remember a season with greater parity at the top.
Orioles over Rangers
Braves over Nationals
Reds over Giants
Orioles over Yankees
Athletics over Tigers
Braves over Reds
Orioles over Athletics
Braves over Orioles
Although ideally I'm rooting for a World Series involving the Yanks or the Orioles against the Nats, I can live with any outcome that doesn't involve the Rangers, Braves or Cardinals. Can't work up any real hostility towards any of the others.
Orioles over Rangers (in extra innings)
Nationals over Braves (4 games)
Reds over Giants (5 games)
Orioles over Yankees (5 games, extra innings in game 5)
Athletics over Tigers (5 games)
Nationals over Reds (7 games)
Athletics over Orioles (6 games)
Athletics over Nationals (7 games)
Let's go with this one.
1. Tigers
(big drop)
2. Nationals
3. Orioles
4. Athletics
5. Reds
6. Rangers
7. Giants
8. Braves
(big drop)
9. Cardinals
(really big drop)
10. Yankees
Dream match-up: Tigers over Nationals in seven.
Nightmare match-up: Yankees over Cardinals in four, plus three rain-outs.
Orioles over Rangers
Cardinals over Nationals (5 Games)
Reds over Giants (4 Games)
Orioles over Yankees (5 Games)
Athletics over Tigers (5 Games)
Cardinals over Reds (5 Games)
Athletics over Orioles (5 Games)
Athletics over Cardinals (7 Games)
All of this means the Braves will win the World Series since I'm no better at this than at NCAA Tournament Brackets.
Texas over Baltimore
Detroit over Oakland
New York over Texas
Detroit over New York
Atlanta over St. Louis
Cincinnati over San Francisco
Washington over Atlanta
Cinci over Washington
Detroit over Cinci
By making this prediction, I'm pretty much dooming us all to an A's/Giants Series of Ratings Death. I accept full responsibility for this, and wish to apologize in advance.
Not to mention actual death, considering what happened the last time these two teams met...
A's over Tigers
Yankees over Rangers
Yankees over A's
Cardinals over Braves
Giants over Reds
Nats over Cardinals
Nats over Giants
Nats over Yankees
Pains me to say it, but Yankees (yuk) over Nationals would be where I put my chip if I had to put money on one combo.
ORIOLES over Rangers
BRAVES over Nationals
REDS over Giants
YANKEES over Orioles
A'S over Tigers
REDS over Braves
YANKEES over A's
REDS over Yankees
ALWC: Rangers over Orioles
NLWC: Braves over Cardinals
ALDS: Tigers 3, A's 1
ALDS: Rangers 3, Yankees 1
NLDS: Nats 3, Braves 2
NLDS: Giants 3, Reds 2
ALCS: Tigers 4, Rangers 2
NLCS: Nats 4, Giants 3
World Series: Nats 4, Tigers 3
Rangers over Orioles
Rangers over Yankees
Tigers over Athletics
Tigers over Rangers
NL
Cards over Braves
Nationals over Cards
Reds over Giants
Reds over Nationals
Reds over Tigers
Cardinals over Braves
Tigers over A's
Yankees over Rangers
Braves over Nats
Reds over Giants
Yankees over Tigers
Braves over Reds
Yankees over Braves
WC and DS
Braves over Cards
Nats over Bravos
Gigantes over Reds
Orioles over Rangers
Orioles over Yankees
A's over Detroit
CS
Nats over Gigantes
A's over O's
WS
No prediction, but I hope its A's over Nats
I actually dont think the O's will make it that far either, but I want the championship series to be symetric. Bay Area Vs. whatever the Baltimore/DC area is called.
Braves over Cardinals
Rangers over Orioles
Reds over Giants
Braves over Nationals
Yankees over Rangers
Tigers over A's
Reds over Braves
Yankees over Tigers
Reds over Yankees
Aw, #### it. None of us has any idea what the hell is going to happen.
Texas over Orioles: Joe Saunders blows it early, and while the Orioles sort-of fight back, it's not enough. I, who was so much looking forward to finally seeing a MLB playoff game, throw a fit about this and I spend the rest of the postseason even more angry at the Yankees than usual, since being angry at the Yankees is my stress-ball.
Braves over Cardinals: I'm not going to go against Medlen.
Athletics over Tigers in five: It appears, after a game one domination by Justin Verlander, that once again Billy Beane's #### doesn't work in the playoffs. But then, the Athletics win a 10-inning thriller in game 2, as Cespedes grabs a piece of a Valverde fastball and sends it to Windsor before Balfour finishes off the Tigers in the bottom of the inning. The A's grab game 3 at home and seem to be on the way to victory. However, Justin Verlander then promptly embarrasses the A's in the game 4 (with some help from Miguel Cabrera, of course). And so, it heads to Game 5, where Josh Reddick catches fire to lead the Athletics to victory as everyone in Boston bangs their heads against the wall.
Yankees over Rangers in four: Although the Rangers- riding the momentum of the Wild Card game- win game one, the Yankees soon take control, battering the Rangers in games 2 and 3. Game 4 begins well for the Rangers though as they take an early lead, but Joe Nathan collapses in the ninth, allowing Robinson Cano to tie up the game. It goes to 10. Then 11. Then 12. In the bottom of the 13th, Derek Jeter hits a classic Yankee Stadium cheapie to send the Yanks into the ALCS. I swear. A lot, especially as the bleacher creatures make a habit of chanting "You'll play for us" at Hamilton every time he comes to the plate.
Giants over Reds in five: Cueto outduels Cain in game 1 and Bumgarner does the same to Arroyo in game 2. The Reds, however, then begin a comeback, taking Games 3 and 4 (with Cueto going on short-rest in Game 4). Cain, however, slams the door in Game 5 to send the Giants to the NLCS.
Nationals over Braves in four: Who needs Strasburg? The Braves win the game Medlen pitches, but Nattitude prevails.
Yankees over Athletics in five: Behind the scenes, Fox begins to panic- if there's a Athletics-Giants World Series, their ratings will plummet to record lows. And what's worse, the Athletics- for all the underdog Moneyball stuff- would be ratings poison. While there is no overt conspiracy, the series is filled with questionable calls and unusual act-of-god style bounces, all of them seemingly breaking to the Yankees side. Even the Athletics' win in Game 3 comes only after a instant replay is needed to show that, yes, Jonny Gomes did hit a home run. The O.Co Coliseum, by the way, is by now completely filled with almost 60,000 people, as the tarps are off and Mount Davis is opened (they've said they will only remove them in case of the World Series, but the demand is enough that they do so early). This causes extreme problems in Game 5, as a furious late-game rally by the Athletics comes up short when a would-be walk-off run is cut down at home by, yes, Derek Jeter (although he does a normal throw this time, not a flip). Replay shows that Coco Crisp was clearly safe. The Yankees then promptly win in the 10th inning when Robinson Cano goes deep ONE PITCH after a ball is called on Balfour on what had been strike three all game. Soriano shuts down the Athletics, but the crowd is restless before the final out, verbally chanting loud obscenities at the Umps, the Yankees and Bud Selig throughout the final frame. Once the final out is made (a pop-out to, of course, Jeter), all hell breaks loose. Trash is thrown on the field, at least one chair lands near the Yankees dugout (Billy Beane has the alibi that he had gone to watch the Instructional League team). The Yankees and the Umpires are escorted from the stadium under police protection. Grant Balfour, in a postgame press conference, introduces the American populace to various Australian phrases that aren't printable.
Nationals over Giants in 7: Nattitude cannot be stopped, but the Giants pitching contains it for awhile until Game 7 sees Gio Gonzalez defeat Matt Cain in an instant classic that also sees Bryce Harper go deep and Teddy Roosevelt beating up Crazy Crab.
Yankees over Nationals in 7: The most bat-#### crazy series in recent memory, as Nattitude runs into The Empire. This being an election year, many pick up on the fact that Mitt Romney once invested in the New York Yankees to declare the Nats the "Liberal" team and the Yankees the "Conservative Team". Many awkward soundbites emerge, but ultimately the Nationals just declare that they are for Teddy Roosevelt while the Yankees say that the only thing they are campaigning for is Championship Number 28.
After the teams split the first two in Washington, game 3, started by Andy Pettitte, is wacky. Pettitte, for all of his acclaimed pickoff moves, is vulnerable to the steal of home. So with a 6-1 lead in the fourth (and the bullpen warming up for the Bombers), Bryce Harper does just that, showing Nattitude by making it 7-1 with the swipe. The New York media become apoplectic, finding it blasphemous that the youth and Davey Johnson would dare embarrass and show up the MOST WINNING PITCHER IN PLAYOFF HISTORY (C), especially since the Nationals were holding a 5-run lead. The final score of the game, by the way, ends up being 7-6 Nationals, but that sort of gets lost in the Faux-controversy. The Yankees tie up the series in the next game, which soon becomes called "The Ichiro Game" when Ichiro goes 3-4 with two home runs, an RBI double, has two outfield assists, a stolen base and a home-run robbing catch. When asked why he did this, he says that he was inspired when they were in Washington when he overheard somebody talk about how Teddy Roosevelt liked to use a Big Stick. Since everybody there seemed to like Teddy, Ichiro decided he would use the big stick. Talks of a "Curse of Teddy Winning" begins as the two teams are tied 2-2 heading into Game 5, which the Yankees win behind a flurry of cheap Yankee Stadium home runs. One of the Yankee relievers beans Harper, and while Harper only turns slightly to say something to the pitcher, the dugouts empty and there's pushing, shoving and such, out of instinct (interestingly, Harper probably does the least amount of pushing and shoving). The next day, the NYC media declares Harper a violent punk. The series goes back to Washington 3-2 for the Yankees.
Game 6 is Kuroda vs. a short-rested Gio Gonzalez. It is a pitcher's duel that is 3-2 in the Nationals' favor going into the top of the ninth. However, the Nationals bullpen uncharacteristically collapses, and the bases end up loaded with no out. All seems lost. But during a meeting on the mound, something happens: from center field emerges Teddy Roosevelt. Everyone nervously laughs, thinking this is some kind of gag. But then Teddy runs in to the mound, and dispenses his "head" and uniform to reveal his true identity as STEPHEN STRASBURG! The Yankees immediately appeal to the Umpires and the Commissioner to declare this move illegal, as Strasburg wasn't on the roster. However, as FOX tells Selig how awesome Game 7 of the series would get in the ratings, Selig announces that he is "making a one-time exception" to the roster rules (a member of the Yankee front office is later heard saying \"####### Melky.") As the crowd goes nuts, Teddy/Strasburg proceeds to strike out Cano and Teixeira and then gets A-Rod to fly out. The Nationals win game 6!
Game 7 in Washington is one of the most watched baseball games since the 1980s, as the many storylines head to one final Ragnarok for the 2012 season. Sabathia vs. Jordan Zimmermann. Ryan Zimmerman puts the Nats ahead earlier with a RBI double, but Sabathia, of all people, later ties it up with a solo home run (Sterling declares him the "Sabathino"). The Yankees, led by Cano and Ichiro, later chase Zimmermann from the game, and going into the 6th, they lead 5-2. Slowly, slowly, the Nationals scrap their way back, and they have it tied going into the ninth. But then, in the top of the ninth with two out, with a man on second, Ichiro hits a sharp fly ball to right. Werth looks like he's going to get it to end the inning, but he then unexpectedly trips. The runner scores, and the Yankees hold on to win 6-5 over the Nationals.
Replay shows that, during the president's race, a piece of Teddy Roosevelt fell off as he ran to victory. It was this small piece of Teddy that Jayson Werth tripped on. It is decided to give Teddy Roosevelt a key to New York City, until somebody points out that Teddy Roosevelt is actually dead, and he probably got one sometime while he was alive anyway.
(faints from writing the epic)
As long as he wears the rest of the Teddy outfit while he pitches, I'll allow it.
Most ironic ending to a team's season ever?
Only if the Cardinals don't beat Kris Medlen.
Rangers over Orioles
Cards over Braves
A's over Tigers (Josh Donaldson outplays Miguel Cabrera)
Yankees over Rangers
Nats over Cards
Giants over Reds
A's over Yankees (Stephen Drew outplays Derek Jeter)
Nats over Giants
A's over Nats (Jarrod Parker outplays Stephen Strasburg)
Cardinals > Braves
Yankees > Rangers
Tigers > A's
Nats > Cardinals
Giants > Reds
Tigers > Yankees
Nats > Giants
Tigers > Nats
Braves over Cardinals
Rangers over the Yankees
A's over the Tigers
Nationals over the Braves
Giants over the Reds
A's over the Rangers
Nationals over the Giants
A's over the Nationals.
Never gonna happen but that is what I predict.
What about if Baltimore put up 30 runs?
Braves over Cardinals
Orioles over Yankees
A's over Tigers
Braves over Nationals
Reds over Giants
A's over Orioles
Reds over Braves
Reds over A's
My personal biases: Rooting hard for the Nationals, less so for the Yankees.
Braves over Cardinals
Rangers over Yankees in 5
A's over Tigers in 4
Nationals over Braves in 4
Giants over Reds in 3
A's over Rangers in 4
Nationals over Giants in 7
Nationals over A's in 6
Cards over Braves
Yankees over Rangers
Tigers over A's
Reds over Giants
Nats over Cards
Yankees over Tigers
Reds over Nats
Yankees over Reds
If any of this #### comes even close to ####### happening, I am going to kill everyone. EVERYONE.
Cardinals over Braves
Yankees over Rangers in 3
Tigers over A's in 5
Nats over Braves
Reds over Giants
Yankees over Tigers in 6
Nats over Reds in 5
Nats over Yankees in 7 (Strasburg starts game 7 and pitches a perfect game)
EDIT: Who I WANT to win
1. Yankees
2. Nats
3. A's
4. Orioles
5. Reds
6. Braves
7. Giants
8. Cardinals
9. Tigers
10. Rangers
1. Yankees
2. Nats
3. A's
4. Orioles
5. Reds
10. Rangers
Flip the Orioles and the A's, and that's exactly where I am. Just out of curiosity, did you grow up in the NY area and follow baseball in the early 70's? I was born in NYC and have always loved the Yanks; grew up in DC and have a sentimental attachment to the Nats; loved the Hagy era Orioles; and grew attached to the A's while living in Berkeley in 1971. The Reds are the only outlier here, but I've kind of liked them ever since this team way back when.
And anyone who lived in Washington in the 70's is always going to hate the Rangers by definition.
Heh. Grew up in the NY and followed baseball beginning in the late 90's. Nats are there because I went to a bunch of their games while in law school in DC plus I love Strasburg, Harper, Clippard and Christian Garcia. A's because they are the best baseball tweeters. Orioles because it'd be a pretty great story. Don't really care too much about the rest and I hate the Rangers due to their back to back WS appearances and emergence as legitimate AL powerhouse.
Orioles over Rangers
Nationals over Braves
Reds over Giants
Orioles over Yankees
Tigers over Athletics
Nationals over Reds
Orioles over Tigers
Nationals over Orioles (Youppi wins Presidents' Race)
The earthquake will make it that much easier...
Rangers over Orioles
Nats over Braves
Cincy over Giants
Cincy over Nats
A's over Tigers
Yankees over Rangers
Yankees over A's
Yankees over Cincy
A's over Rangers
Braves over A's.
Yankees over A's
Yankees over Cincy
A's over Rangers
Braves over A's.
That's an interesting postseason you've got there, Srul. Did the Yankees forfeit the LCS?
Yanks / Det 6 each
Wash / Giants 5 each
Cinci 4
Braves / A's / Texas 1 each
No love at all for the ornithology duo.
He's not the only one with an "interesting one"
In his choices, the NL decided that even though the Cardinals won the game, that nobody wants a repeat of last year, and the league interfere and advance the Braves.
I did the same thing. Odd coincidence.
Yankees over Rangers
Tigers over A's
Tigers over Yankees
Braves over Cards
Nats over Braves
Giants over Reds
Nats over Giants
Tigers over Nats
Yankees over Orioles
Tigers over A's
Yankees over Tigers
Braves over Cardinals
Nationals over Braves
Giants over Reds
Nationals over Giants
Nationals over Yankees
---
WANT:
1. Nationals
2. Orioles
3. Reds
4. A's
10. Braves
11. Rangers
12. Giants
25. Tigers
999. Cardinals
9999. Yankees
What I think will happen, actual prediction:
Braves over Cards
O's over Rangers
Yankees over O's (magic wears off)
A's over Tigers
Nats over Braves
Reds over Giants
A's over Yankees
Reds over Nats
Reds over A's
What I want to happen:
Cards over Braves
O's over Rangers
O's over Yankees
Tigers over A's (My dad's team, sorry Shooty)
Nats over Cardinals
Reds over Giants
O's over Tigers (underdog + Wire > father)
Reds over Nats
Reds over O's (NL always)
Rangers over Orioles
Rangers over Yankees
A's over Tigers
A's over Rangers
Nats over Cards
Reds over Giants
Nats over Reds
Nats over A's
However, so far it is performing badly this offseason. It forecast
Reds over Giants (Loss)
Athletics over Tigers (Loss)
Nationals over Cardinals (Loss)
Yankees over Orioles (Win!)
For the LCS round, the predictor reads the runes as follows:
Yankees over Tigers
Giants over Cardinals
Then in the World Series:
Yankees over Giants.
The signals aren't strong, though. (Not like in the first round!)
Cardinals over Giants
Tigers over Cardinals, with a game seven misplayed fly ball by John Jay in the 7th inning breaking up a scoreless tie and leading to a 4 to 1 Tiger win.
Giants over Cardinals, with entire St. Louis team contracting painful cases of the heartbreak of psorasis during the four game sweep, featuring four 17-0 shutouts.
Tigers over Giants,6
Please baseball gods don't haunt me with this
0-for-4 in the LDS, and therefore 0-for-the-rest-of-the-playoffs.
If I'm allowed a reset every round:
Detroit over NY (in 7 games)
St. Louis over SF (in 6 games)
Detroit over St. Louis (in 7 games)
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