Baseball 08

Yeah I know the season is a week old so a preview of the upcoming season might be a little late, but who cares, right? Rather than pick who is going to win each division I thought I'd make 20 predictions and then at the end of the year see how I did.

1. The AL Cy Young Winner will not win 20 games

2. Ryan Howard will hit 50 home runs

3. By the All-Star Break Evan Longoria, Clayton Kershaw and Jay Bruce will be in the majors.

4. Both BJ Upton and Justin Upton will be 25-25 players

5. Ichiro will not be the AL Batting Champion

6. The Marlins will have a game where less than 2500 "fans" show up

7. The Giants will not win 68 games this year

8. The Mets will not have to worry about a collapse this year as they won't be heading towards the playoffs.

9. The Cubs will not win the world series this year either (100 year anniversary of their last championship)

10. Kansas City will not finish last in the AL Central.

11. the Dodgers will not have anyone hit 30 home runs.

12. The Rays (formerly Devil) will win more than 70 games for only the 2nd time in team history.

13. The Red Sox pitching staff will lose another arm for the year.

14. The Yankees will not make Joba Chamberlain a starter this year.

15. Kosuke Fukudome will hit 25 homers and steal 15 bases.

16. Rick Ankiel will hit more than 35 home runs and make the All-Star team

17. The A's will win at least 7 more games after the All-Star break, than before

18. The Rangers will not have a pitcher win 12 games.

19. The best 1-2 combo in the NL will not be Webb-Haren

20. The Dodgers will trade one of their outfielders for pitching before the deadline.

Now for a random baseball story. Twenty years ago the Dodgers won the World Series and me and my brother were given a Commemorative Trashcan with the team roster. I remember us discussing who would get to keep it, and we decided when the Dodgers won their next title we'd get another trashcan and then we'd each have one. Needless to say we haven't gotten a new one, in fact I still use it:

Great condition, huh?

This used to be round! And that blotch of red near the top of this picture is from when I had my wisdom teeth pulled and I bled into the trashcan.

Anyway, I'm letting Paul know that should the Dodgers win, I will be more than happy to personally deliver this trashcan to his apartment when I get new one! I can't wait!

Random piece of useless knowledge: Armadillos can be housebroken

Striving for Perfection

When I strive for perfection it doesn't always have to do with bowling. Case in point my latest quest, to get a perfect 0 score on Microsoft Hearts. This was the closest I have come in a long time, 1 bad hand. I believe in the one hand I messed up on I was trying for the "Shooting the Moon" also known as collecting all the penalty cards. Will I get this perfect game first or my bowling perfect game?

Random fact: In the United States 40 people are sent to the hospital every minute for dog bites!