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MistaNova:
--- Quote from: Keeping It Gully on May 17, 2013, 08:09:40 PM ---i like what the indians are doing so far but yeah man Detroit only needed 88 wins to take the division last year
but give them credit, they dominated the AL in the post season before the Giants somehow raped them. Last years Giants might be the worst team to win the world series in years lol
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The Indians always start off the season hot but find themselves out of contention by mid-August, I doubt this year is any different.
And I will not give them any sort of credit.
First off they managed to slide into the post-season last year because they won that shitty ass AL Central, meanwhile the Angels and Rays missed the postseason despite finishing with better records than the Tigers, that's bullshit.
Second, they did not dominate the AL. The Oakland A's gave them a run for their money in the ALDS and nearly knocked them out of contention. The Tigers just happened to win and then they only had to face a tired, old Yankees team that was just relying on it's starting pitching and Raul Ibanez.
Third, they got swept in the WS by another team that got to the postseason because their division was a shitty one and one that didn't even have their true ace (stoner Tim) at 100%.
They just got to the WS thanks to their circumstances and sheer luck. They bested the A's and Yanks in a short series that practically anybody could win (which is pretty much the same for the Giants).
And while I was writting this post I decided to rank the MLB divisions from worst to best.
AL Central < NL West < AL West < NL East < NL Central < AL East
The AL Central sucks because it's only got 1 good team, 3 mediocre ones and 1 really shitty one.
The NL West sucks because it's got 1 good team, 1 team that should be a lot better but isn't, 1 mediocre one and 2 crappy ones.
The AL West has 1 good team, 1 team that should be better but sucks, 2 mediocre teams and 1 really crappy one.
The NL East have 2 good teams, 2 mediocre teams and 1 crappy team.
The NL Central have 2 good teams and 3 mediocre ones.
The AL East have 5 kinda good, mostly overachieving teams (although there is 1 team that should be better but isn't) but they've all played so relatively well that the division is tough as shit. And yes, I'm biased sue me 8).
Hack Wilson - real:
NL central is nuts this year
the Reds are my pick to make the world series (since the Dodgers are underachievers)
MistaNova:
Although I picked the Nats as my WS winner (ugh :P), I think that the Cardinals win the NL Central. The amount of depth that team has both pitching and hitting wise is incredible. I have the Reds as one of the 2 NL wild card teams that'll go up against either the Braves or Nats.
Hack Wilson - real:
carlos beltran is the man...except when he's a Met 8)
MistaNova:
I personally didn't mind when he was a Met, he managed to re-enforce the fact that the baseball Gods have denied the Mets of ever having a good outfield/outfielder haha.
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