Let's take a look back on my pre-season picks on March 30, 2010:
American League:
East: New York Yankees (Will easily be the best AL team)
Central: Minnesota Twins (Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers will be very close)
West: Los Angeles Angels (Seattle Mariners will be very close)
Wild Card: Boston Red Sox (Tampa Bay Rays will be very close)
ACTUAL AL:
East: Tampa Bay Rays (barely beat the Yankees)
Central: Minnesota Twins (as always...but this time it wasn't even close)
West: Texas Rangers (the Angels and Mariners were not close at all...)
Wild Card: New York Yankees (the Rex Sox weren't close either)National League:
East: Philadelphia Phillies (Will easily be the best NL team)
Central: St. Louis Cardinals (Won't be close at all)
West: Colorado Rockies (Will win a close race with the Los Angeles Dodgers)
Wild Card: Los Angeles Dodgers (Barely beating the Atlanta Braves)
ACTUAL NL:
East: Philadelphia Phillies (yes, easily the best NL team!!!)
Central: Cincinnati Reds (yes, it wasn't close at all...for the REDS!)
West: San Francisco Giants (wow...I was pretty off with this one... Rockies and Dodgers weren't even close! Kudos to the Padres for just being in this race)
Wild Card: Atlanta Braves (barely beat the Padres...at least I knew the Braves would be in the hunt!)World Series: Phillies over Yankees
(Still possible, but I'm gonna make a change in my picks...)
PICKS:
Rays over Rangers in 4
Yankees over Twins in 5
Phillies over Reds in 3
Giants over Braves in 4
Rays over Yankees in 6
Phillies over Giants in 5
Phillies over Rays in 6
And Roy Halladay gets his World Series ring!!!