{"id":186,"date":"2016-05-27T20:43:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2016-10-28T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:12:36","slug":"jhrs-predictions-for-1996","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/rickert\/jhrs-predictions-for-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"JHR’s Predictions for 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AL West<\/u> <\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nAL Central<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nAL East<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seattle<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nCleveland<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nBaltimore<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California<\/td>\nChicago<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nBoston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nKansas City<\/td>\nNew York<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakland<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nMinnesota<\/td>\nDetroit<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMilwaukee<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nToronto<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wild Card<\/em>: Boston<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
NL West<\/strong><\/td>\nNL Central<\/strong><\/td>\nNL East<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dodgers<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nAstros<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nBraves<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Padres<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nCardinals<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nMarlins<\/u><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giants<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nReds<\/td>\nMets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rockies<\/td>\nCubs<\/td>\nPhillies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPirates<\/u><\/a><\/td>\nExpos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wild Card<\/em>: Padres World Series<\/em>: Indians over Braves<\/p>\n

Comments<\/em>: I think that Dave Johnson will have the Orioles near 100 wins, and the loss of Johnson will collapse the Reds performance. I also think highly of Buck Showalter as a manager and as a consequence am picking the Yankees for a decline. None of the West teams impresses me much.<\/p>\n

End of April comments: I don’t seem to be so high on the Red Sox anymore. It looks to me like the White Sox have a better shot at the wild card. I’m also beginning to believe that the Padres will win the west and the Expos can get the wildcard spot.<\/p>\n

End of May comments: For the wild card, I’m changing my Sox. (“And about time, too” I was told) I still think that the Orioles will win the East – Steinbrenner usually does something<\/em> to knock the Yankees out of a close race. Since the Mariners lost Johnson, I’m not quite so high in them, but I’m not yet confident that the Rangers won’t have a late season drop-off similar to the Angels’ last year. In the NL, I’m willing to believe that the Padres are for real. That moves the wild-card to either the Expos or the Dodgers and Alou has done enough to impress me into going with the Expos.<\/p>\n