Okay, so I blew it and got a series prediction flat-out wrong. Serves me right for writing what I wanted to happen (sensible usage of Octavio Dotel, for example) to predict an Astros win instead of simply picking the Braves to conquer the Astros’ battered pitching staff. That kvetching aside, the NLCS should be a…
Has a dynasty started to crumble? The Braves couldn’t win 90 games this year, although their Pythagorean projections and their 19-24 record in one-run games pretty much say that they should have. Even so, the Braves did win their seventh straight division title. The Astros made a full rebound from last year’s collapse, but the…