My Attempt at Predicting The Rest of The Season
I'm sorry that I haven't been filling your regular baseball fix. Oh who the hell am I kidding? I read the traffic numbers from this site. You're not reading. But for you two that might still read, I am going to try and let you know how the 2005 season is going to end.

NL East Champion: Atlanta (until someone proves they can beat them...)
NL Central Champ: St. Louis (the Cubs will hang around for the whole season though)
NL West Champ: San Diego (never thought I'd feel strongest about the Padres among all NL Division winners, but I do).
NL Wild Card: It's going to be a fight between the Cubs, Nationals and Phillies. I look at the pitching, and it's really really tough. But my choice is... the Cubs.
NL Champion: St. Louis (They are WAY too tough for this league. WAY too tough).

AL East Champion: Boston (the Yankees might not even get second. Okay, they will, but not by a landslide).
AL Central Champ: Chicago (don't for a second think that the Twins won't make it close at some point, but the White Sox have Garcia, Buehrle, Garland, El Duque and Contreras. I mean those are five starters).
AL West Champ: Do I have to say Anaheim? The only team that's not winning their division right now that I selected to win their division is the Braves. So no, I won't say Anaheim. I'll say OAKLAND. Ha ha!
AL Wild Card: It looks like a battle between the Yankees, Orioles, Indians, Angels, Blue Jays, Rangers, and Twins. Take the Orioles, Indians, Angels and Blue Jays out because they won't pitch well enough. The Rangers hit just enough to overcome their shaky pitching, but not enough to overcome the Yankees and Twins. Because of the Yankees' buying power, I'm going to go with New York. But I feel queasy about this one.
AL Champ: It's going to be the Red Sox again. They'll figure it out. Garland can't get Ortiz or Manny out in a big spot.

World Champ: Payback's a bitch, Boston. Cardinals in seven.





Carpenter and the Cards will get their revenge