Five Predictions for the end of the baseball season
For the next five days, I will make predictions about the end of the 2005 baseball season. Prediction No. 1 is below.

1. For the first time since 1993, the Yankees will miss the playoffs.
This one is easy for me to write. Right now, the Yankees are 69-55 and tied with the Indians for the AL Wildcard. As the northeast media bias rears its ugly head, most are hopping on the Yankees bandwagon.
I'm not.
Until the Yankees can get Randy Johnson to pitch like Randy Johnson, they lack the starting pitching to compete with the A's, Twins and Indians down the stretch. The problem is that from night to night, you never know what you'll get from Yankee pitching. You can't expect continual success from that bunch, so I won't.