Cleveland Indians vs Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series!

It's time to talk baseball again.

Pres. Bush threw the first pitch at the new park in Washington DC. Frankly, it's a beautiful park and I love the view of the Capitol Dome behind left field. As always, Pres. Bush throws a good pitch, although it was a bit high tonight!

Let me start with the Rangers. I like this team. Michael Young is only 31 and in his prime. Hank Blalock is healthy and should hit 30 home runs! Ian Kessler is looking better and better and he is only 25. Gerard Laird is healthy and should catch most of the games. Josh Hamilton is going to be great and he is only 26.

The pitching is a little better. Milwood and Padilla should win 15 games each. CJ Wilson is a young closer with tremendous fan appeal. McCarthy is a young pitcher but will start in the DL.

Overall, this is going to be a .500 year for the Rangers. It's time for the fans to be a little more patient. I understand the local frustration since the Rangers have not win the AL West since '99.

I think that the Rangers are doing it the right way. Can you say D-Backs, Rockies and Indians? They took the time and built some very nice teams.

Get ready for a good future: The farm system has a lot of talent and the local fans will enjoy baseball in 2009 and beyond. (Big picture is Texas Rangers' focus)

The Rangers should be competitive in 2008 but 82 or 83 wins is about as much as you can expect from a young, but very talented, team.

In the NL, the Mets, Braves and Phillies will fight in the East. I will pick the Braves because they have so much young talent and veteran pitching.

The Brewers, Cubs, Cardinals and Astros will fight in the Central. I will pick the Brewers who will clinch in the last weekend of the season. The NL Central will be the most exciting pennant race of the season.

The NL West is pitching loaded. The Rockies, D-Backs, Padres and Dodgers will be in it for much of the season. I pick the D-Backs because they are the model of a baseball team.

The NL wildcard will be the Rockies. This is another young team with lots of potential.

What about the Dodgers? They will be in it but they are not ready yet.

Milwaukee will beat Colorado. Arizona will beat the Braves. The Brewers will win the NLCS.

In the AL, the Indians will win the Central. They won't have much competition.

The Angels and Mariners will have a great pennant race. I pick the Angels.

The Red Sox and Yankees will fight for the AL East. I pick Boston to repeat. By the way, watch out for Tampa Bay. They are a young team. TB finally has the right ownership and hopefully they can get a new stadium to replace the awful Tropicana Field.

The Mariners will be the wildcard team by beating the Yankees.

It won't be pleasant in NY because the Yankees will miss the playoffs for the first time since '93. Unfortunately, the Yankees are getting older and the farm system is not that great! The Yankees say goodbye to Yankee Stadium. It's a shame that there won't be any post season baseball.

The Angels will beat the Red Sox. The Indians will beat the Mariners. The Indians will win the NLCS.

So, it will be Cleveland vs Milwaukee in the World Series. The Brewers and Indians have a lot of young players who will be household names by this fall.

Who will win it all? I will say Milwaukee in 7! I think that Wisconsin fans need something to cheer about now that Favre has retired from the Packers!