These picks and $3 will get you a coffee and donut at Dunkin’ Donuts:
East
1. Atlanta – Top of a weak heap
2. Washington – They’ll make it interesting
3. New York – Struggle, they will
4. Philadelphia – It’ll be a long summer
5. Marlins – It’s always a long summer
Central
1. St. Louis – The team to beat in the NL
2. Piitsburgh – Another fine year
3. Cincinnati – Missing it by “this much”
4. Chicago – Friendly confines but little more
5. Milwaukee – It pains me to place them here
West
1. Los Angeles – It pains me to place them here
2. Diamondbacks – On the upswing
3. San Francisco – Rotation is beginning to fade
4. San Diego – This will be a tight race; they could go higher
5. Colorado – Another year or two of scraping bottom
At the risk of having all my fellow Giants fans bail forever, I’m picking the Dodgers to take the NL pennant and (brighten up, Bay Area!) lose to the Rangers in the World Series.
I could see the Dodgers in the World Series, though I’m picking St. Louis. Do the Braves even have any pitchers left? They seem to have lost one or two each week this spring training.
Dan, we all Giants fans know our guys are going to win the World Series, again… sometime. Whether or not any of us will still be alive is debatable. Thankfully, the Padres beat the bums last night. The Bee is looking for a Publisher. Please come home…