The Canucks tanked and didn’t make the Stanley Cup playoffs; the Tar Heels blew it in the Final Four; and classes are over now, so I can turn my undivided attention to baseball. Please note I have not read anything about the season to this point so as to protect against unfair bias in my picks 😉
Here goes, Senior Circuit first cause it’s the most important:
N. L. East
Atlanta Braves (no bias here)
Philadelphia Phillies*
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins
N.L. Central
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
N.L. West
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays*
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Baltimore Orioles
A.L. Central
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
A.L. West
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Oakland Athletics
2008 World Series
Boston Red Sox over the Atlanta Braves
Cy Young Winners
AL: Josh Beckett (Red Sox)
NL: Carols Zambrano (Cubs)
MVPs:
AL: Alex Rodriguez (Yanquis)
NL: Mark Teixeira (Atlanta)
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Just for the record here are the picks Gibson emailed me prior to the season:
Baseball 2008 Picks of Gibson Himself
World Series, Mets Vs Tigers. Tigers Win. Bless those boys.
National League East
Mets
Phillies
Bravos
Marlins
Nats
National League Central
Brewers
Cubbies
Astros
St Louis Cards
Cincinnati Reds
Pirates
NL West
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Pads (even Moby Fick is not enough)
Gigantos
AL East
Yankos
Red Sox
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles
AL Central
Tigers
Indios
White Sox
Twinkies
Royals
AL West (yawn)
Angels of Anaheim and nowhere else
Seattle
Texas
Oakland