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sd has nothing to show for
in fact that division kinda sucks, not as exciting as AL east
but then we always see the same teams making the playoffs in AL east

my pick for world series is cards/astros and yanks (tho i dun like them at all but yanks will make sure they will get the job done), but for the champ, i'll pick the cards.

btw i really like baseball and down for making a thread dedicating to baseball.

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just a little update bosox got swept by the white sox
damon was sobbing during the interview that's too embarrassing anyway

and yanks are on the verge of losing as they are down 2-1
i'd be happy if they lose but something tells me that yanks are gonna crawl back but i hope i'm wrong. I think the angels are a pretty solid team that deserves to be in the next round.

i'm from vancouver btw, i don't play real baseball, just catch and throw type of thing but i'm trying to learn the grips of different pitches just for fun ... but never really worked out.

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helping to bump this thread

hey everyone, glad to see we have some baseball maniacs around.

astros game was a killer and can't wait til the rematch again. Well last year they got this guy called beltran who homered and drove in rbis like a mvp. This year they have to hope guys like ensberg to do a similar job offensively. It's gonna be an exciting pitching matchup to watch too. It's pettitte going against carpenter for gm1, well it's even more exciting if it's oswalt and carpenter, pettitte and mulder, clemens and morris, backe and suppan, rodriguez and marquis. It's my probable starters haha but i think they won't plan their rotations like that anyway. They will probably use one of their starting 3 twice.

for the angels series i really hope my prediction is wrong, really wanna see yanks losing again lol. I really dislike the team since day 1 in part cuz of their free spending habit and how ignorant the non baseball fans are to fall in love with the yanks just cuz their hat says NY. So yanks, keep wasting money on aging stars and keep losing. I like how the fans booed randy johnson btw lol.

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yay yanks are counter-cursed by bosox fans now lol

let's pick who's gonna win ALCS
i like chisox's chance

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my predictions for fun are chisox in 7 and cards in 6

chisox and the halos are supposed to have a very tight series. But konerko and everett should step up and start jacking homers or collecting hits cuz so far their pitching is fine even they lost the first one but only by 1 run. Of coz same thing can be said about the angels when guerrerro and anderson aren't contributing as much (tho anderson did hit a HR but nothing to show for after that). I still like the chisox's chance nevertheless cuz to me they have slightly better pitching and their 8th and 9th guy can be the factor of this series.

cards in 6 cuz i still believe the edmonds pujols walker sanders combo is deadly, and eckstein often surprises ppl. Someone from the astros need to step up offensively cuz when berkman ensberg and lamb aren't hitting they lose a lot of gunpower. Keep an eye on Burke tho he just hit another HR today he might become another killer B lol.

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i dunno, like if the league adopts the video replay, then it's kinda saying the umpires aren't professional enough to call plays. I know other major leagues have already established the video replay cuz it really gives fairness to the teams and fans. But then on the other hand it takes away the prestige of the officials/umpires. It sort of means their decisions won't stand at times.

But again, those miscalls just piss ppl off often times. I just read the article on mlb.com on these fatal miscalls that switched the momentum between teams. So overall the video replay can improve the game but i think that stupid selig guy won't do anything like he's been into these kinda situations before back in the 90's and nothing's been done.

edit: just to be on topic, i 'gave' the astros 2 wins cuz after all they have stellar pitching and there should be one or couple games that their hitters are hitting or outhit the cards. Just to be conservative.

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not trying to derail the topic but anyone here's into hockey? I suppose Gretzky does? haha

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astros have rebounded btw lol

maybe we should start a hockey thread since the season's just started.

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ya true about the constant changes in the nhl. It's obvious that they are doing this based on their business perspective, well of coz it smoothens the game up, and more goals scored is gonna attract more tix sales. So ya I dunno, it looks still a bit awkward to me to see the dmen ricochetting the puck all the way up front to forwards and creating a breakaway. It's like taking a rule away like when I play nhl05 and switch off 2 line passes lol. But no doubt that it's exciting. Nevertheless if they decide to switch back to the old system I'm ok with it too.

i didn't watch the chisox game today but i know lackey got his ass raped so it's like each team wins one game at a time now haha. Anyone had any comments on that particular game? On the NLCS, the astros should move berkman to RF he's too fat for a CF haha i think he now can't climb up to that little hill towards the end of the centerfield to dive for flyballs. He's a decent OF but I sense a bit of declining in his ability just my personal thought.

ok I'm gonna start a nhl thread and let's chat hockey there haha.

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ya the cards just weren't able to score 1 more run to tie it too bad. You know the guy who caught burke's homers twice gave the balls back to clemens so they'll be stored in the fall of fame. That guy's got good hands haha.

chisox dominated the angels btw. Konerko jacked a 3 run baby just like what he did yesterday in top 1st so it was a deja vu. Then they went cruise control after that i think 8-2 is the final score.