This is third year of Superdouble Antifungal Blogself-flagellation as Blog looks back at what Blog was thinking during March when hopes were high and promise of Spring was in air. In other words, this is time when Blog looks back at predictions for 2010 regular season and GRADES THEM.

AL East: Dumb Blog saw Yankees / Boston in playoffs, Team in third, Rays in forth and Toronto last. Bad. Well of course Yankees were going. Mitigating factor was that Boston was hit with innumerable injuries. But Rays were good and Blog was too blind to see it.  Blog has noticed over years that Blog can’t really do AL East in unbiased way. Watch, in 2011 Blog will pick Team to win division. Grade: D

AL Central: Blog did not think Twins would fare well after losing Joe Nathan and Blog also thought Tigers would rebound. That’s not way it turned out in Weak, Weak AL Central where Team could easily contend for playoff berth. Grade: D   

AL West: Blog got on Mariners’ train but did note that the Ms were “relying on two of baseball’s notorious head cases,” which they were, and also said they’d have to find a bat, which they did not. As for Texas, Blog just didn’t see potential that existed in Vladdy / Josh one-two punch and also underrated pitching. Blog’s fault. Grade: F

NL East: Blog picked order of finish exactly. And some of related prognostications were UNCANNY, even about lowly Nats. Grade: A

NL Central: Blog guesses it was somewhat cowardly not to give Reds more schrift in Springtime, but did at least hint at potential. Blog still doesn’t really get how they finished atop division. They’re certainly being exposed in playoffs. Note to Jay Bruce: Catch the fockin ball. Anyway. Grade: C

NL West: Blog saw Rockies taking division flag, but they underperformed though still were in it late. Blog saw Giants making postseason, albeit a pencilling in for Wild Card. Blog underrated Padres (who collapsed), overrated D’Backs and accurately panned Dodgers. Mixed but could have been far worse – certainly nothing to be embarrassed about in terms of logic going in. Grade: B-

POSTSEASONMORTEM: If Blog had teacher, teacher would make Blog take remedial AL West class over Winter. Blog’s grades are bad, overall, but Blog aced a key final, right when it mattered most, and didn’t get kicked out of school. Blog definitely got a note home, though.  Final Grade C- 

Wayward O isn’t sure when this happened …

Oh, u were out in Canton 2?

But it’s all “Baseball” needs to know about realignment.

That and THERE’S TOO MANY DAMN TEAMZ in NL Central. And NOT ENOUGH TEAMS in AL West.   

NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!!

We ain’t no extras baby, we’re a leading man.

TEAM IS ON teh NATIONAL TEEVEE today BECAUSE TEAM IS BEST TEAM.

But you knew that.  

Blog has become quite fascinated with NL West. Mainly because three former members of Team who have fascinated Blog over last few years all are vying for playoff berth…

Manhorse freaks out after a Pat Burrell
game winner, via McCoveyChronicles

Memlo launches  grand slam
for Rockies Aug. 11, Image via MLB.com

Miggy has assimilated well
in San Diego, Image via NBC Sports

If season ended today, Padres and Giants would both be in. But with about 50 games left, even Rockies could get hot enough to favor fans with some Memlo-tOber.

Team already lost today??? Oh well WIN LAST NIGHT WAS AWS. Also many things are happening in baseball such as BOCHY BOCHY TIME, Flat Breezy meltdown du jour and related shenagigans as Blog of Team’s new favorite team SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS heats up for PLAYOFFS PUSH.

But Blog of Team did not come here for lecture time. Blog came here today to IMMORTALIZE Carl Crawford nutshot groin injury from last night.

Images via MASN

Nor was Mr. Carl Crawford back in lineup for today’s 5-4 loss but at least without speedy outfielder Team managed to keep games two and three of series close.

Which brings Blog to final point of day. Baseball analyst Tim McCarver came a little unhinged Saturday while blasting off on newly departed George Schteinmeister:

You remember some of those despotic leaders in World War II, primarily in Russia and Germany, where they used to take those pictures that they had … taken of former generals who were no longer alive, they had shot ‘em. They would airbrush the pictures, and airbrushed the generals out of the pictures. In a sense, that’s what the Yankees have done with Joe Torre. They have airbrushed his legacy. I mean, there’s no sign of Joe Torre at the stadium.

All Blog knows is Blog can FINALLY publish long-shelved essay comparing Game 7 of 2001 World Serious to BATTLE of MONTE CASSINO.