`The Duchess will be furious,' thought the White Rabbit. He was carrying a silver tray on which rested a bowl of sugar cubes, a plate of biscuits and a white china teapot inset with gold leaf. As he ran, the contents of the tray slid back and forth, mixing themselves up terribly.
The Rabbit said to himself, `Three tea bags, a biscuit in hot water for five minutes, one lump of milk and some sugar. Yes, I'm quite certain that's what the Duchess asked for.'
The Duchess, of course, was furious. `I swear, if that rabbit doesn't return soon I shall have no choice but to feed him his own awful tea. Yes, that will teach him well. "I'll be back in five minutes," he said. "Shan't be but a moment." He's been gone three weeks if he's been gone a day.'
The Duchess' fury only grew as the White Rabbit obsequiously bowed his way into her prescence. `Your tea, Duchess,' he said, as he carefully laid the tray at her feet.
`I'm glad to see you've brought my biscuits, tea and sugar,' said the Duchess in reply, 'but I would like to ask you: where is my Crystal Ball?'
Taking a page from Chris Zelkovich's playbook (incidentally, I was his paperboy for several years; the Oshawa Times, Monday through Saturday, delivered on weekdays after school until it went bust), let's separate these predictions into three categories: Correct, Incorrect and Ugly. These predictions are only supposed to be surrounding the pre-season; any accidental forays into the Regular Season are to be tempered with the fact that I'm three weeks late.
It's a small crop of predictions that can be checked before the season had begun (and feel free to chime in if I've missed any from the Crystal Ball thread), but I award the Batter's Box Crystal Ball preseason prize to Mike Moffatt. Your tea and biscuits will be delivered by the Rabbit presently.
The Rabbit said to himself, `Three tea bags, a biscuit in hot water for five minutes, one lump of milk and some sugar. Yes, I'm quite certain that's what the Duchess asked for.'
The Duchess, of course, was furious. `I swear, if that rabbit doesn't return soon I shall have no choice but to feed him his own awful tea. Yes, that will teach him well. "I'll be back in five minutes," he said. "Shan't be but a moment." He's been gone three weeks if he's been gone a day.'
The Duchess' fury only grew as the White Rabbit obsequiously bowed his way into her prescence. `Your tea, Duchess,' he said, as he carefully laid the tray at her feet.
`I'm glad to see you've brought my biscuits, tea and sugar,' said the Duchess in reply, 'but I would like to ask you: where is my Crystal Ball?'
Taking a page from Chris Zelkovich's playbook (incidentally, I was his paperboy for several years; the Oshawa Times, Monday through Saturday, delivered on weekdays after school until it went bust), let's separate these predictions into three categories: Correct, Incorrect and Ugly. These predictions are only supposed to be surrounding the pre-season; any accidental forays into the Regular Season are to be tempered with the fact that I'm three weeks late.
Crystal Ball, The Correct
- Mike Moffatt's prediction that Alfonso Soriano would be dealt for Alex Rodriguez.
- mathesond knew Jayson Werth would be traded to the Dodgers.
- Coach predicted Halladay would sign a 4-year, $44 million contract in Dunedin; he was right about the years and the place, wrong (but close) about the numbers (in Rogers' favour, though).
Crystal Ball, The Incorrect
- Just about everybody assumed that Vladimir Guerrero would be heading to Baltimore, and some thought Ivan Rodriguez would be an Oriole too.
- mathesond thought that Jayson Werth would bring back Odalis Perez.
- Dave Till's prediction that Ivan Rodriguez would sign with Baltimore.
- SportsmanTO predicted that Halladay would re-sign after his next 20-win season; luckily, this worked out in our favour.
- Coach thought Talley Haines would be returned to the D-Rays; as it turned out, the Rays got some form of compensation and the Jays sent him down to AAA.
Crystal Ball, The Ugly
- Mike Moffatt's prediction that Alex Rodriguez would play second for the Yankees.
- People continue making predictions that Delgado will be traded, which agrees with our resident Nostradamus Coach but is a waste of time anyways.
It's a small crop of predictions that can be checked before the season had begun (and feel free to chime in if I've missed any from the Crystal Ball thread), but I award the Batter's Box Crystal Ball preseason prize to Mike Moffatt. Your tea and biscuits will be delivered by the Rabbit presently.
