1986 all over again?

Flash back...it's 1986. I am 10 years old and my sports world is really at its peak.

In the spring, my beloved Boston Celtics (yes, I used to care about basketball at one point, in fact, I cared about them more than anything else back in 1984 thru June of 1986) just completed one of the greatest seasons of all time (they lost one game at home all year) behind the great Larry Bird.

In the fall, our New York Mets take home their 2nd championship of all time in one of, if not the, most famous World Series of all time.

And then in the winter, OUR WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS, take home their very first Super Bowl Championship crushing the Broncos in January of 1987.

Obviously, at 10 years old, I had no clue what it would take to possibly get back to this point of sports bliss.

Well, it's took 21+ years but I finally reached that bliss again on February 3rd. A day that I will never, ever forget. (the only other day I remember in sports by the date like that is June 14, 1994).

On the even of opening day, it is my dream to re-live 1986. While I could care less about the C's anymore, it would be damn cool if all 3 of these teams could make this dream come true all in the same year.

That said....LET'S GO METS!!

OK..Onto the season predictions....

Fink, Larry and I all have made our predictions for the year....Let's see who knows, or guesses, best..

Let's start out with the junior circuit:

AL East
Larry: Yankees
Fink: RedSox
Cooper: RedSox

AL Central
Larry: Tigers
Fink: Tigers
Cooper: Indians

AL West
Larry: Mariners
Fink: Mariners
Cooper: Mariners

AL Wild Card
Larry: Indians
Fink: Yankees
Cooper: Tigers

AL Wildcard Playoffs
Larry: Yanks over Indians; Tigers over Mariners
Fink: Tigers over Yankees; Red Sox over Mariners
Cooper: Red Sox over Tigers; Indians over Mariners

ALCS
Larry: Tigers over Yanks
Fink: Tigers over RedSox
Cooper: Indians over RedSox

And now the senior circuit (btw..ya think you can tell Fink and I are Mets fans and Larry is a Yankees fan from these picks):

NL East
Larry: Braves
Fink: Mets
Cooper: Mets

NL Central
Larry: Astros
Fink: Cubs
Cooper: Cubs

NL West
Larry: Rockies
Fink: Dodgers
Cooper: Diamondbacks

NL Wild Card
Larry: Mets
Fink: Phillies
Cooper: Braves

NL Wildcard Playoffs
Larry: Mets over Astros; Rockies over Braves
Fink: Mets over Dodgers; Phillies over Cubs
Cooper: Mets over Diamondbacks; Cubs over Braves

NLCS
Larry: Mets over Rockies
Fink: Mets over Phillies
Cooper: Cubs over Mets

World Series
Larry: Tigers over Mets in 6
Fink: Mets over Tigers in 7
Cooper: Indians over Cubs in 6 (one of these teams has to do it already)

LETS GET IT ON LADIES AND GENTLEMAN.

OPENING DAY...ENJOY IT!!!