It's Time for Baseball

Being a serious baseball fan, meaning an informed and attentive and observant fan, is more like carving than whittling.
George Will, baseball fan, political pundit

Spring, It’s time for baseball. I love the sport because it’s a multifaceted strategic game. Those who equate it to watching paint dry are just not interested in understanding all that goes into the game. So, to those of you who enjoy just going for the social aspect, good for you; team owners like Frank McCourt love you most of all, so you can show off your expensive seats given to you by your company or neighbor. To those of us who love the game and get excited about a scoreless pitchers’ duel – the long winter is over—it’s time for (insert favorite team here) baseball!

Divisions and World Series picks to follow as soon as I read the special baseball sections of the newspapers today.

Now having read the papers here are my picks for the 2007 season that starts today:

National League
East
Phillies (NYTimes picks Mets, LATimes picks Braves)

Central
Brewers (NYT picks Cardinals, LAT picks Brewers)

West
Dodgers (NYT picks Dodgers, LAT picks Diamondbacks)

Wildcard (Cardinals)

American League
East
Yankees (NYT picks Yankees, LAT picks Yankees)

Central
Tigers (NYT picks Tigers, LAT picks Indians)

West
Angels (NYT picks Athletics, LAT picks Angels)

Wildcard (Indians)

World Series champions will be the Detroit Tigers having defeated the Phillies