Upper Deck is releasing a special series of nine collectible insert cards titled “Historical Firsts Predictors.” The cards, which feature some very bold predictions, will be scattered inside its next baseball card release.
 
Topping the list of historic predictions will be cards predicting that an AIDS vaccine is developed, an alien life form is discovered on another planet and the Dow Jones reaches 15,000 points!
 
“Nobody could have guessed how 2008 was going to turn out, so we thought we’d have some fun and provide some thought-provoking predictions for 2009,” said Kerri Stockholm, Upper Deck’s director of Sports Marketing. “With the onslaught of news stories focused on the troubled economy, Upper Deck wanted to provide some hope and humor for collectors and fans. Who knows? Some of these predictions may very well come true.”
 
The “Historical Firsts Predictors” cards, inserted at a rate of 1:6 packs in Upper Deck’s 2009 Series One Baseball release, will be hitting store shelves on Feb. 3. Other noteworthy predictions in the series include gas prices plummeting to 99 cents per gallon, and the first African-American woman being confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.

 
I like to keep my predictions related to sports, since the rest of the world is far too unpredictable with way too factors that I am not familiar with.

So I predict the Steelers will not repeat in 2010, the Tampa Bay Rays won't even sniff the playoffs this year and the NBA Finals will come down to Boston and the Lakers, again.

And if you're counting on Lance Armstrong in the Tour De France - go ahead and bet against him. I wouldn't.