Championship Series Predictions

The playoffs are now really heating up after the Division Series are over. I went 2-for-4 in my predictions; I definitely did not expect three series sweeps. Anyway, here’s what I think will happen in the pennant races:

NCLS: winner = Dodgers in 5 I can’t foresee a sweep, but I do see LA taking this one pretty easily. Even though the Phillies return to the postseason with the majority of their squad from last year’s World Series-winning team, they just don’t seem to have the same gusto in 2009. The Dodgers, on the other hand, took care of business with a very tough St. Louis team, and I think they will continue on in the same fashion. Dodgers will take the first two at home followed by the first in Philadelphia. The Phils will hold on to take game four, but LA will take the NL pennant in game five.

ALCS: winner = Yankees in 6 This is gearing up to be a good one. The Angels played the Yanks tough in the regular season, but New York seems to be a different team late in the season and now in the playoffs. New York will start off the series taking both at home, but LA will come right back to take their first two on the West coast. However, New York will untie it in the last bout in LA and bring home an AL crown at home in the new “House that Jeter built.”

Imagine that, a Yankees-Dodgers World Series. Not only will Joe Torre face his former club that he coached to four World Series titles, but he would also be pitted against his former World Series winning catcher Joe Girardi, the new Yankees skipper. Not to mention historically, LA originated as the Brooklyn Dodgers before they made the move west in 1958. Oh, this could be one for the ages.