Gearing up for October

[Proletariat]

For the few baseball fans here, who do you like this October?

As a few of you know, I'm a pretty die hard Red Sox fan. Currently I'm a bit worried about our pitching and our 4th outfielder going down last night with a ruptured achille's tendon (Gabe Kapler, out for the season and most likely, his career's over).

Anyway, here are the current standings in the American League:

(Edit: I realize my columns look like garbage here, no matter how much I edit them so here's a link to the current standings.)

Al East w l

Boston 85 60
New York 82 62
Toronto 72 73
Baltimore 69 76
Tampa Bay 60 86


Al Cent w l

Chicago 88 56
Cleveland 84 62
Minnesota 75 70
Detroit 66 78
Kansas City 47 96

Al West w l

Los Angeles 81 64
Oakland 80 65
Texas 71 75
Seattle 64 81


And here's the National League. (Boooring.)

NL East w l

Atlanta 83 63
Florida 78 68
Philadelphia 78 68
Washington 75 71
New York 71 74

NL Cent w l

St. Louis 93 54
Houston 77 68
Milwaukee 72 73
Chicago 72 74
Cincinnati 68 77
Pittsburgh 58 87

NL West w l

San Diego 72 73
Los Angeles 66 79
San Francisco 66 79
Arizona 66 80
Colorado 59 86

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Okay, so if the play offs ended today we'd have in the American League:

East Boston
Central Chicago
West Anaheim
Wild Card Cleveland

In the National league we'd have:

East Atlanta
Central St Louis
West San Diego
Wild Card Florida


Who do you think will make it? My prediction is pretty much the way the standings are now, except I think Oakland will make it in the AL wild card spot and Houston will make it in the NL wild card.

If your predictions are are spot on come October, I'll reach deep into my proletariat pockets and donate a $100 to a charity of your choice.(Assuming this doesn't violate any org policy [No, nothing like the Dethrone Bush Fund or Gay Rights for Baby Seals Organization. Something fairly reputable, please.])