Dodgers-Phillies
The Phillies are playing really good right now, they're in one of those grooves that looks like it'll get them past the Dodgers. The Dodgers are similarly grooving but all year long--with and without Manny--they were streaky, following a good week with a poor one. The way the Cubs laid down may be giving LA a false sense of confidence, I don't think the Phillies will allow themselves to get out that way. Sure the Brewers were out of gas by the time they got to Philly but they were scrappy and played hard and got lucky, they were formidable opponents that the Phillies easily dispatched. If the Phillies can get to Lowe and put the kibosh on Manny then I think they are the superior team on both sides of the ball. Watch out for Manny and Lowe (incidentally, Manny & Lo was a pretty good flick back in the day, young Scarlett Johanson, rent it, its good). I'll take the Phillies in (1, 2, 5 &) 6.
Red Sox-Rays
I'm rooting for the Rays, I'm gonna be honest. Since this team's 1st day in existence they've been poorly run, poorly constructed and just a complete disaster. But somehow they pulled it together and over night turned into a formidable opponent in the AL East. I like that. The ESPN crowd probably wants Red Sox-Dodgers but I'm going the opposite way. I like the Rays to ride the Cinderella season all the way to the World Series. They handled the Yanks and Sox like equals this year and I like them to catch a little of that Red Sox confidence and win the pennant. The Red Sox may be the best but I just feel like they're been around long enough and the Rays have a good shot at slipping past them. This might be the last hurrah for the Red Sox, which would be fine with me, I think I liked them better when they were ulcer-inducing washouts. It might be interesting if the Red Sox could dominate the 21st the way the Yankees dominated the 20th, but I suspect the Yankees will dominate the next century too. I'll take the Rays in (1, 4, 6 &) 7.
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