And they are heading down the stretch…

This MLB season is in it’s final stage,  and they contenders are starting to reveal themselves.  Unfortunatly,  the Red Sox are a long shot.  Looking at it,  my beloved Sox would have to win 23-25 of their last 27 games,  and have either the Rays or Yankees play sub-.500 baseball the rest of the way.  Not likely but not impossible.  In Boston,  miracles happen.  If you dont live in Boston,  HA.

These are my postseason picks:

AL:

East-Rays   I dont want the Yankees to win, plus I think Tampa is the team to beat.

Central-Twins     No, Manny is not the savior.  Sorry White Sox

West-Rangers     The surprise, but really, they have been building for a while.  It has paid off.

Wild Card-Yankees       No comment.  It hurts enough just writing it.

These 4 teams are my playoff choices, but only one can make it to the World Series.

ALCS: Rays vs. Rangers

Rangers win in 6,  Josh Hamilton gets MVP,  Cliff Lee has a ERA below 2.00 over the series.

National League:

East-Braves      Bobby Cox’s career will end with a playoff  apperence.  Nice run Bobby.  You are one of the best ever.

Central-Cubbies!!!!!…NOT.  Keep dreaming in the Windy City.  Cincy is going to take this division.  The Reds are the real deal.

West-Padres   Nobody guessed them having such a great start, but they have sustained it.

Wild Card-Phily will capture the Wild Card.  They have to good a staff to not make the playoffs

NLCS

Padres vs. Braves  Bobby Cox will end his career with a loss, but will give a fight.  Padres win in 7.  Cox is ejected in game 7,  Adrain Gonzalez will be the MVP.  Padres win in extras in game 7, the country sees a great series, baseball at its best.

World Series:

Game 1-  Rangers win 3-1 .  Cliff Lee is masterful,  Rangers up 1-0

Game 2- Padres capture a home win 6-2 to knot the series 1-1 as they head to Arlington.

Game 3-Rangers win on the back of the offense.  Vlad goes off and Hamilton and Co. works the Padres pen to squeeze out a victory 7-6 to go up 2-1

Game 4- Another home win for the Rangers, but the Padres aren’t going without a fight.  Another close win,  4-3. 

Game 5- Still in Arlington, the Rangers win the series in their first World Series appearence.  The final score is 6-3.  Neftali Feliz closes the game, but the MVP goes to Vladimier Guerreo.  The dawn of a new age in Texas, under owner Nolan Ryan.

Well,  that is that folks.  You heard it here.  I guess I just felt like being bold, but hey, someone has to be.

As long as the Yankees don’t win, I am happy.

My closing words:

1.  Boston will remain the best current sports town regardless of the outcome of the Red Sox’s season. 

2.  The definition of cliche is: what I did over the summer essays.

3.  Watch the Durantula in the men’s basketball World Championships.

4.  Maybe some justice will be served, and Roger Clemens will actually set foot in a jail.

5.  While we are talking about athletes in jail,  Plaxico Burress (remember him) will serve the entirety of his 2 year sentence.  Gasp, a celebrity actually servered their sentence.

Well,  I really have to go now.

From the real world of sports,

Shane