3.29.2009

2009 baseball preview

American League

Eastern Division
 Tm   W   L  
NYY 97 65 w/ arod hurt, better chemistry, better team
BOS 95 67 jason bay aint no manny. smoltz aint 27
TBR
89 73 sophomore slump, starters will fall to earth
BAL 76 86 young talent,new management finally get going
TOR 68 94 bad manager,overrated guys vernon,rios = shit

Central Division
 Tm   W   L  
CLE 94 68 lee,grady,healthy halfner welcome playoffs
MIN 87 75 balanced team will make run, but not enough
KCR 80 82 surprise team of a.l., before fading late
DET 79 83 chemistry, pitching woes do them in late in yr
CHW 72 90 good run for a few years. its over
Western Division
Tm W L
LAA 93 69 still got talent, age will catch up to them
TEX 90 72 pitching ok this year, stars coming in to prime
OAK 81 81 if young staff can perform, team can win
SEA 74 88 rebuild project can expect little improvement

National League

Eastern Division
 Tm   W   L   
NYM 94 68 manager is only real question mark
PHI 92 70 champs are too hungover to do it again
ATL 88 74 improved club will make it a three-way
FLA 72 90 not enough surrounding hanley
WSN 63 99 snoooooooooooooooooozzzzzzzzze

Central Division

Tm W L
CHC 95 67 outfield issues clear in the summer skies
STL 90 72 surprise of nl does it with guile & heart
MIL 86 76 big losses in offseason too much to bear
CIN 86 76 good young team put together nice season
HOU 69 93 cecil cooper first manager to get canned
PIT 61 101 try playing ball instead of stealing babies

Western Division
Tm W L
LAD 91 71 better division than people give credit
ARI 90 72 could pull off a rays with young talent
SFG 80 82 pitching solid enough to surprise people
COL 72 90 sad dropoff from w.s. team of 2007
SDP 58 104 sad dropoff from shit of last year



Award Show:

A.L. MVP: Grady Sizemore
A.L. CY: Clifford Charles Sabathia
A.L. ROY: Travis Snider
A.L. MGR : Joe Girardi
N.L. MVP: Jose Reyes
N.L. CY: Carlos Zambrano
N.L. ROY: Tommy Hanson
N.L. MGR: Tony LaRussa

Playoffs:

Yankees over Angels
Indians over Red Sox

Cubs over Phillies
Mets over Dodgers

Yankees over Indians
Mets over Dodgers

Yankees over Mets






2 comments:

pops' fix-it-shop said...

do you think for once in your life, that you could be objective?
let me get this strait...
1.yanks = most wins in MLB
2.yanks = AL cy young
3.yanks = AL manager of the year
4.yanks = all NY series
5.yanks = 09 champs
and as for your running commentary
forget the fact that A-roid will be back in may, so there goes your chemistry theory, but of course the Yanks don't have problems like injuries or age catching up or things like underproduction.

i look forward to showing you the light all season long.

dugoutbugout said...

what i meant to say, but couldnt in that tiny space, was that arod will be injured the whole year with the recurring hip problem and other injuries and the team will rally around each other instead of relying on hip-rod. and that is the reason they win the most games and joey g gets the credit. cc sabathia is not a stretch to win cy young.
nobody is a bigger self-hating yankee fan than me but this a-rod injury is giving me hope we can get back to glory days.
(the cynical self-aggrandizing all makes sense once you realize it roots from a negative not a positive position)

p.s. you lucky i didnt pick tex for mvp