BaseBowl Preview

Waiting to the Michigan State vs UConn game to start (I picked Mich State in Streak For Cash...you can't go against the 2-seed MSU), Frankenberry and I were commenting on how useless we all are when I got this message from Mr. Bowl:

Bowl said...

Buddies I didn't know where else to put this so I'm posting it here...
I need a baseball preview form you. The season starts tomorrow even though I will pretend like it doesn't until Monday because that is when it should. Anyway I want division winners, your World Series match up with the winner, and season award winners. A separate piece about the Indians and Reds might be nice or just extra about them. Whatever, you know what I mean.

Get it done.

While I can't endorse making comments irrelevant to the topic at hand, it's hard to justify not satisfying my only reader. Without further ado, Bowl, Frankenberry and I will talk this baseball season out. Let's see how this goes (probably not well).

Note: The ONLY reason to read this chat is for comedic value. It is meandering and meaningless and I will sum it up at the end. This conversation has been SEVERELY edited...and it STILL looks like this. Enjoy.

Buddies929: im makin' my font all stupid so you can tell us apart
Buddies929: don't change yours rob
Buddies929: you idiot
Buddies929: alright
Buddies929: frankly, i don't picture us getting anything done while watching this final four game
Buddies929: bowl, what cereal are you eating?
BowlBradington88: banana nut cheerios
Buddies929: i want 'em
BowlBradington88: they are great
CaptainRoBry: balls, nuts, cheerios
Buddies929: clark kellogg looks like he wants to eat jim nantz
CaptainRoBry: OK, I THINK I HAVE FOUND MY FONT
Buddies929: me too
Buddies929: by the way, this is going into the blog UNEDITED
BowlBradington88: GREAT!
CaptainRoBry: I'D SEX
CaptainRoBry: LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD (BALLS)
Buddies929: bowl, you have to keep us on topic
BowlBradington88: f*ck that
CaptainRoBry: I WILL
BowlBradington88 (6:00:40 PM): this is going to be turrible
CaptainRoBry: AL EAST????
CaptainRoBry: MORE LIKE AL LEAST
CaptainRoBry: No more caps
Buddies929: so we got rays, sox, yanks, b-jays and oreos
CaptainRoBry: i wish i didn't have to listen to clark smellog all throughout
Buddies929: have the orioles given up as an organization at this point?
BowlBradington88: the only thing worth caring about on the Orioles is Matt Wieters
Buddies929: i have no idea who that is
CaptainRoBry: No, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis are the stuff
CaptainRoBry: brian roberts...ok
Buddies929: that is purely a fantasy opinion
CaptainRoBry: nah, wieters is supposed to be hott
CaptainRoBry: M Wieners
BowlBradington88: Wieters should be the best hitting catcher in the majors for the next decade
BowlBradington88: Mauer but with power
Buddies929: maowa wit' powa
CaptainRoBry: i heard that exact quote on sportscenter
CaptainRoBry: and it angered me greatly
CaptainRoBry: as most things do
Buddies929: that back of his jersey should say "Mawawitpowa"
Buddies929: alright, we've already spent too much time talking about the orioles
CaptainRoBry: i mean, line up...B+
CaptainRoBry: Rotation...D
CaptainRoBry: They are the AL Least
BowlBradington88: no way they get close to .500
Buddies929: the fact that they are in that division makes them hopeless
CaptainRoBry: and the fact that Simon wants outside
Buddies929: haha alright
Buddies929: i think we should just speculate as to the order of rays, sox, yanks
Buddies929: i might go sox, yanks, rays
BowlBradington88: the more i look at their teams i think the rays might be the best
CaptainRoBry: i got Yanks, Sox, Rays, Orioles, BJays
CaptainRoBry: in that order
Buddies929: im sure the indians looked really good after last season
CaptainRoBry: With BJays getting maybe 67 wins
BowlBradington88: i have rays, sox, yanks, orioles, bjays in order
Buddies929: rob: "Goran Pooptan"
CaptainRoBry: So no Playoffs again for Bowl's Yankees?
BowlBradington88: no
CaptainRoBry: Girardi fired by mid season?
Buddies929: steiny dies by mid season
BowlBradington88: have you seen their order other than tex and a-rod when he's back
BowlBradington88: not good
Buddies929: i did totally just forget about a-rod for a second
CaptainRoBry: dude...their rotation is sick with it
Buddies929: and jeter isn't even good
CaptainRoBry: jeter cano damon could be hott
BowlBradington88: burnett will die and pettite sucks
Buddies929: rob....
Buddies929: damon?
Buddies929: i love cano, but that is irrational
CaptainRoBry: dude, check the box
CaptainRoBry: once he moved to left he was beastly
Buddies929: don't try to sell me johnny damon
Buddies929: broke ass sexual chocolate
Buddies929: but seriously
Buddies929: he's not good
CaptainRoBry: Least important player in the history of the Final Four: Craig Austrie
Buddies929: plus, how can you win without the Giambino?!?!
BowlBradington88: plus the yankees are all bad in the field
CaptainRoBry: dude, not all bad
CaptainRoBry: although i did see some random stats say jeter is the worst shortstop in baseball
CaptainRoBry: and that even includes jhonny peralta
Buddies929: he was the worst shortstop on the america WBC team
BowlBradington88: no chance he is worse than jhonny
CaptainRoBry: check pecota
Buddies929: bowl, we all love jhonny
BowlBradington88: he has the least amount of range a ss has ever had
Buddies929: i love it
CaptainRoBry: hoawabout yankees trade for Edwin Encarnacion, move him to short, and send Jeter to Double A?
Buddies929: ok let's get back on topic a little
CaptainRoBry: consensus divison winner?
CaptainRoBry: No sox
Buddies929: it might actually be the rays
Buddies929: i usually think its stupid to go against the sox but they don't have manny
CaptainRoBry: i actually like the o's to make noise
Buddies929: and the yankees lost most of their insane lineup
BowlBradington88: no
CaptainRoBry: like tor did last year
CaptainRoBry: and then perish late
BowlBradington88: orioles will get like 70-74 wins
CaptainRoBry: lol
CaptainRoBry: more like 83
CaptainRoBry: exactly
Buddies929: 12
CaptainRoBry: nice range, bowl
CaptainRoBry: didn't even include 83
BowlBradington88: haha
Buddies929: alright....
Buddies929: are we goin' Rays number 1?
Buddies929: lucas cash
Buddies929: lucash
BowlBradington88: i'm for the rays at 1
CaptainRoBry: Rays 1 is good i guess
CaptainRoBry: but i hate
CaptainRoBry: i forgot to pick my streak for cash
Buddies929: there's nothing worse than that
Buddies929: seems like consensus is:
CaptainRoBry: O's #1
Buddies929: rays, bosox, spankees, o's, jays
CaptainRoBry: no way
BowlBradington88: those are mine
CaptainRoBry: Rays Yanks
Buddies929: with rob being the lone proponent of orioles number one
CaptainRoBry: Yank my Ray
Buddies929: renegade
Buddies929: rob got yanks over sox?
CaptainRoBry: Sox: Trash
CaptainRoBry: The TrashSox
BowlBradington88: i think the sox and yanks will both be worse than people think
CaptainRoBry: Dustin Pedroia: Worst MVP Ever?
BowlBradington88: yes
Buddies929: its going to come down to who has some young guy come up and be awesome/an old guy getting hurt
Buddies929: which is what everything comes down to in baseball
Buddies929: which is why i hate picking preseason baseball anything
BowlBradington88: AL last year: MVP= Pedroia, Cy Young= Cliff Lee
CaptainRoBry: I'll be cool with Rays
Buddies929: yeah, he can't even hit the high and inside fastball
BowlBradington88: quality
Buddies929: hahaha
CaptainRoBry: because of the david price theory
Buddies929: cliff lee wasn't even the minor league mvp two years ago
CaptainRoBry: Cliff Lee is a worse Cy Young than Pedroia MVP
Buddies929: all those AAA guys who were hammering him in '07 are like "???"
BowlBradington88: let's move on from the east
Buddies929: seriously
CaptainRoBry: AL LEAST
Buddies929: 1. Rays 2. Sox 3. Yanks 4. Orioles 5. Jays
CaptainRoBry: NO
CaptainRoBry: NO sox
Buddies929: im actually ok with that
Buddies929: i am indifferent to yanks/sox
CaptainRoBry: Yanks Wildcard
Buddies929: fair enough
BowlBradington88: fine
CaptainRoBry: dude, CC, Ching Ding Wang, Burnett, etc
Buddies929: AL (L)East:
CaptainRoBry: AL LEAST
Buddies929: rays, yanks, sox, oreos, jays
Buddies929: i hate you
Buddies929: moving on
Buddies929: AL Central
Buddies929: ?
Buddies929: <3
CaptainRoBry: THE WORST
Buddies929: the jon sheyer of divisions
CaptainRoBry: This is seriously the worst division in baseball
Buddies929: scheyer
Buddies929: duschhh
Buddies929: seriosuly?
BowlBradington88: the west is SO much worse
CaptainRoBry: I have high hopes for the Royals
Buddies929: true probably
Buddies929: high hopes meaning 82-80
Buddies929: at best
CaptainRoBry: Gil Meche having a "CLIFF" style cy young campaign
Buddies929: that style doesn't really exist
CaptainRoBry: it did last year
Buddies929: unless you are counting on a fluke
CaptainRoBry: people cant hit because you're too bad
Buddies929: that was paul byrd
Buddies929: and borowski
CaptainRoBry: and jamie moyer
Buddies929: and wickman
CaptainRoBry: cy youngs and world series rings
CaptainRoBry: i need to suck worse
CaptainRoBry: then i'll be winning trophies and rings
Buddies929: ok...
Buddies929: i would like to say that i like the indians to win this division with no more than 90 wins
CaptainRoBry: I have the Royals winning the division: with 83 wins
BowlBradington88: i got tribe, twins, royals, tigers, chi sox
CaptainRoBry: AKA tying the Orioles
BowlBradington88: tribe get 91 wins
CaptainRoBry: but making the playoffs
Buddies929: i kinda like bowl's
Buddies929: and on a personal note, i LOVE bowl himself
CaptainRoBry: My Fave Five: Royals, Twins, Indians, Tigers, White Sox
Buddies929: by the way, we decided you have to keep pick up game stats, bowl
BowlBradington88: that's so hard
Buddies929: well rob, i think we all know how much your opinion is going to be taken into consideration in this division
Buddies929: (not)
CaptainRoBry: Voy a l(a) centro
Buddies929: that's so stupid
Buddies929: el agua gato
CaptainRoBry: me gusta!
Buddies929: ok we're goin' with bowl 'n' mine
CaptainRoBry: absolutely not
Buddies929: tribe, twinks, (you don't matter) royals, tiggz, sox
CaptainRoBry: how are the indians going to win 91 games?
CaptainRoBry: seriously???
Buddies929: (bowl, i'll obviously only write about the indians during the season, so don't fret)
Buddies929: we have to please all of my national readers
CaptainRoBry: their rotation is jim jacobs, fausto carmona, and toots magoots
BowlBradington88: vicky is back, derosa is good, shin-soo is hot, fausto= Cy, and kerry wood is not blowrowski
Buddies929: this is the first Indians closer ive seen for a while who can throw over 90 mph
CaptainRoBry: you have 3 eric milton's at the bottom of the rotation
CaptainRoBry: and I included cliff lee in there
Buddies929: pavano comeback player of the year!!!
CaptainRoBry: because he is exactly eric mitlon
CaptainRoBry: NO NO NO
Buddies929: wily mo pena comeback fatass of the year
CaptainRoBry: Pavano pitches 3 innings during the tenure of any contract
BowlBradington88: the indians were good at the end of last year with a thrown together piece of shit rotation
Buddies929: the point is: odd number year, good tribe year
CaptainRoBry: i see pavano's season line going...3 ip 3 er
CaptainRoBry: POS is key work
CaptainRoBry: and word
Buddies929: im moving on
Buddies929: AL WEST
Buddies929: AL Worst
Buddies929: AL Duschhhh
CaptainRoBry: Al West: American Hero
BowlBradington88: i want to pick the rangers so bad but their rotation would get lit up in a high school rec league
Buddies929: you gotta go with the angels winning 200 games this year
CaptainRoBry: hamilton, 69 hr
CaptainRoBry: on opening day
Buddies929: hammy will have 69 hrs
Buddies929: fantasyyyyy
Buddies929: ichiro hurt for opener
CaptainRoBry: As are the darkhorse
CaptainRoBry: Angels will win by 13 games though
BowlBradington88: i like the angels to win but not be that good followed by rangers, a's, mariners
Buddies929: angels, a's, rangers, mariners
CaptainRoBry: 96 wins
Buddies929: no, 200 wins
CaptainRoBry: to the rangers and As tied at 83
CaptainRoBry: 83 wins will be a hotbed
Buddies929: why does burger king want me to want to have sex with their hamburgers?
BowlBradington88: reds get 83 wins
Buddies929: i feel like the A's and Rangers will end similarly
Buddies929: A's win by like 3 games
Buddies929: but it won't matter at all in any way
CaptainRoBry: dude reds double 83
BowlBradington88: thabeet sucks
Buddies929: ok
Buddies929: bowl, thoughts?
BowlBradington88: on?
Buddies929: why do you like the rangers over the afaleticks
CaptainRoBry: Uconn is illllll
CaptainRoBry: i wish i wouldnt have forgotten to pick my streak!!!!!!!!
BowlBradington88: a's aren't good at anything while at least the rangers can hit the shit out of the ball
Buddies929: i wish i would have
CaptainRoBry: As are good
CaptainRoBry: at being young
CaptainRoBry: which is tricky
Buddies929: A's always have a bunch of dirty ugly left handed hippie looking white idiots
BowlBradington88: they do have cust...
Buddies929: has anyone noticed all their players look and are exactly the same?
Buddies929: chavez
Buddies929: giambi
CaptainRoBry: byrnes
Buddies929: cust
Buddies929: EVERYONE
CaptainRoBry: bobby dirtsby
Buddies929: and then they usually have a token black guy
CaptainRoBry: rajai davis
CaptainRoBry: "Did you just make up Bobby Dirtsby?"
CaptainRoBry: I hate "Buddies" lack of knowledge
CaptainRoBry: it makes me want to murder him
CaptainRoBry: constantly
CaptainRoBry: Indians Fans...
Buddies929: ooooohhhohohohhhoooo...
Buddies929: edit!
BowlBradington88: haha
Buddies929: alright
CaptainRoBry: You bitch!
Buddies929: im bored of the west
Buddies929: rob, you're the tiebreaker
Buddies929: ballaz or ringaz
BowlBradington88: ringaz!
CaptainRoBry: Angels, As, Rangers, Moop
BowlBradington88: gay
Buddies929: ha ha! suck it bowl
Buddies929: hey bowl, what's the difference between jam and jelly?
BowlBradington88: i dunno
Buddies929: rob can't jelly his [edit] up your mom's [edit]!
BowlBradington88: lol
CaptainRoBry: ahahaha
Buddies929: alright
Buddies929: that is the perfect way to end the AL
Buddies929: so we got playoff teams as follows
Buddies929: Angels over Yanks? do the angels only choke against the sox?
CaptainRoBry: Angels are not good
CaptainRoBry: they are playoff poopers
Buddies929: but only against the red sox normally
CaptainRoBry: only barry bonds could lose to them
BowlBradington88: i mean it's best to just pick a world series team and not try to predict match ups
Buddies929: who do we like?
Buddies929: angels are the team that people like to pick to WS it up, but it NEVER happens (except that one time)
CaptainRoBry: BONDS
Buddies929: right
CaptainRoBry: Howabout...whatever AL team signs bonds midseason...makes WS
BowlBradington88: i got yanks out of those teams
Buddies929: unfortunatly i don't disagree
BowlBradington88: the angels are not good
Buddies929: what about the rays again?
CaptainRoBry: Yanks indeed
CaptainRoBry: i do love rays
BowlBradington88: the rays are the only other choice for me
BowlBradington88: they could do it
Buddies929: true
CaptainRoBry: but you gotta yank
Buddies929: i feel good about the reverse jinx of the yanks
BowlBradington88: the only reason i don't have them is b/c they did it last year
Buddies929: yeah i don't really envision a rays AL dynasty
BowlBradington88: yanks have a good 3 man rotation
Buddies929: alright spanks
CaptainRoBry: AL Least
BowlBradington88: the NL is so boring. there are no good teams
CaptainRoBry: Except for 1
Buddies929: yeah, the phillies
CaptainRoBry: Reds playa
CaptainRoBry: Jerry Crasnick says they are the best team ever
Buddies929: ok shut up
CaptainRoBry: yummy youngies
Buddies929: NL Feast?
CaptainRoBry: More like NL LEAST!
Buddies929: haha goddamnit
Buddies929: both of those divisions are the best in their league
Buddies929: but they are the least apparently
BowlBradington88: i'm going same order as last year but flop the top. so mets, phils, marlins, braves, nats
CaptainRoBry: Bowl
Buddies929: eww bowl
Buddies929: mets?
CaptainRoBry: Mets will never
Buddies929: k-rod?
BowlBradington88: they have a bullpen now
Buddies929: eww
CaptainRoBry: Matt Redd?
Buddies929: EWW
Buddies929: bowl, there are too many things wrong with the mets
Buddies929: delgado is gonna get roid busted mid season
Buddies929: at the latest
CaptainRoBry: Delgado, reyes, wright
CaptainRoBry: not as good this year
CaptainRoBry: i feel like beltran should get worse...but i also have a feeling he'll be straight up ballin
BowlBradington88: they got a bull pen and the phillies got worse
CaptainRoBry: phils suck
CaptainRoBry: let's think weird here
BowlBradington88: marlins
Buddies929: but the phillies taught me that baseball's not about feelin' good
CaptainRoBry: Braves?
BowlBradington88: no
Buddies929: eww
BowlBradington88: NO
Buddies929: gross
BowlBradington88: NOOOOO
CaptainRoBry: dude, Derek Lowe...Healthy Hudson
Buddies929: i would feel great about picking the marlins to make the playoffs
CaptainRoBry: They still have COX
BowlBradington88: they are terrible
BowlBradington88: outside the box in this division is the marlins
Buddies929: i feel like doing that
BowlBradington88: is it time for them to win it all and blow it up yet?
Buddies929: probably
CaptainRoBry: nah that's next yeatr
Buddies929: haha ok
CaptainRoBry: hanley for homer bailey
BowlBradington88: haha
CaptainRoBry: mid season
CaptainRoBry: fine, i'll give them encarnacion a well
Buddies929: trading easy E for nothing is an upgrade
Buddies929: i want to pick the mets to win the division actually
CaptainRoBry: i mean i can see a .270 28 100 34 line from eddie
Buddies929: and they'll have a great record
Buddies929: and lose in the first round to the wildcard team
CaptainRoBry: 34 is not steals, it is errors
Buddies929: k rod 3 blown saves
Buddies929: in one series
CaptainRoBry: i'll take that
BowlBradington88: not gonna disagree with that buddies
Buddies929: alright, im goin with bowl's situation
CaptainRoBry: No one has talked about nats yet
CaptainRoBry: A deezy dunner
BowlBradington88: dunn hits 65 homers
Buddies929: 378 Ks
BowlBradington88: fine
CaptainRoBry: that is a few
Buddies929: so what is the order in the Least
CaptainRoBry: NL Least
BowlBradington88: he only hits homers and bat .195
Buddies929: and are the Phils the WC?
CaptainRoBry: Hell no
CaptainRoBry: Cubs WC
BowlBradington88: phils or 2nd in the central are wild card
CaptainRoBry: yes, chubs
Buddies929: what's the order
Buddies929: mets, phils, marlins, nats, braves?
BowlBradington88: braves ahead of nats
BowlBradington88: phils 2nd
CaptainRoBry: jamie moyer is 60
CaptainRoBry: cole hamels hurt
Buddies929: mets phils 'lins raves natzz
CaptainRoBry: their only righty bat is gone
Buddies929: natty lights
CaptainRoBry: ryan howard is K city
CaptainRoBry: Utley hip questions
Buddies929: we all hate ryan howard
BowlBradington88: that's why they won't win but they will get 2nd
CaptainRoBry: no
CaptainRoBry: no no no no
CaptainRoBry: who are their other starters?
CaptainRoBry: billy johnson?
CaptainRoBry: Kip Withers?
Buddies929: dingly doodlers
CaptainRoBry: Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
BowlBradington88: myers, blanton
BowlBradington88: moyer
CaptainRoBry: Fat Blanton
CaptainRoBry: Crazy Ankiel Style head Myers
Buddies929: Magic Johnson
CaptainRoBry: Grandpa Moyer
BowlBradington88: and apparently chan ho park is makin an appearance in the 5th spot
CaptainRoBry: Chank hong tink?
Buddies929: ding dang dong?
Buddies929: ching pong ping pong?
CaptainRoBry: Phils 4th
Buddies929: ok whatever
BowlBradington88: i mean i guess the phils picked up raul ibanez so that is good
Buddies929: ok al Centra'l
Buddies929: (NL)
CaptainRoBry: Phils 4th
Buddies929: shut up
Buddies929: 2nd
CaptainRoBry: Central
Buddies929: ok
Buddies929: NL Centra'l
BowlBradington88: i hate the cubs but can anyone else win this buddies?
CaptainRoBry: Reds are clearly the greastest at every position in baseball history
CaptainRoBry: REDS
Buddies929: bowl, as weird as it sounds, i don't hate the reds
CaptainRoBry: C NAT
CaptainRoBry: I mean
CaptainRoBry: Cy Young: Volquez
Buddies929: the fact that dunn and griffey aren't on the team anymore makes them seem good to me
CaptainRoBry: ROY: Dickerson
BowlBradington88: i don't either but i mean winning the division is a big step up from shitty
Buddies929: their rotation isn't horrible
CaptainRoBry: MVP: Votto Bruce Phillips
Buddies929: the cubs are always tryin' to lose
CaptainRoBry: "I would kick Thabeet's ASS!"
Buddies929: -zach
CaptainRoBry: zach
CaptainRoBry: zax
Buddies929: we should all refer the fans to zach's blog: buttass be bloggin'
CaptainRoBry: THE BEST
Buddies929: i believe the URL is bitchesbebuttass.blogspot.com
Buddies929: yep, that is correct
CaptainRoBry: Reds, Cubs, Cards, Rats, Brews, Stros
CaptainRoBry: Reds 99 wins
BowlBradington88: rats are last
CaptainRoBry: Dude, Brewers opening day starter: Jeff Suppan
Buddies929: i feel like stros are ahead of rats and brews
BowlBradington88: i know but the rats are the rats
CaptainRoBry: fine, just flips stros and brews
Buddies929: deal i guess
CaptainRoBry: they have nate the great
BowlBradington88: their minor league team got beat by a community college this week
Buddies929: those three teams all have nothing good about them
Buddies929: hahaha
BowlBradington88: it had people that were in the majors last year
CaptainRoBry: dude, the reds lost to the carolina mudcats (our AA afilliate)
Buddies929: this blog is sponsored by "Buttass Be Bloggin'"
CaptainRoBry: 12-4
Buddies929: haha i love that fact
Buddies929: im takin' the reds bowl
Buddies929: im sorry
Buddies929: but im doing it
BowlBradington88: fine
Buddies929: solid
CaptainRoBry: we all love the reds
Buddies929: i only hate the reds when you are around
CaptainRoBry: lets talk reds
CaptainRoBry: youth
Buddies929: no
Buddies929: later
Buddies929: get that away
CaptainRoBry: great rotation
Buddies929: no!
CaptainRoBry: great pen
Buddies929: go away!
CaptainRoBry: young power bats all over
CaptainRoBry: athletic outfield
BowlBradington88: dude speaking of the indians... that catcher we got for casey blake is apparently great!
CaptainRoBry: dusty baker is the only reason they may not go undefeated
Buddies929: is it carlos santana or a different one?
CaptainRoBry: no one has ever spoken about the indians
Buddies929: rob, that is a good point
BowlBradington88: santana
Buddies929: he is what worries me
Buddies929: santana is a baller
Buddies929: alright let's hurry on over to the west
CaptainRoBry: kind of like what the reds would have done in the wbc
CaptainRoBry: the reds are a WBC all star team
BowlBradington88: dodgers win, everyone else sucks. d'bags might not be terrible but clearly 2nd
CaptainRoBry: im in the dodge
Buddies929: i think that is by far the least interesting division
CaptainRoBry: bc of matty kemps though
CaptainRoBry: billingsly cy candidate
BowlBradington88: dodge will be good
CaptainRoBry: im actually a giants man
Buddies929: the padres should be contracted
Buddies929: haha shut your ass
CaptainRoBry: check their shit
CaptainRoBry: they pumped up
CaptainRoBry: im for serial
BowlBradington88: the giants are the most boring team in baseball
Buddies929: no, padres
CaptainRoBry: Dodgers, Giants, Rockies, DBags, Fathers
CaptainRoBry: dude, toddy helt hitting .525
BowlBradington88: pads last, dodge 1st. don't care about the rest
Buddies929: <3 toddy helt <3
Buddies929: solid
Buddies929: ill go dadge, gigantes, rox, dbox, feathers
CaptainRoBry: feathers?
BowlBradington88: whatev
Buddies929: who we got in the WS?
Buddies929: NOT the mets
CaptainRoBry: REDS over forfeit
BowlBradington88: dodge
Buddies929: yanksin'?
Buddies929: do we have the yankees winning the WS?
BowlBradington88: i dunno, i thought that was what we had?
CaptainRoBry: yank over dodge
Buddies929: i hate myself
CaptainRoBry: or reds over yanks
Buddies929: die
CaptainRoBry: reds over rays
CaptainRoBry: fine...two outcomes
CaptainRoBry: reds over rays
Buddies929: tribe over shitcinnati
CaptainRoBry: or yanks over dodge
BowlBradington88: this is not at all what i would pick if i was doing this myslef
CaptainRoBry: no tribe
CaptainRoBry: royals out in first round
Buddies929: how did it come to that?
BowlBradington88: i dunno
BowlBradington88: i wouldn't even have yanks in playoffs
CaptainRoBry: JAY BRUCE
Buddies929: would you have sox?
BowlBradington88: yeah
Buddies929: winnin' da whole thang?
BowlBradington88: no
CaptainRoBry: JAY BRUCE
BowlBradington88: dodge over tribe
CaptainRoBry: yanks over dodge or reds over rays
BowlBradington88: i don't care anymore
BowlBradington88: this needs to end
Buddies929: hahaha i love this
CaptainRoBry: JAY BRUCE
Buddies929: im ok with yanks over dodgers because none of us are happy about it and that's how the season normally ends
Buddies929: with nobody happy
Buddies929: about anything
CaptainRoBry: that is good logic
BowlBradington88: fine
BowlBradington88: are we picking award winners?
CaptainRoBry: JAY BRUCE
Buddies929: aww son of a bitch
CaptainRoBry: yes
CaptainRoBry: JAY BRUCE
Buddies929: what even are all the awards?
BowlBradington88: just MVP and CY
Buddies929: phew
Buddies929: can i get a grady MVP?
CaptainRoBry: absolutely not
Buddies929: hahaha
CaptainRoBry: mvp
CaptainRoBry: tex
CaptainRoBry: or hammy
BowlBradington88: AL: Grady and Fausto. NL: Manny and Santana
Buddies929: hammy? his team will have four wins
CaptainRoBry: 83
Buddies929: haha fausto? we'd all love that
CaptainRoBry: AL: Texiera and Meche
BowlBradington88: only the reds will end up with 83 wins
BowlBradington88: fausto is great
Buddies929: im not buyin' tex
Buddies929: i know
CaptainRoBry: NL: Beltran and Lincecum
BowlBradington88: he will at least be top 5 in cy voting
CaptainRoBry: 2nd Bruce and Volk
BowlBradington88: lol
Buddies929: solid
CaptainRoBry: Meche Cum, Tex Belt
Buddies929: is it gonna be an all cleveland sports MVP year?
CaptainRoBry: NO?
CaptainRoBry: unless tim couch comes back
BowlBradington88: whatev are we done?


How was that? From what I gather, the playoffs look like this:

Round 1

Yankees over Angels, Rays over Indians

Dodgers over Phillies, Reds over Mets

Round 2

Yankees over Rays

Dodgers over Reds

World Series

Yankees over Dodgers


As for award winners...

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore NL MVP: Manny Ramirez

AL Cy Young: Francisco Liriano NL Cy Young: Johan Santana


Thank God that's over. We'll be getting an Indians' preview out there at some point in the week I'd say, as well as an NBA regular season look back at my picks and my present day picks for awards and playoffs. The NBA Playoffs bracket honestly gets me more excited than the NCAA. Take it easy.