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AL Central Preview
You’d be lying to yourself if you were even 51% confident in any one of these team’s chances to win the World Series. There is no powerhouse and no weak link. This was the one division in baseball that didn’t have a team with less than 70 wins. The White Sox took the division by posting a 44-29 record in the Central. I’ll use some John Madden logic and say the team with the best record in the Central will again have the edge this year.

AL East Preview
The AL East – baseball’s premier division. This division has arguably the best three teams in baseball in the Red Sox, Yankees and Rays. It’s a shame that at least one of them will miss the playoffs. This expert predicts that whichever two make it, those two will meet in the ALCS because they’re just that much more superior to the rest of the American League. I’m also willing to bet that whichever team misses out will be a much better team than the AL Central and AL West winners. Without further ado … the AL “Beast” preview.

AL West Preview
The AL West – baseball’s easiest road to the postseason. These teams just have to outlast three others to get in, it’s that simple. I never understood why this hasn’t been addressed. And after reviewing the potential these four teams have, plus the staggering amount of flaws each team has, it’s really embarrassing that one of these teams will make the postseason. This might be a bigger problem for baseball than steroids.

NL West Preview
The NL West...where two teams traveled as far as possible from the Yankees to make money and where the one team with any World Series aspirations is relying on a former Yankee manager and a displaced Red Sox from the Bronx....funny isn't it? Not as funny as having to trade your best player because you're getting divorced, but still funny.

NL Central Preview
It’s time to preview the NL Central, the most unpredictable and up for grabs division in baseball, year in, year out. Any of these mediocre teams could win the division … except for you, Pirates; you aren’t even a mediocre team.

NL East Preview

The NL East...it's home to the reigning world (US) champion Philadelphia Phillies. Which in turn is home to the Liberty Bell, cheese steak, cheese steak, cheese steak...heck it's like a Baby New York!

Ugh. This was almost ready to go and then Brady’s knee got Gillooly’d by Bernard Pollack and I couldn’t think about football until now. By the way, love the consistency of the NFL – Vince Wilfork gets pushed into J.P. Losman in last season's opener and got flagged and fined; Pollack hits the reigning MVP below the knee and gets nothing. Anyway, I’m amazed by the amount of glee all the Patriots’ ‘Haters’ have shown to Brady’s injury and look forward to an exciting season.

Thank heavens we're done with the boring, pointless and mostly unnecessary preseason (like 1 or 2 games wouldn't suffice?) and we can finally move on to the real games. This is going to be a quick preview of the season and predictions of each team's final standings.

AFC East

The AFC or Alpha dog Football Conference is where all the parity talk in the NFL flies right out the window. Pencil in the Pats, Chargers and Colts. The rest of the teams comprise the beta dogs (well except for KC they could be best summed up as the three legged dog that urinates blood and lives in a gutter), and these teams will fight for the meager scraps left come playoff time.

NBA Finals Preview

Wow. The Celtics & Lakers both looked impressive in closing out their respective Conference powerhouse. On top of that, they have guaranteed a TV ratings bonanza for the NBA and ABC. And let’s face it, after taking the regular season crown in their respective Conferences, would either team want it any other way? To be the best, you have to beat the best. And this is the first time since 2000 that both Conferences’ top seeds made the NBA Finals.