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Baseball Nation predicts the playoffs

We’re not telling you to take these predictions and use them to gamble. But if you were to do such a thing, you’d win an awful lot of money.

by Grant Brisbee

Oct 5, 2012, 5:22 PM UTC

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Here they are. The Baseball Nation predictions.

All of these predictions were arrived at after hours of study and meditation, with careful analysis going into each pick. They certainly weren’t something that everyone spit out after five seconds of thinking in response to a “Hey, wait, we need to get some predictions up” e-mail.

So if some of these predictions turn out wrong -- I mean, it’s possible -- make sure you save this page and refer back to it often because your team was totally slighted. It’s probably because we hate your team.

Except for the A’s. Wow. They’re a popular pick. And what happened to the Reds? I’m thinking they have the best chance of making all six of these professional prognosticators look mighty stupid.

Here goes:

	NL Wild Card	AL Wild Card	NLDS 1	NLDS 2	ALDS 1	ALDS 2	NLCS	ALCS	World Series
Rob Neyer	Braves	Orioles	Giants	Braves	A's	Yankees	Braves	A's	A's
Al Yellon	Braves	Rangers	Giants	Nationals	Tigers	Yankees	Giants	Tigers	Tigers
Grant Brisbee	Cardinals	Rangers	Giants	Cardinals	Tigers	Rangers	Cardinals	Tigers	Cardinals
Jason Brannon	Braves	Rangers	Reds	Nationals	Tigers	Yankees	Nationals	Yankees	Nationals
Matt Sussman	Braves	Rangers	Reds	Braves	A's	Yankees	Braves	A's	A's
Jim Baker	Cardinals	Rangers	Reds	Nationals	A's	Yankees	Nationals	A's	A's