It’s that time of year again. I go public with my forecast for the major league baseball season. If you’re a betting person, my suggestion would be that you take my predictions and bet heavily on someone else (if you’d done that last season you’d have made a fortune). Here’s how I see it:
National League
East: Philadelphia Phillies
Central: St. Louis Cardinals
West: Colorado Rockies
Wild card: Atlanta Braves
NL champion: St. Louis Cardinals
MVP: Troy Tulowitzki (Rockies)
Cy Young: Roy Halladay (Phillies)
Rookie of the Year: Jason Heyward (Braves)
American League:
East: New York Yankees
Central: Minnesota Twins
West: Los Angeles Angels
Wild card: Tampa Bay Rays
AL champion: New York Yankees
MVP: Mark Teixeira (Yankees)
Cy Young: C.C. Sabathia (Yankees)
Rookie of the Year: No clue
World Series: Cardinals over Yankees in 7
April 4, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Good LORD, I’d love to see us against the Yankees in the Series. The most legendary World Series rivalry there is insofar as the Brooklyn Dodgers don’t exist anymore. But if we do make it(I’m not quite as sure as you are), I’ve got a feeling that we’ll play some team I otherwise would be rooting for if my Birds weren’t playing them. Except for 2004, that happens a lot.
April 4, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Oh, I’m not sure, by any means. I really think it’s a toss-up between the Cards and the Phils, and I went with the Cards because I knew you’d appreciate the vote of confidence in the locals.
April 5, 2010 at 7:11 am
Good grief. You guys are talking baseball already? The Stanley Cup playoffs haven’t even started yet!
April 5, 2010 at 12:59 pm
But of course. It’s Opening Day, after all. And what is this “Stanley’s Cup” of which you speak?
April 5, 2010 at 7:05 pm
It’s the cup the Ottawa Senators are going to win, silly!