The last time I posted was at the beginning of spring training and so I made some picks of who I thought would do well this season, and I find that its onlty fitting that I look at those predictions and see how close(or far) I am from being right
Lets Start with the NL.... My favorite League, solely because it doesnt have the DH...
East- I had predicted Mets
Now: 4th in divison, behind marlins, braves and phillies, even though I hate the Mets I am pretty dissapointed that there this far back and this bad... I know they've been racked with injury but the fact that many people at the beginning of the season had predicted them to be a World Series contender are probably just as disappointed as I am right now... K-Rod is not putting up his usual numbers by far and JJ Putz is less than impressive.... Beltran, Reyes and Delgaldo are on the DL....not to mention that streak of mental errors that cost them games a couple weeks ago.... sounds like a year to forget for the Mets
Central- I had predicted Cubs
Now: First in the division. Barely. Maybe .5-1 game lead if that. Somehow ahead of the Cardinals who had been red hot for a while, with Puljos looking like he could win the triple crown.... I really thought that I would see more of them this year... With the offseason addition of Milton Bradley alot of people thought that they would make a lot of noise in the division in the first half.... They, by far have been on a rollercoaster ride throughout the season. Ended the first month right where they are now.. about 1 game in first place, then May and June they stumbled and they are picking it back up in July where they have climbed to the top. Most of the stumbling has been caused by Ararmis Ramirez and Soriano being on the DL and Derek Lee not putting up his usual numbers
West- I had Predicted Dodgers
Now: Dodgers right where I predicted them... Best record in baseball keep riding that momentum from last season.... although I would have not have seen the whole Manny getting suspended for taking womens pills for hormones but other than that their offense has been clicking, Eithier was on my fantasy team for a while and was racking up point.. not to add the fact that Billingsley has certainly replaced that hole that was left by Lowe leaivng for Atlanta.....
Wild Card- I had Predicted Atlanta
Now: Eh not so bad... 4th in the standings and 3.5 games out thanks to a red hot July... hope my bravos can keep this hot streak alive... I'm just mad that Chipper and McCann are only batting .290 and .306 repsectively...
AL Now... Stupid DH
East- I had predicted Rays
Now- I feel dumb... New York has been doing a lot better than I expected and Boston is doing great to even though Smoltz is like 2-6 for them... I really though they would ride the momentum into this season like the Dodgers... but then again they aren't home to Mannywood
Central-I had predicted Twins
Now Kinda feel dumb... Never though the Tigers would be ahead in the division this season, thought Mauer would do good.. but not this good. Also didnt really thing the Sox would be contenders but they are, some say this is a soft division but I think the central will be really fun to watch as the season winds down... both central divisons will be for a matter of fact...
West- I had predicted Angel
Now- Right again... but not as good as I had thought also didnt think that the Rangers would be this good too and be right on there ass(only 2.5 games out) and Hamilton has spent half the year on the DL.. no wonder Kinsler was an All Star... If they don't make it in to the Wild Card this year.. they could win the division next year. And speaking of the Rangers, their batting coach is officailly the best one in baseball... He turned Andruw Jones from a .190 I'm going to try to turn on everything and pull it so I can be a power hitter, to a I'm just going to swing and make solid contact hitter which he used to be in Atlanta but not anymore...
AL Wild Card- I had predicted Oakland
Now- Once again I feel dumb. Matt Holiday was suppose to help Oakland, not take them to the cellar of the AL West then get traded to the Cards.... I mean they had offense problems last year but when they added Giambi and Holliday, that should've been fixed.. for me as a player this would've been a bad year... get some hot bats on our lineup, get all hyped up for a decent year and maybe a playoff run and then end up in the cellar... man that would be tough to play the rest of the season like that... oh well its baseball theres always next year.. maybe they could add Puljos
Anyways moving from baseball and going to the NFL now
I am pumped for the start of the season to watch my Panthers dominate and for fantasy football, which I am also going to dominate
My starting lineup for Fantasy Football
QB- Jay Cutler
RB- Adrian Peterson
RB- Clinton Portis
RB/WR- Pierre Thomas
WR- Steve Smith
WR- Wes Welker
TE- Tony Scheffer(probably going to trade)
Defense- Ravens
K- Kris Brown
So I've got a pretty damn good lineup and I'm ready to do work
Now moving to my next point in the NFL....
The whole Dante Stallworth thing
Its honestly messed up
Stallworth kills a man, gets 30 days in jail and ends up only serving 30 of them...? In a STATE prison
Remember now, he killed a man because he was driving under the influence
Last year Michael Vick pleads guilty to federal dogfighting chrarges and spends 23 months in a FEDERAL prison
Did I mention Stallworth killed a man???
So your telling me I could go get drunk right now, drive around, hit and kill a person and only spend 30 days in jail for it while someone who runs a dogfighting ring and/or shoots themselves in the leg at a nightclub will do more time in the slammer than I will?
And they say celebs don't get off easily
I do remember hearing something about Stallworth actually KILLING someone
Put I guess PETA is taking over now since Killing Dogs>Killing People in the criminal world
What has our world come to?
Speaking of stuff like this I hear the Healthcare reform bill is close to being signed.
Honestly, anyone supports this you are pretty God damn stupid
Do you even know what this is going to do to our healthcare?
Yes I know it'll be free healthcare but do you know what our "free healthcare" will be?
I'm going to paint you a picture
Imagine one of those free Walgreens clinics
Now picture that filled with people
And doctors who don't care about you personally
Just trying to get through the hundreds of people who need healthcare
And also expect to wait about an hour in line for a 20- 30 minute appointment
Sounds like some pretty bad change to me
Look here's the thing
I do believe that everyone should have some sort of healthcare
But I also believe if you live in the Middle to Upper class like I do then you shouldn't have to have your healthcare cut down so it can be like the people who can't afford to go to a doctors office or who can't afford healthcare.
In a capitalist society not everyone is going to make a ton of money, theres going to be the lower, middle, and upper class
And thanks to Mr Obama now I have to sacrifice my healthcare because the lower class people are complaining that they don't get enough Healthcare like I do
There's a reason we have doctor's offices and then those stupid free clinics
To me I'm willing to pay a decent amount of money to be able to go to a doctor's office where I know they have state of the art equipment for treating illnesses
Theres a reason why America is called the land of oppurtunity
YOU
YES YOU
YOU have an oppurtunity to make a good living and afford nice things and to live comfortably not just sit around at a minimum wage job and complain that its the government's fault because your only making 20,000 a year, and if we just hike up the minumum wage, thats just going to hurt the jobless rate
But thats a discussion for a diferent day
~Jackson
