leitch: It is almost Opening Day, which is truly the greatest of all days. Ostensibly as a way to promote the book — but really because writing about baseball is the most fun fashion to spend one’s day — I wrote “previews” of every team in MLB for Deadspin, every day for the last month. As many — many — pointed out, these were not traditional previews: They were more essays about or inspired by each team. Some of them worked, and some of them didn’t. But they sure were a gas to write. You can find them all right here. If you don’t want to through an index page, below are my obviously wrong MLB 2010 Predictions (the proper noun capitalization shows I mean it), with the “preview” for each team linked. And so this was all worth it: Please pre-order the book. AL East                                          NL East1. New York Yankees                        1. Philadelphia Phillies2. Tampa Bay Rays (WC)                   2. Atlanta Braves (WC)3. Boston Red Sox                             3. New York Mets4. Baltimore Orioles                          4. Florida Marlins5. Toronto Blue Jays                          5. Washington Nats AL Central                                       NL Central1. Minnesota Twins                            1. St. Louis Cardinals2. Chicago White Sox                         2. Cincinnati Reds3. Cleveland Indians                           3. Chicago Cubs4. Detroit Tigers                                 4. Milwaukee Brewers5. Kansas City Royals                         5. Pittsburgh Pirates                                                              6. Houston Astros AL West                                         NL West1. Texas Rangers                             1. Colorado Rockies2. LA Angels of Anaheim                  2. Arizona D-backs3. Seattle Mariners                           3. Los Angeles Dodgers4. Oakland Athletics                        4. San Francisco Giants                                                         5. San Diego PadresIt’s a gorgeous weekend in New York City, and I am going to enjoy it. Sunday night, another one starts. Outstanding. Read this. No one understands the Kansas City Royals better.

leitch:

It is almost Opening Day, which is truly the greatest of all days. Ostensibly as a way to promote the book — but really because writing about baseball is the most fun fashion to spend one’s day — I wrote “previews” of every team in MLB for Deadspin, every day for the last month. As many — many — pointed out, these were not traditional previews: They were more essays about or inspired by each team. Some of them worked, and some of them didn’t. But they sure were a gas to write. You can find them all right here.

If you don’t want to through an index page, below are my obviously wrong MLB 2010 Predictions (the proper noun capitalization shows I mean it), with the “preview” for each team linked. And so this was all worth it: Please pre-order the book.

AL East                                          NL East
1. New York Yankees                        1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Tampa Bay Rays (WC)                   2. Atlanta Braves (WC)
3. Boston Red Sox                             3. New York Mets
4. Baltimore Orioles                          4. Florida Marlins
5. Toronto Blue Jays                          5. Washington Nats

AL Central                                       NL Central
1. Minnesota Twins                            1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Chicago White Sox                         2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Cleveland Indians                           3. Chicago Cubs
4. Detroit Tigers                                 4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Kansas City Royals                         5. Pittsburgh Pirates
                                                              6. Houston Astros

AL West                                         NL West
1. Texas Rangers                             1. Colorado Rockies
2. LA Angels of Anaheim                  2. Arizona D-backs
3. Seattle Mariners                           3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Oakland Athletics                        4. San Francisco Giants
                                                         5. San Diego Padres

It’s a gorgeous weekend in New York City, and I am going to enjoy it. Sunday night, another one starts. Outstanding.

Read this. No one understands the Kansas City Royals better.

Notes

  1. thedavidmurray reblogged this from leitch and added:
    Leitch- Hi, I’m David. I’m an ardent supporter...Cincinnati Reds. Your predictions
  2. liquidchroma reblogged this from leitch and added:
    Twins preview, something I was kind...I don’t care, though. I’m going
  3. markcoatney reblogged this from leitch and added:
    Read this. No one understands
  4. briancolligan reblogged this from leitch and added:
    Res Sox pitching...better than either...Yanks. I think...
  5. bmichael reblogged this from leitch and added:
    best writer on Deadspin!
  6. leitch posted this