Bijou, you cut out the most significant part:
Bukiet says that his picks are not always correct, though his model has made more correct than incorrect predictions for five of the past seven years.
Bukiet's predictions for last season were down slightly (he picked the Yankees, Indians, Angels, Mets and Padres as clear Division winners — he was right about the Indians and Angels).
"These results give a guide of how teams ought to perform during the season," he said. "But there are so many unknowns, especially concerning trades, injuries and how rookies will perform that cannot be taken into account."
Basically he's a mathematician with a blog who makes baseball predictions. Big whoop, so does everyone else.
Here are mine for 2008:
AL EAST
Boston 94-68
NY Yankees 90-72
Toronto 81-81
Tampa Bay 76-86
Baltimore 67-95
AL CENTRAL
Detroit 97-65
Cleveland 91-71
Chicago WS 83-79
Kansas City 75-87
Minnesota 71-91
AL WEST
LA Angels 95-67
Oakland 81-81
Seattle 80-82
Texas 72-90
NL EAST
Philadelphia 90-72
NY Mets 87-75
Atlanta 85-77
Florida 75-87
Washington 73-89
NL CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs 91-71
Milwaukee 86-76
Cincinnati 77-85
St. Louis 75-87
Pittsburgh 69-93
Houston 68-94
NL WEST
San Diego 89-73
Arizona 88-74
Colorado 83-79
LA Dodgers 82-80
San Francisco 59-103
AL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Tigers over Red Sox
Angels over Indians(WC)
ALCS
Tigers over Angels
NL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Cubs over Diamondbacks(WC)
Padres over Phillies
NLCS
Cubs over Phillies
WORLD SERIES
Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs in 7 agonizing games
We'll see how my pick stack up against this "mathematician's".