Hey there guys,
Sorry this is up so late but I was at work from 7-1:30 so I am just getting home and rushing this up. Won't be much writing today but I am going to provide who I expect to win each division, the World Series, and the Major Awards. Yesterday was a little rough for me as far as picks go as I went 3-3 in SEC Baseball as Georgia, in a surprising outcome, upset LSU 12-6, Tennessee did the same at Ole Miss 5-2, Mississippi State evened the series at South Carolina 8-7, Arkansas dominated Kentucky to even the series 10-1, and both Alabama and Florida clinched series wins as they beat took care of Auburn and Vanderbilt respectively. In NBA I went 5-4 (3-6ats) as Philadelphia took Toronto and Chris Bosh (28 pts 12rebs) to overtime but couldn't pull off the upset despite the great play of Andre Iguodala (33 points 11 assists) and Dwayne Wade dropped 39 points as the Heat took out the Timberwolves 97-84. How about the New Jersey Nets? Erasing all doubt of being the worst in NBA history they DESTROYED the Hornets 116-85. Woof. In the NHL I went 6-5 (actually not bad considering how I have been doing, I am trying a semi new way of predicting games today so we'll see how it works) as it was MONTREAL's goalie that was dominant as Jaroslav Halak shut out the Sabres in a 3-0 win that was huge as the Canadien's inch closer to securing a playoff birth, speaking of great goalie play Martin Broduer blanked the Hurricanes with 26 saves as the Devils pull even with the Penguins in the division race, Marian Gaborik was huge for the Rangers as he got 2 points (1 goal 1 assist) and helped the Rangers win 4-1 and bring them even with the Philadelphia Flyers for that ever changing 8th spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Today is Opening Night in the MLB as the New York Yankees head to Boston to take on the Red Sox in what is one of the last true rivalries in all of professional sports. In SEC Baseball Alabama and Florida look to go for the Sweep while Ole Miss and Tennessee, Georgia and LSU, Mississippi State and South Carolina, and Arkansas and Kentucky will decide a series winner today. In the NBA there are some really good games as LeBron James and the Cavaliers head to Boston to take on the Aging Celtics, big sports day in Boston today huh? San Antonio heads to LA to take on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in what should be a very good playoff preview. That is if the Spurs play like they can. I also want to see how the Lakers do in the post with Andrew Bynum still out. Houston heads to Indiana and this should be a very interesting game and I want to see how Trevor Ariza does against DeMarcus Granger and David Lee goes up against Chris Kaman in a battle of underrated Centers as New York heads to LA to face the Clippers. In the NHL there are only 4 games today but they are all important as Philadelphia tries to take a 2 point lead on that 8th spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs as they host Detroit, Calgary heads to Chicago and Colorado hosts San Jose and the Flames and Avalanche are tied for the 8th Spot in the WESTERN Conference playoffs, and Vancouver tries to move closer to that #2 seed in the West as they host Vancouver. Should be interesting. Hope you guys enjoy.
MLB Picks
AL East
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox (Wild Card)
3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. Toronto Blue Jays
AL Central
1. Minnesota Twins
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Cleveland Indians
5. Kansas City Royals
AL West
1. Los Angeles Angels
2. Seattle Mariners
3. Texas Rangers
4. Oakland A's
AL MVP: Mark Teixeira, NYY
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez, SEA
AL ROY: Brain Matusz, BAL
NL East
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves (Wild Card)
3. Florida Marlins
4. New York Mets
5. Washington Nationals
NL Central
1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
NL West
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Colorado Rockies
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
5. San Diego Padres
NL MVP: Albert Pujols, StL
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay, PHI
NL ROY: Jason Heyward, ATL
Playoffs
First Round
Yankees over Angels
Red Sox over Twins
Dodgers over Braves
Phillies over Cardinals
Second Round
Yankees over Red Sox
Phillies over Dodgers
World Series
Yankees over Phillies
My Picks.....
(Games in COLOR are interesting games)
SEC Baseball
Georgia 10-16 (2-6) @ #5 LSU 22-4 (6-2)
12:00 PM
TV: CSS
Starting Pitchers
UGA: Michael Pallazone, 3-2 7.48 era
LSU: TBA
My Pick: LSU 10-7
Kentucky 18-10 (2-6) @ #10 Arkansas 21-6 (5-3)
1:00 PM
Starting Pitchers
Kent: Alex Meyer, 4-2 6.15 era
Ark: Brett Eibner, 2-2 2.28 era
My Pick: Arkansas 10-6
#20 Vanderbilt 23-6 (4-4) @ #8 Florida 20-6 (6-2)
1:00 PM
Starting Pitchers
Vandy: Jack Armstrong, 3-0 4.70 era
Flo: Hudson Randall, 2-2 5.00 era
My Pick: Florida 7-6
Tennessee 14-14 (1-7) @ #11 Ole Miss 21-7 (5-3)
1:30 PM
TV: SportsSouth
Starting Pitchers
Tenn: Stephen Gruver, 1-1 4.76 era
Miss: TBA
My Pick: Ole Miss 8-6
Auburn 17-10 (4-4) @ #25 Alabama 19-7 (4-4)
2:00 PM
Starting Pitchers
Aub: TBA
Bama: TBA
My Pick: Alabama 8-7
Mississippi State 15-12 (3-5) @ #12 South Carolina 21-6 (6-2)
2:00 PM
TV: ESPNU
Starting Pitchers
MSU: TBA
SC: Jay Brown, 1-0 3.38 era
My Pick: South Carolina 9-6
MLB
yankees @ RED SOX
(CC Sabatthia vs. Josh Becket)
My Pick: Boston 6-5
NBA
CAVALIERS (-1.5) by 5 @ celtics
spurs @ LAKERS (-6) by 5
rockets @ PACERS (-5) by 7
grizzlies @ MAGIC (-10) by 8
nets @ WIZARDS (-3) by 1
warriors @ RAPTORS (-8) by 7
timberwolves @ THUNDER (-12) by 15
knicks @ CLIPPERS (-2.5) by 1
NHL
RED WINGS @ flyers <----- UPSET
glames @ BLACKHAWKS
SHARKS @ avalanche <----- UPSET
wild @ CANUCKS
Alright guys I am going to be really busy today but if you have any questions, concerns, comments, or ideas just let me know either in the comment section below, by shooting me a text at (256) 653-2393 or by emailing us at wherethelandsharksare@gmail.com
Thank you for Reading
Batteman
opening day tomorrow!!
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