The second half of the Major League Baseball season is underway and it's time to make some predictions. Now I understand that most people make their "picks" for the AL Champ and NL Champ before the season begins...it's more impressive if they're correct that way. However, I'm going to make my picks right now, at the half-way point, knowing that if I'm correct about my picks then I can't really brag about it. All I'll be able to do is give myself a pat on the back.
Keeping that in mind, here they are:
AL Winner: Boston Red Sox
Shocking, I know! I'm not just picking the Sox because they're our hometown team. I'm picking them because they're the best team in the American League, and that's even while playing with many, many injuries. They're going to get healthy and they're going to enter the post-season on a tear that will take them all the way through the World Series.
NL Winner: San Francisco Giants
The natural pick for the National League is the Phillies. They have the best record in baseball, a scary starting lineup, and an even scarier pitching rotation. But for some reason, I just don't have that feeling that they are the team this year. I think the Giants, coming off their championship run last year, with all of that experience, will get to the World Series again. They'll do it with moxie. They'll fly a bit under the radar, assume the position as the underdog team, and will surprise the city of Philadelphia by making it to the Series. This is also a pick in favor of Giants pitcher Brian Wilson. I love the guy and would like to see him and his beard get some more national airtime.
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