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Friday, October 5, 2012

MLB Postseason Preview

Sorry, Casey. Bud Selig cannot hear your angry cries.

Written by: Casey Richey

After a long paid vacation away from Boris Diaw Time, I am happy to make my triumphant return and bring baseball back to the blog! Okay, so you know that’s not the truth. It wasn’t a paid vacation. No, I was in a coma for a year after hearing the news about the atrocious format changes that Bud Selig has brought to the postseason. I’m not gonna lie, if it wasn’t for the Pirates coming through for me at the last minute, staging an unthinkable ‘comeback’ to finish out the year, I may not have found the strength to come out of my hibernation and write again. But when it feels like the whole world is changing around you, you can always count on an old friend to come through for you and bring some stability into your life. Here’s to another 20 years, Pittsburgh!

Now, on to the postseason – I am going to keep this simple. I’m previewing each team in the postseason and providing my best guess at their odds of winning the World Series. Please keep in mind, folks: this is not basketball or football. There are only 10 teams, and you can’t definitively say any team has NO chance of winning it all. Baseball is just weird like that. However, I didn’t just pull these percentages out of thin air – these really are my best guesses, and I’ve done some scenario mapping to back up the numbers if anyone is interested. Enjoy!