With the October Classic officially underway... lets look at the Divisional Series matchups and hear the SuiteSpot's predictions...
A.L
White Sox vs. Rays- Rays in 4. Call it youth over old age, call it new blood over blood clots. A tired White Sox team that had to play 163 games just to make it to the playoffs will not have the gas in the tank necessary to get past the Devil-less Rays. Carl Crawford is back and claims he's "100% ready to play and could prove to be the x-factor in this 5 game set. Rays Pitching staff of "Big Game" James Shields and Scott Kazmir will outduel Mark Buherle and Javier Vasquez.
Red Sox. vs Angels- Red Sox in 4. The Yankees have struggled to beat the Angels lately and the Angels have struggled to beat the Sox all season as well. They have lost to them on 9 straight occasions, and this series will prove to repeat recent history. I'll say this now... the Sox will win one game in Anaheim before returning to Fenway to finish off the 100 win Angels. Put it plainly, the angels will need exceptional pitching to stop the potent Sox lineup and an Angel on their shoulder to get by the 10th position player in Boston, the diehard Red Sox Nation
Look for two A.L East teams to meet in the A.L.C.S late next week.
N.L.-
Dodgers vs. Cubs- Cubs in 5. While the yankees golf, Joe Torre will still be working! This series will go farther than most people are expecting. Joe Torre will do his best to lead his team to the next round, but ultimately will fail to the Cubbies at Wrigley Field in the final game of the series. Too many weapons, Zambrano, Dempster, Wood on the mound; Soriano, Lee, Ramirez at the dish will overpower Manny Ramirez and company.
Phillies vs. Brewers- Phillies in 4. C.C. Sabathia has got to be gassed, pitching on 3 days rest for 3 straight starts before the playoffs will have this stud tired and vulnerable to a potent philly led offense. Need I say more... don't think so..
check back for L.C.S predictions...
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2 comments:
Remarkably close, but you failed to account for the Cubbie curse/curses
can't wait to see your predictions for the rays v bosox series, seeing the Rays handed them a whoopin this season
strange how the Yanks owned the Rays all season, but couldn't handle the LAA
when
the Sox owned the Angels, but were hopeless against the youthful Rays
guess I'll make a prediction of my own, Rays over the Sox in 6
- beckett is spent
- dice k is one walk away from an implosion
- lester was just used to close out LAA
I might change my view if the sox throw wakefield... then Rays in 5
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