This year's new Hall of Famers will be announced the day after tomorrow. In honor of that, I made up my own Hall of Fame ballot. I'm not a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, so my vote carries no weight, whatsoever. It's just my opinion on who should be in the Hall of Fame.
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Paying the Piper - A look back at the 2013 baseball season
Posted on 4:29 PM by alex
Yes, I'm bitter. My hatred for the Red Sox just flows through me. I will admit, however, that the Sox had some incredible beards, though! One of the first posts I made on this blog was my predictions for the baseball season. So, it's time to pay the piper and see how I did.
I had the Orioles winning the AL East. They did not.
I had the Tigers winning the AL Central. They did!
I had the Angels winning the AL West. They weren't even close.
I had the Blue Jays and White Sox winning the 2 Wild Card spots. They finished a combined 25 games under .500, and nowhere near the playoffs!
I had the Nationals winning the NL East. They did not.
I predicted that the Reds would win the NL Central. Nope.
I felt that the Giants would win the NL West. They finished 16 games back.
The NL Wild Cards, I thought, would be won by the Cardinals and the Dodgers. They were not.
Now, in the NL, I had 3 of the 5 playoff teams correct, just in the wrong place!
All in all, I got 40% of the MLB playoff teams correct. How'd you do??
Just for kicks, who's my money on for next year? The Dodgers.
I had the Orioles winning the AL East. They did not.
I had the Tigers winning the AL Central. They did!
I had the Angels winning the AL West. They weren't even close.
I had the Blue Jays and White Sox winning the 2 Wild Card spots. They finished a combined 25 games under .500, and nowhere near the playoffs!
I had the Nationals winning the NL East. They did not.
I predicted that the Reds would win the NL Central. Nope.
I felt that the Giants would win the NL West. They finished 16 games back.
The NL Wild Cards, I thought, would be won by the Cardinals and the Dodgers. They were not.
Now, in the NL, I had 3 of the 5 playoff teams correct, just in the wrong place!
All in all, I got 40% of the MLB playoff teams correct. How'd you do??
Just for kicks, who's my money on for next year? The Dodgers.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
2013 MLB Predictions
Posted on 12:03 PM by alex
I love a lot of things. I love my family; I love ministry; I love gaming; I love reading. And one of my loves is baseball.
When I went to MVNU in the fall of 2002, I was most assuredly not a baseball fan. In fact, I don't believe I had ever sat down to watch a game on tv, including the world series, all star game, whatever. I remember watching Mark McGuire break Roger Maris' record in 1998. But, I was not a fan. If you had asked who my favorite team was, I would've said Reds or Indians... but I had no idea.
That all changed living in Oakwood Hall. I became friends with real baseball fans. They were split 50/50 between the Reds and the Indians, although, two of my friends Jack and James were from Indianapolis, and they represented the Chicago rivalry. Jack was (and is) a huge Cubs fan. James was (and is) a big White Sox fan.
A lot of my friends from that year had grown up playing and loving baseball. I didn't have a heritage of baseball, so I decided to pick a team to be my favorite. I chose the team everyone on the entire campus hated the most...
The Yankees.
So, since the 2003 baseball season, I've become a Yankees fan. Baseball is my favorite sport. I have a subscription to MLB.tv, and watch at least 80% of the Yankees game throughout the season. Xavier loves to watch baseball, too. He sits and watches, mesmerized. He does not have the same affinity for football or basketball (for what it's worth).
Anyrate, I love making predictions for the upcoming season. Two years ago, I publicly made dreadfully bad predictions, so why not do the same this year?! Without further ado, my 2013 MLB predictions:
AL East Winner: Baltimore Orioles
AL Central Winner: Detroit Tigers
AL West Winner: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card: Toronto Blue Jays
AL Wild Card: Chicago White Sox
NL East Winner: Washington Nationals
NL Central Winner: Cincinnati Reds
NL West Winner: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: St. Louis Cardinals
NL Wild Card: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALCS: Angels vs Orioles
NLCS: Nationals vs Reds
World Series: Angels vs Nationals
Angels in 6.
I'm ready for the season, hope my predictions are wrong and the Yankees win the whole thing. Who do you think is going to win the world series? Leave your answer in the comments!
When I went to MVNU in the fall of 2002, I was most assuredly not a baseball fan. In fact, I don't believe I had ever sat down to watch a game on tv, including the world series, all star game, whatever. I remember watching Mark McGuire break Roger Maris' record in 1998. But, I was not a fan. If you had asked who my favorite team was, I would've said Reds or Indians... but I had no idea.
That all changed living in Oakwood Hall. I became friends with real baseball fans. They were split 50/50 between the Reds and the Indians, although, two of my friends Jack and James were from Indianapolis, and they represented the Chicago rivalry. Jack was (and is) a huge Cubs fan. James was (and is) a big White Sox fan.
A lot of my friends from that year had grown up playing and loving baseball. I didn't have a heritage of baseball, so I decided to pick a team to be my favorite. I chose the team everyone on the entire campus hated the most...
The Yankees.
So, since the 2003 baseball season, I've become a Yankees fan. Baseball is my favorite sport. I have a subscription to MLB.tv, and watch at least 80% of the Yankees game throughout the season. Xavier loves to watch baseball, too. He sits and watches, mesmerized. He does not have the same affinity for football or basketball (for what it's worth).
Anyrate, I love making predictions for the upcoming season. Two years ago, I publicly made dreadfully bad predictions, so why not do the same this year?! Without further ado, my 2013 MLB predictions:
AL East Winner: Baltimore Orioles
AL Central Winner: Detroit Tigers
AL West Winner: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card: Toronto Blue Jays
AL Wild Card: Chicago White Sox
NL East Winner: Washington Nationals
NL Central Winner: Cincinnati Reds
NL West Winner: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: St. Louis Cardinals
NL Wild Card: Los Angeles Dodgers
ALCS: Angels vs Orioles
NLCS: Nationals vs Reds
World Series: Angels vs Nationals
Angels in 6.
I'm ready for the season, hope my predictions are wrong and the Yankees win the whole thing. Who do you think is going to win the world series? Leave your answer in the comments!
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