I used to think that making my annual predictions to the upcoming baseball season was one of the rites of passage to being a true baseball fan. Nowadays, I see making baseball picks as logical as trying to gauge how many bites it would take to fully consume my dinner.
My friend Charles, however, spent a few moments today grilling me on my baseball picks. Charles just could not accept my insistence that predicting winners was unnecessary. Charles even said I was being silly.
All silliness aside, I have decided to make baseball picks for 2011, in honor of my good friend Charles Rich. Every team with an asterisk is a team I think could go to the World Series.
AL West
*Oakland
*Texas
Angels
Seattle
AL Central
*Chicago
Minnesota
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
AL East
*Boston
*New York
Baltimore
Toronto
Tampa Bay
NL West
*San Francisco
*Colorado
San Diego
Los Angeles
Arizona
NL Central
*Milwaukee
*Cincinnati
St. Louis
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
NL East
*Atlanta
*Philadelphia
Florida
Washington
New York
AL Wild Card: Texas
AL Pennant: Boston
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia
NL Pennant: Philadelphia
World Series Champion: Boston
So there, Charles, I have made my picks for 2011. But this does not mean I will be playing Fantasy Baseball anytime soon.
-B. C. Helm
