pick the nl champ

[cranberry]

What about Clint Hurdle?

 

[Oz]

I voted for the Padres. :D

 

[Dangerous_K]

I'd go with Melvin, or maybe Clint Hurdle. 90 and 89 wins respectively from the two teams that were supposed to finish fourth and fifth in the NL West.

 

[Songbird]

But Sweet Lou is Sweet Lou. Isn't this the 3rd team he's taken to the playoffs?

 

[friend of a friend]

What about Tony LaRussa?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Cubs, as noted elsewhere. If/when they win Wednesday, its a walk to the league championship round . . . and Cub pitching is clearly better than Philly's.

 

[mike311gd]

If anyone beats out Melvin, it's Hurdle. I don't see anyone else anywhere close. A distant third is probably Acta, especially with what he did with a team that wasn't picked to win more than 42 games.

 

[Oz]

But Sweet Lou is Sweet Lou. Isn't this the 3rd team he's taken to the playoffs?

But Sweet Lou's team spent $250 million this past offseason. I would vote for Hurdle.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Wow, the NL really stinks.

 

[Dangerous_K]

Wow, the NL really stinks.

No.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Wow, the NL really stinks.

No.

Which NL team is better than any of the AL playoff teams? Detroit would be the NL favorite.

 

[Dangerous_K]

Wow, the NL really stinks.

No.

Which NL team is better than any of the AL playoff teams? Detroit would be the NL favorite.

I would imagine the Rockies might be able to stake a claim, considering they beat both the Red Sox and Yankees.

 

[Dangerous_K]

Wow, the NL really stinks.

No.

Which NL team is better than any of the AL playoff teams? Detroit would be the NL favorite.

I would imagine the Rockies might be able to stake a claim, considering they beat both the Red Sox and Yankees.

Uhh ... no.

What? The Rockies won season series with both the Red Sox and Yankees, the former on the road and the latter a sweep.

 

[Dangerous_K]

What? The Rockies won season series with both the Red Sox and Yankees, the former on the road and the latter a sweep.

The Royals have been known to sweep the Sox and Yanks, too. Does that mean they should "be able to stake a claim" to being a better team? I don't think so.

So you can definitively say the NL stinks, yet can't bring one of those teams winning head-to-head into the conversation?

 

[Dangerous_K]

Just want to say I'm not saying winning one season series makes the Rockies definitively better, but to imply the AL is just going to steamroll through the World Series? Every team in this year's playoffs has its strength and weaknesses. There's no one team (or four, as Guy says) that's THAT much better than the rest.

 

[Dangerous_K]

I see what you mean, but really I haven't seen anything from the AL teams that makes me think they are THAT much better than the NL teams. The Indians lost every game they played against New York, and NY has questionable pitching. The Angels were owned by the Red Sox, and the Red Sox played horrible down the stretch. In terms of talent, yeah, those four have more. I don't know, I'm kinda posting in circles.

 

[BTExpress]

No. If not for the Mets' collapse, his team is playing golf.

True, but half the Mets' losses during the collapse came against the Phillies.

So there is something to be said for Manuel's team killing them as opposed to just walking over their corpse.

That being said, I still would put Manuel no better than third in MOY award.

 

[casty33]

Rockies ... why not pick the most unlikely possibility? Besides, remember last year when the Cardinals looked like they didn't have a chance and won the Series. It could happen again. (Besides, Clint Hurdle is a good guy).

 

[mike311gd]

Rockies ... why not pick the most unlikely possibility? Besides, remember last year when the Cardinals looked like they didn't have a chance and won the Series. It could happen again. (Besides, Clint Hurdle is a good guy).

Sure looks like it.

 

[Angola!]

I see what you mean, but really I haven't seen anything from the AL teams that makes me think they are THAT much better than the NL teams. The Indians lost every game they played against New York, and NY has questionable pitching. The Angels were owned by the Red Sox, and the Red Sox played horrible down the stretch. In terms of talent, yeah, those four have more. I don't know, I'm kinda posting in circles.

The AL teams' offenses would bludgeon the NL. When the Rockies kept running out ****ty pitcher after ****ty pitcher the other night and that poor San Diego offense couldn't score it was almost annoying to watch.
Getting shut down by the likes of LaTroy Hawkins, Ramon Ortiz, Jorge Julio, and three guys I've never heard of is embarrassing.

Though I also understand because of double switches and whatnot, you don't necessarily have your A+ lineups still in the game in the 14th, but still.

I think the difference in the AL this year is there is better pitching than year's past. Yeah, the Yankees pitching is sketchy, but Boston, Cleveland and Anaheim all have strong 1-2 punches that are a lot better than their NL counterparts.

Oh, and Dangerous K, buckweaver is an NL fan in case you didn't know.