Baseball... oh its about time.

Since the new baseball season is upon us, I feel the need to predict. If things are like they should be, I will be as good at this as I was at picking football games. My edge is that I have not paid attention to anything baseball related that really matters in the past 5 months. Oh I know that Frank Thomas left the A's and went to... I think... the Blue Jays. I know that Barry Zito died in a surfing accident. Or joined the Giants... either way. I know that the Diamondbacks signed Randy Johnson and redesigned their uniforms. I know other stuff, too, but none of it really tells me what is going to happen this season. But since "the experts" are always wrong about what's going to happen after doing thousands of hours of research and analyzing relative humidity as it applies to pitching rubber grip and ball/strike ratios of non-american born relief pitchers with somewhat wavy light brown hair...I have as good a chance of being right as anyone. So its on to what I see happening in baseball this year:

Ok, get these first few out of the way.

1) The A's will win the World Series.

2) The Yankees will suck

3) The Red Sox will suck

4) Barry Bonds will suck

Now, some new ones for this year:

5) Something will happen this year that has never happened before.

6) There will be a no-hitter on May 12th.

7) There will be a series freak accidents where foul balls will seem to target fans wearing pink team hats.

8) A player will come up with a novel new way of drawing attention to himself.

9) Rich Harden will win the Cy Young.

10) Nick Swisher will have fun playing the game.

11) Barry Zito will not perform as well as last year.

12) Besides the A's, playoff teams will be: Blue Jays, Indians, Yankees (even though they suck), D-Backs, Brewers, Braves, Padres.

13) No more than three of my predictions will happen... unless one is this one.

I'll check back in a few months and see how I did.

PLAY BALL!!!!

March Madness

I've been watching quite a bit of the NCAA tournament. It's quite enjoyable. Basketball is not my favorite sport, and I prefer pro to college, but the emotion of these athletes, and the skills of some, are fun to watch. I have no particular allegiance to any college, so I'm not really rooting for anyone, but I find myself pulling for west coast teams first. If I have no favorite, I find myself rooting for the team that the announcers aren't favoring. No matter how hard the announcers try, you can easily tell who THEY are pulling for.

Silence

Over a month of silence. I'm not a big winter sports fan, save for a little interest in the Sharks. March madness isn't, but it can get my attention, but nothing else about college basketball draws me in. Pro hoops... well, I just can't relate anymore. But I'm sniffing baseball in the air, so as soon as this madness is over, its baseball full speed ahead. I may have a thing or two to discuss. Maybe even about baseball. Stay tuned.