Hey Ken, I know how much you appreciate an optimist so I'll go out on a limb here and say we win 81 games.

How's that for optimism?

"I'll contact my attorney to find out how much trouble you're in."

Good luck with that, I think he's already in the witness protection program as it is...lol

I here it's a place called Jailbirdland in the remote area of bumfukegipt.

"Hey Ken, I know how much you appreciate an optimist so I'll go out on a limb here and say we win 81 games."

That statement in and of itself shows "Optimism". You could have shown a pessimistic view by saying we would lose 81 games.

As I had stated last year and the year before, ALL teams generally win 60 Games and Lose 60 Games the difference is what they do with the other 42 games. This is were the improvement is needed, these 42 games. Any improvement above the 9 wins in these 42 Games over last year is the goal.

I'll go with 25/17.....lol... that does sound a lot easyer than 85/77.... :)

66 and 96 could be a winner (sadly though).........

I always thought route 66 originated in Chicago and terminated at the Santa Monica pier.....

Ben Nicholson-Smith (sports reporter for MLBtraderumor.com) reported yesterday that he predicts the 2012 Orioles to win in the 60 - 75 range.

Do they actually pay this guy to make such accurate predictions?

He probably started out as a weather forecaster. You can't go wrong if you predict anywhere from a 1% to a 99% chance of precipitation. :)

Great comparison, Thanks

The problem with his prediciton is, if the O's win the 60 then GM Dan fails miserably BUT if they win 75 he's a success and somewhat a hero..........

103-59 regular season. We will sweep the Yankees this year! We win the ALCS and lose to Jeremy Guthrie and his Colorado Rockies in 7 games in the World Series. Biggest surprise AL/NL World Series runs in history! Don't worry though, we will win the World Series in 2013!

That's optimism. Or it's just foolish dreams, depends on how much you have had to drink.

Wish I knew what the deleted message was. I'm sure someone went ballistic over my prediction. Would have loved to read it, too bad we live in a police state where no one is entitled to their own opinions anymore, you can be thrown in jail or executed without a trial or lawyer. Oh, and of course you can not mention the hometown of our high A affiliate, the Keys, or drones will track you down launch a hellfire missile through your living room window.

I think that was the message where you marveled that, backwards, "God" spells "Dog" and that Kimchi, spelled backwards, is "Ichiro."

Maybe I'm mistaken.

Taking a survey on all members predictions, do you really believe in your prediction?

I'm gonna say...no, I don't believe in my prediction. I'm way too optimistic: 83-79.

I'm going optimistic...

Arrieta, Matusz and Hunter win 12-15 games each, the bullpen is solid for the most part, and our offense comes pretty close to duplicating what they did last year. We'll get "unexpected" big seasons from Chris Davis, and Nolan Reimold (or Endy Chavez, as the case may be).

Also, Andino will make the most of his opportunity with BRob still on the shelf for most or all of the season...not great numbers, but he'll be a solid guy in the lineup almost every day and play excellent defense.

JJ and Reynolds' offensive stats will be slightly down from last year, but still pretty big numbers. We'll get exactly what we generally expect from the rest of our core (Markakis, Jones, Wieters) and there will be a utility guy who shines every chance he gets (Flaherty?). Wieters will solidify his position as an elite catcher.

We win 84 games this year, finish third (ahead of Toronto and Boston), and stay in wildcard contention until late August/early September.

No jinx.

I sure do wanna agree with you, sure has been a long time since the O's made some noise. I guess I cant get enough watchin MASN when they replay the 96 and 97 playoffs. Man, that seemed sooo long ago.

I firmly believe that success--whether personal, departmental, national, global, or at Camden Yards--begins with an optimistic (yet realistic) outlook on the situation.

Lets go O's!!!

Bump..... Is it to late to change my Prediction...lol.... I'll go with 95 and 67.... :)