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MLB 2006 Predictions Thread

Nymr83 Mar 16 2006 09:18 AM

Take your guesses folks.... NL East: NYM, ATL, PHI, WAS, FLA NL Central: HOU, STL, CHC, MIL, CIN, PIT NL West: SD, LA, ARZ, SF, COL WC: STL AL East: NYY, BOS, BAL, TOR, TB AL Central: CLE, CHW, DET, MIN, KC AL West: ANH, SEA, TEX, OAK, WC: CHW 1st Round: NYM over HOU, SD over STL, CLE over ANH, NYY over CHW League Championships: SD over NYM, CLE over CHW World Series: CLE over SD NL MVP: Albert Pujols NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets NL ROY: Josh Willingham AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero AL Cy Young: Jake Westbrook AL ROY: Andy Marte

Nymr83 Mar 16 2006 09:19 AM

oh and someone start the Met-specific thread please :)

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2006 09:31 AM

You have the White Sox losing to the Yankees in the first round, but advancing to the ALCS anyway. I'd love to see that somehow happen. Steinbrenner would go ballistic.

Edgy MD Mar 16 2006 09:37 AM

The Yankees win, but can't advance to the next round after a string of arrests leaves them gutted.

Nymr83 Mar 16 2006 12:15 PM

i'll leave the mistake so as not to kill the joke but for the record i'm picking CHW to beat the Yankees.

SI Metman Mar 16 2006 12:25 PM

AL East: MFY, Bos, Tor, TB, Bal AL Central: Chi, Cle, Min, Det, KC AL West: Oak, LAA, Tex, Sea AL WC: Bos NL East: NYM, Atl, Phi, Was, Fla NL Central: StL, Hou, ChC, Mil, Pit, Cin NL West: LAD, Ari, SD, SF, Col NL WC: Hou NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL ROY: Kenji Johjima NL CY: Dontrelle Willis AL CY: Roy Halladay NL MVP: Albert Pujols AL MVP: Paul Konerko LCS: ChW over Oak, StL over NYM WS: ChW over StL

abogdan Mar 16 2006 12:37 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 16 2006 02:56 PM

Screw it. Subway Series II: Electric Bugaloo. NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA NL Central: MIL, STL, CHC, CIN, HOU, PIT NL West: SF, LA, ARZ, SD, COL WC: NYM AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, TB, BAL AL Central: CHW, CLE, DET, MIN, KC AL West: OAK, TEX, ANH, SEA WC: BOS 1st Round: NYM over SF, ATL over MIL, OAK over BOS, NYY over CHW League Championships: NYM over ATL, NYY over OAK World Series: NYM over NYY NL MVP: David Wright NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL MVP: David Ortiz AL Cy Young: Roy Halladay AL ROY: Craig Hansen edit: Pesky ROY rules.

Rotblatt Mar 16 2006 01:07 PM

NL East: NYM, ATL, PHI, WAS, FLA NL Central: STL, CHC, HOU, MIL, CIN, PIT NL West: SF, LA, SD, ARZ, COL WC: CHC AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL, TB AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC AL West: ANH, OAK, TEX, SEA WC: BOS 1st Round: STL over CHC, NYM over SF, BOS over ANH, CHW over NYY League Championships: NYM over STL, NYY over CHW World Series: NYM over NYY

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2006 01:09 PM

I'll freely admit, there's a good dose of wishful thinking in this. I had to pull myself short of picking a Flushing World Championship, though. NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA NL Central: STL, HOU, CHC, MIL, CIN, PIT NL West: SD, SF, LAD, ARZ, COL WC: NYM AL East: TOR, NYY, BOS, BAL, TB AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC AL West: LAA, OAK, TEX, SEA WC: CLE 1st Round: NYM over SD, STL over ATL, LAA over CLE, TOR over CHW League Championships: NYM over STL, TOR over LAA World Series: TOR over NYM

seawolf17 Mar 16 2006 01:43 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 16 2006 02:42 PM

NL East: NYM, ATL, FLA, PHI, WAS NL Central: STL, CHC, MIL, HOU, PIT, CIN NL West: SD, LA, SF, ARI, COL NL Wild Card: ATL NLDS: NYM over CHC; SD over STL NLCS: NYM over SD AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, TB, BAL AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC AL West: ANA, OAK, TEX, SEA AL Wild Card: CLE ALDS: CHW over NYY; CLE over ANA ALCS: CHW over CLE WS: NYM over CHW (What the heck, right? This is a freaking Mets message board. Let's go whole hog.) NL MVP: Carlos Beltran NL CY: Jake Peavy NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez AL CY: Mark Buerhle AL ROY: Andy Marte edit: changed AL ROY pick. I was only going by whoever listed him first, assuming they'd looked him up, as I was too lazy to do so.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2006 01:46 PM

So far I'm the only one who kept the Yankees out of the playoffs.

sharpie Mar 16 2006 01:53 PM

Felix Hernandez doesn't qualify for the ROY. He pitched 84 innings last year, well over the 50 minimum and was on the ML roster for more than 45 days.

Nymr83 Mar 16 2006 02:13 PM

yeah, if he did i'd have picked him as well, he's going to be very good.

OlerudOwned Mar 16 2006 02:28 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 16 2006 02:41 PM

NL East: NYM, PHI, ATL, WAS, FLA NL Central: StL, HOU, CHC, PIT, CIN NL West: SD, ARZ, LA, SF, COL AL East: MFY, TOR, BOS, TB, BAL AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC AL West: OAK, ANA, TEX, SEA NLDS: Mets over Padres, Phillies over Cardinals ALDS: Indians over Yankees, A's over White Sox NLCS: Mets over Phillies ALCS: A's over Indians WS: Mets over A's NL MVP: Albert Pujols AL MVP: David Ortiz NL Cy: Roy Oswalt AL Cy: Rich Harden NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL ROY: Brian Anderson (CF, CHW) EDIT: Whoops. Thanks, Yancy

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2006 02:35 PM

Now Olerud has the White Sox losing the ALDS and advancing to the ALCS. These World Baseball Classic tie-breaking rules make everything confusing.

Vic Sage Mar 17 2006 11:03 AM

NL East: NYM / ATL / PHI / WAS / FLA NL Central: HOU / MIL / STL / CHC / PIT / CIN NL West: LA / SF / SD / ARZ / COL WC: ATL AL East: NYY / BOS / TOR / BAL / TB AL Central: CLE / CHW / DET / MIN / KC AL West: ANH / SEA / OAK / TEX WC: BOS 1st Round-- NL: NYM over LA / ATL over HOU AL: CLE over BOS / ANH over NYY League Championships-- NL: ATL over NYM AL: ANH over CLE World Series-- ANH over ATL NL MVP: David Wright (YES, i do!) AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero NL CY: Jake Peavy AL CY: Felix Hernandez NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL ROY: Ian Kinsler

ABG Mar 17 2006 02:55 PM

NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA NL Central: StL, HOU, CHC, PIT, CIN NL West: SF, SD, LA, ARZ, COL AL East: BOS, NYY, TOR, TB, BAL AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC AL West: ANA, OAK, TEX, SEA NLDS: Stl over Mets, SF over ATL ALDS: Boston over Ana, CWS over NYY NLCS: StL over SF ALCS: CWS over Boston WS: CWS over StL NL MVP: Barry Bonds AL MVP: David Ortiz NL Cy: Pedro AL Cy: Rich Harden NL ROY: Prince Fielder AL ROY: Bobby Jenks (if qualifies)

cleonjones11 Mar 17 2006 09:40 PM

AL EAST TOR BOS NY TB BAL AL CENTRAL CLE CHI MIN DET KC AL WEST OAK ANA TEX SEA WC CHI CLE OVER TOR CHI OVER ANA CLE WS NL EAST NY ATL WASH PHIL FLOR NC CENTRAL STL HOU MIL PIT CIN CHI NL WEST LA SD ARIZ SF COL NY OVER STL LA OVER HOU NY OVER HOU WS NY OVER CLE AL MVP GRADY SIZEMORE AL CY ROY HALLADAY AL ROY CURTIS GRANDERSON NL MVP DAVID WRIGHT NL CY ROY OSWALT NL ROY LASTINGS MILLEDGE COMEBACK PLAYER MIKE PIAZZA

Nymr83 Mar 17 2006 09:43 PM

Milledge won't win a ROY for the same reason Wright didn't, the Mets will not bring him up to start a year

TransMonk Mar 18 2006 09:06 AM

NL East ATL NYM PHI WAS FLA NL Central STL CHC HOU MIL CIN PIT NL West LAD SF SD ARI COL AL East NYY TOR BOS BAL TB AL Central CWS CLE MIN DET KC AL West OAK LAA TEX SEA ATL over LAD NYM over STL NYM over ATL CWS over TOR NYY over LAA CWS over NYY CWS over NYM NL MVP - Pujols NL Cy Young - Carpenter NY ROY - Prince Fielder AL MVP - Vlad Guerrero AL Cy Young - Buhrle AL ROY - Marte

Johnny Dickshot Mar 19 2006 08:54 AM

My predictions are usually worth shit, so here's what I predict, based in part on what I want to happen. The I think things could actually turn out this way division: Mets Phils Braves Nats Fish The anything can happen other than the Cardinals not winning it division Cardinals Pirates Brewers Reds Astros Cubs The Mike Cameron makes all the difference division Pods Dodgers Rockies DBaggs Giants The I want a fun summer division Sox Jays Rays O's MFYs The New Moneyball Division Indians White Sox Tigers Twins Royals The Barry Zito Gets Traded Division Rangers Angels Mariners A's Phils over Cardinals Mets over Pods Mets over Phils Bosox over Rangers Injuns over White Sox Sox over Injuns Holy crap: Mets over Bosox in the 20th anniversary World Series! NLMVP: David Wright NL Cy Young: Pedro! NLROY: Ryan Zimmerman ALMVP: Peralta ALCY: Halladay ALROY: Johjima

Bret Sabermetric Mar 20 2006 07:33 AM

Are you folks (Dickshot aside) writing what you think WILL happen, or what you want to happen?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 07:44 AM

As I said, I'm influenced by wishful thinking. I picked the Mets to get to the World Series, but lose to Toronto. If I take partisianship out of the equation, I'd say that the Mets have a reasonable shot at the wild card, but I don't expect that they'll reach the World Series.

Bret Sabermetric Mar 20 2006 07:52 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: As I said, I'm influenced by wishful thinking. That's a pretty important influence. Threads like these make more sense if they're divided into "wishful thinking" (in which virtually all CPFers will say that they hope the Mets win the Series) and predictions people want to stand by. Some sort of loopy combination of the two is kinda like "Who do you want to sleep with tonight, Gina Gershon or your wife?", without specifying if this is polling your deepest desries or your views on probablility (plus whether your wife will be reading your response).

Elster88 Mar 20 2006 07:53 AM

I like to fanatasize about Gina Gershon while listening to my Steely Dan records.

Bret Sabermetric Mar 20 2006 08:00 AM

Are you implying that Gina is elderly?

Elster88 Mar 20 2006 08:08 AM

Elderly might be pushing it a bit.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 08:09 AM

She'll be 44 in June, which makes her almost a year older than me. And she's still mighty fine. There was probably a time when I thought of 44 as too old. (Like maybe when I was 16.) But those days are long gone. Elster, would Jessica Alba be a better example for you?

Johnny Dickshot Mar 20 2006 08:09 AM

Talk about fooling yourself. I know enough to know that "predicting" what'll happen is folly. Even those who study probabilities know that. That said, other than putting the Yankees in last place I'm as comfortable with what I "predicted" as I can be.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 08:13 AM

I too think that there's a chance that my predictions will come true. They may not be the most likely scenario, but it's far more likely than me sharing a bed tonight with Gina Gershon. Or Jessica Alba. Or Betty White.

Elster88 Mar 20 2006 08:14 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: She'll be 44 in June, which makes her almost a year older than me. And she's still mighty fine. There was probably a time when I thought of 44 as too old. (Like maybe when I was 16.) But those days are long gone. Elster, would Jessica Alba be a better example for you? She still looks good to me, too. I just wanted to take a totally unjustified shot at Steely Dan's impending defeat of GNR. Edit: I consider myself a young punk, but my teenage days are long since past.

Bret Sabermetric Mar 20 2006 08:22 AM

Elster88 wrote: I consider myself a young punk. You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky tonight? Well, do ya, punk?

Edgy MD Mar 20 2006 09:30 AM

Consider yourself what you will. Ms. Gershon is probably no older than Axl Rose.

Willets Point Mar 20 2006 09:35 AM

Who is Gina Gershon?

metirish Mar 20 2006 09:35 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 20 2006 09:43 AM

Gine Gershon is hot(here with Drea de Matteo from the Sopranos) Mets to win the WS over the MFY's.....

Elster88 Mar 20 2006 09:39 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 20 2006 09:48 AM

Edgy DC wrote: Consider yourself what you will. Ms. Gershon is probably no older than Axl Rose. Axl turns 44 this year, too. In his prime he was just as pretty as Ms. Gershon. Edit: I had corrected metirish's listing of Drea de Matteo as "Andrea from the Sopranos" here.

Willets Point Mar 20 2006 09:41 AM

Axl Rose born February 6, 1962 Gina Gershon born June 10, 1962

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 09:42 AM

Yeee, Irish, you sure picked a ghastly image of Gina Gershon. (I hate that "raccoon makeup" look.) She's certainly better looking than that.

Johnny Dickshot Mar 20 2006 09:47 AM

Gina Gershon & I share a birthday. I've seen where it's been listed in some places as the same year as mine, which would shortly make her ... OMG... 40 and not 44.

abogdan Mar 20 2006 09:47 AM

Division standings: what I think will happen. Playoff results/individual awards - random guesses/wishful thinking.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 09:55 AM

I think the 40-something woman who keeps walking past my desk is very attractive (she must pee 15 times a day) but I suspect I wouldn't even have noticed her twenty years ago.

Willets Point Mar 20 2006 10:05 AM

AL EAST: Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Baltimore AL CENTRAL: Cleveland Chicago (WC) Minnesota Detroit Kansas City AL WEST: LAnaheim Oakland Texas Seattle NL EAST: Atlanta New York (WC) Philadelphia Washington Florida NL CENTRAL: St. Louis Milwaukee Houston Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinatti NL WEST: Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado AL DIVISIONAL: Boston beats Cleveland, Chicago beats Anaheim NL DIVISIONAL: St. Louis beats New York, Atlanta beats Los Angeles ALCS:Boston beats Chicago NLCS: St. Louis beats Atlanta WORLD SERIES:Boston beats St. Louis

cooby Mar 20 2006 10:10 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: (she must pee 15 times a day) . She's checking ya out, Yancy

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 11:23 AM

I must really stimulate her bladder.

Nymr83 Mar 20 2006 12:10 PM

Thanks for the thread-hijack Bret.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2006 12:40 PM

Don't be too upset, Namor. It's a rare thread that doesn't go off track by its third page.

Giant Squidlike Creature Oct 03 2006 04:45 PM

Holy shit do Willets' picks suck!

OlerudOwned Oct 07 2006 09:48 PM

Wow, I nailed 5-of-6 division champs and both my W.S. teams are still alive. Hooray for blind luck.

Nymr83 Oct 09 2006 02:05 PM

i had 3 of 4 NL playoff teams...but i picked CLE to win it all...lol