A sure way to all but guarantee all the Yankee’s demise predictions is to make him a manager. I haven’t seen any third base coach make as many bone-headed calls as he has. Torre’s gonna be around a few more years, so what I’d like to see as a ‘way out’ prediction:
After Francona is fired by the Bosox front office for a dismal 20-61 first half of the season record, Willie Randolph is hired to manage up in Beantown. Boston goes on to finish the season 31-131 while the Yanks end the 2004 season at 110-52 after seeing the number of baserunners thrown out at the plate fall to near zero levels.
The O’s WILL go over .500. Just wait! You’ll all see!
My way out predictions… O’s win 90. Yanks miss playoffs. Expos move to Monterrey, Mexico. Greg Maddux wins 25 and the Cy Young. Cubs win the series over Bosox. Cubs Win!!! Cubs Win!!!
My favorite team, The Texas Rangers will once again suck so bad they will be mathmatically eliminated on opening day.
My favorite pitcher of all time, Charlie Hough, and my second favorite pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan, will come out of retirement to lead the Rangers to the world series.
Cubs / Red Sox series. Game 7, bottom of the 17th. Both teams have used all their players, no subs are left on the bench. Jason Varitek gets to 2nd with 2 outs. Johnny Damon hits a single to left field. Moises Alou fields it cleanly, making a brilliant throw on the run to Paul Bako who blocks the plate as Varitek rumbles for home. The crowd is screaming at the top of their lungs, history is about to be made, all of America holds it’s collective breath, glued to their TVs as the drama plays out, one of these two teams will finally get off the schneid! Varitek crashes into Bako! It’s a tremendous impact! Bako and Varitek fall to the ground, both knocked unconsious by the force of their collision. The ball squirts from Bako’s glove and Varitek’s limp body comes to rest mere inches from home plate!
Way out I know. Actually I don’t but I always like to support the underdog.
I’m a Brit and this season want to start using a rather dull expat job to get into baseball via satallite TV. Frankly, still struggling with some of the detailed rules and the terminology having only started watching last World Series and being self taught but I am starting to see the point of the thing.
Hopefully it will turn out to be as good as cricket!
I like baseball a lot. I have read lots of books about it, watched lots of games, studied lots of statistics and feel I am not a baseball ignoramus but nothing is as good as cricket. I have always said that if I was only allowed to follow one sport for the rest of my life it would be cricket.
Sorry no but the stats are the same. I played one game filling in with a team that was short, to help a guy I played cricket with. 3 at bats and 3 gentle singles. Having never played I treated it like cricket and just placed the ball past the infield without hitting it hard. I thought I was the only one in the world who had batted 1.000 My other claim to fame is AFL football where I averaged 32 goals a game (I think the best player in history averaged about 5) but I only played 1/4 of a game as a fill-in for a team that used to crush everyone else.
