Lee Harris' Pick the Playoff Teams 2003


RULES: Reply to this post, and indicate clearly which 4 teams will make the playoffs in the American League, and which 4 teams in the National League. You score one "run" for each correct team, the person with the most "runs" wins.
As a tiebreak, you should also indicate the exact number of wins you think each team will finish the season with (regardless of any games not played), as defined by MLB once the season is officially over. For every team, I will work out the difference between what you predicted for wins, and what they actually won, and add up those differences for all 8 of your selections. The player who got closest (smallest total difference) is the winner. Only those players who were tied via the first stage are considered in the tiebreaking
procedure.

There is a deadline for entering this competition of course, which is the start of the RedSox-WhiteSox game on (Friday?). I will post in here when the game begins if I can, and summarise the names and entries of everyone involved.

Official Results

 Who/Wins
Ken

Ken
Briscoe
Steve
Robbins
Gnorkmeister
McDuck
Richard
Smith
Kenny

NY

 NY NY NY NY NY NY NY
101 99 98 97 99 98 97 96
Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston
95 96 97 94 97 95 96 97
Minnesota Chicago Chicago Chicago Minnesota Chicago Chicago Chicago
90 90 86 86 89 88 90 90
Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland
96 97 95 94 96 96 97 98
Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta
101 103 100 99 100 101 102 102
Florida Florida Philadelphia Florida Florida Florida Florida Philadelphia
91 92 86 87 89 89 90 91
Chicago Houston Chicago Chicago St Louis Chicago Chicago Chicago
88 89 88 85 86 86 89 89
San Fransisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco
100 100 102 98 97 98 99 100
Total W-L 6-2 6-2 7-1 7-1 7-1 7-1 6-2
Total +/-     18 11 9 10  

 Who
Ken

Ken
Briscoe
Steve
Robbins
Gnorkmeister
McDuck
Richard
Smith
Kenny

AL #1

 NY NY NY NY NY NY NY
Wins 99 98 97 99 98 97 96
AL #2 Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston
Wins 96 97 94 97 95 96 97
AL #3 Chicago Chicago Chicago Minnesota Chicago Oakland Chicago
Wins 90 86 86 89 88 97 90
AL #4 Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Chicago Oakland
Wins 97 95 94 96 96 90 98
NL #1 Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta
Wins 103 100 99 100 101 102 102
NL #2 Florida Chicago Florida St Louis Florida Florida Philadelphia
Wins 92 88 87 86 89 90 91
NL #3 Houston San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco
Wins 89 102 98 97 98 99 100
NL #4 San Francisco Philadelphia Chicago Florida Chicago Chicago Chicago
Wins 100 86 85 89 86 89 89