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Let’s go back to a time of optimism http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , namely, before the season"cksPebble ReportRockpileRockies Game ThreadsRockies Fan ExperienceFanPost FridayFanPost Friday Recap: Your bold predictionsLet’s go back to a time of optimism, namely, before the season FanPost Friday Recap: Your bold predictionsBefore the start of the season we asked you, our loyal Purple Row readers, to grace us with your bold predictions for the 2019 Rockies season. We had five responses this year (thanks to RoxRock4, TropicalChrome, RockiesLifer, biondino, and kingoftherockies for your submissions). The predictions fall into a few general categories.GimmiesIt’s hard to predict baseball. As such, I’m surprised more people didn’t grab gimmies like TropicalChrome did: that All-Star Game announcers mention Coors when the Rockies come to bat, and that our Regional Sports Network broadcasters would miss a significant play because they’re distracted by something else. This may have already happened, now that I think about it.ReasonableThese are the predictions that you don’t even have to squint to say, “Yeah, I could see that happening.” From a make-or-break year for Jon Gray, to a Tony Wolters top 10 catcher finish,from the bullpen actually being pretty good to trading for a catcher. These aren’t locks Edwin Encarnacion Jersey , but it’s not hard to imagine they’ll take place.BoldFour of our five FanPosters predicted a division title. This prediction feels hopeless after 12 games but it’s a long season. The reason this falls in the “Bold” category is because six-straight division titles for a Dodgers team that still looks pretty good is a streak that’s tough to break, even if one makes the reasonable prediction that the Rockies will be good.There were a lot of bold predictions for individual performances. RoxRock4 and TropicalChrome put German Marquez and Kyle Freeland in the Cy Young conversation while biondino thinks Jon Gray will finish with the best WAR on the team. There’s the NL MVP Award for Nolan and an All-Star appearance for David Dahl, according to kingoftherockies.RockiesLifer went a little more micro in player performance predictions: a cycle for Ryan McMahon, a no-no at Coors for Jeff Hoffman, and September’s closer not making the Opening Day roster.These are the kinds of bold predictions that make these posts fun. But some folks got even bolder than this.OutrageousI’ll admit “outrageous” is a bit of a hyperbole, but these predictions go beyond bold and caused me to raise my eyebrows a little bit. Ian Desmond a .300 hitter? The Rockies clinching the division in a Game 163 at home against the Dodgers? The first one is a little too out there from RoxRock4 and the latter, from kingoftherockies, gave me nausea just thinking about it. ImpossibleC’mon, RockiesLifer, let’s take this seriously.anks to everyone for participating! We’ll have a prompt about once a month through the season so stay tuned for more. NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, the star of the Miracle Mets 1969 World Series championship team, has been diagnosed with dementia at age 74.His family made the announcement Thursday through the Hall and said Seaver has retired from public life. He will continue to work at Seaver Vineyards, founded by the retired player and wife Nancy in 2002 on 116 acres at Diamond Mountain in the Calistoga region of California.Seaver was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 1991, and it reoccurred in 2012 and led to Bell’s Palsy and memory loss, the New York Daily News reported in 2013.“He will always be the heart and soul of the Mets, the standard which all Mets aspire to, this breaks my heart http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey ,” tweeted former Mets catcher Mike Piazza, a fellow Hall of Famer. “Do not feel worthy to be mentioned in the same breath.”Seaver has limited his public appearances in recent years. He did not attend the Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner in January where members of the 1969 team were honored on the 50th anniversary of what still ranks among baseball’s most unexpected champions.A three-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the 1967 NL Rookie of the Year, Seaver was 311-205 with a 2.86 ERA, 3,640 strikeouts and 61 shutouts from 1967-86. A five-time 20-game winner nicknamed Tom Terrific, Seaver was elected to the Hall in 1992 when he appeared on 425 of 430 ballots for a then-record 98.84 percent. His mark was surpassed in 2016 by Ken Griffey Jr. and this year by Mariano Rivera, the first unanimous selection.Seaver pitched for the Mets from 1967 until 1977, when he was traded to Cincinnati after a public spat with Mets chairman M. Donald Grant over Seaver’s desire for a new contract.“My biggest disappointment? Leaving the Mets the first time and the difficulties I had with the same people that led up to it,” Seaver told The Associated Press ahead of his Hall induction in 1992. “But even that I look back at in a positive way now. It gave me the opportunity to work in different areas of the country.”He pitched his only no-hitter for the Reds in June 1978 against St. Louis and was traded back to New York after the 1982 season. But Mets general manager Frank Cashen blundered by leaving Seaver off his list of 26 protected players, and in January 1984 Seaver was claimed by the Chicago White Sox as free agent compensation for losing pitcher Dennis Lamp to Toronto.While pitching for the White Sox, Seaver got his 300th win at Yankee Stadium, and he did it in style with a six-hitter in a 4-1 victory. He finished his career with Boston in 1986. He was a 12-time All-Star and led the major leagues with a 25-7 record in 1969 and with a 1.76 ERA in 1971. The Mets retired his No. 41 in 1988.“From a team standpoint, winning the ’69 world championship is something I’ll remember most,” Seaver said in 1992. “From an individual standpoint, my 300th win brought me the most joy.”A star at the University of Southern California, Seaver was drafted by Atlanta in 1966 and signed with the Braves only for baseball Commissioner William Eckert to void the deal because the Trojans already had played exhibition games that year; baseball rules at the time prohibited a club from signing a college player whose season had started. Any team willing to match the Braves’ signing bonus could enter a lottery, and the Mets won out over Cleveland and Philadelphia.Among baseball’s worst teams from their expansion season in 1962 http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , the Mets lost more than 100 games in five of their first six seasons and had never won more than 73 games in their first seven years. With cherished Brooklyn Dodgers star Gil Hodges as their manager, a young corps of pitchers led by Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Gary Gentry and a still-wild Nolan Ryan, and an offense that included Cleon Jones and Tommie Agee, the Mets overtook the Chicago Cubs to win the NL East with a 100-62 record.They swept Atlanta in the first NL Championship Series to reach the World Series against highly favored Baltimore, which had gone 109-53. Seaver lost the opener 4-1 in a matchup with Mike Cuellar, then pitched a 10-inning six-hitter to win Game 4, and the Mets won the title the following afternoon.Perhaps his most memorable moment on the mound was at Shea Stadium on July 9, 1969, when he retired his first 25 batters against the Chicago Cubs. Pinch-hitter Jimmy Qualls had a one-out single to left-center in the ninth inning before Seaver retired Willie Smith on a foulout and Don Kessinger on a flyout.“I had every hitter doing what I wanted,” Seaver recalled in 1992. “Afterward, my wife was in tears and I remember saying to her: ‘Hey, I pitched a one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts. What more could I ask for?'”