[SteveR]

Does Boston have all its players back in full health yet? Hows Manny and Yukilus? Gagne isnt as good as he was, Papelbon isnt himself lately, and Wakefield is off the roster. If they're not at 100%, I'm going with;


Philly over Colorado in 5
Cubs over Arizona in 4

Cubs over Philly in 6

Yanks over Cleveland in 5
Anaheim over Boston in 4

Yanks over Anaheim in 5

Yanks over Cubs in 6



The big factors are;

Yanks pitching not sliding

Anaheim pitching holding Boston to low runs as Anaheim doesnt have a high scoring offense

Yanks scoring on Cleveland's decent two starters

Philly and Colorado will be a great series, both teams finished the years out very strong, Philly 13-4, Colorado 14-1. Key will be Philly pitching keeping Colorado's balls in Citizen Bank Park, Colorado avoiding Howard and closing the holes in their offense.

Arizona finished strong and the Cubs will need to stay focussed. Cubs need Soriano not to suck in the Post Season as he has in the past (finished the 2003 post season with like a .031 batting average, he went like 1 for 52). And Arizona needs to hit Zambrano and upset the Cubs flow and get Panella pissed off.