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Subject: Re: Predictions
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Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 15:33:24 EST
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>		1985 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GUESSTIMATES
>
>	  NATIONAL  LEAGUE			  AMERICAN LEAGUE
>
>	EAST		WEST			EAST		WEST
>
>	New York	Atlanta			Detroit		Chicago
>	Chicago		San Diego		Toronto		Minnesota
>	Pittsburgh	Los Angeles		Boston		Oakland
>	Philadelphia	Houston			Baltimore	Kansas City
>	Montreal	Cincinnati		New York	California
>	St. Louis	San Fransisco		Cleveland	Seattle
>						Milwaukee	Texas
>
Whooaa!!  Hold on there.  As a self-described AL East expert I beg to
disagree.  If the Yankees finish behind the Red Sox I'll eat my hat or
cry for a week or both.  The Sox may look good, but its a bit
much to expect their three young pitchers (Clemans,Boyd,and ???) to become
big winners with about 4 months of major league ball behind them.  Their
starting lineup is quite good (even taking into account Fenway) but
getting on in age.  My analysis is they'll go as far as the staff will
take them which might be in front of Baltimore (a lot of trouble spots,
but look for big things from Freddie Lynn) to fourth.  The Yankees should
come in at least third and if any of their pitching questions are answered
they can go all the way.  Removing the contingencies I'd say it looks
like this:  Toronto, Detroit, New York, Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland,
Milwaukee.  Its definitely the most competitive division in baseball
and therefore probably the most interesting.

If we can get some discussion rolling  I'll get in depth.  Until then
I'll let you off easy.

		Daniel Schneider
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