2008 MLB Predictions

[Auggie]

Post them if you got them. Here are mine:


National League:

WEST: Arizona
CENTRAL: Chicago Cubs
EAST: N.Y. Mets
WILDCARD: L.A.

American League:

WEST: Anaheim
CENTRAL: Detroit
EAST: Boston
WILDCARD: New York Yankees

WORLD SERIES: Detroit over New York Mets

[BOSSHOG]

1. Phillies over Tigers in WS

[joeybee12]

2. Oh yeah!

I won't post because I'm always wrong...I would think the red Sox, but I won't post, because I'll be wrong, and i don't wanna be wrong this year.

[BOSSHOG]

9. Hey Joey

I guess you won't go out on the limb and pick a winner in the North Carolina - Notre Dame game this week.

[joeybee12]

12. Well, it probably would have been at least a little closer

than the UNC-Arkansas score!!!!

[BOSSHOG]

13. We'll never know will we?

I picked Coppin State to beat UNC.

[joeybee12]

15. I just hope someone beats UNC!

I don't really dislike them like I do Duke, but I'd rather see someone else win...except UCLA, of course.

[BOSSHOG]

17. May I suggest

you become a Jayhawk fan for the next two weeks. My Native Kansan wife will be greatly appreciative.

[joeybee12]

18. Hmmm...we'll see how the next round goes, then I'll let you

know...but since you said she doesn't visit DU, you could tell her anything and she would have to wonder it there really is a joeybee.

[joeybee12]

36. Update: if they get past Davidson today, I'll cheer them on...

...certainly would rather see them win than UCLA or UNC or Texas or Memphis!

[Upton]

3. Here's a prediction

Giants last place in the NL West.

[KamaAina]

4. Anaheim has a baseball team?

Do you mean the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"? :-)

I keep hoping they'll build one of those big, splashy new parks downtown, so they can be the "Los Angeles Angels of Los Angeles". :P

[Auggie]

6. I stand corrected

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

As absurd as "3Com Park at Candlestick Point"

:eyes:

[BOSSHOG]

10. I thought it was

The Rancho Palos Verdes Angels of Torrance.

Next year they will be the Santa Ana "Wins."

[BOSSHOG]

11. Duplicate - Please Delete

[CatholicEdHead]

5. AL Central, ALCS, and World Series, Minnesota Twins

Can there be any other option.

[Forkboy]

7. I predict that there will be much love in this forum when we discuss baseball.

;)

[joeybee12]

8. So, you're new? n/t

[BOSSHOG]

14. Without a doubt

and it will be a wonderful lead in to the upcoming amiable college football season less then six months away.

[WilliamPitt]

16. Bring me Yavin and the Beatles White album.

And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia.

No?

How about a cup of hot fat.


...c'mon, give it up for the egregious Fletch reference here...

:P

[Forkboy]

20. Dude, you rock.

Don't EVEN get me going on Fletch. I'll be here all night quoting the whole damn movie. One of the all time funniest movies, hands down.

"I like what you've done with the place, must have cost hundreds."

My friend says I'm a mix of Fletch, Blackadder, and Frank Drebin. :rofl:

[WilliamPitt]

22. John Cocktoasten.

Scotch-Romanian.

I'm Dr. Rosenpenis...where the hell's the record room?

[Forkboy]

24. You ordered lunch here?

Well, I knew that's where my mouth would be.

If you haven't read the Fletch books you should. There great, and picturing Chevy Chase just makes them cooler. It's too bad that the new Fletch movie Kevin Smith wanted to do never got off the ground (though after seeing Clerks 2 maybe it's not too bad).

[hughee99]

19. The Devil rays will not finish last in the AL east!

A bold prediction, I think, since they were last 9 of the last 10 years.

[KamaAina]

21. A bold prediction, since there are no longer any "Devil Rays".

The newly christened "Tampa Bay Rays" may not finish last, either. :-)

[Ganja Ninja]

39. Actually the Rays are predicted to have a pretty decent season.

They may even finish the season at around .500 or better. Their biggest problem last year was relief pitching. They have a lot of young starters that would get them into the 7th inning before they were pulled for having high pitch counts. They may have set a record last year for games blown in the 8th or 9th innings.

This year they've picked up another experienced reliever that should make a big difference.

But don't be surprised if you see a much stronger performance from the Rays. Some say this may be the last year the Rays will finish with a losing record and that next year they will be better and younger too. They have several good pitchers in the minors that should be coming up in the next 2 years and then after that look out for the Rays.

[bumbury]

23. I say Yankees win the AL East

The Yanks are better when they aren't expected to win it all. This year everybody is skeptical about the Yankees. They are in for a big surprise.

[rep the dems]

25. I'm gonna say...

National League:

EAST: Phils
CENTRAL: Brewers
WEST: D'Backs
WILDCARD: Mets

American League:

EAST: Red Sox
CENTRAL: Tigers
WEST: (surprise pick that I could very well change before the 31st) Mariners
WILDCARD: Indians

World Series: Tigers over Diamondbacks in 6.

[BOSSHOG]

28. I'm hoping the Phils

come out strong in their worse month of the season, April. If they break even by 1 May the Division Race should be over.

[rep the dems]

31. I've been thinking the same thing.

From April 20th or so to the end of the '07 season, they had the best record in the N.L, and I expect it'll be similar this year. We're starting off against the Nats, so we should be better off than the last couple years. Keyword should.

[bigwillq]

26. Let's Go Yankees!

:bounce:

[Va Lefty]

27. I'll go out on a limb here...

My Orioles will finish last in AL East. Another losing season under Peter Angelos

[marmar]

29. Yeah! I was waiting for this....

AL

East - Toronto
Central - Detroit
West - California/LA/Anaheim (whatever they're calling themselves)

Wild Card - Bosox


NL

East - NY Mets
Central - Chicago Cubs
West - LA Dodgers

Wild Card - Arizona


WORLD SERIES - Cubs v Tigers in the I-94 World Series. (With the Tigers winning, of course)

[Auggie]

30. I was wondering if anyone would take Toronto

A smart pick.

[Wabbajack_]

32. .

NL

East: Mets (PHI, ALT, FLA, WAS)

Central: Cubs (MIL, HOU, CIN, STL, PIT)

West: D-Backs (COL, LA, SD, SF)

WC: Rockies (PHI, ATL, LA, MIL ...)

Cubs over Rockies

D-Backs over Mets

Cubs over D-Backs


AL

East: Red Sox (TOR, NY, BAL,TAM)

Central: Tigers (CLE, CHI, MN, KC)

West: Mariners (Lackey and Escobar down for LA, ouch) (LA, TX, OAK)

Wild Card: Blue Jays (surprise!) (CLE, NY, LA, CHI ....)

Sox over Mariners

Tigers over Blue Jays

Tigers over Sox


Cubs.......<<<<<!!!!!!! over Tigers

[El Supremo]

34. THIS IS THE CUBS YEAR!

Just like it was 100 years ago that the Democrats held their last convention in Denver, it will be 100 years since the Cubs last won the World Series. It's karma.

But they will have a hard time getting by The Rockies!

[Wabbajack_]

35. I like the Rox

after the Cubs were out I was rooting for them.


I had a hard time picking the D-Backs over them but did because of Webb/Haren, though they hurt themselves by trading Valverde. That guy has nasty stuff.

[Lefty48197]

33. I like it. Go get em Tigers!!!!!

.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. A pig in a poke

National League (where they play baseball)

West: the artful Dodgers
Central: Cubs
East: Mets
Wildcard: Diamondbacks

American League (where baseball was banned in 1973)

West: Angels (well, we can agree that is their name)
Central: Tigers
East: Red Sox
Wildcard: Mariners

World Series: Dodgers over Red Sox

The Yanks will go through three managers. When the Dodgers under Torre win the series, Steinbrenner will hold his breath until he turns blue.

[cuadrangular]

38. My predictions

National League:

WEST: Arizona
CENTRAL: Chicago Cubs
EAST: N.Y. Mets
WILDCARD: L.A.

American League:

WEST: Anaheim
CENTRAL: Detroit
EAST: Boston
WILDCARD: New York Yankees

[Auggie]

40. Welcome to DU, cuadrangular

:hi:

Let's play some ball!

[ellisonz]

41. Ok.

WEST: Dodgers
CENTRAL: Chicago Cubs
EAST: N.Y. Mets
WILDCARD: Rockies.

American League:

WEST: Anaheim
CENTRAL: Detroit
EAST: Boston
WILDCARD: Yankees

WORLD SERIES: Dodgers over Anaheim in a freeway series.