Week 9 picks

Here we go:

Chicago over Detroit: Time to make the division a bit more interesting.
Pittsburgh over Cincy: The worst defence in the NFL will not stop Willy Parker
Indy over Carolina: Because this team won't be looking ahead...
Tennesse over Oakland: VY is back, come on, thats all you need
Cleveland over St.Louis: Derek Anderson is the only reason I am picking this way
New York Giants over Miami: This BETTER come true....
San Diego over Houston: Because the fact this game is a push makes absolutely no sense
Tampa Bay over Jacksonville: Home vs Quinn Gray, come on.
San Francisco over New Orleans: Time to pick an upset in here some where.
New York Jets over Buffalo: Because both of this teams are equally bad...
Minnesota over Philly: Easy, Adrian Peterson is better than anything Philly has
New England over Washington: They will be looking ahead, and will be challenged, but will not lose
Denver over Greenbay: Easy, because Favre's run is done

Week 8 Picks

As always, winners in BOLD CAPS:





Detroit at CHICAGO: Because the Lions have been outscored by 31 points this year.



PITTSBURGH at Cincinnati: Because the Bengals have cost me enough this year.



Oakland at TENNESSEE: Because the Titans are better than I thought they were.



Cleveland at ST. LOUIS: Because it just feels weird picking the Browns to win.



NEW YORK GIANTS at Miami: Because the Dolphins are the league's worst team.



Philadelphia at MINNESOTA: Because Adrian Peterson will outperform Brian Westbrook.


INDIANAPOLIS at Carolina: Because even I don't love the Panthers that much.


BUFFALO at New York Jets: Because even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Houston at SAN DIEGO: Because the Chargers look to be back on track.

JACKSONVILLE at Tampa Bay: Because the Jaguars can still run the ball.

New Orleans at SAN FRANCISCO: Because the 49ers are at home.

Washington at NEW ENGLAND: Because I'm not picking against the Patriots until they lose.

Green Bay at DENVER: Because Favre can only do so much.

Week 7 Picks

Lets rush threw this, seeing I am lazy.

Tennesse over Houston: Come on, we have all seen the new Houston now
Detroit over Tampa Bay: I have no real idea who will win this game.
New England over Miami: No brainer
New Orleans over Atlanta: One of my winner pool picks
New York Giants over San Fran: 9.5 favorites these Giants are
Baltimore over Buffalo: McGahee's revenge
Arizona over Washington: Why, because I always pick Arizona, and it never works
Kansas City over Oakland: I just hope this comes true
Cincy over NYJ: Two most underachieving teams go head to head
Philly over Chicago: When in doubt, take home
Seattle over St.Louis: My other and Elyse's winner pool pick
Dallas over Minnesota: I want to pick the upset so bad....
Pittsburgh over Denver: Denver is plummeting fast
Indianapolis over Jacksonville: Because Indy is destined to always lead the AFC South

Week 6 Picks

Qucik Run here

Tennessee over Tampa: How is Tennessee an underdog at all, I wonder
Chicago over Minnesota: Need to see more of Minny first
Jacksonville over Houston: Gerrard an AFC probowler, I think so (still no interceptions)
Cleveland over Miami: One of my winner pool picks
Baltimore over St.Louis: I just wish I trust Baltimore more
Washington over Greenbay: Big game here, even bigger than the game everyones talking about
Cincinatti over KC: I don't trust either team at all
Philadelphia over NYJ: I wish the Eagles were more consistant, but not like the Jets who are just consistant at losing
Arizona over Carolina: If Arizona's playing, I am probably picking them
San Diego over Oakland: My other winner pool pick
New England over Dallas: It is going to be a shallacking
Seattle over New Orleans: New Orleans is just real bad, real real bad
New York Giants over Atlanta: I love ya Joey, but you are no Eli in talent.

Week 6 Picks

Winners in BOLD CAPS


Minnesota at CHICAGO

Miami at CLEVELAND

WASHINGTON at Green Bay

CINCINNATI at Kansas City

TENNESSEE at Tampa Bay

St. Louis at BALTIMORE

HOUSTON at Jacksonville

PHILADELPHIA at New York Jets

CAROLINA at Arizona

Oakland at SAN DIEGO

NEW ENGLAND at Dallas

New Orleans at SEATTLE

NEW YORK GIANTS at Atlanta

Week 6 Picks

First off, congratulations to Jim Harbaugh on getting the coaching win of his career yesterday as he upset the terrible USC team with superb coaching and I now know with certainty that one day I want him at least as an assistant coach for the Colts. High class guy, proud of the way he plays, and plays hard. Anyway, onto the picks.

Tennessee over Atlanta: Easy, this is my winner pool pick, so I better pick it here too.
Miami over Houston: Why? Miami is the worst team in the NFL, which means they'll win
Jacksonville over Kansas City: Easy, Jax is way better than KC
Arizona over St.Louis: I honestly think I might have picked Arizona every single week so far
New England over Cleveland: There is no reason to say anything here
Carolina over New Orleans: You need "D" to play football
New York G's over New York J's: It's simple, Giants are just a better team
Pittsburgh over Seattle: Home and AFC, thats all you need to konw
Detroit over Washington: Two of the teams I still need to figure out.
Indy over Tampa Bay: I KNOW I've picked Indy every week
Denver over San Diego: This is more a pick against SD then a pick for Denver
Baltimore over San Fran: SF is just a plain bad team, especially with T.Dilfer
Chicago over Greenbay: Sooner or later GB will lose, and I will be picking against them until then
Dallas over Buffalo: Buffalo may be home, but that doesn't make that big a difference in talent.

Week 5 Picks

Winners in BOLD CAPS|:


Miami at HOUSTON

Atlanta at TENNESSEE

JACKSONVILLE at Kansas City

NEW YORK JETS at New York Giants

CAROLINA at New Orleans

ARIZONA at St. Louis

Cleveland at NEW ENGLAND

Seattle at PITTSBURGH

DETROIT at Washington

Tampa Bay at INDIANAPOLIS

SAN DIEGO at Denver

Baltimore at SAN FRANCISCO

CHICAGO at Green Bay

DALLAS at Buffalo

MLB Playoff Preview

I love the opening rounds of the MLB Playoffs. With games today at 3, 6:30, and 10, I have a full day of baseball watching ahead of me. Sure, you can argue that the MLB doesn't do a lot of things right, but there's nothing like a healthy does of playoff sports to give you that little extra boost on hump day to carry you through towards the weekend. What follows are some of my ramblings, observations, and yes, picks, for each of the four LDS series. I'll be doing these one series at a time in order to squeeze them all in before each series kicks off, so check back later if all four series picks aren't up yet.


Phillies - Rockies

Biggest Storyline - Momentum: In the match-up of "who's hotter?" the Rockies have the edge. Winners of 14 of their last 15, including the last in such dramatic - and controversial - fashion, no team enters these playoffs on as much of a high as the Rockies do. If any team can come close, though, it's the Phillies, who also enter on something of a roll themselves, having rallied from down 7 games in September to win the division, a feat matched by only two other teams since 1900.

Prediction: Phillies in 5


Red Sox - Angels

Biggest Storyline - ? I can't think of what the big story will be here. The Red Sox weren't stellar down the stretch, but still took the AL East. For me, this series boils down to which team's big three will have the better starts. Can the Angels' pair of Cy Young contenders (John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar) join with Jered Weaver to outperform the likes of fellow Cy contender Josh Beckett, former post-season hero Curt Schilling, and post-season rookie Dice-K?

Prediction: Angels in 4


Cubs - Diamondbacks

Biggest Storyline - 1908: Whenever the Cubs are involved in a playoff series, the focus will inevitably turn at some point to the longest championship drought in major sport history. At some point during the series we'll hear the obligatory "will this be the year for the Cubbies?" references. The further the Cubs advance, the greater the saturation of 1908 comments will be. I'll put the over-under on these at 5 1/2 for game one tonight. If they were to make it to the World Series, that number would be something like 1,452 1/2. This isn't to say that there aren't other story lines here, just that the Cubs perpetual ineptitude will overshadow them all.

Prediction: Cubs in 4

Indians Love

Well, seeing the NL is not fully set yet (and if San Diego gets in, they're pitching makes anything possible) jts time to do a quick glance at the AL coming into the playoffs.

Boston: I think they are the biggest non-contender in the AL. There pitching is one man deep, and despite his record (Wins, which has much to do with hitting as him) I am not even sold that he is a top five pitcher on the AL playoff teams. Their hitting, its entirely possible that it could finally get hot, but it still hasn't happened yet for Manny and Ortiz, and even Youkilis has been average of late. Their bullpen is good on paper, but who knows how Gagne or Papelbon will hold up this playoffs, and basically, yeah. They are a no-contender

New York Yankees: Two reasons they won't move on, Bullpen and an unstoppable opponent. Quite frankly, if it was Yankees-Anaheim it would be a tough call seeing how hot the Yankees are, but they are playing a team nearly as hot as them, going against the TWO top pitchers in the entire AL four times possibly, and three of those four with be in Cleveland. And there is no way you are beating C.C Sabathia or Carmona twice out of four games. Plus even Game 3 won't be a given, cause the Yankees will be pitching Clemens or Pettite who could always have a horrible outing. All in all, despite A-Rod the Yankees are not a contender, because you have to have the lead in the 9th to get to Mariano, and who knows if that will happen even once this series.

Anaheim Angels: Not much to say here. A good quality team, who plays smart baseball and has the second best hitter in the playoffs besides A-rod. And they'll beat Boston, but what does it mean... Just the AL East getting dominated, but no one cares about that.

Cleveland Indians: It doesn't matter who they play, NO ONE will even come close to eliminating the Indians. I picked them preseason to win the title, and while there were a few scares along the way, I am more confident now then ever. Really, there is two reasons I am so confident... They have the CY Young Winner, and the CY Young runner up. There is no way you can lose with that. Remember when Arizona won a title with only only Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling... Statistically, both of these guys are statistically better than both of them. This is the best one-two punch in recent playoff history (although I am sure Peavy-Young will get the same statements made about them if they beat the Rocks tonight), and will be untouchable. Add into that a decent hitting lineup with Johnny Peralta, Grady Sizemore, the best Catcher in baseball in Victor Martiniz, Casey Blake (although his errors are a tad bit concerning) and a finally starting to heat up Hafner. How do you beat them? Their middle relief is good, better than most of the playoff AL Teams (specially with how bad Scott Shields has been playing for Anaheim of late) and their closer, while horrible at giving up runs, he lead the league in saves, and did not nearly blow as many as it seemed. All in all, Cleveland will lose around three playoff games TOTAL as they will win 3 out of 4 over Yankees, 4 out of 5 over Anaheim, and 4-5 over the NL joke winner. You heard it here first, Cleveland is the best team easily in the AL.