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4Quarters: 2012 MLB Hat Breakdown

I’ve decided to give you my first rankings of the hats being worn in Major League Baseball this season so I hope you enjoy.

One of several Royals hats I own and wear to one of my favorite places.

For those who don’t know me I’ve got a great collection of hats all kinds. With the start of baseball I thought I’d rank every team’s hat. And I mean every hat, alternatives so let’s begin.

  1. Detroit Tigers home, the old English D is a classic look which just looks great oddly enough I do not own this lid.
  2. Detroit Tigers away, if I have the Tigers home with the white D on it I feel I’d be foolish not to have the teams road hate which is the same only with orange. Another hat I don’t own.
  3. New York Yankees, the interlocking NY is an worldwide status symbol wither I like it or not and yes I do have this hat for reasons previously mentioned.
  4. Boston Red Sox primary, another hat that is worn a lot because people think it’s cool in addition to wanting to be on the bandwagon. I don’t have a fitted version of this hat.
  5. Kansas City Royals, I admit this is a homer pick but it’s a clean logo plus a great looking hat which I’ve seen more and more on people’s heads outside the area you’d think. And yes I’ve got plenty Royals hats with probably more to come in the future.
  6. San Francisco Giants primary, classic hat with interlocking letters which just makes for a great look says I. I do own a couple of these.
  7. Los Angeles Dodgers, this is a top 10 hat for sure and you want to raise questions to why I’ve got it behind the Royals for being essentially the same so be it. I don’t have a fitted version this hat but wouldn’t turn one down good looking.
  8. Chicago Cubs, another one of the recognizable hats which you know exactly who it is even if the team is lousy always. Another hat I do not own with really no plans to going forward but as the fans say maybe next year hah.
  9. Washington Nationals home, this is our first all red hat on the list and I admit it’s really grown on me recently. I have the old road hat but this is on my radar.
  10. St. Louis Cardinals home, I had to put this hat in the top ten because it’s stood the test of time and is known by many. I don’t own this hat and don’t have plans to at this time.
  11. Minnesota Twins home, interlocking letters are big with me and I just like how this hat looks and I do own one.
  12. Cincinnati Reds home, another all-red hat making an appearance on my list but this hat has been around for a long long time. I wouldn’t be opposed to owning one but I’d probably only get one if I was going to a game in Cincy.
  13. Pittsburgh Pirates primary, this is another hat I don’t own but would in a heartbeat it just looks great maybe it needs to be on the radar.
  14. Toronto Blue Jays, this is one of my favorite hats since the Jays brought it back this season unfortunately it’s lost in the crowd due to other good options. I got the new edition a few months ago because I had to have it.
  15. Baltimore Orioles home, like the team above them on the list the O’s brought it back and it looks outstanding. It’s also on my short must have list.
  16. Baltimore Orioles away, the only difference is it’s all black but still on my must have list and is just outside the top 15.
  17. Philadelphia Phillies primary, I really like this hat and don’t take it as a slap in the face Phillies fans for being so far down on the list. I do own a couple Phillies hats mainly due to a good experience in the city.
  18. Chicago White Sox primary, classic look to it but again lost in the crowd of other hats in the league. A couple years ago while in Chicago I did buy this hat after a weekend of dealing with Cubs fans.
  19. New York Mets, I don’t think they have the black hat with a blue bill anymore and I do own this hat but again too many other choices but I do like this hat.
  20. Texas Rangers primary, I bought this hat while living in Texas to feel a part of the state plus a good looking solid blue hat is hard to turn down.
  21. Colorado Rockies home, interlocking C and R works for me don’t know why but I do like this hat a lot and probably should add the game hat to my collection, gives me a reason to visit Denver.
  22. Philadelphia Phillies alternate, blue crown with a red bill plus P on the hat just looks great to me and is our first alternative on this list. I don’t own it but would consider at some point.
  23. Atlanta Braves home, good looking hat have to give them that but I’m allowing the fact I don’t care for them cloud my judgment.
  24. Atlanta Braves road, great looking navy hat which I really do like so I pair it right behind the primary Braves hat. I’d consider this hat more than the one listed above.
  25. Oakland Athletics home, iconic sure and only green and gold hat here but compared to others it is down the list sorry A’s fans. I would buy this hat if that cheers you up.
  26. Houston Astros primary, I do own the black version and I think it’s the primary but the team has been wearing the clay version a lot lately.
  27. Oakland Athletics away, I do like this hat and would purchase it but really no hurry.
  28. Seattle Mariners primary, let me say I do like this hat but I just like others more and yes I have a version of it.
  29. Seattle Mariners alternate, love this hat and have it on my need to purchase list since the M’s brought it back this year.
  30. Cleveland Indians road, simple means great just a navy hat with a block C that works for me. What I’m trying to say I’d probably buy it.
  31. Cleveland Indians home alternate, look I don’t know what the primary or alternate hat is for them. This one is the red one with the navy block C on it which I do like. Don’t own this but maybe someday.
  32. Miami Marlins primary, another on the radar candidate and not sure why but it’s growing on me quickly.
  33. Miami Marlins alternate, the only orange hat on this list plus its good enough to be considered for sure.
  34. Chicago White Sox home alternate, this White Sox hat is just like the primary only red and I really like it a lot, would consider.
  35. Arizona Diamondbacks alternate, this is the snakes black hat which they wear every now and again. Don’t own it but don’t dislike it either.
  36. Arizona Diamondbacks primary, this hat is really average in my eyes, I don’t own it and now sure if I did I’d actually wear it.
  37. Houston Astros alternate, like I mentioned the team has been wearing this hat lately and I don’t own it for reasons listed above with the D’Backs.
  38. Milwaukee Brewers alternate, this is a classic the M and B that looks like a glove! So why isn’t it higher? Because I think while awesome kind of plain compared to others listed I do have this hat.
  39. Tampa Bay Rays, this is a good looking hat don’t get me wrong but yawn their alternate with the plaid bill looks better and that was a one-time deal. I do own this hat (plus the plaid) and one with the World Series patch.
  40. St. Louis Cardinals road, I do like navy hats with red lettering but when stacked against others well it just gets lost. Don’t own but if I had to have a Cardinals hat to avoid death I would get this one.
  41. St. Louis Cardinals Sunday home alternate, my mom got me the batting practice version of this a few years ago when she was in St. Louis. Not a bad hat that is probably second on my STL list of options but in the grand scheme it’s low here.
  42. Colorado Rockies away, black hat with a purple bill is just alright and I don’t own it but still not a terrible looking hat.
  43. Minnesota Twins road, same thing as their home hat but has a red bill, when they introduced it I bought it because I liked the Target Field patch on it which was the debut year for this hat.
  44. San Francisco Giants Sunday alternate, see above but I do own this hat and like this hat I just couldn’t jump it past many on my list.
  45. Texas Rangers home alternate, in Mike Vamosi’s America this would be the team’s home hat and the blue would be for the road. I do own this hat and got it in middle school, I don’t think it fits anymore.
  46. Washington Nationals road, same exact hat as the Twins just change the logo out. It’s a nice hat but I’m bitter they went with this over the solid navy hat this had which looked better.
  47. Baltimore Orioles alternate, I don’t know if the still wear the O’s hat but just in case I’ll include it. I don’t own this hat this is plain, looks nice but plain.
  48. Milwaukee Brewers primary, I love any hat with barely on it and do have this one but it’s the definition of a lost in the shuffle hat.
  49. Cincinnati Red away, I don’t own this version for the Reds which is simple the home hat with a black bill yawn.
  50. Oakland Athletics black, again not sure they still wear this and my buddy gave me this hat because it didn’t fit him. With the rich history of the team it’s kind of a bummer this hat even exists for the A’s.
  51. Pittsburgh Pirates alternate, this is just a version outlined in white and I don’t own it and have no desire to.
  52. Boston Red Sox alternate, you’re the Boston Red Sox and have a lot of posers wearing your hat already. So in true greedy fashion you design an alternate hat with your secondary logo, maybe but I prefer not to fund the rich teams.
  53. Cleveland Indians home primary, if Cleveland didn’t shrink Chief Wahoo I might buy this but they have so end of story.
  54. Los Angeles Angels, this team has a proud history of great hats but have a boring red one with an A on it. Not really enticing me to buy it.

So I think this covers all the primary hats (ones worn on a one-time bases didn’t make the list or the patriot series ones) please let me know your opinion or if I missed one. Thanks!

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4Quarters Major League Baseball 2012 Season Predictions Sure to go Wrong Roundtable

Baseball season begins on Wednesday, April 5 in Miami with the defending World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals opening up the Miami Marlins new park. I’ve assembled another roundtable to discuss the season this time myself (Royals fan), Jerry Durney (Mets fan), Joe Tichy (White Sox fan) and Tom Strauss (Braves fan) have predictions for you. Sure I gave you mine before the Opening Series in Japan but to the roundtable.

Marlins Park is the only new stadium in 2012 in addition see what the roundtable thinks about the upcoming season.

American League:
East –
Vamosi – Tampa Bay Rays, Still like this Rays team and think they will be even better this year than last year’s wildcard team. Joe Madden is a wizard and gets the most out of his guys which will be the case yet again in 2012.

Durney – New York Yankees, This could be the best division race we’ll ever see but the Yankees won comfortably last year and they have a better rotation this year, plus I feel like they’re going to add a bat at the deadline once the Raul Ibanez Banana in the Tailpipe fails. Keep an eye on Toronto.

Tichy – Tampa Bay Rays, Youth, consistency, and one of the best managers in baseball

Strauss – Tampa Bay Rays, Desmond Jennings will continue to grow into a star and the return of Carlos Pena to Tampa bay provide added protection or Evan Longoria.

Recap: Three of the four of us choose the Rays with the only person who calls Florida home going with the Yankees.

Central –
Vamosi – Detroit Tigers, Sure I’m a Royals fan but I cannot deny the Tigers being the best team in the American League. It’s a fact this season so might as well acknowledge the truth.

Durney – Detroit Tigers, Easiest pick of all. Cleveland will hang around for a while and maybe KC can do what Pittsburgh did in the first half last year. (See Vmos, I care!)

Tichy – Detroit Tigers, Cabrera and Fielder are best one-two punch in baseball.  Teams rebuilding in the division help their cause immensely.  Rotation after Verlander is only major flaw

Durney – Detroit Tigers, Right when you think think the Tigers may fall back with the loss of Victor Martinez, they go out and get Prince Fielder to give the Tigers the best 3/4 tandem in baseball.

Racap: It’s a clean sweep for the Tigers in our minds so no reason to expound on that.

West –
Vamosi – Texas Rangers, C’mon it’s the Rangers! All they did in the offseason is get better and they are the champs until beaten right?

Durney – Los Angeles Angels, This will be a tug of war all the way, but the Angels will pull away because I’m surer about their pitching than the Rangers. Joe Nathan as a closer is just begging for trouble (solely based on health), the jury’s out on whether Neftali Feliz has PTSD from Game 6 (history says he does) and they’re banking on Derek Holland seizing the ace role, which I don’t think he’s ready for just yet. Meanwhile, LAA has Ervin Santana on the 4-hole. If he continues to improve on his 2011 form, that’s frightening. Oh yeah, and they added that Pujols guy too.

Tichy – Los Angeles Angels, Albert Pujols, solid 1-4 starters, Scioscia

Strauss – Texas Rangers, This team has been knocking at the door the last few years.  My prediction is that they will continue it do so, but fall short of the ws this year because they have no top of the rotation guy to match Verlander.

Recap: I went with the Rangers where the other three went with the Angels.

Wildcard –
Vamosi – New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels, Both these teams will be in the playoffs mark my words. The Yankees are good enough (cringe at what I just typed) and the Angels c’mon they and Texas will both be in the playoffs with the extra wildcard now being in play.

Durney – Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays, Tampa Bay could easily take the East but it’s probably safer to put them here. Toronto and Cleveland could make this interesting as far as late August.

Tichy – Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox, Joe is so confident he left no comment.

Strauss – Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels, Angles win one game playoff…Angels should have enough star power to get them in the playoffs, but will lack the team chemistry to get it done in year one with Albert Pujols.

Recap: I think in the end we’ve all got the same playoff fields just have different routes for each, ok not true. Below are our picks in one place for your viewing pleasure.

AL Playoff Picks:
Vamosi – Rays, Tigers, Rangers, Yankees, Angels
Jerry – Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Rangers, Rays
Tichy – Rays, Tigers, Angels, Rangers, Red Sox
Strauss – Rays, Tigers, Rangers, Rangers, Red Sox

National League:
East –
Vamosi – Atlanta Braves, The Braves collapse down the stretch and were overshadowed by the Red Sox and Rays on game 162 aka the last game of the season. I like what Atlanta did adding Michael Bourn plus they should be motivated to finish in 2012.

Durney – Philadelphia Phillies, Pitching will carry them once again, but they are far more likely to win 90 than 100. I have Washington a year ahead of schedule in second, Atlanta takes a step back (I was shocked to see them not add a bat in the offseason when that led to their September collapse) and I see a lot of the 2008 Tigers in Miami. Am I rooting for said dud to happen? OK, twist my arm.

Tichy – Atlanta Braves, Good combo of youth and veterans

Strauss – Philadelphia Phillies, Toughest division in all of baseball this year. Yes they will be without Utley and Howard for sometime but the additions of Wigginton and Thome will help an offense jthat will not need to score many runs to win.  They still have too many arms last I checked.

Recap: Myself and Joe like the Braves where Tom and Jerry (see what I did there) both went against what they know is right and choose the Phillies.

Central –
Vamosi – St. Louis Cardinals, My only justification is that I don’t trust a Dusty Baker managed team to have the pitching because he’ll burn every arm he has. The Cardinals might have a new skipper but they have pretty much everyone but Pujols and Carpenter back so why not?

Durney – Cincinnati Reds, I have zero confidence on this one. Several factors will decide this division: Can Latos/Cueto elevate their games, St. Louis’ rotation (multiple question marks there) as well as how much of Prince’s production Milwaukee can replace. Since Joey Votto is the best player on the 3 teams, I pick the Reds.

Tichy – Cincinnati Reds, No Albert, No Prince. Votto will have an MVP caliber season once again

Strauss – Milwaukee Brewers, Yes they lost fielder but they added Aramis Rameriz and still have enough pop in the lineup with Braun, Hart,Weeks and a proven lead off guy in Nyger Morgan.

Recap: I went with the Cardinals, Joe and Jerry like the Reds while Tom is picking the Brewers.

West –
Vamosi – San Francisco Giants, Pitching, pitching and pitching I don’t care if they cannot hit because they will suffocate you with their pitching staff. They also shouldn’t lack motivation having missed the playoffs last year and didn’t get to defend in the playoffs.

Durney – Arizona Diamondbacks, Young group getting better, much more built to last than their ’07 predecessors, although I do have concerns on whether their bullpen can sustain their success from last season. However, a reasonably healthy Buster Posey could swing it to San Francisco. Keep an eye on Matt Cain, who was always underappreciated, who is in a contract year. The Lincecum/Cain duo could be the game’s best this season. Also, I fully expect Madison Bumgarner to make the leap this season.

Tichy – Arizona Diamondbacks, shocked the world last year and will complete the task this year.

Strauss – San Francisco Giants, The giants get Posey back and that should be just enough to hold off the the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Recap: Me and Tom are picking the Giants while Joe and Jerry take the Diamondbacks

Wildcards –
Vamosi – Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies, I think that the NL East will be the best division and will bear the fruit of such. Sure the Diamondbacks are a solid team that I left out but I feel they take a step back this season so put me on that island.

Durney – St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, I have St. Louis here but as I said earlier, I think the Central runner-up gets one of the two. Washington will make these teams sweat though.

Tichy – Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, Another no-comment of confidence from JT

Strauss – Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins, braves win one game playoff.  The Marlins will be very exciting with and may have as much talent as anybody in the East this year,but I am not convinced some of these superstars have thick enough skin to put up with the biggest star on the team, their manager Ozzie.

Recap: I think we all agree (minus Jerry) that the NL East will have two playoff teams.

NL Playoffs:
Vamosi – Braves, Cardinals, Giants, Nationals, Phillies
Durney – Phillies, Reds, Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Giants
Tichy – Braves, Reds, Diamondbacks, Marlins, Cardinals
Strauss – Phillies, Brewers, Giants, Braves, Marlins

World Series:

Vamosi – Detroit Tigers over San Francisco Giants, you’re welcome for the jinx!

Durney – San Francisco Giants over Los Angeles Angels, he likes revenge for 2002!

Tichy – Los Angeles Angels over Arizona Diamondbacks, this would be a fresh match-up which I’d watch.

Strauss – Atlanta Braves over Detroit Tigers, Chipper Jones wins World Series in his first and last seasons. He only plays in 125 games but McCann, Uggla, and Freeman solidly the middle of the line-up.  Keep in mind the Braves were arguably the best team in baseball April-August last season and then Jair and Tommy Hanson went down.  To me the Braves have too many players with too much to lose this season. McCann, Jair, Bourn, and Hansen are in contract years, Chipper has one last hurrah in him and Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman have been mashing the ball all spring long. (Remember Tom is a Braves fan, MV)

Postseason/Individual Awards

AL MVP –
Vamosi – Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers, Again take Verlander off the Tigers and what does the pitching staff have? Plus he’s the difference maker from making Detroit a division champ to on the fringe.

Durney – Evan Longoria Tampa Bay Rays (Jose Bautista 2nd, Adrian Beltre 3rd), Longoria had 31 HR/99 RBI/. 355 OBP/ .850 OPS in a “down” season and as we saw in September, he can carry this team. His apex starts now.

Tichy – Robinson Cano New York Yankees, He’s due-plain and simple.

Strauss – Albert Pujols Los Angeles Angels

NL MVP –
Vamosi – Matt Kemp Los Angeles Dodgers, Runner-up last year will take it this year.

Durney – Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks (Buster Posey 2nd, Joey Votto/Matt Kemp 3rd), I see a lot of similarities between Upton this year and Votto 2 years ago.

Tichy – Justin Upton Arizona Diamondbacks, Will be a household name by the end of the year

Strauss – Brian McCann Atlanta Braves, * contract year*

AL Cy Young –
Vamosi – Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners, Yep, that’s right not Verlander because I think King Felix will have better numbers in picking up his second AL Cy Young in three seasons.

Durney – Jered Weaver Los Angeles Angels (Dan Haren 2nd, Justin Verlander 3rd), Weaver last year was arguably the best pitcher in the AL who wasn’t a ninja riding a cheetah, he gets the hardware this season.

Tichy – Jered Weaver Los Angeles Angels, Tailed off after a remarkable first ten starts last year. Will have run support to get the wins this year

Strauss – David Price Tampa Bay Rays

NL Cy Young –
Vamosi – Matt Cain San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum is the only Cy Young winner on the staff where I think Cain is more complete. This year he finally gets the acknowledgment he deserves to go with that big contract.

Durney – Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers (narrowly edging out Halladay and Matt Cain), Kershaw has passed Cliff Lee as the best lefty in the game and may be within shouting distance of Halladay/Verlander as best overall in the game.

Tichy – Cole Hamels Philadelphia Phillies, Hiding behind Halladay and Lee, Cole will emerge from the shadows this year

Strauss – Josh Johnson Miami Marlins

AL Rookie of the Year –
Vamosi – Mike Moustakes Kansas City Royals, I don’t know if he is eligible but I really don’t care because I think Moose will have a big season.

Durney – Matt Moore Tampa Bay Rays, Brett Lawrie finishing 2nd but I could totally see him winning this.

Tichy – Matt Moore Tampa Bay Rays, Showed what he could do in a partial season last year.  First full season will not be any different

Strauss – Matt Moore Tampa Bay Rays

NL Rookie of the Year –
Vamosi – Brandon Belt San Francisco Giants, Like the AL choice I don’t know if he is eligible but I think he is and will take the award.

Durney – Yonder Alonso San Diego Padres (Shelby Miller of St. Louis finishing 2nd ), Very thin field here. Only other candidates would be the arms Colorado received in the Ubaldo deal and I think they’ll have growing pains this season.

Tichy – Drew Pomeranz Colorado Rockies, Indians will regret the Jimenez trade based on the season this kid will have

Strauss – Trevor Bauer, Arizona Diamondbacks

AL Comeback Player of the Year –
Vamosi – Kendry Morales Los Angeles Angels, Could be the x-factor for a solid Angels team

Durney – Adam Dunn Chicago White Sox, Because if he has even half of his old numbers, it’s a rousing success. Kendry Morales gets consideration but I don’t know if he’ll get enough at-bats.

Tichy – Adam Dunn Chicago White Sox, Can’t get any worse, right?

Strauss – N/A (I take responsibility here for not telling Tom about an AL pick)

NL Comeback Player of the Year –
Vamosi – Buster Posey San Francisco Giants, C’mon I feel many want to see him return to his old self well unless you’re a fan of someone else in the NL West.

Durney – Buster Posey San Francisco Giants, Johan Santana’s about the only other player here I can think of. And anyone who argues Ryan Howard gets the gas face.

Tichy – Buster Posey San Francisco Giants

Strauss – Buster Posey San Francisco Giants, you could easily go Strausberg here but his innings will be monitored

AL Manager of the Year –
Vamosi – Ned Yost Kansas City Royals, Sure it’s the homer in me but I think if he gets KC to .500 with the lack of pitching they’ll be chasing a playoff spot.

Durney – John Farrell Toronto Blue Jays, Same reasoning applies here, although I think Ron Washington gets consideration because even though I have Texas in the playoffs, it’s going to be a lot harder for them than people think.

Tichy – Robin Ventura Chicago White Sox, Just for shits and giggles is my justification. 🙂 (This is why I prefer White Sox fans over Cub fans. MV)

Strauss – Mr. Washington Texas Rangers, He holds off LAA and all that star power.

NL Manager of the Year –
Vamosi – Mike Matheny St. Louis Cardinals, Sure the Cards have talent but he is still a first year manager.

Durney – Davey Johnson Washington Nationals, Making the Nationals a legitimate playoff contender gets Johnson his first MOTY award in 15 years. If Ron Roenicke can get the Brewers in the playoffs, you could talk me into him as well.

Tichy – Ron Roenicke Milwaukee Brewers

Strauss – Charlie Manuel Philadelphia Phillies, He will be without Utley and Howard for much of the first half of the season but will still plug in the right pieces.

2012 MLB Predictions Sure to go Wrong

Tomorrow the 2012 season begins with the Seattle Mariners taking on the Oakland Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. Next week when what I recognize and I’m sure most will acknowledge Opening Day being next week with the St. Louis Cardinals at the newly minted Miami Marlins. None the less here are my 2012 MLB predictions sure to go wrong and next week we’ll have a roundtable discussion on this and more. So here we go …

Kansas City hosts the All-Star Game in July will that be the only highlight in the city of fountains?

American League –

AL East:
1. Tampa Bay Rays 2. New York Yankees (WC) 3. Toronto Blue Jays 4. Boston Red Sox 5. Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:
1. Detroit Tigers 2. Cleveland Indians 3. Minnesota Twins 4. Kansas City Royals 5. Chicago White Sox

AL West:
1. Texas Rangers 2. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (WC) 3. Oakland Athletics 4. Seattle Mariners

National League –

NL East:
1. Atlanta Braves 2. Washington Nationals (WC) 3. Philadelphia Phillies (WC) 4. Miami Marlins 5. New York Mets

NL Central:
1. St. Louis Cardinals 2. Milwaukee Brewers 3. Cincinnati Reds 4. Pittsburgh Pirates 5. Chicago Cubs 6. Houston Astros

NL West:
1. San Francisco Giants 2. Colorado Rockies 3. Arizona Diamondbacks 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 5. San Diego Padres

MLB Playoffs –

Wildcard Game
AL: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 
NL: Philadelphia Phillies over Washington Nationals

Divisional Series 
ALDS: Detroit Tigers over New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays over Texas Rangers
NLDS: San Francisco Giants over Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves over St. Louis Cardinals

League Championship Series
ALCS: Detroit Tigers over Tampa Bay Rays
NLCS: San Francisco Giants over Atlanta Braves

2012 World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Francisco Giants