Baseball predictions

October 15th, 2009, 10:09 am · Post a Comment · posted by Scott Bordow

Let’s start with the National League Championship Series:
The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing great baseball, and their bullpen is so deep and talented it could make the difference in a seven-game series. Conversely, the Philadelphia Phillies have end-of-the-game issues with Brad Lidge as closer.
That said, I think the Phillies’ top two starters - Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee - will tame the Dodgers’ bats, and Philadelphia’s lineup is just too strong for L.A.’s spotty starting pitching.
Give me the Phillies in seven.
In the American League Championship Series, I just don’t see how the Yankees can lose to the Los Angeles Angels. Their starting pitching is superior, their everyday lineup is superior and they have the unhittable Mariano Rivera to close things out.
The Angels’ only chance is if John Lackey outpitches CC Sabathia in Game 1 and changes the tone of the series. But even then, the Yankees’ power eventually will have its way with L.A.’s pitching staff.
Yankees in six.

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