Baseball: Postseason Picks

Fall has arrived and so has the baseball postseason. Here's my picks:

In the National League Division Series', I'll take the Cubs over the Dodgers in 4 (remember, these are best of 5), and the Phillies over the Brewers in 5.

In the American League Division Series, Tampa Bay Rays over the White Sox in 3, and the Angels over the Red Sox in 5.

In the league championships, the Cubs will beat Phillies 4 games to 2 in best of 7, and the Angels will beat Tampa Bay 4-2.

Cubs win the World Series in 7. Chicago will explode. The End Times will obviously be near. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be seen riding in the skies over Wrigley Field. The Chicago City Council will demand the horses wear diapers so as not to make a mess on city streets.

Sorry Sox fans and all those that think the Sox now have some crazy momentum going that will carry them to the World Series. A Cubs-Sox series would definitely be exciting, at least for people in the Chicago area if nowhere else, but it ain't gonna happen. The Sox are a streaky team, finishing the regular season with three straight losses, forcing a make-up game and a one game tie-breaker. They just don't have what it takes to get past Tampa. They over achieved during the season, but that season is now over for them.

The Red Sox are the best baseball team so far in the 21st century, but this year, the Angels are better.

Even with Manny Ramirez acting as a catalyst for the Dodgers, they are not better than the Cubs, nor are the Brewers better than the Philllies. The Philadelphia team will give the Cubs trouble in the league championship, just as they give them trouble in the summer, but it isn't any kind of trouble the Cubs can't overcome.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or whatever they are calling themselves this year, have the best record in baseball. That does not make them the best team, however. This is the year. The Cubs have the pitching, the hitting, the defense and the manager to win it all. If not this year, then never. Go Cubs!