Guardians vs. Rays ALCS Game 1: Picking Winners by Team Name

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Yahoo Sports.

1. Vera BullockBeacon Journal sports writers Ryan Lewis and Nate Ulrich have made their picks for Game 1 of the Guardians-Rays series, so here's the question: is it okay to pick a team because you like its name?

2. Brock ThundersonAbsolutely, and I'm taking the Rays.

3. Brock ThundersonTampa's a warm, humid place, and a team that plays under a roof in the sunshine state knows how to handle pressure systems.

4. Dr. Nina ByteThat is not scouting, that is a travel brochure. Do either of you know a single pitcher's name?

5. Vera BullockI know the Guardians guard things, Nina, and I want to be guarded.

6. Vera BullockLast spring I picked a horse because its name was Gentle Brenda, and she came in second to last. I felt wonderful.

7. Brock ThundersonSecond to last?

8. Vera BullockThere were three horses, Brock, and one of them was a pony.

9. Dr. Nina ByteI have a model with four hundred variables, and I won't show it to either of you because you'd only misread it. Last time Vera used it as a coaster.

10. Brock ThundersonRight, so your model's a secret and mine's the sky. I trust the sky more. It's never once lied to me about Tampa.

11. Vera BullockThen I'm switching to the Rays, because Brock said sky and I don't want him winning a feeling.

12. Dr. Nina ByteFine, the truth. My pick came from a coin, and it landed on Guardians.

13. Brock ThundersonCoin, then. Guardians. Chat, vote now, and no, it still won't matter.