Monthly Forecast: July '09 [Revisited]

How'd we do this month?

• Manny Acta will lose his job. Yes, I will predict this until he gets fired. Correct!
  

• The Nats will add at least one more fail to this impressive list. Correct! And Correct again!

• George McPhee will trade for an affordable role player. Incorrect, although he did sign one in Brendan Morrison.

• John Carlson will dominate Capitals' rookie camp (July 11-18). Correct!

• Andray Blatche and Nick Young will absolutely crush the Vegas Summer League...Correct! (Young: 23.8 ppg; Blatche: 19.7 ppg, 11.0 rpg).
  

• ...on and off the court. Inconclusive...for now.

• Ted Leonsis will blog about successful business practices while not-so-subtly plugging one of his own projects. Inconclusive.

• Matt Wieters will surpass Nolan Reimold and Brad Bergesen as the AL Rookie of the Year favorite. Incorrect, but he's heating up. Jinxed. Uh oh.

• O's manager William Shatner Dave Trembley will appear in several priceline.com commercials. Correct!

• Some moron will suggest that the Redskins are capable of winning the Super Bowl. Correct!

• That moron will be a DCLS writer. Correct! I'm sayin' it now, punks.

July: 7-2-2
Overall: 13-7-3

Monthly Forecast: July '09

• Manny Acta will lose his job. Yes, I will predict this until he gets fired.
• The Nats will add at least one more fail to this impressive list.
• George McPhee will trade for an affordable role player.
• John Carlson will dominate Capitals' rookie camp (July 11-18).
• Andray Blatche and Nick Young will absolutely crush the Vegas Summer League...
• ...on and off the court.
• Ted Leonsis will blog about successful business practices while not-so-subtly plugging one of his own projects.
• Matt Wieters will surpass Nolan Reimold and Brad Bergesen as the AL Rookie of the Year favorite.
• O's manager William Shatner Dave Trembley will appear in several priceline.com commercials.
• Some moron will suggest that the Redskins are capable of winning the Super Bowl.
• That moron will be a DCLS writer.

Monthly Forecast: June '09 [Revisited]

Let's see how we did, shall we?

• The Wizards will not trade the 5th overall pick. Incorrect
  

• Ernie Grunfeld and Flip Saunders will draft a point guard. Incorrect
  

• Ernie Grunfeld, Steve Van Gundy, and Ron Jeremy will all be indistinguishable. Correct!
  

• The Redskins will NOT pursue Brandon Marshall. Correct!
  

• The Caps WILL pursue Dany Heatley. Incorrect
  

• Matt Wieters will have raised his average to above .300. Incorrect
  

• Luke Scott will cool off in classic fashion and drop below .300. Correct!
  

• Manny Acta will be unemployed. Obvious. Incorrect
  

• Stephen Strasburg will remain unsigned. Correct!
  

• Nats fans will panic. Inconclusive
  

• Mike Green will deserve to win the Norris Trophy, but won't. Correct!
  

• Ovechkin will win the Hart (MVP), Pearson (Player's MVP), and Richard (Goal Scoring), and the world will be restored to order once again. Correct!

June: 6-5-1

Monthly Forecast: June '09

The summer is slow, and we at DCLS like to take a break every now and then from recapping Orioles' and Nats' losses games. Sanity is the name of the game, boys and girls.

So, I present to you a new feature, the Monthly Forecast. In a splendid assortment of bullet points, I will incorrectly predict all things DC sports related. Or just sports related. Either way, just make sure to check back for the end of the month recap so you can call me a jerk for being wrong about just about everything. It's only fair, and I expect no less.

Note that some of the predictions are more obvious than others, and that there are only two weeks left in June. Should be pretty easy then, right?

• The Wizards will not trade the 5th overall pick.

• Ernie Grunfeld and Flip Saunders will draft a point guard.

• Ernie Grunfeld, Steve Van Gundy, and Ron Jeremy will all be indistinguishable.

• The Redskins will NOT pursue Brandon Marshall.

• The Caps WILL pursue Dany Heatley.
  

• Matt Wieters will have raised his average to above .300.

• Luke Scott will cool off in classic fashion and drop below .300.

• Manny Acta will be unemployed. Obvious.

• Stephen Strasburg will remain unsigned.

• Nats fans will panic.
  

• Mike Green will deserve to win the Norris Trophy, but won't.
  

• Ovechkin will win the Hart (MVP), Pearson (Player's MVP), and Richard (Goal Scoring), and the world will be restored to order once again.

Feel free to add anything in the comments section.

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