Well, the post-season is here and since I have no Redbirds games or activity to cover other than LaRussa will be back for next season (YAY!!!) and that McGwire will be the hitting coach (I have to think about this one a bit before I react), I thought I would go back to my April 1rst predictions on the outcome of the NL Central races.
Now that the season is done and we have the season results here is what I predicted;
2009 NL Central Division Predictions
1. Cardinals
2. Cubs
3. Reds
4. Brewers
5. Astros
6. Pirates
2009 NL Central Division Actual Standings
1. Cardinals
2. Cubs
3. Brewers
4. Reds
5. Astros
6. Pirates
Not too bad actually. I got 4 out of the 6 right and the Brewers and Reds were just flip-flopped in their positions. I'm pretty pleased with the results of my predictions. I never take them too seriously for the season is long and too many things can happen to change things. But, 4 out of 6 is not bad. :)
In my notes I did however predict the Cardinals and Cubs would finish in a dead-heat and the Cardinals would win the tie-breaker in one of the greatest division races in history. Well... I am glad to say the race wasn't close and the Redbirds did win the division! :)
I had picked the Reds to pass the Brewers since I felt their pitching would make great strides this year and that the Brewers had given up and lost too much in the Starting Pitching area. While the Reds did improve in pitching in many ways, they didn't improve as much as I had envisioned and the Brewers were stronger than I though they would be. So, those are my major miscues in my predictions.
I did predict the Pirates in last but that they would make life exciting. Well, they did and it looked like they might make a run towards .500 early on. But, then the Pirates ownership decided to dump all their talent and cement the Pirates into last place for at least another 3 years to come. Who could've seen that coming?
So, those were my predictions and I think I did okay. Better than some of the "experts" out there, but not as good as some of the experts out there. I am pleased with the results and can't wait till I can do this again next year. :)
We will soon go over our post-season predictions of April 3rd here. In some ways I did good, in others... not at all. But, that is for another post. Thank you for reading Redbirds Rap!
GO CARDINALS!!!!!