As we kill time waiting for opening day, the web is overflowing with baseball previews.  There are columns chocked full of predictions for MVPs, World Series winners, milestones reached, and everything else fans should look for in the upcoming season.  It’s a great time for sports writers, as they can churn out these opinions without any regard for real accuracy, as by the time you are proven wrong, no one will remember what you said.  What a gig.

 

Not one to rock the boat, I want to give you a preview column of my own.  I’ll leave the fortune-telling to the pros, except to say this – Washington will improve by 20 wins this year and no longer be the laughingstock of the league.  And yes, to be clear, I’m talking about the Nationals, not the Generals, who some of you might think have a better chance.

 

Instead, I want to give you a roadmap of what you can expect to appear in this space for the rest of the baseball season.  In an effort to build up a community and keep my incoherence to a minimum, I’m going to attempt to create a structure to each week’s posting schedule.  So without further ado, I present to you the least anticipated preview in the history of the internets.

 

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