A Cry for Help

This last week has been incredible for baseball fans. The AL East division battle went down to the last week. The AL West was decided in the last series, where the Anaheim Angels made a stunning run and passed the Oakland A's, winning the division in the penultimate game of the season. And it came down to the 162nd game before the first round matchups were set.

In the National League, the past week was even more exciting. The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their division on a walk-off grand slam, capping a week that featured three wins in their final at bat. The Chicago Cubs (and Nomah) blew what was clearly the easiest route to the postseason, going 0-5 over a crucial stretch of games. That allowed the all-but-written off Houston Astros to storm the NL wild card and lock up the final spot. My lab partner from this year is undoubtedly thrilled.

Now that the bracket is set, here's my official post-season predictions (the comments are open to all baseball fans for theirs):

ALDS: Sox over Angels in 4 games, Yankees over Twins also in 4 (Cy Young pitcher or not, the Twins might as well be the Devil Rays when playing the Yanks)
NLDS: Astros over Braves in 4 games, Dodgers over St. Louis in 5 (this is my upset pick. I just think LA has got it this year)

ALCS: Sox over Yankees in, of course, 7 excruciating games.
NLCS: Dodgers over Astros in 6.

World Series… I can't bring myself to say anything. There's a certain perennial phrase that's applicable here, and it's not the one that starts with "wait til."

Here's my season-beginning predictions. Note I was only 2 games off from predicting the final record, and I nailed our position relative to the Evil Empire (we ended 3 back).

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