Saturday, April 7, 2012

Hey, hey, holy mackerel, no doubt about it?

A Sports Illustrated update directed me to this post on a St. Louis sports website, JoeSportsFan. An Opening Day poll on CLTV allegedly yielded this result from loyal Cub fans:

Oh my.

Mind you, prospects may not be much be brighter for my White Sox... although... did you see that home run yesterday by Adam Dunn? One thing is certain: Dunn can't have an appendectomy this year. And if Rios starts hitting, and Beckham regains his form... if John Danks lives up to his contract... if Jake Peavy lives up to his reputation... if Chris Sales lives up to his promise... well, anything can happen.

The best thing the White Sox have going for them is that Sports Illustrated picks the Tigers first this year, and the Sox dead last. I recall 1984. In its season preview then Sports Illustrated picked the Sox to repeat as division winners. "Who else?" asked the magazine.

Well... as it turned out... darn near everyone.

Watch out, Detroit. Sports Illustrated has a poor record as a prophet.

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