People make predictions all the time. Professional sports writers and bloggers, broadcasters, and various other people, on television, on the radio, in the newspaper or magazine. We all like to sound like we know what we are talking about but really we are just taking educated guesses. So why do we do this?
It's fun and it sparks debate!
My 9 year old son just won a bracket contest and claims he knew all along that it would be Kentucky over Kansas for the NCAA Championship in basketball. He knows his sports but lets face it, sometimes we just get lucky! Still, I will listen to what he says before making my predictions in the future. He told me not to go with Missouri and he never doubted Kentucky for a minute.
When I told him before the 2010 NFL season started that the Packers would win Superbowl XLV and then they did, he thought I really knew my stuff, it looks like those days are over. Anyway, we have been discussing major league baseball now that the season starts tonight. We have been trying to figure out why many experts expect the St. Louis Cardinals to win the NL Central division. Sure they won it all last year but playoffs are about who is hot at the time. Clearly the Brewers were much better than the Cardinals during the regular season last year and won the division, finally!
The Milwaukee Brewers won't be giving up the throne that easily and if they do Zach and I agree that the Cincinnati Reds are the team that might take it. Sure the Brewers no longer have Prince Fielder but look at what St. Louis no longer has: The best hitter in baseball, Albert Pujols, and a great Manager, Tony LaRussa. I feel pretty safe in predicting that the Cardinals will finish no better than 3rd place in the NL Central, of course I have been wrong before!!!
