Right before the MLB playoffs began I wrote down my predictions for the playoffs and posted them here.
I picked the White Sox to win it all, which might seem the ultimate heart instead of head choice, but I 80% believed that the Sox could be the 2021 World Series Champs.
Of course, this was not meant to be. The Astros beat the White Sox in 4. It was a series of blowouts with Houston winning 3 of the blowouts and the Sox winning only game 3. The White Sox had their chances leading 3 0f the 4 games but the Astros led all 4 games and their hitting was relentless.
In my other ALDS prediction I correctly picked the Red Sox to beat the Tampa Bay Rays in their AL East rivalry. I also correctly picked the NL Wild Card (and 2020 reigning World Series champ) LA Dodgers over their NL west rival over the San Francisco Giants.
In the pick I felt less certain about I did pick the Brewers to beat the Braves in the other NLDS and I was quite wrong about that. (Fun fact: Both the Brewers and the Braves once called Milwaukee County Stadium their home. ) It's just as well as the Dodgers Braves NLCS match-up is a rematch of my the first baseball my game my Dad ever attended. This was back when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn and Jackie Robinson played for them and the Braves were playing in Milwaukee.
The Red Sox lost game 1 in the ALCS and the Dodgers Braves NLCS gets underway today, Now that the White Sox are out of the mix, I am not as invested in the results but I would not be surprised if any of these teams were to win the World Series this year.
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