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Originally Posted by illeracula
You have to like the match-up of the 82 Phils and the 91 Pirates. This could turn out to be one of those 19 games series...Interesting Fact: Julio Franco was a rookie for the Phillies in 1982, yes the same Julio Franco who played 108 games for the Braves in 2005.
Manager:
Jim Leyland v Pat Corrales
Lets look at the lineups:
C Mike LaValliere v Bo Diaz
1B Orlando Merced v Pete Rose
2B Jose Lind v Manny Trillo
3B Bobby Bonilla v Mike Schmidt
SS Jay Bell v Ivan DeJesus
OF Barry Bonds v Gary Matthews
OF Andy Van Slyke v Bob Dernier
OF Gary Varsho v Garry Maddox
And the Pitchers:
SP Doug Drabek v Steve Carlton
SP Zane Smith v Larry Christenson
SP John Smiley v Mike Krukow
SP Randy Tomlin v Dick Ruthven
SP Bob Walk v Marty Bystrom
CL Bill Landrum v Ron Reed
RP Stan Belinda v Sid Monge
RP Bob Patterson v Ed Farmer
RP Bob Kipper v Sparky Lyle
RP Neal Heaton v Tug McGraw
I beleive the Phillies have the experience, but with experience they have age! And age isn't always a good thing. The glaring thing about this Phillies team is only 1 left handed starter against a team that is loaded with Lefties...My prediction upon further review...1991 Pirates 10-5.
Now lets take a peak at the 1915 Tigers versus the 82 A's. This should be an interesting match-up. So far in the tourny the more-modern Generation's have played better ball against the deal-ball teams. The A's have a lot talent, but mostly young or on off/down years. I can say I don't know much about the 1915 Tigers, but any team with Ty Cobb on it you have to be conerned...
Manager
Hughie Jennings v Billy Martin
Line-up:
C Oscar Stanage v Mike Heath
1B George Burns v Dan Meyer
2B Ralph Young v Davey Lopes
3B Ossie Vitt v Wayne Gross
SS Donie Bush v Fred Stanley
OF Ty Cobb v Dwayne Murphy
OF Sam Crawford v Rickey Henderson
OF Bobby Veach v Tony Armas
DH na v Jeff Burroughs
Starters:
SP Harry Coveleski v Matt Keough
SP Hooks Dauss v Rick Langford
SP Jean Dubuc v Mike Norris
SP na v Brian Kingman
SP na v Steve McCatty
Bullpen:
CL na v Dave Beard
RP Bernie Boland v Bob Owchinko
RP Red Oldham v Tom Underwood
RP Bill Steen v Preston Hanna
RP Pug Cavet v Bo McLaughlin
Looking at these two teams, we start with the Managers. But the comparisions really end there. The 1915 Tigers seem to be the better team by far...although neither team had great bats, which could lead to a huge upset, the Tigers have more skill. How will this translate into a best of 19 series? Well if the Tigers have better pitching and most of the time pitching beats hitting (but the A's have none of that either). So when the dust settles I predict the A's going down 10-8.
I just picked against both of my teams...oh well...I am still rooting for them!!
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Awesome previews!!! Now lets see how they pan out 
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