MLB 2010: The Greatest Predictions Ever (from kids)

If you know me, you know that I hate predictions. Sure, I wrote a 2010 Brewers preview and begrudgingly gave a haphazard wins prediction (85), but it was more or less the way I see them entering the season. Anything can happen. As they say, it's why they play the game.

I'm no fool, I know what's up. "Experts" stand up there and speak with conviction. They are supposed to be confident in their words or we won't think they are experts. But the truth is that despite the mounds of knowledge they have, they really have no idea how it will play out.

It's also why it kills me when fans freak out this time of the year, claiming their team's general manager is an idiot for doing this or not doing that. Please. Let's just wait and see how it plays out.

Luckily for everyone, I have the crystal ball. The magic wand. The Delorean, if you will. Vegas should hate me.

The source? My kids.

That's right. I'm going to give you predictions that are as good as any others that are out there. And they come from Michael, eight, and P-Dubs, who is five.

Note that I didn't provide any influence over these predictions. I wanted my boys to do this completely on their own, unaffected by the idiot adults. Think the Brewers are going to win the World Series? Fine!

Of course, they outsmarted me a bit. Michael gave P-Dubs a little talk before they collaborated on their predictions: "Now remember, this is about what is actually going to happen, not what we hope is going to happen." Wise words. Honestly, I think some experts need to live by them.

All I gave them was the 2009 results. From there, they were on their own. I stood back. Made no comments. Made no faces. This is purely from them. A third grader and a kindergärtner.

[Note: I was hoping to compare their predictions to those of a major media outlet. Strangely, it seems sites like ESPN have become wise to this. They don't want the criticism. While individual experts will predict division and Wild Card winners, I couldn't find a league or World Series anywhere on ESPN or SportingNews. Luckily, my boys have the guts to make such a prediction.]

AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST	CENTRAL	WEST
NY Yankees	Minnesota	Seattle
Boston	Chicago Sox	LA Angels
Tampa Bay	Detroit	Texas
Baltimore	Cleveland	Oakland
Toronto	Kansas City
Wild Card:	Boston
AL Champ:	NY Yankees
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST	CENTRAL	WEST
Philadelphia	St. Louis	LA Dodgers
NY Mets	Milwaukee	San Francisco
Atlanta	Chicago Cubs	Colorado
Florida	Houston	San Diego
Washington	Cincinnati	Arizona
	Pittsburgh
Wild Card:	San Francisco
NL Champ:	LA Dodgers
World Series Champ:	NY Yankees