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Fortunately for said fans and unfortunately for the rest of you (ha!), the Braves and Giants both won their games in order to ensure that such tomfoolery was not to transpire.We've got all our matchups set, and now just await Wednesday afternoon for some serious October baseballin.So let's take a look at what to expect from these series, with expert predictions made by none other than the guy who steadfastly maintained that the Rockies would run away with the baseball world and take home the World Series trophy!Atlanta replica Omega 3581.50 watch Braves (91-71) vs.San Francisco Giants (92-70)Game 1: 10/7, 9:37 PMYou know how you love it when you're reading a playoff preview by a guy who's completely in the bag for one of the teams? Yeah, neither do I.So let's skip the pith, and get to talking about the Braves.The Good: Traditionally, discussion of the Braves' playoff chances begins and ends with the pitching.

2010 is no different; in fact, it sort of sets the standard.The Braves boast the best pitching staff in the league by FIP; their 3.65 team FIP is a figure that would make for a quality second starter on just about any team.That's mainly attributable to the bullpen, as no fewer than five Braves relievers have a sub-3.00 FIP - and Craig Kimbrel clocks in at an eye-popping 1.53 mark.Now, FIP isn't necessarily a great measure of bullpen replica Omega 4131.31 watch success, because just about all of what relievers do happens in small sample sizes, and FIP isn't meant to predict performance when the players experience such volatility as, say, the aforementioned Kimbrel coming in and giving up a bomb shot to surrender the lead.

But consider also that six relievers on this team strike out over a batter per inning and that three of them - Jonny Venters, Mike Dunn, and Billy Wagner - are left-handed, and you start to get the picture: this team likely won't surrender a late lead.The real question is if they can get to the late innings with a lead, and for this squad, almost all of that responsibility is going to fall on the starters.The Braves seem likely to roll with a rotation of replica Omega 2293.52 watch Tim Hudson, Derek Lowe and Tommy Hanson, with some Brandon Beachy thrown in if Jair Jurrjens' knee doesn't allow him to make an appearance.Hudson hasn't pitched as well as his sub-3.00 ERA would suggest &8212; his FIP is actually the worst among the potential Atlanta starters in this series &8212; but it's hard to imagine regression hitting him hard in the one or two starts he might make in this series.