Apparently the Indians are a little concerned that their pitchers might escape. As such they have all been tied up and on occasion Eric "Porno" Wedge comes out to hit them with rubber hoses. Despite my valient attempts to avoid paying attention to baseball, yep I'm still interested in it. Over the coming few weeks I'll give out my thoughts, picks and witty comments. Or at least in comparison to Bob Ryan. Bob Ryan has hit the Limbaugh trifeca in the book of punditry (i.e. fat, obnoxious and idiotic).
The team I think that was hurt the worst this off-season was Oakland. Oakland routinely made the playoffs on the backs of the BIG 3 (Mulder, Zito, Hudson). Two were traded for prospects, cement and a new apple computer. Now I'm not going to say Billy Beane made a stupid move but no different from when the Indians imploded their team its going to take a little time for Oakland to be back in contention for the title.
Their will be three competitive divisions in baseball this year and by competitive I mean at least three teams vying for the division crown: AL Central, NL East, NL Central. Its possible that San Diego or LA could duke it out with San Franscisco for the title but I'm not sold on that yet.
The biggest question I think I have is what were the Yanks thinking when they signed Pavano and Wright. Now I'm not saying they won't be decent but neither has a winning record over the two year span as a starter (Wright's only be a starter again for one year before then he worked jointly as San Diego reliver, Atlanta set up man and Parole Officer.
Change to Watch: Atlanta is moving John Smoltz back into the starter and replacing him with Danny Kolb. Smoltz over the past two years has been the best reliever (excluding Gagne). Atlanta's stranglehold on the division and its amazing run as champs I think will rise and fall and the success of those two players.
Oh and there's some NBA All-Star game but apparently the League thinks itll reach a broader audience by having it only on TNT and late at night. Lebron and the young guns (i.e. players that Larry Brown refused to play in the Olympics because they weren't old enough to drink) will be showcased. Meanwhile David Stern will physically stand between Kobe and Shaq to prevent any riot from breaking out.
NCAA Pick that I'm sticking with: Kansas, Illinois and 2 ACC teams
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Baseball preview is nice. The resurrection of Jaret Wright from parole officer, to NY Yankees employee has been incredible.
Forget about the NBA All-Star game. It's really all about All-Star Saturday.
Your final 4 pick of Kansas, Illinois, and 2 ACC Teams could be completely dangerous- especially if all 4 are #1 seeds. That's one of the rules you know.
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