April 6, 2009

  • Baseball Time Is Here Again........

    Its time now for my annual baseball season preview, in which I show how much I don't actually know about baseball by make futile predictions that are usually way off. The season started off with a win for the Cubs, which made me happy. Everybody is picking the Cubs to win their division again this year. Personally, the division is no longer enough for me. The won their division the last two years only to get swept in the playoffs. I'm not saying they need to win the World Series to call it a successful season. All I'm looking for is progress, in other words, they need to win a playoff series. The regular season was great last year; they won 97 games and I loved every second of it. But it didn't matter much because they bothered to not even win a game in the post season.

    So where do I see them finishing this year? My bold prediction is that they will miss the playoffs. They have a ton of question marks mixed in with some aging players. Although sometimes the combo turns out good, but a lot of times its a recipe for disaster. Granted, barring any major injuries, they should at the very least contend for the division title, mainly because none of the other teams in the division are all that good. The Brewers barely made the playoffs last year with CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets. That being said, they should be formidable again this year. And one should never count out the Cardinals. Now I'm not saying who is going to win the division because I'm unsure about that. I just don't think it will be the Cubs. On paper, it should be the Cubs. But, let's wait and see.

    As for Chicago's other team, I think they will surprise people. It seems every year people over look them and every year they sneak up and contend, if not win. I see this year as being no different.

    A lot of people think the Yankees are the team to beat. Sure they may have spent a gazillion dollars on several big name players and a shiny new stadium. But, that doesn't always translate into win. To me, they still have a very suspect bullpen. It will be interesting to see if the Rays were a fluke, I don't think they were but you never know. I'm certainly rooting for them to beat the Red Sox and Yankees. Then again, it would be really funny if the Blue Jays came from out of know where and won that division.

    The Mets, who I hate more than any other team in sports, seem to have a good team on paper every year. And yet, every year, they seem to choke down the stretch. The last couple of years I picked them to go to the World Series. Well, I learned my lesson. I'm not picking them until they prove that they don't confuse the month of September with the month of March and actually win a meaningful game. Of course, I hope they will never win.

    As for my World Series pick, how about Dodgers over the Red Sox.

    I can't believe this, its totally ridiculous. I just can not accept that a really really bad former minor league baseball player got elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame today. Honestly how does that shit happen? I mean, the guy barely batted .200 in the low minors, how the hell does he deserve to go to the Basketball Hall of Fame?

    Wait. Waaaait a minute. Hmmmm.............it says here that the person in question is Michael Jordan. Come to think of it, I have heard of his name being mentioned in regards to basketball a time or two.

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  • I heard on the radio today that one out of every eight major league players comes from the Dominican Republic.

  • That sounds about right. I have mixed feelings about it though. First of all, I think its great that these kids from the Dominican Republic can come from a destitute region and pull themselves up to reach the top of their profession, the major leagues. On the other hand, because they are so desperate to get to the bigs so that they can help their families and countrymen, it seems like a lot of them use performance enhancers to get there. Also, it seems that the fundementals of the game are not stressed as heavily or practiced or even taught at all among Dominican players. I just look at players like Scammy Sosa and Alfonso Soriano who, although superstars who have made MILLIONS (and both probably used steroids or HGH), can't seem to hit the cut off man, properly judge a fly ball, or are utterly clueless on the bases.

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