So basically HCF is homophobic. And I actually think this will help his next contract. I'd never heard of him before today, but from what I understand, he's really not a particularly good player, and at his age, it may have been hard to find a team that wanted him. I could see a team now doing a publicity stunt and signing him so they would be the first team with a openly gay player.
Can't really complain about what's actually on the list (except for what Outlaw pointed out in comment 7), but game 6 of the 2011 World Series was one of the greatest games of all time, or at the very least, in my (short) life.
The Phillies had a pretty decent year last year after they recovered from their early injuries. If they can avoid the injury bug, and that's a huge if, I definitely see them being a playoff contender, and I'd probably expect them to take the 2nd WC spot.
That said, I'm not saying they won't regress at some point, and with the competitiveness of the AL East it is possible the Yankees fall into 4th in the near future, but I just don't think they'd ever fully rebuild to the point of being cellar dwellers for many seasons.
As for everyone saying the Yankees are going to fall back this year, the only real position they lost that wasn't filled by a quality starter was catcher, which admittedly could be an issue, but Martin, despite his good power and defense, was still a .220 hitter. They had the 2nd best offense last year in the MLB, and the 4th best pitching staff in the AL, and besides getting older (though they've been getting older for a while, and shown no signs of it), they didn't lose as much as people say.
Swisher was replaced by Gardner and a full year of Ichiro, Ibanez by Hafner who should benefit a lot from the short porch, Soriano with Mariano who was still pitching as good as he always has 2 years ago as a 41 year old, and Youk for A-Rod for half a year at this stage in both of their careers is more of an even trade off than it sounds.
I agree with comments 9 and 10, though not the part about them being content being 4th or 5th for a few years. I won't be shocked if Tampa wins the East this year, but I'm not sold on the Blue Jays, the Red Sox should improve a bit but won't compete for the division title I don't think, and the Orioles were the luckiest team in MLB history last year.
There was a good article on SI this past week about how the Orioles would be defying major history if they don't suffer a major setback this year, and while history has been defied before and I don't think it will be "major," I don't see the Orioles winning 90+ games again.
And just as a heads up, since you've consistently referred to them as the Falcors, I hope you know the franchise based in Atlanta is named the Falcons. Normally I'd just assume the "Falcors" was some type of nickname, but considering some of the other things you've said in the past, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if you thought their real name was the Falcors.
Yankees
Jets
Rangers
TD over.
Swisher was replaced by Gardner and a full year of Ichiro, Ibanez by Hafner who should benefit a lot from the short porch, Soriano with Mariano who was still pitching as good as he always has 2 years ago as a 41 year old, and Youk for A-Rod for half a year at this stage in both of their careers is more of an even trade off than it sounds.
There was a good article on SI this past week about how the Orioles would be defying major history if they don't suffer a major setback this year, and while history has been defied before and I don't think it will be "major," I don't see the Orioles winning 90+ games again.
Ravens over Colts
Seahawks over Redskins
Packers over Vikings
Pats over Texans
Broncos over Ravens
Seahawks over Falcons
Packers over 49ers
Broncos over Pats
Packers over Seahawks (game I'm most up in the air about)
Broncos over Packers