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The 2010 Playoffs start tomorrow day, and though the Jays are not participating for the 16th time in 17 years (we will have to count the strike year as a moral victory), 8 other teams are! So Bauxites, who's going to, you know, win it all.

The four series are:

Cincy v. Philly
Atlanta v. San Francisco

New York v. Minnesota
Tampa v. Texas

Feel free to make predictions. A fabulous No-Prize to the Bauxite with the best playoff predictions. 1 point for getting a LDS winner right, 2 for a LCS winner, and 3 for the WS winner, plus a bonus point if you guess the correct number of games along with the winning team.

I'll get the ball rolling:

Philly over Cincy in 4
Atlanta over San Francisco in 5
Minnesota over New York in 5
Texas over Tampa Bay in 4

Philly over Atlanta in 5
Texas over Minnesota in 7

Philly over Texas in 6.

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Roy Halladay
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 10
Posted by Anders on Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 03:00 PM EDT.
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AWeb - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 03:07 PM EDT (#223650) #
I fully expect zero points is a realistic outcome here, but Tampa is my pick, and to be different, over the Giants.

Philly over Cincy in 4
San Francisco over Atlanta  in 4
Minnesota over New York in 4
Tampa Bay over Texas in 3

San Francisco over Philadelphia in 7
Tampa Bay over Minnesota in 5

Tampa Bay over San Francisco in 6

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Price
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 9
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Kasi - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 03:51 PM EDT (#223661) #
Phi 3 - Cin 1
SF 3 - Atl 2
NY 3 - Min 0
TB 3 - Tex 1

Phi 4 - SF - 3
TB 4 - NY 2

Phi 4 - TB 3

WS MVP : Utley
Home Runs: 12

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Mike Green - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 04:18 PM EDT (#223662) #
Philly over Cincy in 4
Atlanta over San Francisco in 5
New York over Minnesota in 5
Tampa Bay over Texas  in 5

Atlanta over Philly in 7
Tampa over NYY in 7

Atlanta over Tampa in 7

This year's playoffs will be looked back upon with great fondness 30 years from now, with Evan Longoria's walk-off home run off Rivera in Game 7 and Jason Heyward's walk-off home run against Soriano in Game 7 being the events that everyone remembers.  You read it here first. :)
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Matthew E - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 04:20 PM EDT (#223663) #
Let's say...

Phillies over Reds in three
Braves over Giants in five

Twins over Yankees in three
Rays over Rangers in four

Braves over Phillies in six

Rays over Twins in seven

Braves over Rays in seven

There.

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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 04:45 PM EDT (#223668) #

I was going to post a whole thread about this, but meh, a comment here is just as well. I am as conflicted as I have ever been post-seasonally. I am, as most Bauxites know, a Yankee fan. But I live in North Texas in the shadow of the Rangers actually, um, winning something for a change. And the Reds were "my team" growing up in Ohio as a lad. My siter and her youngsters live in Philly. I think -- that's think, as in not sure -- I would ideally like to see a Rangers/Reds World Series. (The Yankees have 29 rings. Let the third decade of completion wait a year!) ... but then I really wouldn't know who to root for. I think my head would asplode. In a good way? The Red Sox can't win it. Nor can the Mets or Angels or Dodgers. Life is moderately protected on the "good" side, then ...

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Chuck - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 05:24 PM EDT (#223672) #
Mick, having 26 favourite teams seems both a blessing and a curse.
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Thomas - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 05:59 PM EDT (#223677) #
Philly over Cincy in 3
San Francisco over Atlanta in 4
Minnesota over New York in 5
Texas over Tampa Bay in 5

San Francisco over Philadelphia in 7
Texas over Minnesota in 6

San Francisco over Texas in 6.

Matt Cain and 11.
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James W - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 06:24 PM EDT (#223680) #
Mick, I'm certain I've corrected you on this once before.  But I do know that Girardi wore #27 last year, representing his goal of the Yankees' 27th championship.
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CeeBee - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 07:09 PM EDT (#223685) #
Philly over Cincy in 5
SF over ATL in 4
Minny over NY in 5
TB over Tex in 4

Philly over SF in 7
TB over Minn in 6

Philly over TB in 7

Howard and 15HR's
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 09:18 PM EDT (#223691) #

James, I don't know wjy I keep getting that wrong ...

I suppose I should post picks. So here they are, picks Guaranteed to Be Wrong ...

CIN shocks PHI in 5
SF dismisses Cox and ATL in 4
NYY over MIN in 3
TEX over TB in 5

CIN over SF in 6
TEX finally gets past NYY in 7

Reds over Rangers in deep extra innings of Game 7

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Joey Votto
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 4

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John Northey - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 09:46 PM EDT (#223693) #
Rather than predicting what will happen, I'll go with what I want to happen as playoffs are a crapshoot anyways.

Philly over Cincy
SF over Atlanta
Minnesota over NYY
Texas over Tampa Bay

SF over Philly (poor Halladay)
Texas over Minny

SF over Texas for all the marbles

Why?

Because SF has had the Giants forever, went through the whole Bonds mess, saw bizarre teams and all-time greats but never has won it all. It's time.

Because Texas has been watching and hoping all year that their team wouldn't do an Expos, plus is now being creative with how to work their pitchers and I love to see creativity rewarded.
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electric carrot - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 09:53 PM EDT (#223694) #

Phillies beat Cincinnati 4
Atlanta beats SF in 5
MIN beats Yanks in 4
TEX over TB in 5

Phils over Atlanta in 6
Texas beats Min in 6

Phils beat Texas in 7

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Cliff Lee
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 9

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Alex Obal - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 10:48 PM EDT (#223696) #
Teams with my head, numbers with my heart:

Phillies over Reds in 5
EL GIGANTE over Braves in 5
Twins over Yankees in 5
Rays over EL RANGERO in 5.

Phillies over EL GIGANTE in 6
Rays over Twins in 7.

Rays over Phillies in 6.

World Series MVP: B.J. Upton
Total home runs: 15.

BONUS PICK: I will happily take the Reds as a prohibitive, +240 underdog to win their series against Philly. They can hit, and their bullpen should help them keep games close enough for the impact of random chance to overwhelm etc.

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Flex - Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 11:02 PM EDT (#223697) #
Philly beats Cincy in 4
Atlanta beats San Fran in 5
New York beats Min in 4
Tampa beats Texas in 3

Philly beats Atlanta in 6
New York beats Tampa in 7

Philly beats New York in 6

WS MVP: Halladay
Home runs: 14
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DaveB - Wednesday, October 06 2010 @ 03:12 AM EDT (#223702) #
Hey, good pointless fun.

Phils 3 Reds 1
Giants 3 Braves 1
Yankees 3 Twins 1
Rays 3 Rangers 2

Phils 4 Giants 3
Rays 4 Yankees 2

Rays 4 Phils 3

WS MVP: Crawford
Home runs: 14
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DaveB - Wednesday, October 06 2010 @ 03:13 AM EDT (#223703) #
Hey, good pointless fun.

Phils 3 Reds 1
Giants 3 Braves 1
Yankees 3 Twins 1
Rays 3 Rangers 2

Phils 4 Giants 3
Rays 4 Yankees 2

Rays 4 Phils 3

WS MVP: Crawford
Home runs: 14
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mathesond - Wednesday, October 06 2010 @ 09:15 AM EDT (#223706) #
What the heck, you only live thrice...I haven't read the other predictions, so apologies if these are the same as someone else's

Philly over Cincy in 5
SF over Atl in 4
Minn over NY in 5
TB over Tex in 4

Philly over SF in 6
TB over Minn in 5

Philly over TB in 6.

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Jimmy Rollins
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 8
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Gerry - Wednesday, October 06 2010 @ 10:38 AM EDT (#223713) #

Philly over Cincy in 4

Atlanta over San Francisco in 5

New York over Minnesota in 4

Texas over Tampa Bay in 5

Philadelphia over Atlanta in 5
Texas over New York in 6

Philadelphia over Texas in 6

Tiebreaker 1 - World Series MVP: Werth
Tiebreaker 2 - Total number of home runs hit in 2010 World Series: 11

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