Before the season began, I made this prediction:
God/Ichiro will really take-off this year, batting .350 and staying strong through September.
This was just about the only thing I was right about (actually I was wrong by about 25 points on the average). Just for fun, let's go through the others:
Jamie Moyer will come close to 20 wins. Wrong!
Freddie Garcia will too. Wrong!
Raul Ibanez will get some attention. Rich Aurilia won't. Wrong!/Correct.
Radical prediction: Both John Olerud and Edgar Martinez will bat around .300, hit around 25 home runs, and score around 100 runners. They've only been doing that every year since the dead ball era (aka the '80s). So, so wrong.
Some superstar-laden team will win the AL East, while some minor league team will win the AL Central. Pretty good, though Minnesota has some good people.
There won't be a subway series. You know, between the Cubs and the White Sox. Yep.
No one takes the red line between those two parks anyway. Why start now?Pitchers won't even bother will Barry Bonds. 600 AB, 600 IBB. He'll end the season batting 1.000, or .000, depending on what your childhood was like. Ok, just saw him hit a game-tying home run. He'll get some of those too somehow. Pretty much right.
Cubs, Cardinals, and Astros fans will all contend that their team is by far the best in the NL Central long into October, despite the fact that only one of those teams will still be playing. About right.
The Braves will win the NL East again, all this Phillies nonsense notwithstanding. Atlanta just doesn't know how not to. Right.
The Padres will feel much better about themselves now that they have new digs. They'll need it, since they're still a bad team. Way wrong!
I guess Arizona will win the NL West. I don't really know. That's what the smart people say. The smart people were stupid, and so was I for listening to them.
Ken Griffey Jr. will get hurt again. Oh wait, that's already happened! Still true.
(Real) radical prediction: The Mariners will win AL West. Anaheim will be a wild card (and thus the peace between my girlfiend and I will be kept until October). Tough luck, A's and Red Sox. Embarrassing.
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