it's been a while.

i'm reallllllllllly bad at keeping this thing updated. it's bad. seriously. bad.
1) i should really stop making postseason pics. it has not gone well for me the past two years. although i did pick half of the LCS matchups correctly. (still not sold on the rays. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84BrIfKbtw&feature=related) but enough of that.

2) i decided i really should keep better care of this thing. it's like a fish. it can survive on nothing for weeks (months, whatever) but it's alot more exciting when kept fed.

3) i was sitting in economics class today and found that the guy next to me was what we call a neck beard. for those who are unfamiliar with the neckbeard, it's a most uncomfortable phenomenon. it's a beard, often of great length which, for the most part ignores the face and is only on the neck. now, if the neck beard wasn't bad enough, he smelled like ramen water. the water, from ramen noodles. i eventually had to move, but then found that the entire business building smelled like ramen water. twas terrible. but it was at that point that i decided that everythought that pops into my head should be documented. as such, i am declaring this weekend, maybe saturday tim's grand "liveblogging fiesta-cular." (combination of fiesta, and spectacular) wherein, all of my thoughts (maybe not all but a large percentage) will be documented. it should be fun. or terrifying. or both.

there's only one october!

MLB postseason baby.
picks.
and logic behind them.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

division series.

Chicago White Sox (89-74)
vs
Tampa bay Devil rays (97-65)
pick: white sox over rays in 4. i think that as good a story as the devil rays have been this year, i think the momentum the white sox have, as well as the experience in the postseason, on that line i think i have to give the managerial advantage to ozzie guillen, he's been there. done that. joe maddon, not as far as i know. i think the devil rays will put up a good fight, but in the end i don't see them winning.

Boston Red Sox (95-67)
v
Anaheim Angels (100-62)
Pick: and i know this is going to seem biased, but i've gotta pick the sox in 5. game one will be a duel between aces lester and lackey, over which i believe lester will triumph. game two i think could be a wash, with matsuzaka on the mound. game three, even with beckett hurt you can't bet against beckett. 4 is lester again. and then game 5 everyone goes. not to mention that history is on the sox side. granted they didn't have texiera, but the halos bats have a tendency to go flat in the postseason. managerial advantage, goes to francona. he seems to rally the troops no matter how beat up they are.

ALCS.
Boston Red Sox
v
Chicago White sox
Pick: damn it i seem super biased. but again i'm picking boston over chicago. i think beckett will be healthy enough to go at least twice, and you can't bet against beckett. i think it'll go 6 games with boston dropping two but coming out on top. i think the pitching of the sox can hold the white sox hitters down, and the sox bats can beat up on chicago's pitching.

AL Champ: Boston.

NLDS
CHicago Cubs (97-64)
vs
LA Dodgers (84-78)
Pick: unfortunately i've got to go with the cubs here. even with manny the dodgers find themselves on top of the weakest division in baseball. the cubs battled all year for their spot on the top and i don't see them going down easy. i'm givin it to the cubs in 3. joe torre and lou piniella is a very difficult matchup to give an advantage to. i think torre's got a better management style, but piniellas got the better team.

Philadelphia Phillies (92-70)
vs
Milwaukee Brewers (90-72)
Pick: shocking shocking i'm picking the phillies. the best thing the brewers have going for them is CCsabathia, and he's proven to not be the big game pitcher his teams would have hoped (see 07 playoffs) i think the phillies will be strong and beat the brewers in 3 games. Charlie Manuel, is an easy pick over dale sveum. i've gotta give the advantage to manuel/


NLCS:
Phillies
v
Cubs
Pick: i can't see this series going any less than 7 games. i think it will come down to who can come up with clutch hitting and pitching. last year (i don't know if i published my picks, but i picked the phillies to clean up, but unfortunately they found themselves swept out of the postseason. i'm not sure who i'm leaning towards. i think the cubs have the pitching advantage. i think the phils have the bats. i think when it comes down to it i've gotta go with the cubs. i can't see the phils holding up against chicago pitching.

NL Champs
Cubs.

World Series.
Boston
v
Chicago

: 7 games. the cubs will hand terry francona his first world series game loss (he currently sits at 8-0 in two fall classics.) the cubs have waited for 100 years to win. and they can wait for another. i think the sox play a different ball game, and wind up taking the series in seven.

it seems super biased, but i think even a 75% josh beckett is better than alot of pitchers out there, lester has been dominant, and i think matsuzaka will be bailed out by the 3 man rotation, and the long relief combo of byrd and wakefield. i think the sox have a solid rotation, and assuming the bats stay strong and don't fade (as they have this season a few times) i think the sox have got the repeat.

there's only one october.