HAPPY BASEBALL

Hello there Sportsfan! So this week marks the start of the 2008 baseball season and I can't tell you how excited I am! So I asked all my sports fan friends to give me their 2008 predictions.
So without yammering on any longer here are mine and theirs .

Douglas Blake

AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST--RED SOX
CENTRAL- INDIANS
WEST--SEATTLE
WC--DETROIT

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST--ATLANTA
CENTRAL--CUBS
WEST--DODGERS
WC--METS

WORLD SERIES -- RED SOX VS DODGERS SOX IN 6

Matt from CMJ

AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST--RED SOX
CENTRAL- TIGERS
WEST--SEATTLE
WC--INDIANS

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST--METS
CENTRAL--CUBS
WEST--DIAMONDBACKS
WC--BREWERS

WORLD SERIES -- CUBS VS TIGERS. TIGERS IN 7

Steve from Pirate!

AL EAST - RED SOX
AL CENTRAL - TIGERS
AL WEST - ANGELS
AL WILDCARD - YANKEES

NL EAST - METS
NL CENTRAL - CARDINALS
NL WEST - DODGERS
NL WILDCARD - ROCKIES

WORLD SERIES - SOX OVER METS IN 7!

Shill from Team Clermont

AL EAST - PATRIOTS
AL CENTRAL - STEELERS
AL WEST - CHARGERS
AL WILDCARD - COLTS

NL EAST - COWBOYS
NL CENTRAL - PACKERS
NL WEST - SEAHAWKS
NL WILDCARD - BUCCANEERS

PATRIOTS OVER COWBOYS BY 2 TOUCHDOWNS!

Chuck From Pirate!
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST--RED SOX
CENTRAL- DETROIT
WEST--SEATTLE
WC--YANKEES

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST--ATLANTA
CENTRAL--CUBS
WEST--ARIZONA
WC--COLORADO

WORLD SERIES -- RED SOX OVER CUBS IN FOUR

First Major Steroids Scandal – Prince Fielder
First CLEMENS RETURNING? Sportscenter lead – June 19
JD Drew’s 5th home run – June 19
Hanley Ramirez traded – July 27
Eric Gagne sodomy charges – July 1

Graham from Warner
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST--RED SOX
CENTRAL- DETROIT
WEST--ANGELS
WC--INDIANS

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST--METS
CENTRAL--BREWERS
WEST--DODGERS
WC--DIAMONDBACKS

Dan From Fanatic

NL
east: mets
central: brewers
west: diamondbacks
wc: dodgers
AL
east: red sox
central: indians
west: angels
WC: yankees
WS: red sox over mets in 7


Lisa from CMJ

AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST—YANKEES
CENTRAL—DETROIT
WEST—ANGELS
WC—BOSTON

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST—ATLANTA
CENTRAL—CUBS
WEST—DODGERS
WC—DIAMONDBACKS

AL will beat the NL in the all star game as usual. Holliday wins the batting title. Johan Santana takes the Cy Young (but the Mets will still always choke). Detroit wins the series over Atlanta.

Gerard from Pirate
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST-- Yankees
CENTRAL- Tigers
WEST--Angels
WC--Rays

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST--Mets
CENTRAL--Brewers
WEST--Rockies
WC--Cubs

That's right, no Red Sox. Mets in 5 over the Tigers.

Tom from Vagrant
american league

east - red sox
central - detroit
west - oakland
wild card - yankees

national league

east - mets
central - cubs
west - diamondbacks
wild card - braves

diamondbacks vs sox - dbacks in 6.

Bekah from suicide Squeeze
AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST--Red Sox (I am a Yankees fan for life but those fools need to step it up for reals)

CENTRAL- Tigers

WEST--Mariners

WC-- Indians



NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST--Mets

CENTRAL--Cubs

WEST--Dodgers

WC--Braves

And thats al we got for now! feel free to leave your prediction in the comments!

The first 91 days.

The first 3 months. Gone. Every year when i think and try to remember what I liked I struggle with what happened at the start of the year. So while it may seem a bit silly to recap 1/3 of the year I am doing it cause i know i wont remember at the end of the year.

So lets get started! Here are some of my Favorite records of the year! ( in no order)

Lupe Fiasco--The Cool--Atlantic

 

So this record came out at the very end of 2007 but was out too late to be included on any best of lists so i have included it here ...  For more info on Lupe go here

Man Man--Rabbit Habits--ANTI

If i had to name a favorite for the year thus far ... I think this might be it. For more information on Man Man go here. 

City and Colour--Bring me your love--Vagrant 

 

I found this record by accident. One of my Music Directors called me and asked me when I was going to send him the new City and Colour record because he is Canadian and I work all the Canadians. A few days later I had the record on my desk and I absolutely love it. 

For more information go here.

The Raconteurs--Consoleurs of the Lonely--Warner

Well this record seems to have come out of thin air! While I have only had this record for about a week I love it and think it will be in my playlist for some time to come! 

For more on the Raconteurs go here

The Loved Ones--Build and Burn--Fat Wreck

My favorite punk rock record of the year. I saw them open up for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in December and was an instant fan. They take the torch from Hot Water Music and keep going. Such a fun and catchy record. For more on the Loved Ones go here. 

Be Your Own Pet--Get Awkward--Universal 

I got this record a few months ago and I absolutely loved it. Apparently the record I got was not the record that the rest of the world would get. 3 songs were deemed to "violent" and were removed. I am not sure I am buying that but regardless they are getting a lot of free press out of it. The record everyone else got is good but I fell in love with the other version so it's almost like a completely new record for me to get used to. So if i were you I would track down those "violent" songs. Put Black hole at #1 and you are good to go. The other missing songs are Becky and blow your mind.  For more info on Be Your Own Pet go here. 

The Black Keys--Attack and Release--Nonesuch 

Simply put I love this record. Just put it on. Sit in your favorite chair and leave in about an hour. You will feel better because of it. I could write forever on this record as there is so much to say. But this is a simple list. For more information on The Black Keys. Go here. 

I am sure there are going to be records that are going to grow on me, or records that I have missed. but as of  March 31 2008. Those are my favorites. 

I went looking for reminders of what has come out so far and came across some great sites to help you pick your favorites. 

Rateyourmusic.com has the top 1000 records listed. (apparently Meshugah is #1)

Amazon.com has their favorites with the Raconteurs taking the top spot 

New Music Nation loves the new Vampire weekend record. 

some guy in Michigan loves the new hot chip. 

Metcritic may not have them listed yet but the best score of the year so far goes to Protest the hero