In the midst of a global tragedies like famine and our impending recession, we’re lucky we have computers to map out solutions so we can pull ourselves out of the mess. Unfortunately, most people use their laptops to look at porn, or in the case of Bruce Bukiet of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, map out the upcoming MLB season to figure out which teams will win their divisions.

Bukiet… predicts there will be clear frontrunners in the American League (AL) this year. Aside from the Yankees, Sox, Tigers and Angels, the other teams will be “lagging well behind,” he said.

Hm, okay, so the four biggest payrolls in the game are going to win their divisions in the AL. Way to go out on a limb there, Bruce. What about the NL?

The National League (NL) has a slightly murkier forecast: “The National League should see much tighter races, with the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves winning the East and the wild card respectively, while in the Central and West Divisions, only the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants have no real shot of making it to the postseason,” Bukiet said.

So Yanks and Sox make the playoffs and the Giants and Pirates don’t… pretty much conventional wisdom. He would’ve probably been more productive looking at the porn.

Mathematician Predicts Top Baseball Teams for 2008 [FoxNews.com]
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