Thursday, March 29, 2007

 

The predictions

Yes, my Sports Illustrated baseball preview issue arrived a week ago, but their predictions were printed on a dark green background in white text that came out a little blurry in my copy. And that's why it's taken me so long to post these!

Also, I realize I haven't yet used Bill James's quick-and-dirty prediction formula as I've done previously.
















































































































































Sports IllustratedBill James formula
AL East
1. N.Y. Yankees1. N.Y. Yankees (96-66)
2. Boston Red Sox2. Boston Red Sox (89-73)
3. Toronto Blue Jays3. Toronto Blue Jays (85-77)
4. Baltimore Orioles4. Baltimore Orioles (71-91)
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (63-99)
AL Central
1. Cleveland Indians1. Chicago White Sox (93-69)
2. Detroit Tigers2. Minnesota Twins (92-70)
3. Chicago White Sox3. Detroit Tigers (87-75)
4. Minnesota Twins4. Cleveland Indians (83-79)
5. Kansas City Royals5. Kansas City Royals (60-102)
AL West
1. L.A. Angels1. L.A. Angels (91-71)
2. Oakland Athletics1. Oakland Athletics (91-71)
3. Texas Rangers3. Texas Rangers (80-82)
4. Seattle Mariners4. Seattle Mariners (75-87)
NL East
1. N.Y. Mets1. N.Y. Mets (92-70)
2. Atlanta Braves2. Philadelphia Phillies (86-76)
3. Philadelphia Phillies3. Atlanta Braves (83-79)
4. Florida Marlins4. Florida Marlins (80-82)
5. Washington Nationals5. Washington Nationals (74-88)
NL Central
1. St. Louis Cardinals1. St. Louis Cardinals (89-73)
2. Chicago Cubs2. Houston Astros (84-78)
3. Milwaukee Brewers3. Cincinnati Reds (78-84)
4. Houston Astros4. Milwaukee Brewers (77-85)
5. Pittsburgh Pirates5. Chicago Cubs (70-92)
6. Cincinnati Reds6. Pittsburgh Pirates (67-95)
NL West
1. L.A. Dodgers1. San Diego Padres (86-76)
2. Arizona Diamondbacks2. L.A. Dodgers (82-80)
3. San Diego Padres3. Arizona Diamondbacks (76-86)
4. Colorado Rockies3. San Francisco Giants (76-86)
5. San Francisco Giants5. Colorado Rockies (73-89)


The biggest surprise in the Sports Illustrated predictions is the position of the Cubs, but I guess that's the eternal optimism for you.

Their World Series pick is for a freeway series, Angels over the Dodgers. Incidentally, they've changed the parking procedures at Dodger Stadium this year (and raised the parking rate from $10 to $15 in the process), so any late-arriving fans can be ascribed to the parking attendants not knowing what they're doing, rather than the usual apathy.

My schedule is clear for Monday and MLB Extra Innings will definitely be on DirecTV, if nowhere else, so I'm ready for another year of Opening Day blogging.

(Note primarily to myself for future reference: here's how I fixed the problem with the table.)

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Comments:
Cardinals
Brewers
Cubs
Reds
Astros
Pirates (sorry, Toby)

Mets
Braves
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals (to be relegated to AAA)

Diamondbacks
Dodgers
Padres
Giants

Red Sox
Yankees
Blue Jays
Devil Rays (really. 4th.)
Orioles

Twins
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Royals

Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners
 
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