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EdinsonPickle
Going way back in the way back machine. I like it.
Tony DiQuattro
Me too, we always see predictions from websites and magazines but rarely see follow ups.
wickedkevin
This is what makes baseball so great.
DbacksFan
These are terrible predictions. The Rockies? They have no pitching. The diamondbacks should have 5 votes
Dodgersarelife
Hahah. Look at the d-backs roster vs. the Rockies. Tell me who is stronger. Not to put down the d-backs, they had a great season. But from the onset i think that was the right choice.
Dave 32
yeah… hindsight is the ONLY reason you say foolish things like that.
Before the season only a tiny number of d-backs fans thought they’d have an awesome season, and most of them were just being optimistic homers. Same goes for St. Louis predictions too for what it’s worth, Wainright goes down and everyone pretty much writes the season off but hey, it’s baseball and crazy things happen every year.
Andy Forrester
I’ve been a Diamondbacks fan since 1998, and I picked the Rockies too.
Devon Henry
Kids, this is what you call Hindsight Bias. Thanks Psychology 101…
sports33
Loved the link for the NPB picks.
CaseyBlakeDeWitt
Awesome right up! I actually picked both Verlander and Kershaw for Cy Young, but I think the Phils, Tigers, and Rangers were my only other right picks..
Pete 12
I love how people are always like “The A’s stink and have always stunk”, they always forget that the Beane’s best 25 men are definitely capable of winning a lot of games….but injuries and dropoffs out of nowhere happen and people just like saying the A’s stink because they are jealous of the attention Moneyball got.
Dynasty22
The funniest pick by far…Brad Emaus.
Jamie Sayer
I’m surprised not one person game a nod to Bautista
Liam_Ho
How wrong some these picks were (as were mine) shows us how great this game can be.
MetsMagic
It’s funny how someone picked Brad Emaus. I didn’t think he was going to be a superstar, but I had thought that we seriously had a diamond in the rough with him.
StanleyPujols
What an amazing season by the Cardinals. You can talk about the Braves collapse, but no one, and I mean no one, had this team being able to make the playoffs after losing Wainwright. Lots of credit to go around. Carpenter bouncing back from a 1-7 start. Pujols bouncing back from a very human-like 5 month start to the season to hit .355/.393/.561 in September. Lance Berkman rising from the dead to hit .301/.412/.547. Matt Holliday was limited to 124 games but still hit .296/.388/.526, despite battling some pretty severe injuries. The rise of David Freese and Allen Craig who both came up HUGE in the playoffs, combining for 9 HR’s. Kyle Lohse coming back from the dead to put up a solid 2.5 fWAR (totally didn’t see this coming). Major contributions from a young bullpen including Jason Motte, Mitchell Boggs, Eduardo Sanchez, Lance Lynn, Fernando Salas, and Mark Rzepcynski. Jon Jay proving himself to be a serviceable CF’er to allow John Mozeilak to make the Rasmus trade. Furcal stabilizing SS. Tony LaRussa bringing his A game for the final 2 months of his career. All in all a total team effort from the very top of the organization all the way down to the 25th man. I’ll never forget when they were down to their last 3 outs with Jon Jay, Dan Descalso, and Edwin Jackson due up in game 6.
mattinglyfan
Good stuff, sadly I had a lot of the same picks, including White Sox and Athletics winning their divisions. I think Sports Illustrated picked Crawford to win AL MVP too. Like John Sterling says, WELP, that’s baseball for ya!
Ivy Ken
All in all a total team effort from the very top of the organization all
the way down to the 25th man. I’ll never forget when they were down to
their last 3 outs with Jon Jay, Dan Descalso, and Edwin Jackson due up
in game 6.
Paul Canzano
Good to see the game is still played on the field and not on paper