Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Baseball Playoffs
The Clarion could make a case for any of the four A.L. teams to win it all.
Briefly it's, the Indians: the top two starters. The Angels: speed, grit and Vladimir Guerrero. The Yankees: the line-up, if A-Rod hits, and the bullpen, if Mariano is the Mariano of old. The Red Sox: the one, two and three starters and David Ortiz. No matter what team wins the A.L., the Clarion picks them to win the World Series.
In the N.L. the Clarion picks the Phillies to be the best of a bad lot. The Diamondbacks just got to 90 wins on the last day of the season, the worst record to be best in the league in ages. The resiliency the Phillies showed driving to the finish to catch the Mets, despite having significant injuries during the course of the year, will serve them well. They are catching the hot Rockies, winners of 13 of 14 coming in, including the one game playoff. If any of the N.L. teams other than the Phils, win it will be a travesty on par with last year, the 2003 and 1997 Marlins. The Phils at least have a legit squad an infield for the ages. The rest of the N.L. couldn't hold a candle to any of the champs from pre-expansion era. (1977) Doesn't mean one of the N.L. squads won't win, just that it would be another anonymous champion for a diluted sport.
Briefly it's, the Indians: the top two starters. The Angels: speed, grit and Vladimir Guerrero. The Yankees: the line-up, if A-Rod hits, and the bullpen, if Mariano is the Mariano of old. The Red Sox: the one, two and three starters and David Ortiz. No matter what team wins the A.L., the Clarion picks them to win the World Series.
In the N.L. the Clarion picks the Phillies to be the best of a bad lot. The Diamondbacks just got to 90 wins on the last day of the season, the worst record to be best in the league in ages. The resiliency the Phillies showed driving to the finish to catch the Mets, despite having significant injuries during the course of the year, will serve them well. They are catching the hot Rockies, winners of 13 of 14 coming in, including the one game playoff. If any of the N.L. teams other than the Phils, win it will be a travesty on par with last year, the 2003 and 1997 Marlins. The Phils at least have a legit squad an infield for the ages. The rest of the N.L. couldn't hold a candle to any of the champs from pre-expansion era. (1977) Doesn't mean one of the N.L. squads won't win, just that it would be another anonymous champion for a diluted sport.
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