Win some, lose most

It inspired. It uplifted the community. It raised the ire of Devil Rays fans. It was more than a little off-base.

My bad, but at least this isn't the only mea culpa floating around these days...

In terms of stupid ideas, listing preseason predictions down the right column of a blog has to be up there, but I'll stand by my best guesses and see how things wash out in the second half. Just after the break, here's how it looks.

Predictions are to the left, with the actual standings today to the right and how many games everyone are behind the leaders.

If only there was a way for me to capitalize on picking the final three spots in each division while still crapping the bed on the eventual winners, I'd have a corner on the Internet oddsmaking department.

AL East
New York	Boston (X)
Boston	New York (1)
Toronto	Toronto (4)
Baltimore	Batimore (13.5)
Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay (15)
AL Central
Chicago	Detroit (X)
Cleveland	Chicago (4)
Minnesota	Minnesota (12)
Detroit	Cleveland (19.5)
Kansas City	Kansas City (29.5)
AL West
Oakland	Oakland (X)
Los Angeles	Texas (.5)
Seattle	Los Angeles (2.5)
Texas	Seattle (3.5)
NL East
Atlanta	New York (X)
New York	Phildelphia (12)
Washington	Atlanta (12.5)
Philadelphia	Florida (14)
Florida	Washington (16)
NL Central
St. Louis	St. Louis (X)
Chicago	Cincinnati (4)
Milwaukee	Houston (7)
Houston	Milwaukee (7.5)
Cincinnati	Chicago (16)
Pittsburgh	Pitsburgh (20.5)
NL West
Los Angeles	San Diego (X)
San Diego	Los Angeles (3)
San Francisco	San Francisco (3)
Arizona	Arizona (4)
Colorado	Colorado (4.5)