A Look Back at Some Bad Predictions

Prior to the season I put a few predictions forth and well, I didn't do so hot. Out of the entire predictions I got one spot 100% right and that was selecting the Angels to win the West, wow that was a tough one. In the AL I had the Red Sox and Yanks in but flip flop the Wild Card and Division. I had the Tigers in so that was the big error in the AL. Meanwhile my NL predictions were miserable. I only got one team right and that was the Phillies in the playoffs. I had them as the Wildcard however and not the Division leader. My picks of the Dodgers, Astros and Mets as division leaders were.... Terrible.

In addition I don't think I predicted a single Award winner in either the NL or AL right, especially my joke of putting Carl Pavano as comeback player of the year. Ha.

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