Saturday, April 12, 2008

Baseball

Haven't said much about baseball yet this season. Decided against any kind of season preview with predictions because, frankly, I have no idea what will happen this year. This White Sox season has questions marks all over the lineup and the pitching rotation. They've looked good so far but certainly not unbeatable. So far they've played ten games. In only two of them have they looked over matched, and in two others they've looked like the much better team. Of course, ten games isn't enough time to really judge anything as five of those have been against one team.
The most interesting thing so far is that the two teams that were predicted to run away with the division have started very badly. The Tigers are only 2-9 while the Indians are 4-7 with only two of those wins in the last nine games. The season is a full 162 games long but the way teams start really does tell us something about how the season will go. Teams that are more than three games back at the end of April rarely make the playoffs.
It feels good to have daily baseball games back. Kind of feels like summer might eventually make it here. I've got highlights going on the TV and it's nice to see some homeruns and some good defensive plays. Good stuff.

1 comment:

Brian said...

I am happy too baseball is back! I try not to make predictions too. I am excited too!