Flukes and the Real Deal - April Edition

The Red Sox Slow Start - FLUKE
The Red Sox started the year as one of the top WS candidates, but went 0-6. Now, at 5-10, the Sox are finally starting to win, but are still way behind the Stankees. With a good rotation and great hitting, they should snap out of it. After all, Crawford hitting .127 wont last.
The Colorado Rockies Hot Start - THE REAL DEAL
I predicted the Rox to not even make the playoffs, but they could rival the Giants and the Wild Card. They have Tulo-Cargo, which is as good if not better than any 3-4 in the game. Good fielding and average pitching means they could go far.
Placido Polanco's Hot Start - THE REAL DEAL
Placido has always been a solid ballplayer, especially known for stellar defense. He hit .298 last year which is not bad at all, but he's on an even hotter start this year. I think Placido will keep on hitting well, and finish the year around .315.
Cleveland Indians Hot Start - FLUKE
The Indians are 12-4 and are not slowing down. They are shocking everyone, using sub-par players and rocking. But they are the Indians. Sorry Cleveland.
Sam Fuld's Hot Start - THE REAL DEAL
Curse of the Cubs. Just like Casey McGehee, he was a crappy minor leaguer on the Iowa Cubs and they released him. Now, he's leading the AL in batting and stealing a ton of bases. 
The Brewers Offense - FLUKE
The Brewers have always been an offensive team, and became contenders when they picked up pitching on top of that. The pitching has been great, anchored by sophomore Chris Narveson who has given up just 3 runs in 19 innings, and when Grienke returns the pitching staff will get even better. But the offense has been just bad. Besides Braun, Fielder, and a now ice-cold Weeks, the team struggles to get hits. Luckily, Lucroy is hitting .368 since he came back, and Nyjer Morgan will be starting for the horrible Carlos Gomez one of these days.


A shoutout to my friend Michael from Philly, which may increase my slim blog viewer ship from 6 to 7. Kind of like the Vikings win total.

A New MLB?

Major League Baseball has gotten a lot a critisism for being..."boring". It is without a doubt less popular than the NFL, and there seems to be people going away from the game more than going to it. I have a few ways MLB could spice up their games. Some of these coulden't really happen because they would completly change the game, but, here are some ideas for a "new" MLB.

• 4 Outs per Inning, 7 Innings could add a lot more action. That's 28 outs compared to 27 in the normal game, which is not much of a difference. But adding an extra out would definitely increase scoring.
• Larger Field would make more of those hard foul balls fair, and could also make for some awesome catches. Not deeper, just wider.
• On field performances at the "4th inning stretch" when the game moves to 7 innings and 4 outs. A performance by a band, singer, acrobats, comedian, or anything besides the local girls dance academy (I already saw them at a Bucks game) would be great and fun.
• No more NL and AL would let more teams play each other, and less frequently. Every team plays every team at least once. There are still divisions that play more often, and the division winners play in the playoffs until there are 2 left. That's the World Series. The four best second place teams become wild cards, and the two best have a first-round bye.

• NHL Style All-Star Game is really fun. Two captains (voted by fans) pick a team and the teams are managed by the leading managers. Each team will have a skills contest Friday, a concert by a famous band followed by the HR Derby on Saturday, and the real game on Sunday. Teams will get points for how well they do on each, and the team that wins the game will get a large bonus. Home field advantage in the World Series will be given to the team with a better record.

Most of these ideas are totally unrealistic, but what if...?

Scenes From a Brewers-Cubs Game at Miller Park

• A Cubs fan on the new Miller Park scoreboard, "y'know, at Wrigly we prefer older technology.
•  Kerry Wood being Kerry Wood
• A shirtless old guy with a cubs logo on his pants dancing to Justin Bieber.
• A Cub fan teaching his daughter to yell, "BREWERS SUCK!!!!" 
• A little girl refusing to say Cubbies and only saying "Cubs".
• A Cub fan all in red who was yelling to his girlfriend how, "It was your idea to wear red, and everyone else wore blue!"
• A hopeless franchise.
• A 6-5 Brewers victory.
• Go Brewers, Go Sox.
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