2009 mlb playoffs

[drbrosco]

It is so hard to believe another baseball season is gone but the good part is here comes the playoffs wich promises some great series all the way to the end I think.

I am a bit suprised Detroit is going with rookie pitcher Porcello on the road in the 1 game must win Tuesday verses the Twins. The guy has pitched very well for a rookie going 14-9 so maybe he will be fine. But I do not think either the Tiger or Twins could beat the yankees in the first round.

My playoff picks are...

AL
Yankees over the Tigers/Twins winner
Angels over the Red Sox

Yankees over Angels

NL
Colorado over Philly...this will be the best one to watch in the 1st round as it'll be close & go either way imo.
LA over St Louis...St Louis SUCKS!

LA over Colorado

World Series
Yankees win easily over the Dodgers & Derek Jeter wins the MVP.

My picks in football have been so bad I probably just jinxed the Yankees by picking them

[SOBAY310]

Let's Go Dodgers!!!!!

Of course I would love to see a Dodgers/Angels World Series, but Yankees/Dodgers would be awesome too. Heck, I don't care who they play, I just want to Dodgers in the Series!!!

[JP_2684]

My preseason WS pick was Red Sox/Dodgers, but I don't think either team is going to make it to the WS.

Yankees over Twins/Tigers in 4
Red Sox over LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in 3

Yankees over Red Sox in 7

As for the NL, it's rather hard to pick due to how much competition there is this year. I could see every series in the NL going the distance. The competition is just insane.

And i'll be missing games 1 and 2 of the Rockies/Phillies series due to class. Gay.

[drbrosco]

Originally Posted by JP_2684

As for the NL, it's rather hard to pick due to how much competition there is this year. I could see every series in the NL going the distance. The competition is just insane.

I totally agree with you on that one. Even though I picked the Dodgers, the Cards have two very lethal hitters in Pujols(the best in the game) & Holliday. Plus they have Ace pitcher Chris carpenter & even though Wainright is not an ace people need to remember what an awesome pitcher he was for the Cards in the world series a couple years ago. So this should go 5 easy.

And how about them Rockies again...Troy Tulowitzski has to be becoming a household name as the guy is freaking awesome imo.
And I love their manager Jim Tracey as he was born & raised here in our hometown of Hamilton, Ohio as also was starting pitcher Aaron Cook who wasn't born in Hamilton but moved here when he was very young & played all of his baseball here in our little leagues & public HS as they won the state title his senior year. So I guess I am a bit biased picking the Rockies as again this one easily goes 5 games also.

[drbrosco]

WoW! If that Twins/Tigers game is a prelude of what's to come in the baseball playoffs this is gonna be more exciting than I thought.

That was a great game & went to the 12 inning, you cannot ask for better than that. I thought the Tigers rookie pitcher who I was concerned about pitched very well even though he came out in the 6th I think.
But it was like my buddy said last night that the Twins/Tigers game to see who was playing the Yankees was like the play in game for the NCAA March Madness tournament...in other words the Twins don't have a chance!

If your team is still in it then good luck! I will be rooting for the Rockies, but I think the Yankees will win it.

[sawzalot]

Phillies & Yankees World Series without doubt

[tcarcio]

Originally Posted by sawzalot

Phillies & Yankees World Series without doubt

Red Sox & Phillies.............

[shooter2977]

phillies and Yanks, Yanks in 6

[sawzalot]

Originally Posted by tcarcio

Red Sox & Phillies.............

Uhh, O.K.

[sawzalot]

Cliff Lee is mowing them down, he retired 16 straight batters, Phillies winning right now 5 to 0 bottom of the 8th.

[sawzalot]

Top of the 9th one out two to go still 5-0 Phightens,

2 outs one to go,

[sawzalot]

There goes the shutout 5-1 Phillies 2 outs top of the 9th

Game one over Phils win 5-1, lets go Cole we will go up 2 games to none for sure, nice..

[drbrosco]

Hats off to the Phillies GM & Manager...

first to the GM for getting Cliff Lee for probably not much & he is a better pitcher than Hamels.

secondly to Manuel for starting Cliff Lee in game one as he is a freaking beast of a pitcher & much btter choice than Hamels. Hopefully for Philly fans Lidge & Madson won't ruin any of these great pitched games. I think since it is the playoffs as long as the velocity is there why not let them thow a 140 pitches if needed to stay away from that Philly bullpen.

Sawzalot...who did philly give up for Lee?

Great game one by the Phillies.

[sawzalot]

Originally Posted by drbrosco

Hats off to the Phillies GM & Manager...

first to the GM for getting Cliff Lee for probably not much & he is a better pitcher than Hamels.

secondly to Manuel for starting Cliff Lee in game one as he is a freaking beast of a pitcher & much btter choice than Hamels. Hopefully for Philly fans Lidge & Madson won't ruin any of these great pitched games. I think since it is the playoffs as long as the velocity is there why not let them thow a 140 pitches if needed to stay away from that Philly bullpen.

Sawzalot...who did philly give up for Lee?

Great game one by the Phillies.

Two triple a prospects , one dbl A, the only notable was single A Lou Marson a really nice catcher that can swing the bat as well, the other ok player was a right hander named Carasco, followed by two not so well known guys

[sawzalot]

Phillies also got Ben Francisco in that trade and he has played well when needed, now if we can grab Halladay after the season ends, what