SEASON 21 PREVIEW

The Baltimore Orioles Wins the Fall Classic

New York, NY (McC) Season 21 is finally here! As we have done in the past, we here at McCabe Magazine would like to thank the beat writers in all 32 major cities, the baseball contributors at yahoo sports.com, the Sporting News Magazine, SI.com, Baseball American, Playboy, and the GMs, and front office folks that help this year’s preview be the most in-depth and comprehensive baseball magazine on the web.

McCabe Magazine and the noted contributors spent the entire off season analyzing the 40-man rosters of each organization and their top minor leaguers at every level. The consensus here is the San Diego Padres will win the National League pennant for the fourth year in a row, and the American League East will win the American League pennant again, as they have done the last five years. The only problem was which AL East team had what it takes to defend the division’s pennant? Despite the early odds posted by the Las Vegas Hilton, which has installed the Padres as a 2-1 favorite to win back to back titles, we’re going in a different direction. According to the data we have we select the Baltimore Orioles as the American League champions. They will go on to upset the Padres in the fall classic, 4-3.     

       

The Playoff Teams

In the American League we pick the Orioles to knock off the Toronto Blues in the league championship series, 4-2. The National League pennant will be another western divisional slugfest with San Diego winning the championship series 4-3 over the Colorado Rockies. The American League divisional winners will be; the Blues Jays (94-68), Orioles (96-66), Kansas City Royals (91-71), and Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67). The National League divisional winners will be; the Chicago Cubs (88-74), New York Mets (84-78), Atlanta Braves (91-71), and the Padres (109-53). Our Wildcard teams will be; New York Yankees (90-66), Boston Red Sox (88-74), Rockies (99-63), and the Seattle Mariners (96-66).  

  

Award Winners

As we noted, the Las Vegas Hilton along with McCabe Magazine contributors has posted its opening lines and prop wages for the upcoming season. Besides San Diego being the favorite to win the World Series (we disagree, Baltimore is our choice), they have also listed Kris Guerrero, (SS) of the Orioles as the favorite to win the AL MVP, Padres catcher Murray Higgins as the NL MVP. The CY Young award winners will be Don Seaver (P) Houston Astros, and 31 year-old Chicago Cub pitcher Vince Garcia. Rookie of the Year in the AL will be Angel Anderson (LF) Anaheim Angels, the NL ROY will be Alan Drese (SS) Cleveland Indians.

Season 21 Final Standings

American League
Norrth
Team	Owner	W	L
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	94	68
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	86	76
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	82	80
Minnesota Twins	optistrat *	76	86
East
Team	Owner	W	L
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	96	66
New York Yankees	ARomano	90	72
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	88	74
Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	73	89
South
Team	Owner	W	L
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	91	71
Houston Astros	ajaxx88	87	75
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	78	84
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	73	89
West
Team	Owner	W	L
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	95	67
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	87	75
San Francisco Giants	wylie715	82	80
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	79	83
National League
North
Team	Owner	W	L
Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	88	74
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	87	75
Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	80	82
Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	75	87
East
Team	Owner	W	L
New York Mets	basebalguru	84	78
Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	81	81
Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	80	82
Rochester Broncos	coinguy	71	91
South
Team	Owner	W	L
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	91	71
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	88	74
Richmond Virginians	sylemark	85	77
Florida Marlins	lido9613	70	92
West
Team	Owner	W	L
San Diego Padres	jgarron *	109	53
Colorado Rockies	axtell	99	63
Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	96	66
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	83	79