tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post574063200663924566..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Projections & Predictions #4allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-86088887984637615972008-03-30T18:31:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:31:00.000-07:00The Herald's Tony Massarotti joined Nick Cafardo o...The Herald's Tony Massarotti joined Nick Cafardo of the Globe in picking the Blue Jays to win the East.<BR/><BR/>Several SoSHers said Cafardo picked Toronto because JP always returns his calls.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-82474653984443172622008-03-30T18:30:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:30:00.000-07:00Oh: The New York Times picked the Red Sox to win t...Oh: The New York Times picked the Red Sox to win the A.L. East. Amazing.Jack Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129607755816264057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-50506636337083588732008-03-30T18:22:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:22:00.000-07:00Neyer's picks are not as bad as Gomez, but they em...Neyer's picks are not as bad as Gomez, but they embody a mistake that is typical of the breed. Seriously, hat are the chances that Clay Buchholtz wins Rookie of the Year and the Sox don't even make the play-offs? Or that Becket is Cy Young and the Sox don't make the play-offs, which is where Kevin Kennedy (that pompous jackass) came out? The picks are usually intellectually dishonest: picking the favorite gets you no attention; picking a long-shot does. So you make an off-beat pick. If you are right, you wave your pick around at the end of the Series to show how smart you were. If you were wrong, nobody remembers, and you keep quiet; it doesn't even hurt your reputation. I forget how many straight times Gammons picked the Jays as his "sleeper," but it got to be a joke. Neyer picked against the Sox in last year's play-offs; he was pretty negative about them all season.I think he's mad that the Sox hired Bill James instead of him...Jack Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129607755816264057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-65391795318606084542008-03-30T14:07:00.000-07:002008-03-30T14:07:00.000-07:00Gomez's picks are all effed up. He the Cubs winnin...Gomez's picks are all effed up. He the Cubs winning the AL wild card, the Tigers winning the NL Central and the Brewers winning the AL Central.<BR/><BR/>He also says Nick Swisher will take home the AL MVP. ... Is that worse or better than John Shea's AL MVP pick of Torii Hunter?allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com