• 

MLB’s Postseason gets underway tonight with a Wild Card matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals. Before things get underway, here is my prediction for how the postseason goes down.

We begin with disappointment on the National League front. Of the NL teams vying for the pennant, both of the teams I’m willing to cheer for face off in the Wild Card round. Disappointed to have to choose between them at this early stage, I’ll pick Nationals over Brewers to get things started.

In the AL Wild Card matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics, I fall victim to my hometown biases and will bet on the A’s. The A’s have been featured in two Wild Card matchups since the expanded format and lost both. This is the year they make it to the next round!

Back to the National League, I have St. Louis facing off against Atlanta and the Los Angels Dodgers hosting the Washington Nationals. I think Braves sweep and Dodgers take the Nats in four games.

For the American League, the Wild Card team again bows out as the Houston Astros sweep. Personally, I could go either way here. The A’s were a local team for me growing up so I think I’ll root for them over the Astros but no hard feelings when the Astros advance instead. It’s easy for me to root for the Twins over the Yankees, something about the TC logo I think… that and it’s the Yankees. But I think I’ll be disappointed by this series which I predict goes all the way to Game 5 for the Yankees.

In an Atlanta vs. Los Angeles matchup for the NLCS, I’ll be cheering for the Braves! My cheers carry no weight however and despite my best efforts the dreaded Dodgers prevail to win their third straight National League Pennant. That one probably goes 5 games.

Now, if everything goes as I’ve predicted so far, Major League Baseball will be thrilled. We would face the prospect of a 2017 rematch between the Dodgers and Astros or a throwback, 12th matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees. I don’t want to see the Yankees win another World Series and I loath the Dodgers so it only makes sense that the World Series feature those two teams. Fortunately, we can have the lesser of two evils and I predict the Yankees win in six.

Now for the most important prediction of all: I predict Taco Bell brings back the “steal a base, steal a taco” promotion and Chris Taylor, OF, Dodgers steals everyone a taco!