1. The Mets, reeling after their miserable performance in Philadelphia, will drop two of three to the Braves in Atlanta. They'll finally win on Sunday, by virtue of Carlos Beltran's swinging bunt that somehow stays fair, a meltdown by Braves closer Rafael Soriano and a game-ending interference call on the Braves' Jeff Francoeur.
2. The Yankees will take two of three games from the Devil Rays, continuing their surge toward the American League wild card. Ian Kennedy, described by some scouts as a young Mike Mussina, will pitch poorly Saturday, in his major-league debut, and lose. Afterwards, he will ask reporters, defiantly, "Who are they going to replace me with?"
3. The Phillies, coming off their incredible, four-game sweep of the Mets, will take two of three games from the Marlins in Miami. Pat Burrell, having gone deep four times in four days against the Mets, will not hit a ball out of the infield.
4. The free-falling Mariners will drop two of three games to the Blue Jays, so they'll enter next weekend's Yankees series down two games (one in the loss column) in the American League wild-card standings. Just for the heck of it, Ichiro Suzuki will say, "If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to New York, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying. Also, Broadway plays are overrated."
5. Webster's Dictionary will publish a special, mid-year edition to include "The Joba Rules."
Comments (7)
I'm disappointed in Mr. Mussina. Surely, a Stanford man would know that it's bad form to end a sentence with a preposition, right?
Ken wrong again as usual.
Ken,
Those were the worst predictions possible. Did you also predict that nobody would win the power ball?
And you also predicted your alma mater, Michigan would win easy right?
Mario, Michigan alums never predict "win easy." We pray that we can somehow avoid embarrassment. And often, those prayers are not answered.
I predict the Mets rule!
Uh oh. That last one wasn't me. I'll have to figure out if there's a way to block other people from pretending to be me (now there's a sentence I never envisioned myself writing).