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Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:16am

When no clear answer presents itself, go with the most obvious..

LDS:
Cubs over Dodgers in 4

Phils over Brewers in 3

Angels over Red Sox in 5

Rays over White Sox in 5

LCS

Cubs over Phils in 6

Angels over Rays in 7

World Series

Cubs over Angels in 5

Past the time until first pitch by doing some ball hawking.The playoff roster has been announced as well.

C - Blanco, Soto

INF - Lee, Ward, Fontenot, DeRosa, Theriot, Cedeno, Ramirez

OF - Soriano, Edmonds, Johnson, Fukudome, Pie

SP - Demspter, Zambrano, Harden, Lilly

RP - Wood, Marmol, Samardzija, Cotts, Marshall, Howry, Marquis

With DeRosa limping, the Cubs needed someone who could play the outfield when Lou needs to pinch-hit for Fukudome or the couple dozen other late-inning possibilities. Hopefully the only time we see Bob Howry is if the Cubs are nursing a 13-0 lead after Sutcliffe and the Penguin homer.

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#1 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:31am.

49 is my high in that game btw...

#6 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:59am.

make it 53

#8 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:07am.

Oh my... this going to be addictive.

#46 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by gobuckeyes on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 4:00pm.

53 first try, and that's only because I missed 4 in the first inning before I realized how dead on you had to be to catch the thing...

#50 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 5:56pm.

show-off

#52 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Jumbo on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 10:31am.

I got 72 on my first attempt (I assume you're leaving off the last two zero's)

#53 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 1:56pm.

highest you can get is 63?

you must be talking about score, we were using total catches.

#2 Decorative Bunting

Submitted by Leningrad Cowboy on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:38am.

It is playoff time--where is the decorative bunting for the TCR website? I demand red, white, and blue bunting!

#3 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by boilermaker on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:44am.

Howry on the playoff roster is atrocious...As I have said before, let's send him to Mesa with the other guys who didnt make it and have him learn a new grip on that fast ball so that it actually moves a bit...Realistically, I would have been fine with them taking another hitter instead of him.

#4 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:48am.

LDS-
Cubs in 4
Phils in 4
Rays in 4
Angels in 5

LCS
Cubs in 5
Angels in 7

WS
Cubs in 6

#5 PIE IS POISON

Submitted by navigator on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 10:58am.

He's on the roster and I don't get it.
Same goes for Daryl Lard and Lob Howry.

yuk

#25 Re: PIE IS POISON

Submitted by The Joe on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:19pm.

You're so clever. You must write these days in advance, right? It's just consistently too good.

Pie is not poison, because he's not there to start. He's there for defensive replacement and, perhaps, running the bases.

#7 DODGER LINEUP TODAY

Submitted by navigator on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:07am.

Rafael Furcal SS
Russell Martin C
Manny Ramirez LF
Andre Ethier RF
James Loney 1B
Matt Kemp CF
Blake DeWitt 2B
Casey Blake 3B
Derek Lowe P

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp...

#9 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:11am.

Predictions:

LDS:
Cubs over Dodgers in 4
Phils over Brewers in 4
Red Sox over Angels in 5
Rays over White Sox in 4

LCS
Cubs over Phils in 5
Red Sox over Rays in 6

World Series
Cubs over Red Sox in 6

#10 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Brick on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:33am.

Predictions:

LDS:
Cubs over Dodgers in 3
Cubs over Brewers in 3
Cubs over Red Sox in 3
Cubs over White Sox in 3

LCS
Cubs over Cubs in 4
Cubs over Cubs in 4

World Series
Cubs over Cubs in 4

#11 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:36am.

Prediction*:

Dodgers 3 - Cubs 0

* last predictions I made in 2006, I was 0-7 in predicting series winners. Here is to continuing my streak!

#12 Stark's preview

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:36am.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/columns...

The biggest reason to pick the Dodgers would be their improved, Manny-fied offense, right? Well, what does it tell you that the Cubs outscored the Dodgers over the past two months (275-250) even with Manny Ramirez, and outscored L.A. by 155 runs over the course of the season? One NL executive's description of Manny's supporting offensive cast: "Thin."

We agree. The Cubs' pitching is rested and recharged. The Dodgers need too much to go right. Cubs in four.

#13 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by rokfish on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:40am.

LDS
cubs in 4
phils in 4
redsox in 4
w-sux in 5

LCS

red sox in 5
cubs in 6

WS
cubs in 6

hangover on october 30th and sick from work

#14 Parachat be open

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:55am.

for Phils/Brewers as well....

#17 Re: Parachat be open

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:01pm.

Isn't parachat always open? :)

#19 Re: Parachat be open

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:04pm.

nuh uh...it only appears to always be open. Sure if you click on it now you can get in, but what actually happens is I get a message that someone wants to get in, run down 8 flights of stairs to a wooden lever hidden in the basement of my job and let you guys in. To the reader, it just looks like Java is opening, in reality it's a portal to the other side of the world.

 

#21 Re: Parachat be open

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:09pm.

So, you're the TCR's Benjamin Linus?

#23 Re: Parachat be open

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:11pm.

look out for any black smoke if I decide to ban you...

#29 Re: Parachat be open

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:49pm.

I kinda see myself as the black smoke monster of TCR.

#15 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by John Beasley on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:57am.

Cubs in 4
Phils in 4
Angels in 5
WSox in 5

Phils in 6
Angels in 7

Angels in 6

I feel dirty.

#16 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Bigz on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:57am.

Cubs 163, Dodgers -4

lets see how the west coast pansies handle 50 degrees, 10+ mph winds and the nastiest crowd they have seen all year. We have a Canadian pitcher (2 actually).

p.s. love lilly in dodger stadium if we need it, his downside is the HR and that park is big. good job lou.

#18 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:03pm.

"Sutcliffe and the Penguin"

Sounds like a 70's cop show

#20 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by navigator on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:07pm.

"LDS:
Cubs over Dodgers in 4"

So, everyone thinks Lilly will beat "The Unknown Pitcher" in game 4. But, which game do we lose?

Dempster vs Lowe?
Zambrano vs Billingsley?
Harden vs Kuroda?

#22 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:10pm.

one of them?

#26 Re: Playoff Predictions

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:22pm.

based on pitching matchups alone, I think the Cubs could lose all 3 of those games....

or win all 3 of those games. But if I went for percentages, chances are probably best the Cubs win 2 of the 3.

Here is my game by game prediction.

1: W (low scoring game that scares the hell out of us all)
2: L (Z sucks)
3: W (game goes to bullpen early, Cubs almost give up lead, but hold it)
4: W (Lowe on 3 days rest, pitches well, but Dodgers offense is bad)

Anyway, let's just get this done in 3, and move on to the fun stuff.

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