5 Bold Predictions for an Unlucky Year

For any of you that suffer from Triskaidekaphobia, it may ease your mind to catch a glimpse of what lies ahead for this year.

AL EAST

Tampa Bay Rays
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees

AL Central

Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals*
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians

♫ Collapsin' in September ♫

Do you remember?

Yesterday, the Colorado Rockies lost 10-7 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.  It was their ninth consecutive loss.  In their last eighteen games, they have lost sixteen total.  In order to avoid a 100 loss season, the Rockies must win at least five of their ten remaining games.  If they keep up their monthly pace, they will only win two, and finish with a 60-102 record.

A century mark in the L column wasn't always such a sure thing.  As recently as last month, it appeared that

u mad 'baldo?

In my office, I have a few photos of myself with baseball players--Todd Helton, Matt Holiday, and Ubaldo Jimenez.  Each 8x10 is autographed by the Rockies-clad player appearing in the picture.  Today, after returning from court where I secured a guilty verdict on an elder abuse trial, I took the Ubaldo photo and set it face down on top of one of my bookshelves.  Why?  See for yourself:

Friday Fathomings

After a week of spring training, there have already been two bizarre baseball injuries.

Watch out for that towel!

The pantheon of weird baseball injuries is long and storied.  Last year, Ubaldo Jimenez landed on the DL because he broke a nail.  Mat Latos strained his "left side" while trying to stifle a sneeze.  Kendry Morales broke his leg jumping onto home plate after hitting a walkoff grand slam.  Russell Branyan's toe was mugged by a hotel room table.  Former Cubs first round pick Mark Pawelek hurt his elbow when he was blindsided by a Playstation.  Former current Cub Kerry Wood injured his "right side" when he was violently ejected from a hot tub.  Joel Zumaya hurt his throwing arm while playing the video game Guitar Hero.  Clint Barmes broke his collarbone trying to carry a package of deer meat.  Former Cub Carlos Zambrano hurt his elbow after ahem spending too much time on the internet.  Former Cub Sammy Sosa went anti-Latos and sneezed so hard that he suffered back spasms.  The list goes on and on and on and on.  Now, the odd injury hall of fame has two new inductees... 

Thor's Day Thoughts

Who do you think will win the 2012 World Series?



Eric Byrnes likes the DC Nats! Then again, Byrnsie has never been known to avoid risks.

The Secret to Surviving the Trade Deadline

On a warm summer's evening,

6:35 PM, Saturday, July 30th, 2011. Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres. Game time temperature, 71 degrees. Partly Cloudy. 13 MPH winds.

on a train bound for nowhere,

Nearly two-thirds of the way through the season, the Rockies found themselves 6 games below .500, and 11 games back of the first place San Francisco Giants.

Blog Fodder from a Bachelor Party? Say It Ain't So!

Typically bachelor parties are known for their 'what happens at the party, stays at the party' antics. However, when we held a party for my younger brother a week and a half ago, several moments were decent enough to be made public, and even some were broadcast on live tv. As one Percell Fantasy Baseball League owner put it, "It's not every bachelor party where they televise the end."