Well, for a laugh, here is an annual prediction by some mathematical genius professor.

www.sciencedaily.com/rele...185024.htm

Note that his model projects the Astros defeating the Cardinals by 1 game for the NL Central. Now that is good news. The bad news is that his model may lack some common sense. He has the Yankees winning 110 games. Apparently (according to a post at BBTF), he has previously projected the Yankees to win 117 games in 05 or 06.

Oh, well.

According to the press release about the professor's forecast:

Bukiet's main areas of research have involved mathematical modeling of physical phenomena, including detonation waves, healing of wounds, and dynamics of human balance. He has also applied mathematical modeling to sports and gambling, in particular for understanding baseball and cricket.