Re: Baseball 2005
Talha,
Isn’t there a passage in the Quran referring to the Sun rising from the West?
The Mariners have exceptional depth at pitching (at all levels of the organization)…There is an 18yr old in AAA who is a sure bet. The club is solid and will have a great season.
Ichiro is off to an excellent start (he usually does not have a good April). Sexon and Beltre are providing good contributions and Reed is showing some excellent progress. I think the team just ran into a bunch of bad luck last year and was closer to a 83 win team…instead of the 63 they ended up with. Therefore, in my mind, the 95-100 prediction is simply an improvement of a dozen or so victories from the previous year.
The Angels blew any chance of getting anything more than a Wildcard by changing from Anaheim to LA (baseball Karma does not favor such changes). I know that is strange reasoning…but baseball is a strange game. The Rangers got lucky last year…the only obstacle in their path to finishing last is the Oakland A’s.
The Cardinals I like…but I picked them to have a disappointing season because I detest LaRussa and I do not trust their pitching staff to repeat the stellar performance of last season.
Good luck to the Cubs!!!
Kabir