Playoff Bonanza!

Hoss is mighty pleased to see the playoffs.

The Major League Baseball playoffs begin today with a one-off in the Twin Cities between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers.  Both will play for the right to face off against the mighty Yankees in the American League Divisional Series starting later this week.  Boston will be squaring off against the perennial Sox post season punching bag Anaheim Angles.  As per usual, a playoff match up heavily favors Boston with power pitching and a bullpen, that while suspect during the stretch of the regular season, should be tuned up and ready to roll against the Halos.

Everyone’s eyes are on the Bronx Bombers as it seems like it is their World Series crown to lose.  Early in the year I might have said the Sox will outclass the Yanks for the duration, however we all know that pre-2004, this was never the case.  New York always had a habit of screwing around in April and May and making a case in the weeks leading up to the All-Star break.  Much like that chick in high school you dated too long, they are the ultimate tease.

Giving Them Props

Here is where we talk about the rarely mentioned National League, at least in this here blog.  But give the senior league credit, the match ups within look great, and the story lines are superb.  Scrappy Colorado, fresh off picking Jason Giambi off the scrap heap, will stare down the world champion Philadelphia Phillies.  Joe Torre and a possibly juiced Manny Ramirez will play the new Atlanta Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals.  The red birds just seem built and poised to make a Braves like run in their division for the next several years.

The Picks are IN

Divisional Series

Sox over Angles / Yankees over Twins

Phillies over Rockies / Cardinals over Dodgers

League Championship

Yankees over Sox (bleh)

Cardinals over Phillies

World Series

Yankees over Phillies

There you have it, I’m going to officially go and be depressed until February now.