Have you seen my baseball predictions?Did pretty well with my first round predictions. Got 3 of the 4 series winners correct, and even got the number of games correct in 2 series. Onward and upward ... Marlins-Cubs Pryor and Wood were dominant against the Braves, and there's no reason to believe they won't be as good against the weaker-hitting Marlins. The four Marlins starters are solid, but none of them are capable of shutting down an offense. Neither team has a reliable bullpen. When the Marlins have to rely on Ugueth Urbina, Chad Fox, and Carl Pavano, you know they have something to worry about. The Cubs bullpen is just as suspect. The Marlins have a slightly better offense, but not enough to overcme the Cubs edge in starting pitching. Cubs in 6 Red Sox-Yankees Nope, sorry, not going to do it. Love to see a Red Sox-Cubs World Series, but I don't see it happening. The Yankees have one more good starter and one more reliable reliever than the Red Sox. The Red Sox bullpen was good enough in the last series and actually didn't give up a single run, but there's no way that's going to happen again. Mariano Rivera, on the other hand, is pitching well again, so while Joe Torre can trot him out in the ninth, Grady Little will have to pick a name out of hat randomly every night. Yankees in 6 |