BASEBALL PREVIEW 2011

I had these predictions probably a week before the season started, and if the season were to end today, I'd be very wrong. Lucky for me, there's still a long time left in the season, which could be good for my predictions. Everyone is stunned at the Red Sox poor start, but I'm looking at the bright side of it all. The last time the Red Sox started out 0-5 was 1945, which is the last time the Cubs went to the World Series.
With the Barry Bonds and upcoming Roger Clemens trial, there will be a lot of baseball to stay tuned to off the field. Manny Ramirez also announced his retirement (a few minutes before I posted this for an interesting reason), so we'll see what type of sideshow he becomes if he decides to unretire.

Here are my Season Standings Predictions:

American League East 1. Boston Red Sox * 2. New York Yankees ** 3. Toronto Blue Jays 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Baltimore Orioles	National League East 1. Philadelphia Phillies* 2. Atlanta Braves 3. Florida Marlins 4. Washington Nationals 5. New York Mets
American League Central 1. Minnesota Twins* 2. Chicago White Sox 3. Detroit Tigers 4. Kansas City Royals 5. Cleveland Indians	National League Central 1. Cincinatti Reds* 2. St. Louis Cardinals 3. Chicago Cubs 4. Milwaukee Brewers 5. Pittsburgh Pirates
American League West 1. Texas Rangers* 2. Oakland Athletics 3. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4. Seattle Mariners	National League West 1. Colorado Rockies* 2. San Fransisco Giants** 3. San Diego Padres 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 5. Arizona Diamondbacks

*=Division Winner
**=Wild Card

League Divisional Series
Red Sox vs. Rangers
Twins vs. Yankees
Phillies vs. Giants
Reds vs. Rockies

League Championship Series
Red Sox vs. Twins
Phillies vs. Reds

World Series
Red Sox vs. Reds

Champions
Cincinatti Reds

I still don't recognize the Houston Astros as a team. The have been officially off my radar for many years, even though they pretty much suck now.

Don't forget to read these predictions again in October to see how I did.

Written by: RF

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