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Quick MLB Playoff Blog

Back in April I predicted the division winners would be Yankees, Tigers and Rangers in the AL.  I was one game away from nailing all three teams.  Oakland beat out Texas by one game.  I did not have Oakland or Baltimore as my wild card teams however.  In the National League, my division winners were Philly, St. Louis and Arizona.  Philly and Arizona were bums this year and St. Louis backed into the final playoff spot thanks to the Dodgers implosion.  The Wild card teams are The Giants and Braves and I correctly predicted both of them.  So out of 10 possible playoff teams, I not only had half of them correct, but four in the positions they came in.  I'll take that every time.

In my original playoff predictions, I had Detroit beating Tampa Bay to make the World Series. I still believe the Tigers are the team to beat, but obviously, their path will be different.  Here's my outlook for the AL Playoffs.

WC - Texas over Baltimore in one game playoff
Divisional - Detroit over Oakland in five.  Texas over New York in five.
League - Detroit over Texas in six

My April prediction had the wild card Giants over the Cardinals.  Common sense and stats say the Cardinals will not make it this far, but I'm not so sure.  So here are my thoughts for how the NL will play out.

WC- St. Louis over Atlanta in one game playoff.
Divisional - San Francisco over Cincinnati in four.  St. Louis over Washington in five.
League - San Francisco over St. Louis in five.

So I'm going with the same World Series Matchup I had made back in April. I am also going with the same outcome.  Before anyone jumps on me and tells me Tim Lincecum sucks this year, take a quick note.  He had one bad outing in his last six starts.  Matt Cain is pitching his best baseball of the year and Sergio Romo has literally given up two bad pitches in the last two months. He's lights out.  San Francisco wins a great World Series in seven games.

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