'Mazin Showdown for the Royal Crown

As you may know, we posted our playoff predictions for the playoffs before the postseason began. If you're keeping track of our progress, stop.

All of our World Series winners are no longer in contention. To be fair, most of the "experts" are in the same boat. See for yourself. This is what the guys from Yahoo! had.

With no possible winners left here are our final standings:

Playoffs!

The MLB Postseason is officially upon us! Tonight, the New York Yankees host the Houston Astros in a one-game series in the American League Wild Card at 9 p.m. (ET) on ESPN.

We thought it would be fun to provide our own thoughts and predictions on this year's playoffs. Unfortunately, none of the ballparks we visited this season will be featured in the postseason, but one of the teams we saw will be — the Toronto Bluejays.

We got to see Toronto play in Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field against the White Sox. Chicago won, but we got to see a great pitcher's dual between the White Sox's Chris Sale and the Bluejays' Mark Buehrle.

Remember: Two teams from each league will play a Wild Card, one-game series to advance to the Division Series. The World Series will begin Oct. 27. The American League won this year's All-Star game, so the American League team in the World Series will have home field advantage in the Fall Classic.

Okay, enough chit-chat. Let's look at the matchups!

Memorable sayings you can't help but remember

On Tuesday, the Baseball World said goodbye to one of its most prominent figures. Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra passed away at the age of 90, 69 years to the day after making his debut in 1946 with the New York Yankees.

Berra is well known for giving us one baseball's most famous quotes: "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."

The Associated Press provided us with some of his other witty sayings.

On his approach to at-bats: “You can’t think and hit at the same time.”

On selecting a restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”

On economics: “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

Target Field: Home of the Twins

Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 Ben's pregame pick: Twins Pick record 2-4 Nick's pregame pick: Tigers Pick record: 5-1 Nate's pregame pick: Twins Pick record: 1-2

Date: July 9, 2015 Overall trip rating: 7.2   Designated hitter: Nathan Number of requests turned down at the piano bar: Lost count

Minneapolis: Day 1

The final leg of our trip began with us leaving Milwaukee fairly early in the morning, for us anyway. We wanted to make a stop in Chippewa Falls and visit the Leinenkugel's brewery, and it was definitely worth the early departure.

The tour costs five bucks and lasts around 45 minutes. You also get a souvenir glass and five samples of whatever kind of Leinenkugel's many brews they have available at the time.

Tip: Pay attention to the signs around the bar. They have some great recommendations for mixing the different kinds of beers.

The tour was great. Our guide, Ethan, knew all his information and kept it lively with some funny stories and jokes, some funny because of how cheesy they were. The only negative part of the tour was that we couldn't take pictures inside the brewery to share with our wonderful readers. I guess you'll have to take our word for it that it was a fun and informative trip.

The inside of the lodge, which was next to the brewery, was very nice — all wood, resembling a cabin. It had tons of souvenirs, a place to have fun pictures taken of you and those with you, a bar, and a place to buy Leinenkugel's to take home with you.

Miller Park and the Brew Crew

Atlanta Braves 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 Ben's pregame pick: Brewers Pick record 2-3 Nick's pregame pick: Braves Pick record: 4-1 Nate's pregame pick: Braves Pick record: 1-1

Date: July 7, 2015 Overall trip rating: 7.2   Burger challenge winners: 3 Trip firsts: Brewery visited, two replays in one game

Milwaukee: Day 1

The first day of our second trip of 2015 began with us parting ways with Chicago. We said goodbye to Laura, Tyson and the Windy City and hello to the short, 1 1/2 hour trip to Milwaukee. Along our way, however, we made another unscheduled stop.

The Mars Cheese Castle.

How could anyone not be intrigued after seeing a sign for a cheese castle while driving down the interstate. And when we saw the castle itself, we knew stopping was our only option. And, oh are we glad we did.

U.S. Cellular Field: Come Sale Away

Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 Ben's pregame pick:White Sox Pick record 2-2 Nick's pregame pick: White Sox Pick record: 3-1 Nate's pregame pick: Blue Jays Pick record: 0-1

Date: July 6, 2015 Designated hitters: Laura and Tyson Overall trip rating: 8.4 Bouncers befriended: 1

Pregame

The first stadium on our list for 2015 is U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

Having been in Chicago last year, we decided to forgo some of the activities that we took part in last year. One thing we did want to check out were the new renovations at the Navy Pier. We found some cheap parking on the street ($4 per hour) and walked a couple of blocks to the pier.

Even with it being a Monday, the pier was filled with people shopping, going on boat rides, or simply taking a stroll up and down the walkway. Boat tours ran about $30 and lasted anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. There is plenty of food choices on the pier and tons of places to go shopping — most of the stores inside the main building on the Navy Pier. The view from the pier is great, looking back at the city you can see skyline meet the lake.

It's not Heaven, it's Iowa... And Chicago

If you build it, they will come...

One of the most famous lines in cinematic history was echoed in the 1989 film Field of Dreams, a movie in which an Iowa farmer builds a baseball field on his land, which becomes the home to former professional greats like Shoeless Joe Jackson.

To start this year's journey, we stopped at the film site of this historic ball field in Dyersville, Iowa. We started the morning at 5 a.m. and were delayed a bit with some potential car issues. They may or may not have been avoided for a week and a half leading up to the trip, but 5 a.m. in the Walmart parking lot is a good time and place to deal with such troubles.

The jaunt to get to the field winds you into the country and seemingly into the middle of nowhere. As you pull up to the field, you feel as though you're in the movie as you gaze upon the baseball field with corn for an outfield fence and the same house used in the movie right next to it.

Guess who's back

Back in the swing of things

Hello again! I know, it's been a long time since we've last posted, and we apologize for depriving you, our beloved readers, from the latest on our journey.

We are now less than a week away from our trip! And that kind of excitement has got us ready to take our adventure, as well as this blog, to the next level. It is our goal to start posting more than just our wild stories from our trips. We want to give you updates on the MLB season as well as fun posts about baseball topics — stadium quirks, food, beer (You know, the essentials).

This season

We are excited get our trip started! Once again, we will be hitting up three stadiums this year — U.S. Cellular Field (Home of the Chicago White Sox), Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers), and Target Field (Minnesota Twins).

During this trip, we'll be adding a companion, who is considering joining us on the rest of our trip. If that means we have to double back to last year's three lucky stadiums we visited, we'll be more than glad to do so. We'd like to welcome Nate on our journey, so be prepared for more in depth analysis, stadium insight and probably even crazier stories than before.

Another thing we'll be doing differently this season is visiting all three stadiums in one trip. It will be a jampacked trip, but we're excited.

Lineup

Chicago: The game we'll be seeing in Chicago is between the White Sox (32-42) and the Toronto Blue Jays (41-36). The White Sox came into the season with high expectations but currently sit at the bottom of the American League Central. The Blue Jays went on a hot streak recently but have begun to cool off. They are fourth in the AL East but are just one game back of first-place Tampa Bay and Baltimore. Just a few days prior to this post, we mapped out the possible pitching matchups we would see. If both teams kept their five-man rotation in tact, we would be in for a treat in this game with Chicago's Chris Sale dueling Toronto's Mark Buehrle.

Milwaukee: At Miller Park we are going to see the Brewers (29-48) play the Atlanta Braves (36-40) — the only team that was also involved in the rotation last year (Purely coincidence). Neither team was predicted to finish atop their respected divisions, but the Braves find themselves six games back of the National League East. Milwaukee, however, is at the bottom of the NL Central. Once again, we should see a solid pitching matchup, if the rotations stay as projected, as Atlanta's Opening Day starter Julio Teheran will face off against the Brewers' Mike Fiers, who has given up two earned runs or fewer in seven of his last nine starts.

Minneapolis: The final game of our trip will be between division rivals Minnesota (40-35) and the Detroit Tigers (39-36). The Twins are 5 1/2 games behind the Kansas City Royals for first place, while the Tigers remain 6 1/2 games behind. Detroit was expected to have another big year after winning the division last season, but the Twins have been a surprise, exceeding low expectations and flirting with the division lead. In what is apparently the year of the pitcher for us, we will get to see one of the game's top pitchers in Detroit's David Price, the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner (which goes to the league's top pitcher). He'll be squaring off against Minnesota's Mike Pelfrey.

Surprise: We will also be making at least one major stop along the way at a very famous baseball landmark, so be on the lookout for that post. It's sure to be a dream come true for any baseball fan.

Play ball!

We are excited to get this trip started! In the meantime, refresh your memory by reading the entries from our trips last year! Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram. As always, if you know of anything exciting and fun that you want us to try and do in the cities we visit, leave a comment on this post or Tweet at us! Thanks for reading and thanks for all of the support we've received.

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."

— Jackie Robinson