Ok, with about a week to go, let's hear the predictions. I have no opinion on the national league, but with regard to the american league...

A.L. East: The Yankees will win the east. The Yankees are playing very strong right now, and they have four games coming up against Baltimore (which is playing like the season has ended). The Red Sox have to play four games against Toronto which they have had trouble with (plus unlike Baltimore, Toronto is playing like they want to win). The Yankees should get the Boston series with a long streak of wins and Boston will have lost one or two games against Toronto. The Yankees will take two of three games against the Red Sox (since the Yankees will view the series as an opportunity to knock the Red Sox out of the wild card race).

A.L. Central: The White Sox will hold on...barely.

A.L. West: The Angels will hold on.

Wild Card: Cleveland will edge Boston by 1.5 games to win the Wild Card.

With the best record in the league, the Yankees will play the Indians and beat them in the first round. The White Sox will defeat the Angels. In the Championship series, the Yankees will defeat the White Sox.

And the fact that I live in NYC has not colored my opinion at all. LOL

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

Well, the Indians are pretty hot right now too - don't let the loss to KC yesterday fool you.

Unfortunately, our lead is now only half a game and we're off today while everyone else plays. Could be another three-way tie by the end of the day. Yeesh. Six games left and I'm having trouble breathing just thinking about it.

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"Life's a b*tch so I became one" - Rusty in the movie Flawless

It about (*)(*)(*)(*) time that the Tribe lost. By tonight, the A.L. East will be tied and the wild card will be tied. It is going to be an exciting week (especially with the Yankee and Red Sox playing and the Indians and White Sox playing).

In his book Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball, Bob Costas railed against the Wild Card because it would be the end of exciting pennant chases. I think even he would admit that he was wrong.

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

US??? What about the Yankees, eh?? When are *they* going to lose???

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"Life's a b*tch so I became one" - Rusty in the movie Flawless

whoever wins the Tribe/Yanks series goes to the WS against St. Louis.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

...I'm going to be happy to get in the playoffs at all...we've already sold out the games and everything.

But Clevelanders are used to disappointment. We don't like it but we expect it

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"Life's a b*tch so I became one" - Rusty in the movie Flawless

They won't, I hope.

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

Neither will we and we'll both go in as division leaders. How's that?

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"Life's a b*tch so I became one" - Rusty in the movie Flawless

That's fine with me.

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"George W. Bush surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut." —Dennis Miller

Yeah, the Yanks are playing well right now, but right now they are tied atop the AL East, and the Sox have more home games than the Yanks do (including a three game set in Fenway). I expect the Sox to barely hold onto the lead and win the division, sending the Yanks packing for the first time in many years.

Oh, and Big Papi will win the AL MVP. He single handedly won more games for the Sox than any player has for his team for the last two years. He is indespensible.