One week before Opening Day . . . Place your baseball forecasts here . . .

[Jack Rabbit]

NATIONAL LEAGUE
. . Western Division . . . . Central Division . . . . Eastern Division . .

Los Angeles Dodgers. . . St. Louis Cardinals. . . Philadelphia Phillies. .
San Francisco Giants . . Chicago Cubs . . . . . . Atlanta Braves . . . . .
Colorado Rockies . . . . Cincinnati Reds. . . . . Florida Marlins. . . . .
Arizona Diamondbacks . . Milwaukee Brewers. . . . New York Mets. . . . . .
San Diego Padres . . . . Houston Astros . . . . . Washington Nationals . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh Pirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

AMERICAN LEAGUE
. . Western Division . . . . Central Division . . . . Eastern Division . .

Los Angeles Angels . . . Detroit Tigers . . . . . New York Yankees . . . .
Seattle Mariners . . . . Minnesota Twins. . . . . Boston Res Sox . . . . .
Texas Rangers. . . . . . Chicago White Sox. . . . Tampa Bay Rays . . . . .
Oakland A's. . . . . . . Kansas City Royals . . . Toronto Blue Jays. . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland Indians. . . . Baltimore Orioles. . . .

[Auggie]

1. Auggie picks...

American League

EAST: Boston
CENTRAL: Chicago
WEST: Seattle
WC: N.Y. Yankees

National League:

EAST: Philadelphia
CENTRAL: St. Louis
WEST. Colorado
WC: San Francisco

WORLD SERIES
St. Louis over Boston

[JonLP24]

2. Yes!

You picked Colorado to win the division. I sure hope you're right except for the NL champ part.

[Auggie]

12. Don't bet the house on it

My baseball picks usually suck

[madinmaryland]

3. Pittsburgh and Baltimore in the World Series!!

:D

[Jack Rabbit]

4. I used to hope for a Cubs-Red Sox Series

But that lost its meaning in 2004 when the Red Sox finally won one.

Before that time, I was warned by somebody that there might be something in the Book of Revelations about a Cubs-Red Sox Series.

[JonLP24]

5. So Cubs and what team from the AL went longest without winning a WS?

Trying to figure out who to root for the Rock show doesn't make it to the WS.

[El Supremo]

6. Indians for not winning a World Series (1948).

Rangers for not being in a World Series (started in 1961 as the Senators).

[JonLP24]

7. Never mind. I can't root for either of those two teams

I know Auggie likes Cleveland and I respect that but no way I can root for a team with a logo like that. I can't root for the Rangers due to the Bush connection but they may be under better management these days? I don't know.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. They are sure to be under better management these days

While owning the Rangers, the team discarded Sammy Sosa.

What would any one expect from the man who couldn't find oil in Texas or WMDs in Iraq?

[PRETZEL]

13. Bucco's make the suprise move of the year

John Russell announced that the pitcher is going to bat eighth this year.

Going to take the NL by storm.:yoiks:

[flvegan]

9. Red Sox over the Phillies in the WS.

The Nationals finish DFL with an under .400 season.

[TZ]

14. PFFT.

Red Sox finish third in the division and just barely miss the playoffs.

[Auggie]

16. Yankees are getting old

Prime opportunity for the Red Sox

[CatholicEdHead]

10. Twins vs Brewers World Series

[lazarus]

11. I predict

I will pay no attention to baseball, baseball news, or baseball threads. :evilgrin:

August can't come soon enough.

[Ganja Ninja]

15. The Rays need to get it done this year.

Next year they will have to reduce payroll and will probably lose Carl Crawford. I think it's a toss-up between the Rays, Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East.

[Auggie]

18. A lot of divisions look like toss-ups

Aside form the AL East you mentioned, these could be close too:

AL West -- Angels, Mariners
AL Central -- Twins, White Sox, Tigers
NL West -- Giants, Rockies, Dodgers

[Redbear]

17. The Houston Astros will

be mathematically eliminated from playoff contention at 9:57 PM CDT on August 14, 2010.

Also:

Dodgers, Giants(WC), Cubs, and Braves make the playoffs with the Braves advancing to the WS.

Rangers, White Sox, Red Sox, Yankees (WC) make the playoffs with Red Sox advancing to WS.

World Series will have a dominating Boston pitching staff against a Braves team inspired to send Bobby Cox into retirement with his second title.

In the last half of the ninth in game 7, Papelbon throws a wild pitch allowing Nate McLouth to score the winning run. However, replays will clearly show that the pitch actually hit the batter, Jason Heyward. Much controversy will ensue.

[backwoodsbob]

19. ok

n west SD

n Central Milwaukee

n east Phillies

A west Texas

a central Detroit

a east yankees

Yankees win it all

[Onceuponalife]

20. I think you're wrong about the A's JR

They're gonna do better than everyone thinks.

I hate to say it but the Giants pitching looks like the real deal this season. Zito is a question mark, though. You never know what he will do. The Giants should finish second behind the Dodgers in the West, unless the Dodgers can't pull their pitching staff together better than what they've shown in spring training.

[Forkboy]

21. The team with the best right handed pitcher wins it all.

That's my pick and I'm sticking with it!

[H2O Man]

22. Yankees. n/t

[Bluzmann57]

23. ok let's save these predictions

A.L. East
1. Yankees
2. Rays
3. Red Sox
4. BlueJays
5. Orioles

A.L. Central
1. White Sox
2. Tigers
3. Twins
4. Indians
5. Royals

A.L. West
1. Rangers
2. Mariners
3. Athletics
4. Angels

N.L. East
1. Phillies
2. Braves
3. Mets
4. Marlins
5. Nationals

N.L. Central
1. Cubs (hope springs eternal)
2. Cardinals
3. Brewers
4. Red Legs
5. Pirates

N.L. West
1. Giants
2. Dodgers
3. Rockies
4. Diamondbacks
5. Padres

Cardinals- N.L. Wild card Cubs over Giants, Cards over Phillies, Cubs over Crads N.L. Champs!
Tigers- A.L. Wild card. Tigers over Yankees, Chisox over Rangers, Chisox over Tigers, Chisox A.L. Champs. Cubs over Chisox in one of the greatest series ever played.

3.

[Redbear]

27. 29 teams. So, are you predicting that the Astros will be relegated to the PCL at midseason?

or that they will just cease to exist?

[Bluzmann57]

29. Oops

Forgot about the Astros.Oh well,theywill be no better than fourth in the N.L. Central.

[Zech Marquis The 2nd]

24. Here are my predictions!!!

NL--Dodgers and Cardinals repeat, BUT...I'll say that the Atlanta Braves will be winning the NL East (and I really hope the MWR at Fort Gordon can spring this future soldier either cheap or tickets to se an MLB in person) and the Phillies will be the wildcard team

AL--The Yankees, Tigers, and...Either Texas or the Mariners (as long s Bradley doesn't go apeshit in the clubhouse again--The Angels have lost some really good players, and I;m not sure how they'll do. Boston with the Wild card, but expect a big challenege from the likes of Toronto and Tamp Bay.

[CBR]

25. Picks...

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cards
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wildcard: Braves

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL Wildcard: Rays

Playoffs:

NLDS: Phillies over Dodgers
NLDS: Braves over Cards
NLCS: Phillies over Braves

ALDS: Red Sox over Tigers
ALDS: Mariners over Rays
ALCS: Red Sox over Mariners

WS: Phillies over Red Sox

[Voltaire]

32. Phillies to win it all

but you gotta play all the games first

[CBR]

33. I opened my mail today and there stood SI with Halladay on the

cover. I peeked inside the issue and they picked the Phils to win it all. I fear we may be doomed. Thanks alot SI!!!!

[Capt. America]

26. I still love baseball, but I don't have a team any longer (dropped Cubs and hate Indians management)

NL East: Phils
NL Central: Cards
NL West: Rockies
NL WC: Dodgers

AL East: Yankmees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Seattle
AL WC: Red Sox

Cards over Dodgers, Phils over Rockies,
Cards over Phils

Sox over Seattle, Yankmees over Twins
Sox over Yankmees in 7

Sox over Cards

SNORE!!!!!

[Auggie]

28. Come on over to the Giants, Cap

Good pitching. Great ballpark. Beautiful city.

[Capt. America]

30. I have heard wonderful things about SF from folks who have visited there and

I do have a pal here that is a Giants fan; however, it may be difficult for me to follow them in the eastern time zone. Thanks for the offer!

[damyank913]

31. Yanks win it all in 7 games over the Dodgers.

AL East: Yanks
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL WC: Red Sox

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cards
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Braves

Yanks over Dodgers in 7 games.

[travelingtypist]

34. Surprised to see the Mariners love here

despite Cliff Lee being out with an abdominal injury and the fact that Bradley's had three meltdowns in less than a month.

I'm still rooting for them, but the rosy hue has left my glasses.

[Auggie]

35. Kick and...

:rofl:

Wow, I am so off

[JonLP24]

36. Season is far from over

I believe everyone is still within 10 games of each other except for Baltimore so you could still end up correct. However I will say, unless I missed it, no one gave San Diego a shot in hell and they are leading the division. Again, still a lot of baseball to be played.