Comments on: Milton Sports Guy: Jays forecast for 2008 http://miltonsearch.com/blog/2008/04/08/milton-sports-guy-jays-forecast-for-2008/ Speak Up: Have your say on a variety of topics relating to life in Milton Ontario. We want your 2 cents! Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Steve-O http://miltonsearch.com/blog/2008/04/08/milton-sports-guy-jays-forecast-for-2008/#comment-657 Steve-O Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:17:29 +0000 http://miltonsearch.com/blog/2008/04/08/milton-sports-guy-jays-forecast-for-2008/#comment-657 I am absolutely loving the competitiveness the Jays are showing early on this season - if they can continue to play hard all 9 innings of every game as they have thus far they are a serious threat - even for those stacked and much-hated Yankee and Red Sox Teams. As a Jays fan I need to biasly hope for the Yanks and/or Boston to have either a horrible season full of turmoil, bad team chemistry, disappointing pitching, sub-par batting and a healthy dose of unfortunate injuries. If and when this happens, I see the season winding up as follows: AL East: Toronto Boston New York Baltimore Tampa Bay As for the rest of the MLB - I really don't give a crap! and you can take that to the bank. I am absolutely loving the competitiveness the Jays are showing early on this season - if they can continue to play hard all 9 innings of every game as they have thus far they are a serious threat - even for those stacked and much-hated Yankee and Red Sox Teams. As a Jays fan I need to biasly hope for the Yanks and/or Boston to have either a horrible season full of turmoil, bad team chemistry, disappointing pitching, sub-par batting and a healthy dose of unfortunate injuries. If and when this happens, I see the season winding up as follows:
AL East:
Toronto
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

As for the rest of the MLB - I really don’t give a crap!

and you can take that to the bank.

]]> By: Capper http://miltonsearch.com/blog/2008/04/08/milton-sports-guy-jays-forecast-for-2008/#comment-659 Capper Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:24:01 +0000 http://miltonsearch.com/blog/2008/04/08/milton-sports-guy-jays-forecast-for-2008/#comment-659 Since Steve-O doesn't care about the Far Superior NL, I'll leave the Steroid, long-ball, boring brand of AL baseball alone and put through some predictions for the NL where the pitchers are real men who actually have to hit the ball, and we don't have some wonky knee DH who cant field. Anyway, perhaps we can debate that another day. In the NL West I'm liking the Padres, not just because the MSG is a long-time Padre fan, but since the Cards have put them out in the first round for most of the '90s and new milennium I've seen a lot of them and think they've got a great shot. Peavy rocks and hopefully that rotation can take them far. They've gotta start platooning at closer though, with Glue Factory Hoffman sharing time with one of their young guns or it will just be another bad year of blown saves. I like: Padres Arizona LA Colorado SF - just plain awful. I like how they've basically taken everything out of the park that related to Bonds. Mind you, they were pretty greedy in signing the guy just for the noteriety of having him in a Giant uniform for the ***record*** NL Central Yes, to be totally biased, I still expect the Cards to make some noise despite the double-digit injury list so far and a starting rotation of cast aways and relievers made starters (see Cardinals 2007 --- yes, they didn't learn their lesson). Not quite good enough despite their 6-2 start. I don't think these young guns can keep it up all year, and look for a let down once Carpenter and Mulder come back as everyone naturally takes a break to let the new "saviours" take over. I like: Cubbies Cardinals Milwaukee Cincy Houston Pittsburgh (Yes, that is correct, how fair is a 6 team division when the AL West is only 4??? -- don't get me started. They might as well have two teams named the Roughriders) Finally the NL East I would have thought the Mets in a slaughter, but have been impressed with Atlanta and Philly. I like: NY Mets Atlanta Philly Washington Florida Enjoy the marathon folks!!! GO CARDS!! Since Steve-O doesn’t care about the Far Superior NL, I’ll leave the Steroid, long-ball, boring brand of AL baseball alone and put through some predictions for the NL where the pitchers are real men who actually have to hit the ball, and we don’t have some wonky knee DH who cant field. Anyway, perhaps we can debate that another day.

In the NL West I’m liking the Padres, not just because the MSG is a long-time Padre fan, but since the Cards have put them out in the first round for most of the ’90s and new milennium I’ve seen a lot of them and think they’ve got a great shot. Peavy rocks and hopefully that rotation can take them far. They’ve gotta start platooning at closer though, with Glue Factory Hoffman sharing time with one of their young guns or it will just be another bad year of blown saves.

I like:
Padres
Arizona
LA
Colorado
SF - just plain awful. I like how they’ve basically taken everything out of the park that related to Bonds. Mind you, they were pretty greedy in signing the guy just for the noteriety of having him in a Giant uniform for the ***record***

NL Central
Yes, to be totally biased, I still expect the Cards to make some noise despite the double-digit injury list so far and a starting rotation of cast aways and relievers made starters (see Cardinals 2007 — yes, they didn’t learn their lesson). Not quite good enough despite their 6-2 start. I don’t think these young guns can keep it up all year, and look for a let down once Carpenter and Mulder come back as everyone naturally takes a break to let the new “saviours” take over.

I like:
Cubbies
Cardinals
Milwaukee
Cincy
Houston
Pittsburgh
(Yes, that is correct, how fair is a 6 team division when the AL West is only 4??? — don’t get me started. They might as well have two teams named the Roughriders)

Finally the NL East
I would have thought the Mets in a slaughter, but have been impressed with Atlanta and Philly.

I like:
NY Mets
Atlanta
Philly
Washington
Florida

Enjoy the marathon folks!!!

GO CARDS!!

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