the Major League Baseball Playoffs are here

Since (whoever reads this) you had to endure my Dodger rants throughout this baseball season, I feel obligated to share my post season picks with you.

I won't go into great detail.

I picked an all LA World Series (Dodgers vs. Angels) when the season began so I will stick with that.

National League
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers wins series in 5 games (5 game series)
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Colorado Rockies
Phillies in 5

NLCS
Dodgers vs. Phillies
Dodgers in 6 (7 game series)

American League
Los Angeles Angels vs. Boston Red Sox
Angels in 5
New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins
Yankees in 4.

ALCS
Angels vs. Yankees
Angels in 7

World Series
Dodgers vs. Angels
Dodgers in 7

Dodgers.....Your World Series Champ.

Struggling with LA

In a season that began with much hope and promise came the Manny Ramirez "suspension" set back that was for all actuality, no set back at all. I boldly predicted that when he came off of his 50 game suspension, the Los Angeles Dodgers would be at least 12 games up in first place. Well, they were not 12 games up, but they were close to it.
So here we are, on August 26. We are only 2 measly games in first place. The Dodgers are 2 up on the Rockies, coming off of an extra inning loss to that Rockies club. The game last night basically paralleled the season. Up early, then down (the Ramirez "thing") then back on top (playing like World beaters during Manny's absence) then bam....we lost.
As sick as I get when the Dodgers lose (and believe me - my belly hurts today), I still feel we will win the World Series over the other LA team (the Angels). That was my prediction at the beginning of the season and I won't back off of it now. But I will say, my comfort level is diminishing.........quickly.
So lets go DODGERS....win tonight, win tomorrow and come out of Colorado with a 4 game lead on the Rockies. If this happens, I truly feel we got it, but much to my chagrin, it probably be with stress involved.

Winning without Manny

I will admit it. When I first heard about Manny Ramirez being suspended, I was upset. But shortly after that I realized that my Dodgers are pretty darn good.
I thought about the players and staff and how they play. Then I made the prediction that the Dodgers would be at least 12 games in first place (in the N.L. Western division) when Manny returns. He only has about 16 games or so until he comes back and as of last night, we are 8.5 games in front (thanks to a one run loss). Driving home from work yesterday I was listening to NPR and I heard this about how the Dodgers are winning without Manny.
Check it out: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105545367