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Originally Posted by Dante1847

hit it on the head with "proper". yeah, Mets fans always seemed (seem?) to have a disproportionate amount of hope for their team, given their roster. finally their expectations seem to align with how good the team will be.

another team Im not sold on is the Brewers, and I swear Im not basing this on their history. EVERYYONE seems to be saying they're gonna be good, if not definite playoff contender. I still don't see it.

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Precisely, and besides, it's the Mets. Teams I root for haven't been consistently good ever in my life.

I agree with you to an extent on the Brewers. They're not as good as they are made out to be (I don't think Greinke is all that good, and people are overvaluing Marcum), but I think they can compete in a fairly weak NL Central. Even if they happen to win that division, they won't make it far in the playoffs.

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Originally Posted by Dante1847

I can see the Brewers winning the Central, but only by virtue of how bad the other Central teams are. My thinking is that people are giving them a lot of hope because of the last series. ****, who expects a WS winner coming from the NL West?

But it was done, so now everyones looking for this year's Giants, and they fall on the Brewers because of their offseason. Again, I see them falling well short of the expectations.

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"This year's Giants" will most likely come from the NL or AL West, which is every team there BUT the Mariners. I see the Seattle Mariners going for the All-time worst record in baseball history this year.

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Originally Posted by clashcityrocker10

I agree with you to an extent on the Brewers. They're not as good as they are made out to be (I don't think Greinke is all that good, and people are overvaluing Marcum), but I think they can compete in a fairly weak NL Central. Even if they happen to win that division, they won't make it far in the playoffs.

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I think Marcum is good, but I question Greinke. Also agree with you that if they make the playoffs, they're out early.

My early predictions for NL are:

East: Phils
Central: Reds
West: Giants
WC: Brews

****, I have Brews on the mind. For WC, I meant Cards

We're doing predictions already?

As long as the WS doesn't include the Yankees, Red Sox, or Phillies, I'd be happy.

Yankees 2011/2012 offseason will include singing Pujols, teaching him to play 3rd, moving A-Rod back to short, and moving Jeter to left.

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Originally Posted by Jglaubman

Yankees 2011/2012 offseason will include singing Pujols, teaching him to play 3rd, moving A-Rod back to short, and moving Jeter to left.

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you forgot, CC opting out of his contract.

that would make for a GREAT defensive team.

all 3 guys playing positions theyve never played or havent played in years and everyone a year older. best of all, jeter, who has been ripped for limited range, having him cover a terribly large LF.

if anything, put pujols in LF like he was back when he first came up with the Cards. :p

which is STILL terrible. sadly, the yankees have no play for pujols unless they alternate him and Teixeira at 1B/DH

please don't question jgluab's vast baseball knowledge!