Top 10 MLB bets I wish I could make

Posted by Douglas Charles on June 18th, 2009 at 6:30 am

10) Milton Bradley will assault a Cubs fan or sportswriter before the end of the year

9) The Mets will scapegoat a coach for the failures of their front office

8) The Angels’ Mike Scoscia will play a highly-touted prospect for less than a week before giving the job back to the proven failure

7) The Dodgers will jerk around Matt Kemp, burn out their bullpen, have a nonsensical batting lineup and win the division going away

6) Manny Ramirez will kill the ball when he comes back, and any number of sports media apologists will forget all about his suspension

5) Three more guys will go on the Disabled List with a “stress” related ailment that you are not allowed to make fun of

4) An American League pitcher will get maimed in an inter-league game for the kind of activities that National League pitchers do every game

3) A Boston, New York or Philadelphia team will win or lose five or more games in a row, and be judged at length against historic failures and successes by print and radio media

2) More people than ever before will hate the All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby

1) There will be a Nationals or A’s home game, with a rain delay on a school night in the late season, that will be have less than 100 paying witnesses

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