67 thoughts on “2011 MLB Playoff Brackets”

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   ALDS(1): Tigers in 5 ALDS(2): Rangers in 4 NLDS(1): Cardinals in 4 NLDS(2): Brewers in 3 ALCS: Rangers in 6 NLCS: Brewers in 7 (with a brawl at some point) World Series: Brewers in 6

   1. Should we wrap them in a spoiler?

      Edit: Yes. If you forget, -1 point, we can clean it up later.

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   ALDS(1): DET 4 games ALDS(2): TEX 4 games NLDS(1): PHI 5 games NLDS(2): ARI 5 games ALCS: TEX 5 games NLCS: PHI 6 games World Series: PHI 6 games

3. You know how you think maybe an upset is a good idea in this series, and then you end up with no good options to advance in the next round? Yeah, I'm not winning this.

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   ALDS(1): DET 3-1 ALDS(2): TEX 3-2 NLDS(1): PHI 3-0 NLDS(2): MIL 3-1 ALCS: DET 4-2 NLCS: MIL 4-3 World Series: DET 4-1

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   ALDS(1): Tigers in 5 ALDS(2): Rays in 4 NLDS(1): Phillies in 4 NLDS(2): Diamondbacks in 4 ALCS: Rays in 6 NLCS: Diamondbacks in 7 (I'm a homer) World Series: Justin Upton def. BJ Upton, and I'm a Homer in 7

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   ALDS(1):Det over NYY 3-2 ALDS(2):Tex over TB 3-1 NLDS(1):Phi over STL 3-1 NLDS(2):Mil over Ari 3-0 ALCS: Tex over Det 4-1 NLCS: Mil over Phi 4-3 World Series: Tex over Mil 4-2

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   ALDS(1): Yankees in 4 ALDS(2): Rays in 5 NLDS(1): Phillies in 3 NLDS(2): Brewers in 4 ALCS: Rays in 7 NLCS: Brewers in 6 World Series: Rays in 6

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   ALDS(1): NYY in 5 ALDS(2): TB in 6 NLDS(1): PHI in 5 NLDS(2): MIL in 7 ALCS: TB in 6 NLCS: PHI in 5 World Series: PHI in 6

   1. Not that I'm trying to help you, cheaptoy, but if the TB and MIL division series go as long as you have them going, I will truly be amazed by your predicting prowess.

      1. Just taking a risk for a bigger reward.

         1. Alright, now that I've had time to rethink my incredibly dumb post above, here are my real answers:

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            ALDS(1): NYY in 4 ALDS(2): TB in 5 NLDS(1): PHI in 3 NLDS(2): MIL in 5 ALCS: TB in 6 NLCS: PHI in 5 World Series: PHI in 6

      2. Tie games! That would be awesome.

         1. Allan would never allow that. He'd just suspend them.

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   ALDS(1): Detroit (3-2) ALDS(2): Texas (3-1) NLDS(1): Phillies (3-0) NLDS(2): D'Backs (3-2) ALCS: Detroit (4-2) NLCS: Phillies (4-2) World Series: Phillies (4-2)

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   ALDS: Yankees 3-1 ALDS: Rays 3-2 NLDS: Phillies 3-0 NLDS: Brewers 3-2 ALCS: Rays 4-3 NLCS: Phillies 4-2 WS: Rays 4-3 with Game 7 in extra innings (bonus points?)

10. I'm definitely gonna wing this one

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    ALDS(1): NYY 3 - 1 Detroit ALDS(2): Tampa Bay 3 - 1 Texas NLDS(1): Philly 3 - 0 St. Louis NLDS(2): Arizona 2 - 3 Milwaukee ALCS: New York 4 - 2 Tampa Bay NLCS: Philly 4 - 2 Milwaukee World Series: Philly 4 - 3 New York

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    ALDS(1):Tigers 3-1 ALDS(2): Rangers 3-1 NLDS(1): Phillies 3-0 NLDS(2): Snakes 3-2 ALCS: Rangers 4-2 NLCS: Phillies 4-1 World Series: Rangers 4-3

12. full disclosure, i opened DW's but around one second to see if the answering style was correct, but it was brief enough to not see the answers. i will give my vote (which is good for somewhere in the bottom 3), and then crack everyone's seals...

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    ALDS(1): DET in 5 ALDS(2): TEX in 4 NLDS(1): PHI in 4 NLDS(2): MIL in 3 ALCS: TEX in 5 NLCS: PHI in 5 World Series: TEX in 6

    1. His ain't gonna help you any. Shoulda looked at mine.

    2. funny enough, my answers turned out to be the same as DWs (with different totals)

    3. I mindlessly looked at all of them above you, and didn't think until here why people were putting them in spoilers.

       DQ me if you all must, but I really didn't remember what people had picked, though. I just tried to fit my narrative.
       Also, I'm not a werewolf.

       1. vote: AMR

          1. Hungry Joe's the wolf. He made a spreadsheet!

             1. I agree. Also, he's just voted without posting reasons.
                Lastly, he just voted for an obvious villager (me).

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    ALDS(1):DET in 5 ALDS(2): TEX in 6 NLDS(1): PHI in 4 NLDS(2): MIL in 5 ALCS: DET in 7 NLCS: PHI in 5 World Series: PHI in 6

    1. OK, I'm stupid and I was thinking they were all best of seven series. Since that's not true, I have to rework one of these-

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       ALDS(1):DET in 5 ALDS(2): TEX in 5 NLDS(1): PHI in 4 NLDS(2): MIL in 5 ALCS: DET in 7 NLCS: PHI in 5 World Series: PHI in 6

       1. Hey man, you're not alone there, only I had to re-work two of them.

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    DET 3/NYY 2 TB 3/TEX 1 PHI 3/STL 1 ARI 3/MIL 0 DET 4/TB 1 PHI 4/ARI 2 DET 4/PHI 2

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    ALDS(1): NY 3-1 ALDS(2): Tampa 3-0 NLDS(1): STL 3-2 NLDS(2): Brew 3-1 ALCS: Tampa 4-2 NLCS: STL 4-2 World Series: STL 4-3

    1. Well, that's eerily close.

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    ALDS(1): DET 3-2 ALDS(2): TB 3-0 NLDS(1): PHI 3-1 NLDS(2): MIL 3-2 ALCS: TB 4-2 NLCS: PHI 4-1 World Series: TB 4-3

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    ALDS(1): NYY, 4 (Yanks are shut-out in game 1 and almost lose game 2 on a solo homer in the top of the 12th, but score two runs in the bottom to win it.) ALDS(2): TEX, 3 (Game 2: David Murphy breaks the tie with a fly ball to shallow CF that BJ Upton dives for and misses. Ball rolls all the way to the fence and Murph scores an inside-the-park HR) NLDS(1): STL, 5 (Game 5: Cards lucky that Yadier hits that homer in the top if the ninth to extend their one-run lead, they need all of that and the other run they score that inning when Ben Fransisco hits a three-run dinger.) NLDS(2): MIL, 3 (Games 1 & 2: Early leads for the Dbacks, then small defecits that they crawl back from, only to have the game-tying runs be the last runs. Game 3: Dbacks score in the 8th inning to keep it from being a shutout. Milwaukee have to settle for a lopsided victory.) ALCS: NYY, 7 (In the sixth inning of game 7, score tied 1-1, Endy Chavez robs Andruw Jones of a Grand Slam. But then Scott Feldman lets Russell Martin hit a homer in the 9th anyways.) NLCS: STL, 5 (Games 1 and 3 are taut 2-1 wins for the home teams. None of the other three games are even as competitive as their lopsided scores appear.) World Series: STL, 7 (Each game is won by the home team, Game 5 is the only blowout. Game 6 is won by an 11th-inning Colby Rasmus HR. In game 7, Pujols gets an out when he pulls Granderson off the bag and the ump didn't see it that way. Series MVP Chris Carpenter pitches 10 innings in game 7 and Nick Punto, pinch-hitting in the 10th with the bases loaded, bats in the winning run, sliding safely into first to avoid the Tieixieiria tag which would have extended the game to the 11th.) Or, If you're into that whole brevity thing: ALDS(1): NYY, 4 ALDS(2): TEX, 3 NLDS(1): STL, 5 NLDS(2): MIL, 3 ALCS: NYY, 7 NLCS: STL, 5 World Series: STL, 7

    1. Get your entries in, so you can read mine. I also predicted the narrative of each series.
       I did forget to mention that every game that Detroit loses, they had the lead, but Valverde blows the save. Especially in Game 2 of the ALDS.

    2. I like it for the most part--the Colby Rasmus thing might be tough to pull off though.

       1. That's what I get for just seeing who had the most starts in CF. I mean

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          Game 6 is won by an 11th-inning Jon Jay HR.

    3. didn't you mean Game ii of the Texas-Tampa ALDS series?

    4. Tieixieiria

       I'm not seeing an "ii" in there anywhere, so you must have spelled it wrong.

       1. I don't know what ii would be doing manning 1B for the Yanks.

          Also, I spell Tieixieiria that way because I know there's an "i" or two in there, and this way I'm sure not to miss one.

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    ALDS(1): DET, 3-2 ALDS(2): TB, 3-1 NLDS(1): PHI, 3-1 NLDS(2): MIL, 3-1 ALCS: DET, 4-1 NLCS: MIL, 4-2 World Series: MIL, 4-2

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    ALDS(1): Detroit 3, New York 2. ALDS(2): Tampa Bay 3, Texas 1. NLDS(1): Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1. NLDS(2): Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2. ALCS: Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2. NLCS: Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 3. World Series: Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 3.

20. I hope no one chose NYY to win it all

    1. Seven teams have been picked to win the World Series so far.

       1. ...and I love that fact.

       2. I had them winning it all until I remembered that the NL won the ASG this year and had HFA.

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    ALDS(1): Detroit in 5 ALDS(2): Rangers in 4 NLDS(1): Brewers in 4 NLDS(2): Philly in 4 ALCS: Detroit in 6 NLCS: Philly in 7 World Series: Philly in 6

    1. Oops,

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       NLDS(1):Philly in 4 NLDS(2): Brewers in 4

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    ALDS(1): NYY 3-1 ALDS(2): TB 3-2 NLDS(1): PHI 3-0 NLDS(2): MIL 3-1 ALCS: TB 4-2 NLCS: PHI 4-1 World Series: PHI 4-2 Or... whatever.

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    ALDS(1): Det 3-2 ALDS(2): TB 3-1 NLDS(1): PHI 3-0 NLDS(2): ARI 3-2 ALCS: TB 4-2 NLCS: PHI 4-1 World Series: PHI 4-3

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    Also, not a wolf. seriously.

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    ALDS(1):Detroit 3-2 ALDS(2):Tampa 3-1 NLDS(1):Philly 3-1 NLDS(2):Milwaukee 3-2 ALCS:Detroit 4-2 NLCS:Milwaukee 4-3 World Series: Milwaukee 4-2 DEADLINE: friday, 30 september 2011 3:00PM CT

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    ALDS(1): DET 5 GAMES ALDS(2): TB 4 GAMES NLDS(1): STL 5 GAMES NLDS(2): MIL 4 GAMES ALCS: DET 6 GAMES NLCS: STL 6 GAMES World Series STL 7 GAMES

26. I don't think I'm going to win.

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    ALDS(1): New York (4) ALDS(2): Tampa Bay (5) NLDS(1): Philly (3) NLDS(2): Arizona (5) ALCS: Tampa Bay (6) NLCS: Arizona (7) World Series: Tampa Bay (5)

27. Nothing ventured, nothing gained:

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    ALDS(1): NYY 3, Det 1 ALDS(2): Tex 3, TB 1 NLDS(1): Phi 3, SL 0 NLDS(2): Mil 3, Ari 1 ALCS: Tex 4, NYY 2 NLCS: Phi 4, Mil 1 World Series: Phi 4, Mil 3

    1. I doubt your world series matchup.

       1. Oops. Let me fix that. What I meant was:

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          Phi 4, Tex 3

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    ALDS(1): NYY in 3 ALDS(2): TAM in 5 NLDS(1): PHI in 4 NLDS(2): MIL in 4 ALCS: TAM in 7 NLCS: MIL in 6 World Series: TAM in 6

    Why not?

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    ALDS(1): NYY in 5 ALDS(2): TEX in 3 NLDS(1): PHI in 3 NLDS(2): MIL in 4 ALCS: NYY in 6 NLCS: MIL in 7 World Series: MIL in 7

30. alright, everyone can take a look at the spreadsheet here. i would highly recommend double checking your entry as my thermostat is on the fritz and i cannot guarantee the level of baked-ness.

    one thing i found interesting so far is

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    no one has predicted any sweeps from the championship series on.

    1. The link to the spreadsheet should replace the race to the bottom on the sidebar.

       1. i've pinned this post to the top of the page for now (i'll unpin it after the deadline), but any sidebar work is beyond me.

          1. Right, I wasn't necessarily asking you to do it.

    2. some summary statistics:

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       ALDS1: 17 DET, 11 NYY; ALDS2: 16 Tam, 12 Tex NLDS1: 24 Phi, 4 STL; NLDS2: 21 MIL, 7 Ariz ALCS: 11 Tam, 9 Det, 5 Tex, 3 NYY; NLCS: 15 Phi, 8 Mil, 3 Stl, 2 Ariz WS: 10 Phi, 5 Tam, 4 Mil, 3 Tex, 3 Stl, 2 Det, 1 Ariz

       I will leave the path analysis as an exercise for GH and The Nation Has Problems 🙂

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          no one thinks the yanks'll take it, eh?

    3. That's just because the Twins won the first game of the 2002 ALCS.

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    ALDS(1): NY in 4 ALDS(2): TB in 5 NLDS(1): philly in 3 NLDS(2): Milwaukee in 5 ALCS: TB in 7 NLCS: Philly in 4 World Series: Philly in 7

    Wolves win in 7.

    1. Mini-Ditka goes for 50 with 35 boards.

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    ALDS(1): Yankees in 5 ALDS(2): Rays in 4 NLDS(1): Phillies in 4 NLDS(2): Brewers in 5 ALCS: Rays in 6 NLCS: Brewers in 6 World Series: Brewers in 7!

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       Spoiler fail fixed.

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