OT ...2015 sports predictions;

[yankeesince59]

...I seldom make them, but here are my 2015 prediction;

1. Tiger Woods will win at least 3 tournaments and at least one will be a major.

2. The Raiders will have another good draft and after cutting Schaub, McFadden, and Jones-Drew, they will add 2 key FAs (Suh and Peterson?) and will improve to at least 8-8.

3. The Yanx will be a .500 team at best.

4. SS Yoan Moncada will be signed by opening day...hopefully by the Yanx.



...feel free to debate and/or add your own predictions.

 

[Rick2583]

...I seldom make them, but here are my 2015 prediction;

1. Tiger Woods will win at least 3 tournaments and at least one will be a major.

2. The Raiders will have another good draft and after cutting Schaub, McFadden, and Jones-Drew, they will add 2 key FAs (Suh and Peterson?) and will improve to at least 8-8.

3. The Yanx will be a .500 team at best.



...feel free to debate and/or add your own predictions.

#1 Tiger is due. LLLLOOOONNNNGGGGG over due.

#2 I'd like to see the Raiders get back to respectability.

#3 WAY to much needs to happen just for the Yankees to match last seasons win total

#4 The Warriors will beat the Cavs for the NBA championship.

#5 The world series will be won by a NL team (Dodgers or Nationals)

#6 The two most disliked teams in football (Patroits = cheaters) and (Seahawks = Lynch & Sherman assholes) will meet in the SB & the Patroits will win.

 

[yankeesince59]

...Tiger seems like the old Tiger this year...he's finally healthy...his swing looks like it used to...and his yardage off the tee is back to where it was 7-8 years ago. And his overall demeanor is much more upbeat.

...I don't really keep up with the NBA anymore.

...Gotta like the Dodgers and Nats chances.

...I think the Pats may be the better team but after recent accusations I can't imagine anyone but Pats fans pulling for them to win...Sherman seems to have toned his act down a bit.........but Lynch?...he's not helping things with his silliness. However, I think it would be righteous for Seattle to win.



...and oh, one more "prediction"...Robert Kraft will not get an apology from the NFL.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...I seldom make them, but here are my 2015 prediction;

1. Tiger Woods will win at least 3 tournaments and at least one will be a major.

2. The Raiders will have another good draft and after cutting Schaub, McFadden, and Jones-Drew, they will add 2 key FAs (Suh and Peterson?) and will improve to at least 8-8.

3. The Yanx will be a .500 team at best.

4. SS Yohan Moncada will be signed by opening day...hopefully by the Yanx.



...feel free to debate and/or add your own predictions.

I don't doubt any of this, and would like to see it all happen just as noted. I don't foresee the Yanz being a PS contender at all, tho' I'd like to see it, but don't expect it....!!! Raiders Evil Empire will return to Glory....again.....!!!

 

[Mattingly23NY]

#6 The two most disliked teams in football (Patroits = cheaters) and (Seahawks = Lynch & Sherman assholes) will meet in the SB & the Patroits will win.

Aye, ye' forgot the asshole Pete Carroll and the damage he did to the USC football team, by breaking all the rules, then taking a One Way Flight out of LAX to Seattle the night prior to the NCAA going public with back breaking Sanctions, that fkr deserves to be flogged.....I didn't like him in the NFL, prior to USC, he got my attention quick with a few NCAA championships. BUT, he's a fraud and cheat.

Honestly this will be the very first of ALL Super bowls I don't even care to watch....! Seriously. the first since 66...!

 

[Hammerojustice]

Regarding Tiger....

http://m.espn.go.com/golf/story?storyId=12253960

 

[yankeesince59]

...saw that...watched both rounds too...1st tournament of the year...7 months to go.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

I'm no longer sure what to make of Tiger's performance. I was looking forward and still believe Tiger CAN bounce back. I have no doubt, all the time he took off, during his divorce has more than cost him dearly with his Golf Game as well. Just wondering?

 

[Messiah717]

Tiger destroyed himself with Steroids. The bulk and the chipmunk cheeks were a dead giveaway. Then came all the injuries and surgery. Now as he nears 40 years of age he cannot get his game back. What was once routine is now a struggle. He was once so much better than everyone else they need not bother showing up. Now younger better players have passed him by.

 

[totus44]

Tiger needs his swag back, should have followed Jeter's plan....get all the glory and tail that you can, then settle down and do that to perfection.

Tiger didn't need roids, he was fucking porn stars and making his own testosterone. Like to see him get another major this year.

Yanks struggle to win 80, costing Tanaka the Cy Young award.
White Sox battle the Nat's for the Series and win in 7....to the dismay of the Cubs.

Seattle repeats.

Giants bounce back, the Tandem of Cruz-Beckham Jr shatter receiving/TD records with Eli in the west coast offense.

The next President will not be named Clinton or Bush.

 

[yankeesince59]

...ya know, I'm sorry I even started this thread.

 

[blgridesagain]

FWIW, Tiger has just shot his worst score as a professional. Not exactly starting the year on the right foot.

Unless the Yanks get a rash of injuries, I'll eat my hat...err, words if they don't win at least more games than 82-84 and I think approx 90 is very possible.
I gave my reasons- offense should show considerable improvement i.e. Beltran, better production from 1b, 2b and probably LF/RF.
Infield defense improved - Jeter and Roberts ect had slow-motion range,lol, and were terrible on DP chances.
Pitching will be better than expected, that is, will be (IMO) just as "good" or similar as last year and maybe better.

Cards and/or Dodgers won't win their division.
Mets and/or Marlins will contend for WC spot (be alive in Sept).
If I HAVE to pick - Redsox yes or no winning record, I say yes.

KC will not make the playoffs this year.

Let's see how the teams look after ST and maybe update predictions.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Tiger destroyed himself with Steroids. The bulk and the chipmunk cheeks were a dead giveaway. Then came all the injuries and surgery. Now as he nears 40 years of age he cannot get his game back. What was once routine is now a struggle. He was once so much better than everyone else they need not bother showing up. Now younger better players have passed him by.

And all this time, I thought Tiger had his cheeks full of chestnuts....!

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...ya know, I'm sorry I even started this thread.

59, are you going to Augusta in April, to caddy or watch The Masters?

Correct me if I am wrong:

Most Wins:
Nicklaus 6
Palmer 4
Woods 4
Snead 3
Demaret 3
Player 3
Mickelson 2
a few others with 2 wins also.

Hogan, with 2 Masters Jackets, yet one can't measure Hogan's overall success by Masters Jackets alone. The man was a Giant of the game. A true HOF member.

I've long waited for Zach Johnson to win another Jacket, or more Majors, after his 07 Victory in Augusta....

Overall, Honestly, I'm not an avid golfer. But I enjoy watching the game. I have a horrid slice tee off. Georgia no doubt has the best and most per capita Golf Courses, than any other State. With such a green state as GA. I'd venture to say, Golf is the Official Game of Georgian's. When I was working in Perry, seemed like everyone, their mothers, wives and infants all played Golf. That was also the majority of talk during breaks. What did you shoot this weekend, how many birdies, Eagles, et al...!!

 

[yankeesince59]

59, are you going to Augusta in April, to caddy or watch The Masters?

Correct me if I am wrong:

Most Wins:
Nicklaus 6
Palmer 4
Woods 4
Snead 3
Demaret 3
Player 3
Mickelson 2
a few others with 2 wins also.

Hogan, with 2 Masters Jackets, yet one can't measure Hogan's overall success by Masters Jackets alone. The man was a Giant of the game. A true HOF member.

I've long waited for Zach Johnson to win another Jacket, or more Majors, after his 07 Victory in Augusta....

Overall, Honestly, I'm not an avid golfer. But I enjoy watching the game. I have a horrid slice tee off. Georgia no doubt has the best and most per capita Golf Courses, than any other State. With such a green state as GA. I'd venture to say, Golf is the Official Game of Georgian's. When I was working in Perry, seemed like everyone, their mothers, wives and infants all played Golf. That was also the majority of talk during breaks. What did you shoot this weekend, how many birdies, Eagles, et al...!!

...matts, the list looks about right but I think Faldo won it 3 times too. I have not been to Augusta in several years and when I do go it's for the practice rounds only...the Masters pricks as well as the pros take all the fun out of the actual tourney days. I don't get to play as much as I used to but I still give lessons now and then, and mostly to females believe it or not.
...fwiw, most golfers' slice results from either an "outside-in" swing...or over-swinging...or trying to swing a golf club like a baseball bat. (completely different swing mechanics)
...but yeah, I'm still laughing at the chipmunk cheeks thing too.

 

[blgridesagain]

Tiger needs his swag back, should have followed Jeter's plan....get all the glory and tail that you can, then settle down and do that to perfection.n

Tiger didn't need roids, he was fucking porn stars and making his own testosterone. Like to see him get another major this year.

Yanks struggle to win 80, costing Tanaka the Cy Young award.
White Sox battle the Nat's for the Series and win in 7....to the dismay of the Cubs.

Seattle repeats.

Giants bounce back, the Tandem of Cruz-Beckham Jr shatter receiving/TD records with Eli in the west coast offense.

The next President will not be named Clinton or Bush.

And they let the smug prik Tiger skate away when he was driving under the influence of "sleeping pills" during that incident a few years ago.


As for the Yanks struggling to win 80 games....if that means they will finish with approx 79-81 games, then as the saying goes-
"wanna bet"? lol

I agree the next president won't be Bush but the demographics and numbers are closing in on the Republicans in national elections.

Big cities go democrat - big cities are a huge factor in winning states,
States = electoral votes.

And don't forget the liberals living in suburbia.
Republicans in the future are going to need at least approx 65-70% of their votes just to stay close for most big states.

Cali, NY, are already in the bag for the democrat candidate...with Florida, Texas and Ohio up for grabs and it won't be long before Texas becomes the "Mexican" vote....and if you think those "new hard working immigrants/citizens" aren't going Democrat in big numbers, then I have a bridge I want to sell you. lol


The 2016 presidential election just might be the last election where a Republican can realistically expect to win the White House for possibly a long while...all things being equal and status quo.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...matts, the list looks about right but I think Faldo won it 3 times too. I have not been to Augusta in several years and when I do go it's for the practice rounds only...the Masters pricks as well as the pros take all the fun out of the actual tourney days. I don't get to play as much as I used to but I still give lessons now and then, and mostly to females believe it or not.
...fwiw, most golfers' slice results from either an "outside-in" swing...or over-swinging...or trying to swing a golf club like a baseball bat. (completely different swing mechanics)
...but yeah, I'm still laughing at the chipmunk cheeks thing too.

I do think you hit the problem of my horrid slices. I do swing a club too much like a baseball bat, and I also swing a club either outside in, or over step and swing inside out. Either way, I'm horrid with a golf club, but had a sweet swing albeit LH or RH with a ball bat. I may of said earlier this year. The very 1st game of Golf I played, I sliced so badly, my ball landed on 4 other greens before, I could hit the ball out of that 4th green, and land it on the 1st green.....!!!

 

[yankeesince59]

...using a "baseball swing" in golf results in a reverse pivot...in golf your weight should be on your right side on the backswing and transferred forward or to your left side on the way down through the hitting zone...in baseball your weight is back at impact.

...matts, golf is a game that cannot be fully mastered, only played...Hogan went to his grave trying to figure it out and he probably came as close as anyone. Someone told me a long time ago that "Golf is like sex, you don't have to been good at it in order to enjoy it".

 

[totus44]

Still can't decouple my baseball swing from my golf swing. I've had days the only clubs that work are my wedges. My FIY almost had a heart attack when I pulled out a pitching wedge and teed up a ball for a par 5 500 yrd hole. I can let it rip 225-250 yards straight down the fairway like a shot to center field gap. I have since started experimenting with hybrids and rescue woods/irons. Don't have the time/patience to invest in the game properly at this stage of my life.

 

[Rick2583]

Still can't decouple my baseball swing from my golf swing. I've had days the only clubs that work are my wedges. My FIY almost had a heart attack when I pulled out a pitching wedge and teed up a ball for a par 5 500 yrd hole. I can let it rip 225-250 yards straight down the fairway like a shot to center field gap. I have since started experimenting with hybrids and rescue woods/irons. Don't have the time/patience to invest in the game properly at this stage of my life.

Hey I hear that as long as you get the ball in the clowns nose on the 18th hole you get a free game.

 

[Hammerojustice]

I avoid this entire issue by avoiding golf like the plague... I find it the antithesis of fun, relaxing, or entertaining... Let's sack a ball, go chase after it, & repeat... Pointless IMO

 

[yankeesince59]

Still can't decouple my baseball swing from my golf swing. My FIY almost had a heart attack when I pulled out a pitching wedge and teed up a ball for a par 5 500 yrd hole. I can let it rip 225-250 yards straight down the fairway like a shot to center field gap.

...I know you're a big guy but I'm guessing that you also play the ball back in your stance and you're hitting down on the ball? (in essence, de-lofting the wedge)

 

[yankeesince59]

I avoid this entire issue by avoiding golf like the plague... I find it the antithesis of fun, relaxing, or entertaining... Let's sack a ball, go chase after it, & repeat... Pointless IMO

...there are about 60 million people who feel differently.

 

[Rick2583]

Robin Williams Brilliant routine on golf. Funny as hell.

 

[totus44]

Hey I hear that as long as you get the ball in the clowns nose on the 18th hole you get a free game.

Windmill with the moving drawbridge.....Belmar Playland Rooftop golf, and the giant metal fish, Belmar boardwalk golf. Tied the course record with a 27 in 18 holes.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Rick. Now back to the real golf discussion, lol!

 

[totus44]

Never truly appreciated golf until I saw pros play live. At that point I realized I had not actually been playing the game, lol!

Baseball is similar if you are sitting behind home plate or along the field. Its just another level beyond the level I imagined it was.

 

[Messiah717]

The beauty of the golf pros is that they usually bail themselves out of a bad shot on their next swing. While us hacks end up with 7 or 8 strokes. Then again that's all they do everyday of their lives.

 

[yankeesince59]

...yup, if you play enough golf, you'll get good, even with a faulty/funky swing as long as you are capable of replicating that same swing consistently...it's all about muscle memory.

...golf is also a very cerebral game and it took me many years to finally realize that the toughest opponent I ever faced on the golf course was myself.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Don't get me wrong. I have the utmost respect for any good golfer. I couldn't agree more on bad players never getting better, the longer they continue to play. Without proper lessons, much like a Fundamentals Fielder's Coach in Baseball.

The 1st game I ever played, and about every game thereafter, without instruction. My first big mistake, without instruction. I felt my rib cages, had been punched on by ***George Foreman. The rest of my entire body, hurt more than a Football Game with Pads/Helmets. I hurt worse playing Golf, more so than the 2 weeks of Hell Week in High School Wrestling and Football.

I used to harass 80% of my buddies, all avid golfers. All had good instructors, and played some great Golf.

I'd say, "I can't play a game, where I hit the ball, and I have to chase it. I'd rather play a sport, where I hit the ball, and someone else has to chase it."

My way, of being a horrible Golfer, to those near Pro's, jokingly to get their goat; but the joke was always on me...!

VIVA-PGA....!!!

*** I came 5 feet of George Foreman, shooting a Video Commercial on Main Street Disneyland. I've never in my life seen any fists, come close to Foreman's. He could used his hands as dinner plates.

 

[blgridesagain]

Don't get me wrong. I have the utmost respect for any good golfer. I couldn't agree more on bad players never getting better, the longer they continue to play. Without proper lessons, much like a Fundamentals Fielder's Coach in Baseball.

The 1st game I ever played, and about every game thereafter, without instruction. My first big mistake, without instruction. I felt my rib cages, had been punched on by ***George Foreman. The rest of my entire body, hurt more than a Football Game with Pads/Helmets. I hurt worse playing Golf, more so than the 2 weeks of Hell Week in High School Wrestling and Football.

I used to harass 80% of my buddies, all avid golfers. All had good instructors, and played some great Golf.

I'd say, "I can't play a game, where I hit the ball, and I have to chase it. I'd rather play a sport, where I hit the ball, and someone else has to chase it."

My way, of being a horrible Golfer, to those near Pro's, jokingly to get their goat; but the joke was always on me...!

VIVA-PGA....!!!

*** I came 5 feet of George Foreman, shooting a Video Commercial on Main Street Disneyland. I've never in my life seen any fists, come close to Foreman's. He could used his hands as dinner plates.

I used to read a magazine called "Ring" magazine..and during Foreman's heyday, it listed the circumference of his fist as being the biggest of any other previous Heavyweight (up to that point).

And I don't know if you're familar with, or had heard about rumors the American "NOA" used their "influence" and muscle to fix that fight between Foreman and Ali.

Yep, its a cold cruel world out there...not a good thing for the naive and those living in Alice in Wonderland. lol