Trying to predict baseball is insane and pointless. It’s even more insane and pointless if you don’t give a hoot about it (like me). Nothing ever works out the way it should. This year might be the weirdest postseason yet. Just look at the teams in the field: other than the Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers, it looks like someone did a fantasy draft on “MLB: The Show” and all the good players ended up on random teams; which would be one of the only ways to explain the Mets, Astros, Royals, Pirates or Cubs being in the playoffs, much less all of them together at the same time. I mean seriously, the Astros lost 100 games the last two years and the Cubs are, well, the Cubs. What a time to be alive. Anyhow, I can’t predict squat and neither can you, so instead of trying, here is what I hope and pray will happen in the 2015 MLB playoffs:
AL Wild Card: Yankees are already done, so we’re off to a good start. ‘STROS
NL Wild Card: I like the Pirates’ uniforms a lot (unrelated), but you gotta pull for the Cubs. CUBS
ALDS: The Rangers are technically the underdogs, but they’ve been good recently. The Blue Jays haven’t done anything since Clinton was in office, so let’s see them go a little further. Kansas City has Fetty Wap on their side, and that’s enough for me. JAYS & ROYALS
NLDS: Mets vs. Dodgers? Total no-brainer. One is widely adored, has great history, star players and is in a fantastic city. The other is the Mets. Mets all day, baby. I think I speak on behalf of every non-Cardinals fan at Harding when I say this: Please beat the Cardinals, Chicago. Please. METS & CUBS
ALCS: A team from Canada can only go so far before this becomes a matter of patriotism, so I think this is where I draw that line. USA! USA! USA! ROYALS
NLCS: How many people do you think would tune in for a Mets/Cubs NLCS? Twelve? I still can’t believe either of these teams are in the playoffs, but one of them won a title in the 1980s and the other hasn’t since before the Titanic sank. CUBS
World Series: Royals vs. Cubs in the World Series. Sit back, laugh and realize that you live in a world where this is a real thing that could happen. Either way, Chicago is going to burn itself to the ground, so here’s to hoping it’s for a happy reason. CUBS
