> From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> March is approaching, the time of year when a young man's fancy often
turns
> to love and, much more importantly, baseball. We have had some, umm,
> vigorous discussions on baseball in the past, and I know we have more
than a
> few serious baseball fans here. So let's have some fun with it :-)
So, in
> the spirit of getting non-political discussions going on list, I'm
making a
> proposal.
>
> I will, over the course of the next few days, write up a set of
predictions
> on the winners in each of the divisions, plus the wildcard, in the
upcoming
> season. Just as last year, I'll try to fill in some commentary
explaining
> my predictions and so on. I did that last year and then spent a large
> amount of time crowing over the fact that I got most of them right :-)
> Well, here's a challenge - prove that it was just beginner's luck :-)
I'd
> like to see our other baseball fans do the same - before Opening Day
> everyone on the list who considers themselves a baseball fan should
write up
> a set of predictions. As the season goes on we can compare them, talk
about
> how those predictions have been borne out and, at the end of the
season,
> crown a Brin-L baseball champion, second in prestige only to being the
World
> Series MVP :-)
>
> My first cut - just to get things started. I'm not holding myself to
these
> _at all_ - I haven't thought about them, I just want to get things
going.
>
> AL East: New York
> AL Central: Chicago
> AL West: Seattle
> AL Wildcard: Oakland
>
> NL East: Atlanta
^^^^^^^
New York
> NL Central: Houston
> NL West: Arizona
> NL Wildcard: St. Louis
>
> And, even though I've repeatedly argued that the postseason is little
more
> than luck :-) -
> AL Pennant: New York
> NL Pennant: Atlanta, but I _really_ want to pick Houston, and will
probably
^^^^^^^
New York
> argue myself into it by the time I write up the ones to which I'm
sticking.
>
> WS: New York
^^^^^^^^
New York
