Because I'm bored, and because the season's about to start...
AL East: Boston, NYYankees (2 back), Baltimore (barely over .500), Toronto (barely under .500), Tampa Bay
AL Central: Minnesota, Cleveland (no idea how far back, other than both will be above .500), Detroit (under .500), Kansas City, ChicagoWS (both stinking up the joint)
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland (by a one-game playoff), Texas (comfortably over .500), Seattle (barely under .500)
AL WC: Yankees
NL East: Atlanta (I've learned to not bet against Schuerholz and Bobby Cox in favor of Ed Wade), Philadelphia (5-6 back), Florida, NYMets, Washington
NL Central: St. Louis (see above, replace "Schuerholz and Bobby Cox" with "Walt Jocketty and Tony Larussa" and "Ed Wade" with "Dusty Baker and Jim Hendry"), ChiCubs (8 back), Houston (under .500, and clearly below the Cubs but above the rest of the division), Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
NL West: LA Dodgers, San Diego (by 7-8), San Francisco, Colorado, Arizona
NL WC: Phillies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins in 4, Angels over Yankees in 5
NLDS: Cardinals over Braves in 3, Dodgers over Phillies in 5
ALCS: Red Sox over Angels in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Cardinals in 7
WS: Red Sox over Dodgers in 7.
AL MVP top 5: Manny Ramirez, Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat, Vladimir Guerrero, Johan Santana, Eric Chavez.
NL MVP top 5: Albert Pujols, Bobby Abreu, Aramis Ramirez, Jake Peavy, Scott Rolen
AL CYA top 3: Johan Santana, Francisco Rodriguez, Randy Johnson. (with scattered support for Matt Clement, Roy Halladay, and Zack Greinke.)
NL CYA top 3: Jake Peavy, Roy Oswalt, Eric Gagne (with the odd Ben Sheets vote thrown in).
AL ROY: Nick Swisher (edging out Dallas McPherson and Felix Hernandez)
NL ROY: Andy Marte (edging out Chris Burke)
AL MOY: Eric Wedge
NL MOY: Bruce Bochy
AL Gold Gloves
C: Bengie Molina
1B: Darin Erstad
2B: Orlando Hudson
SS: Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat OMG HE JUMPED INTO THE STANDS TO CATCH A BALL LAST YAER LOLZ LETS GIEV HIM ALL TEH GOLD GLOVES LOLZ HES SO DREAMY LOLZ (and the sad thing is, that may be their actual thought process)
3B: Eric Chavez
OF: Ichiro!, Vernon Wells, Torii Hunter
NL Gold Gloves
C: Brad Ausmus. I mean, there has to be some reason the Astros keep him around.
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chris Burke
SS: Cesar Izturis
3B: Scott Rolen
OF: Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran
AL batting title: Manny Ramirez, .362
AL HR title: David Ortiz, 47
AL RBI titlle: David Ortiz, 161
NL batting title: Albert Pujols, .361
NL HR title: Albert Pujols, 48
NL RBI title: Aramis Ramirez, 146
AL wins leader: Johan Santana, 24
AL ERA leader: Johan Santana, 1.85
AL strikeouts leader: Randy Johnson, 283
AL saves leader: Francisco Rodriguez, 54
NL wins leader: Jake Peavy, 20
NL ERA leader: Jake Peavy, 2.50
NL strikeouts leader: Ben Sheets, 290
NL saves leader: Eric Gagne, 46
Number of articles Shaughnessy writes before he breaks down and starts crying in the corner: 5
Number of times Tim McCarver will go out of his way to mention Captain Dreamboat jumping into the stands last year during broadcasts of Yankees/Red Sox games: Every second of every broadcast until Joe Buck goes berserk and throws McCarver out of the booth and onto the field below.
Number of times David Wells will attempt to eat BK Kim: Once, successfully.
AL East: Boston, NYYankees (2 back), Baltimore (barely over .500), Toronto (barely under .500), Tampa Bay
AL Central: Minnesota, Cleveland (no idea how far back, other than both will be above .500), Detroit (under .500), Kansas City, ChicagoWS (both stinking up the joint)
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland (by a one-game playoff), Texas (comfortably over .500), Seattle (barely under .500)
AL WC: Yankees
NL East: Atlanta (I've learned to not bet against Schuerholz and Bobby Cox in favor of Ed Wade), Philadelphia (5-6 back), Florida, NYMets, Washington
NL Central: St. Louis (see above, replace "Schuerholz and Bobby Cox" with "Walt Jocketty and Tony Larussa" and "Ed Wade" with "Dusty Baker and Jim Hendry"), ChiCubs (8 back), Houston (under .500, and clearly below the Cubs but above the rest of the division), Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
NL West: LA Dodgers, San Diego (by 7-8), San Francisco, Colorado, Arizona
NL WC: Phillies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins in 4, Angels over Yankees in 5
NLDS: Cardinals over Braves in 3, Dodgers over Phillies in 5
ALCS: Red Sox over Angels in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Cardinals in 7
WS: Red Sox over Dodgers in 7.
AL MVP top 5: Manny Ramirez, Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat, Vladimir Guerrero, Johan Santana, Eric Chavez.
NL MVP top 5: Albert Pujols, Bobby Abreu, Aramis Ramirez, Jake Peavy, Scott Rolen
AL CYA top 3: Johan Santana, Francisco Rodriguez, Randy Johnson. (with scattered support for Matt Clement, Roy Halladay, and Zack Greinke.)
NL CYA top 3: Jake Peavy, Roy Oswalt, Eric Gagne (with the odd Ben Sheets vote thrown in).
AL ROY: Nick Swisher (edging out Dallas McPherson and Felix Hernandez)
NL ROY: Andy Marte (edging out Chris Burke)
AL MOY: Eric Wedge
NL MOY: Bruce Bochy
AL Gold Gloves
C: Bengie Molina
1B: Darin Erstad
2B: Orlando Hudson
SS: Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat OMG HE JUMPED INTO THE STANDS TO CATCH A BALL LAST YAER LOLZ LETS GIEV HIM ALL TEH GOLD GLOVES LOLZ HES SO DREAMY LOLZ (and the sad thing is, that may be their actual thought process)
3B: Eric Chavez
OF: Ichiro!, Vernon Wells, Torii Hunter
NL Gold Gloves
C: Brad Ausmus. I mean, there has to be some reason the Astros keep him around.
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chris Burke
SS: Cesar Izturis
3B: Scott Rolen
OF: Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran
AL batting title: Manny Ramirez, .362
AL HR title: David Ortiz, 47
AL RBI titlle: David Ortiz, 161
NL batting title: Albert Pujols, .361
NL HR title: Albert Pujols, 48
NL RBI title: Aramis Ramirez, 146
AL wins leader: Johan Santana, 24
AL ERA leader: Johan Santana, 1.85
AL strikeouts leader: Randy Johnson, 283
AL saves leader: Francisco Rodriguez, 54
NL wins leader: Jake Peavy, 20
NL ERA leader: Jake Peavy, 2.50
NL strikeouts leader: Ben Sheets, 290
NL saves leader: Eric Gagne, 46
Number of articles Shaughnessy writes before he breaks down and starts crying in the corner: 5
Number of times Tim McCarver will go out of his way to mention Captain Dreamboat jumping into the stands last year during broadcasts of Yankees/Red Sox games: Every second of every broadcast until Joe Buck goes berserk and throws McCarver out of the booth and onto the field below.
Number of times David Wells will attempt to eat BK Kim: Once, successfully.
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