Monday, July 13, 2015

Episode 170 - All-Star Break Adjustments

Today's episode is the first time we've done the WSC podcast using BlogTalkRadio.  This was necessary as Mike and Tim are now two counties away from one another.

Mike's BTR account is listed under "skidawgspound."

Today is our All-Star Break review and adjustments.  Here they are:

Division Mike's Original Tim's Original Mike's Adjustments Tim's Adjustments Actual
(as of 7/13/15)
AL East Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay NY Yankees NY Yankees
AL Central Detroit Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City
AL West LA Angels LA Angels Houston LA Angels LA Angels
AL Wild Cards Kansas City
Toronto
Seattle
Toronto
Minnesota
LA Angels
Minnesota
Houston
Minnesota
Houston
NL East Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington
NL Central St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis
NL West San Francisco LA Dodgers San Francisco LA Dodgers LA Dodgers
NL Wild Cards Pittsburgh
San Diego
Miami
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
NY Mets
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs

Mike and Tim's original World Series prediction: Washington over LA Angels
Mike's adjusted World Series: Washington over Kansas City
Tim's adjusted World Series: Kansas City over Washington

Batsu teams are set: Royals for Tim, Nationals for both Mike and Tim (team batsu situation)

Also on today's podcast: Tim was recently in the Bay Area on vacation, where he took in an A's game.  Tim provided us with photographic proof:


This led to a discussion on how good public transit and pro sports mix well together.

We end with some brief discussion on the All-Star voting and Tim's prediction that Toronto's Josh Donaldson will win the Home Run Derby.



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