2003 MLB PREDICTIONS

OK, this entry has nothing to do with me being an urban Christian and everything to do with me being a baseball fanatic. Yes, a baseball fan that was born after 1970! We still do exist. Anyway, with the season just a day away, I'm going to go out on a limb and make some predictions. (I'm doing this so I can look back in October and see how much of an idiot I was.) So without further ado . . .

AL West: Oakland A's
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL wild card: New York Yankees

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers
AL batting champ: Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners
AL HR champ: Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers
AL RBI champ: Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox

AL Cy Young: Tim Hudson, Oakland Athletics
AL wins: Tim Hudson, Oakland Athletics
AL ERA: Barry Zito, Oakland Athletics
AL strikeouts: Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox

NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL wild card: Atlanta Braves

NL MVP: Pat Burrell, Philadelphia Phillies
NL batting champ: Todd Helton, Colorado Rockies
NL HR champ: Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs
NL RBI champ: Pat Burrell, Philadelphia Phillies

NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros
NL wins: Kevin Millwood, Philadelphia Phillies
NL ERA: Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros
NL strikeouts: Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs

AL Division Series: A's over Yanks, Red Sox over Twins
NL Division Series: Phillies over Giants, Braves over Cubs
League Championships: A's over Red Sox, Phillies over Braves
World Series: A's over Phillies in 6