Evan Brunell’s 2010 MLB Predictions: Does Boston win it?

As the advent of spring training games are upon us, I thought I'd kick off everyone's favorite little exercise by providing my own personal predictions as to how I think the season will shake out. Now, before I do so, a word of caution: predictions can change daily based on events. Heck, my predictions change multiple times a week. But I've gotta make predictions at some point, right? Point being, I might disagree with my own predictions a week from now. Most of the time, these kind of predictions are an exercise in fallacy, but it's not going to stop me from trying. I don't know why I made things harder on myself, but I set out to present an exact record. This means I had to go into a spreadsheet and make sure all the wins and losses totaled the correct amount of games while also balancing out to a .500 record. Took me a while, but dadgum it, I did it. One thing I did not control for was the unbalanced schedule (in a total record sense), but I already strained my tenuous math skills, so I wasn't about to complicate it further. Click "read more" or the headline to find my predictions.

Brad Mills heads to Houston… was he man behind curtain for Francona?

Little late on this, but worthy of mention. The Sox bench coach, Brad Mills, has departed to Houston for two years plus a club option. All the platitudes out of Sox camp you expected to hear were said. Houston owner Drayton McLane said that -- and Francona verified -- Mills was given a lot more responsibility than your average bench coach. He ran spring training and handled most of the player communication. That's great, and it makes Mills doubly qualified to be a big league manager. But it worries be from Francona's perspective. All along, we've heard that he's a player's manager and players love him. How do they know that if it's Mills doing most of the talking all season? And if it's Mills doing the bonding monotonous exercises in spring training? Has Mills been the man responsible for what Tito supposedly excels at? Is Tito more the game manager, and Mills the player's manager? If true, maybe you start hearing about how Tito's become more stern over the years. All conjecture, but it crossed my mind.

HOU 11, BOS 10: Berkman and Lee lead charge

Lance Berkman’s two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth was the difference as Houston beat Boston 11-10. Mike Lowell’s…

6/29: Don’t Disappoint Me

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6/28: Can Lester Stay Hot?

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (50-32) @ Houston Astros (37-43) Jon Lester (6-3, 3.13) @ Brandon Backe (5-8, 4.82) 7:05…

BOS 6, HOU 1: Dice-K and Drew push Sox to 50 wins on season

Daisuke Matsuzaka went five innings only allowing two hits while striking out for to improve to 9-1 on the season…

6/27: Final Interleague Duel

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (49-32) @ Houston Astros (37-42) Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1, 3.46) @ Runelvys Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) 8:05…

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We're Making The Playoffs!

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