Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!challou
From: challou@uiucdcs.UUCP (challou )
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Predictions - (nf)
Message-ID: <6491@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 03:28:27 EST
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.6491
Posted: Sat Mar 31 03:28:27 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Apr-84 07:14:52 EST
Lines: 33

#R:uiucdcs:12900006:uiucdcs:12900007:000:1608
uiucdcs!challou    Mar 30 23:20:00 1984


    AL East           AL West           NL East           NL West
    -------           -------           -------           -------
1)  Baltimore         Chicago           St. Louis         Atlanta 
2)  Detroit           Oakland           Montreal          San Diego
3)  New York          Texas             Pittsburgh        San Francisco 
4)  Toronto           Minnesota         New York          Los Angeles 
5)  Milwaukee         Kansas City       Philadelphia      Houston 
6)  Boston            California        Chicago           Cincinnati
7)  Cleveland         Seattle
        
World Series : Baltimore over all/any comers.

As a longtime Yankee fan, it really disgusts me to make this prediction
but the facts are there.  Baltimore won the A.L. and the pennant on
the strength of its pitching, defense, and fundamental baseball sense.
The pitching is even better this year, and the rest will be as good
as last year if not improved.  Detroit pulls up short even though
they have an excellent club - I don't think they have the horses to
run with the Birds.  The AL west is pretty much wrapped up already -
Chicago.  Hopefully Britt Burns can pull the Sox past the birds in
the playoffs but it is very doubtful.  The N.L. is really up for
grabs in both divisions and if a cinderella wins, they could stop the
birds from repeating but that is doubtful also.  My cinderella pick
is the Giants (it would have been the mets but they lost Seaver again).
Please Remember these are just my opinions, and if yours differ, just
post them as the prediction originator suggested.

-war weary,
    Dan Challou