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2012 Season Preview and Predictions

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, Yankees on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Spring Training is in the books, so now it’s time for prognostication. Listed below are my predictions for the 2012 regular season standings as well as the major award winners. In addition, a capsule for each division is provided. For reference, the Captain’s Blog had a great year projecting the standings in 2010, but didn’t [...]

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No Leg to Stand On: Revisiting 2011 Projections

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, Yankees on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In 2010, the Captain’s Blog was a veritable crystal ball when it came to predicting the standings, at least when compared to a universe of experts and projection systems. How’d I do this season? Well, as John Sterling might say, you can’t predict baseball. 2011 Captain’s Blog Predictions Compared to Final Standings Note: Positive number [...]

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2011 Season Preview and Predictions

Posted in Baseball, Mets, MLB, Predictions, Red Sox, Yankees on March 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Another season is upon us, and so too is the time for predictions. Listed below are my forecasts for the regular season standings as well as the major award winners. In addition, a capsule for each team is provided below. For what it’s worth, the Captain’s Blog did a pretty good job predicting the standings [...]

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NLCS Preview: Plenty of Pitching Should Make for a Close Series; Phils to Repeat as NL Champs, but Series Will Go the Distance

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, tagged on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The hype surrounding the game one matchup between two-time defending Cy Young Tim Lincecum and likely-to-be 2010 Cy Young Roy Halladay has been so intense that is easy to forget the NLCS is actually a seven game series. Not only have both pitchers been among the best in the game over the past three seasons, but [...]

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ALCS Prediction: Yanks in Five

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, Yankees, tagged on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight’s ALCS opens deep in the heart of Texas, and the Rangers will be looking to settle the score for three recent postseason eliminations suffered at the hands of the Yankees. Even though the storyline seems similar to the just completed ALDS against the Twins, the challenge facing the Yankees this time around should be [...]

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Quick Prediction: Braves in Four Over Giants

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, tagged on October 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The NLDS matchup pitting the Giants against the Braves also happens to feature two of the most promising rookies in all of baseball. Atlanta’s Jayson Heyward and San Francisco’s Buster Posey will battle it out for the National League Rookie of the Year Award in November, but their performance in October could wind up being [...]

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ALDS Preview: Yankees Getting Brooms Ready?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Predictions, Yankees, tagged on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I am as superstitious a fan as they come. I also tend to be a lot more guarded in my expectations, at least in comparison to the unmitigated arrogance expressed by the more casual Yankee fan. However, no matter how hard I try to be more even handed in my assessment of tonight’s ALDS, I [...]

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