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MLB World Series Picks 2009

Before the Phillies beat the Yankees in Game 1 Wednesday night, Sports of Boston’s best baseball minds submitted their picks. You know I’m telling the truth, as nearly everyone has the Yankees winning their 27th World Series in franchise history. Given the Yankees’ Game 1 loss with CC Sabathia on the mound, that prediction may have taken a hit. Hey, at least none of us said the Yankees would win in four games.

Even though the Red Sox aren’t here, two former prominent Sox players are: Pedro Martinez, going in Game 2 for the Phillies, and Johnny Damon, lurking out in left field each night for the Yankees. So, the series has some allure, and can’t be any worse than last year’s Philles-Rays five-game epic.

World Series Rules:

• Each correct series winner is worth two points.
• Correctly choosing how long each series will last is worth one point.
• Correctly choosing the World Series MVP is worth one point.
• Making any incorrect pick is worth zero points.
• Getting all three picks correct will earn the player an extra four points.
• Players also had to provide a tiebreaker. In this case, we had to give the final game’s final score. The total runs scored in the final game is the first tiebreaker, the run total for the winner in that game is the second tiebreaker, the run total for the loser in that game is the third tiebreaker, and the final tiebreaker is fighting to the death. Hopefully, it doesn’t get to that.

And now, without further ado, here are the World Series picks:

World Series:

	NYY/PHI	G#	MVP	Final Game Score*	Total Points
Adam	Yankees	5	Alex Rodriguez	6-2	11
Brian	Yankees	5	CC Sabathia	5-1	7
Chris	Yankees	6	Mark Teixeira	5-2	9
Erikk	Phillies	6	Ryan Howard	5-3	9
George	Phillies	6	Ryan Howard	7-4	6
Jeff	Yankees	7	Derek Jeter	7-2	9
John	Yankees	5	Alex Rodriguez	6-3	16
KC	Yankees	6	Alex Rodriguez	4-1	11
Mike	Yankees	6	Alex Rodriguez	6-4	11
Pete	Yankees	5	Alex Rodriguez	8-6	4
Teddy	Yankees	6	Alex Rodriguez	7-4	4
Ty	Yankees	6	CC Sabathia	4-2	8

Table Legend

• G# – Length of series in terms of # of games
• * Signifies that the final game’s final score will be used as a tiebreaker.

LCS Picks Results:

	ALCS			NLCS			Total
	LAA/NYY	G#	MVP	PHI/LAD	G#	MVP	Points
Adam	Yankees	6	CC Sabathia	Dodgers	6	Matt Kemp	11
Brian	Yankees	6	Mark Teixeira	Dodgers	7	Andre Ethier	7
Chris	Yankees	5	Derek Jeter	Phillies	6	Cliff Lee	9
Erikk	Yankees	6	Alex Rodriguez	Dodgers	7	Jonathan Broxton	9
George	Angels	6	Torii Hunter	Phillies	6	Chase Utley	6
Jeff	Yankees	7	CC Sabathia	Phillies	6	Chase Utley	9
John	Yankees	6	CC Sabathia	Phillies	6	Cliff Lee	16
Jon	Yankees	6	CC Sabathia	Phillies	7	Chase Utley	13
KC	Yankees	6	Mark Teixeira	Phillies	7	Ryan Howard	11
Mike	Yankees	6	Mariano Rivera	Phillies	6	Raul Ibanez	11
Pete	Angels	7	Kendry Morales	Phillies	6	Jayson Werth	4
Teddy	Angels	6	Torii Hunter	Dodgers	7	Manny Ramirez	4
Ty	Yankees	6	Derek Jeter	Dodgers	7	Casey Blake	8

Table Legend

• G# – Length of series in terms of # of games
• Correct Picks Bolded
• Incorrect Picks Crossed Out
  

LDS Picks Results:

	ALDS				NLDS
	BOS/LAA	G#	NYY/MIN	G#	COL/PHI	G#	STL/LAD	G#	Points
Adam	Angels	5	Yankees	4	Phillies	4	Cardinals	5	7
Brian	Red Sox	5	Yankees	4	Rockies	4	Cardinals	3	4
Chris	Red Sox	5	Yankees	4	Phillies	4	Cardinals	5	5
David	Red Sox	5	Twins	4	Rockies	4	Cardinals	3	2
Erikk	Red Sox	4	Yankees	4	Phillies	3	Dodgers	5	6
George	Red Sox	4	Twins	5	Phillies	4	Cardinals	4	3
Jeff	Red Sox	4	Yankees	4	Phillies	3	Cardinals	5	4
John	Angels	5	Yankees	3	Phillies	4	Dodgers	5	10
Jon	Red Sox	4	Yankees	3	Phillies	3	Dodgers	5	7
KC	Red Sox	4	Yankees	4	Phillies	4	Cardinals	4	5
Mike	Red Sox	5	Yankees	3	Phillies	4	Cardinals	5	6
Pete	Red Sox	5	Yankees	4	Rockies	5	Cardinals	4	2
Teddy	Red Sox	4	Twins	5	Rockies	4	Dodgers	4	3
Ty	Red Sox	5	Yankees	4	Phillies	4	Cardinals	4	5

Table Legend

• G# – Length of series in terms of # of games
• Correct Picks Bolded
• Incorrect Picks Crossed Out
  

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