this is the way I see it....remember that most of the time....great pitching will neutralize great hitting in the playoffs....esp in a short series......
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cardinals 3 Dodgers 0...Dodgers are a great story, but when you are bringing Odalis Perez and Jeff Weaver out as your studs....you have problems...Gagne will have to be a 3 inning stopper to get this team out of this round....
Astros 3 Braves 2...the Astros are the hottest team in baseball have 2 stud SP's, the hottest closer in the game, and 5 stud hitters....the Braves are crafty and will make this a series...but in the end not enough....
Cardinals 4 Astros 2...if the astros can get their SP back in order with a short series vs the Braves, then this prediction would change, but only getting Oswalt and Clemens 2 games will cost the 'Stros...St Louis will mash their way to the World Series....
American League
Yankees 3 Twins 2..Santana will be Nasty, but can only pitch 2 games...Yanks are playoff savvy and will gut this one out...
Red Sox 3 Angels 1...again the Angels SP, other than Bartolo do not scare me..unfortunatley for Fatolo, he will have to fave Schilling twice, whic in my book= 2 losses
Red Sox 4 Yankees 3...in another epic battle....the Sox will kick the curse of the Bambino right in the junk....Yanks will be able to gut out a 5 game sereis vs the Twins, but will not have enough to overcome the dirtbag hitters of bahhhhstan....
WORLD SERIES...
Red Sox 4 Cardinals 2
Schilling is a stud, D Lowe will find himself, and Pedro, running on fumes, will nut it up as the strong SP of the Sox will hold the Cardinals hitting studs at bay...Keith Foulke will be the key... as long as he does not go BY Kim on the Sox, then the most annoying sports fans in America, will become 10x worse...God I hope I am wrong