ceffa2000 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Okay, I just wasted a half-hour at work on this so it better be worth it. Feel free to rip it apart if you like and I hope you enjoy. Ceffa2000’s official prediction for the MLB season: National League: St. Louis Cardinals finish easily in first place in front of the Houston Astros but falter at the end of the year after losing Carpenter to a shoulder injury. Their playoff hopes dim after he is to be out for 2-3 weeks. The San Diego Padres come into the playoffs on a high note, riding Jake Peavy at the end of the season giving him 5 straight wins. Washington falls back to earth and the Atlanta Braves occupy first place two weeks after the All-Star break. Washington falls to third place after some faulty pitching by Livian Hernandez and the Florida Marlins squeak out a Wild-card berth from the Houston Astros in the last week of the season. American League: Boston and the Orioles battle it out at the end of the season but the Orioles move on. Their trade-deadline pickup of Brad Lidge proves to be huge as he goes 8-2 as an Oriole. The White Sox stumble a bit in late August but end the season with a huge amount of momentum, rattling off 9 straight wins (a season high) going into the divisional series. The Angels open up quite a lead on the Rangers and easily cruise into the playoffs. Their rotation is in question though after Colon passed out on the mound for just simply being fat. He is day to day. The Oakland A's piss everybody off at the end of the season, especially the Minnesota Twins, by making a late charge for the AL wild card. But they split the season series with Texas and the Cleavland Indians are able to sneak into the playoffs as the Wild Card team. Playoffs- St. Louis takes it to the Marlins in the series as Josh Beckett has to leave the first game with blisters on both hands. No one can explain the injury. After a strong outing by Willis, the cardinals take the next two and win in 4 games. The youth of the Braves is too much for the overmatched Padres as they are easily swept, getting outscored 27-3 in the series. Bobby Cox has created another great team and the Padres just say "Yeah, well, we have the better stadium." NLCS-The Cardinals and Braves provide an epic NLCS with the series going to 7 games. The home-field advantage pays off this time as Pujols hits a game winning 2-run homer to put the Cardinals in the World Series for the second year in a row. Annaheim and Cleveland battle it out in an exciting series but the Angels move onto the ALCS after Vlads proves to be too much for the Indians to handle. The Indians just say "We'll probably underperform in '06 as well too." The White Sox and Baltimore series welcomes Sammy Sosa back home to Chicago but it is no party. The White Sox sweep the Orioles out of the playoffs, getting payback for the 1983 debacle. Sosa only bats twice, both pinch hitting in the second and third games, going 0-2. Garland, Buehrle and Garcia roll to nice wins. ALCS-The White Sox and Angels. White Sox thank themselves for getting homefield advantage throughout the playoffs as the series goes the full 7 games. John Garland continues his magical season throwing for 8 strong innings in a 3 hitter. Frank Thomas gets his first chance at a WS ring by smashing a 3 run homer to the Cell's concourse to win it for the White Sox 3-0. World Series Both teams arrive for the World Series worn out from their respective 7 game series and it shows in the first game. 7 errors are committed in the game but the Sox are able to squeak out a win, beating the Cardinals 6-5. The Cardinals come back and take it to AJ Burnett in game 2 tagging him for 5 runs and the Sox go to St. Louis tied 1-1. In game 3, Mark Buehrle shines in his hometown. He baffles the Cardinal hitters, throwing a complete game, 4 hit, 1 run gem. The Sox take the game 3-1 with great plays by AJ, Pods, and Tadahito Iguchi. Game 4 looks like it is going to the Sox as well as Garcia pitches another away-from-home-nighttime gem. But the Cardinals get back in the game in the 7th. Sox win the battle of the bullpen though, eaking out of the game 5-3. In the last game in Busch Stadium history, the ghosts are by the Cardinals side as they blow past the White Sox. Carpenter returns to the series and he wins the battle versus El Duque. The surprise starter, El Duque, gets tagged for 2 runs but the Sox bullpen gives up an uncharacteristic 3 runs in the ninth to give the Cardinals the 5-2 win. In game 6, the struggles of AJ Burnett continue as the Cardinals get him for 3 runs in the second and he is only able to last 3 innings. Not wanting to use his bullpen just yet, Ozzie summons the well rested John Garland. John comes in for long relief and just, plain and simple, shuts down the Cardinals, striking out 5 in 4 innings. Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko and (huh?) Scott Podsednick combine for 6 rbi's on homers giving the White Sox a 6-4 lead going into the 8th inning. Politte comes in and pitches a perfect 8th inning, striking out two but Hermie blows the save in the 9th inning, giving up a crushing 2-run shot to Rolen to bring the game to the bottom of the ninth. In the ninth, it comes down to one man. Frank. It's back, BACK! STRETCH!!! YOU CAN PUT IT ONE THE BOARD! YES! A WALK OFF HOMER FOR BIG FRANK!! It's the headline that Frank Thomas has dreamed about for 20 years: "Big Ring for BIG FRANK and THE SOX!" 7-6, White Sox in 6 games. Hope you liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABearSoX Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 quite an imagination you have here....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Quite the imagination...but I like it...and I hope he's right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceffa2000 Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Yeah, it started as just a little prediction thread among friends. And then I got a little carried away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro1983hat Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I hope you won't be driving or operating any heavy machinery for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceffa2000 Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 Nope, thank God I take the train home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Wow, I actually got chills reading the Frank walk-off HR line. Imagining it in my head almost gave me an adrenaline rush! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceffa2000 Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 If they get to the playoffs, Frank will atone for his lack of production in 2000. Just a hunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Playoffs- St. Louis takes it to the Marlins in the series as Josh Beckett has to leave the first game with blisters on both hands. No one can explain the injury. Masturbation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceffa2000 Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 I should have addded that "No one in the management could explain his injury." Maybe Josh was too busy to talk to the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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