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Paul Gutierrez
Raised in Barstow, Calif., where he played community college baseball for two years, Paul Gutierrez has worked at Sports Illustrated and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he covered his alma mater's Runnin' Rebels at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. During a six-year stint at the Los Angeles Times, he co-authored Tommy Davis' "Tales from the Dodgers Dugout." He came to The Bee in October 2005 and is now a Bay Area sports features writer who concentrates on baseball during the spring and summer.

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September 04, 2007

Bonus baseball predictions

Playoff Predictions

Congratulations. You've read the "fiber," the newspaper, to get my handicapping of major league baseball's divisions for the final month and now you've found your way to the "cyber," the Internet, for some bonus picks. And away we go...

American League

Division Series

Yankees win Wild Card berth and exact revenge on the Angels, who beat them in 2002 and 2005 division series and are the only team to have a winning record against them since 1996, by thwarting the Rally Monkey in a thrilling five-game set.

Red Sox beat the Indians in ho-hum fashion in four games, setting up the inevitable...

ALCS

Yankees beat shell-shocked Red Sox after Boston jumps out to 3-0 series lead, harkening memories of 2004 and giving birth to the "Curse of Johnny Damon's Beard."

National League

Division Series

Phillies get Wild Card, beat offensively-challenged Padres in stunning sweep.

Cubs get revenge for 1969 and upset over-confident Mets in four games.

NLCS

Cubs, swelling with confidence, make short work of the Phillies in five, advancing to their first Fall Classic since 1945. With star-crossed cousins the White Sox and Red Sox winning the World Series in recent years, the stars seem to be aligning for the Cubbies. Until...

World Series

With the Cubs five outs from winning their first World Series since 1908, in five games at Wrigley Field, a Steve Bartman-look-alike strikes by interfering with a sure out on a foul ball down the left-field line, allowing the Yankees to rally and win Game 5 and send the series back to New York. The Yankees then blow by a demoralized Cubs squad at Yankee Stadium, proving $220 million CAN buy you a championship. Finally.

-Paul Gutierrez

Posted by Bill Bradley, September 4, 2007 07:13 AM

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