7th Inning Stretch with Scott Fragale - Not So Deep Thoughts: Time For Some Fearless Forecasting

Not So Deep Thoughts: Time For Some Fearless Forecasting
Posted by Tuff Stuff

From time to time, I'll be surfing around some sports sites and a few things will jump out at me that I feel compelled to share my thoughts on. But instead of just giving you my two cents on the topics, I decided mixing it up and providing you with a fearless forecast of the future might be more fun. So, without further ado, here's a look into the crystal ball as I see it. Some are serious, some not so much but that's for you to decide which ones are which.

Ryan Leaf: How can a former No. 1 draft pick with so much potential end up being on the run from the law for drug and burglary charges just when it seemed he had got his sh%t together? Apparently Leaf's lawyer talked him into surrendering to law officials and he will stop running and come out of hiding any time now. The real question is: If Ryan Leaf is hiding, does anybody other than law officials pursue a search?

Prediction: Leaf surrenders, spends several months in prison for the charges, gets his mess of a life back in order, appears on "Outside the Lines" in their "Where Are They Now" segment, where Jeremy Schaap reports that he's now working at a homeless shelter and that he's found God. Two months later, ESPN reports that Leaf was caught stealing cans at the shelter and now faces 3-5 years in prison and a lifetime ban from all the soup kitchens on the West Coast.
NL Central Race: Currently, all six teams are within five games of the top spot with the suddenly ice-cold Brewers holding a 1/2-game lead.
Prediction: The smoke-and-mirrors starting pitching efforts that have helped Milwaukee hold the lead for the last several weeks will disappear quicker than you can "Manny Parra's latest demotion to the Minors" but the Brewers will remain in the hunt by virtue of winning countless 9-8 tilts. The Cubs will get healthy, take over the lead for July and August only to fade down the stretch. The Cardinals will get healthy again and will ride Ryan Ludwick, Rick Ankiel, King Albert and a solid starting pitching rotation all the way to the division title.
The NBA: Kobe and the Lakers will finish off the Magic in Game 6 and the orginization will overtake the Celtics as the most storied franchise in the history of professional basketball, at least by those who live West of the Mississippi River.
Prediction: Kobe Bryant stars in a new Spike Lee documentary entitled "The Best That Ever Played and Not Just Because I Say So." Meanwhile, the league's propensity for overpaying stiffs finally catches up with it and the league is forced to start reducing salaries which ultimately causes a Labor Strike and more than half of the 2010-11 season is lost to a work stoppage. During the strike, overpaid salary poster boys Jim Mcllvaine, Bobby Simmons, Cuttino Mobley and Ben Wallace comment on the situation saying: "This is really unfortunate. The NBA has always paid its players fairly in the past and now they want to slash salaries like this and expect guys to feed their families on $4-$5 million a year. This isn't Somalia, these guys should be paid fair market value just like we were. This new system is going to ruin the league."

Brett Favre: Vikings coach Brad Childress continues to plead the 5th regarding Favre's status and a possible return to the league. Favre is said to be continuing his comeback effort by working out privately to get his surgically repaired arm back in shape but hasn't commented since announcing his decision to retire after last season's sub-par finish to the season.
Prediction: ESPN's Chris Mortenson reports that the legendary quarterback ha surprised everyone, especially the Vikings, and comes out of retirement to play for the Detroit Lions. Favre, never one to back down from a challenge, cites that beating out Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfals wasn't worth all the time and effort he would need to put in to complete another comeback, so he decided to see if he could beat out the No. 1 pick and prove that he's still the man.
"I got so much satisfaction watching Aaron Rodgers wasting away on the sidelines in Green Bay that I thought I'd come into Detroit and see if I could do the same with (Matthew) Stafford. Besides, if I come in and lead the Lions to a 1-15 record, I'm a Motown God. And I could still stick it to the Packers and Ted Thompson twice a year if I'm playing for the Lions so it's a win-win for everybody."

Later that day, ESPN's John Clayton reports that Favre is still retired and has no plans of joing the lions or any other team in 2009 and Mortenson is fired.

There you have it, got any predictions you'd like to share. Step up and make a post, we'd love to hear about them.

Friday, June 12, 2009 6:12:25 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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