Chicagoist: Baseball Preview

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:21:31 -0600

@xlprg: "Contend in the NL Central"? I'd argue they would be odds on favorites to win the pennant. The AL is stacked. Only the NBA West is more "conference/league" lopsided. Anyone who argues otherwise is fooling themselves.

matty

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16:58 -0600

Sox Cubs world series

xlprq

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:09:28 -0600

Oh, it'll totally be Sam Zell. As for the Sox, I'm excited, but only because it's Opening Day and they have to be better than last year. Can the Sox and Brewers trade places? Because they could contend in the NL Central.

matilda

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:02:07 -0600

As the Cubs prepare to take the field, and much of the region starts to get giddy again over the lovable losers, I have the same questions I have every year: Who will the Cubs and their fans use as a scapegoat for the inevitable failure and/or playoff choke? That is really the only thing worth arguing about when it comes to the Cubs. I say Zell is the leading candidate right now, for causing too much distraction or something along those lines. But what do I know? I prefer baseball, not some glorified T-ball team that functions primarily as overpriced but meaningless entertainment at the biggest beer garden in Chicago.

plumbum82

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:55:03 -0600

Yeah, what kookybites said. Calling Erstad a "Key" anything is being generous. My prediction? White Sox a distant 3rd in the Central and a metric shitload more crazy from Ozzie. In the National League, Cubs make the playoffs but another embarrassing first round loss. Bonus prediction: It'll be to the Padres with a Cy Young-contending Mark Prior as their number two guy behind Peavy.

kookybites

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:49:57 -0600

Can we add an "addition by subtraction" column and throw Erstad and half of last year's bullpen in there for the sox?