Step aside Nostradamus. The same for Terry Morris, my personal gridiron guru. Yes, a new clairvoyant has recently surfaced and we at Needtovent believe he is the greatest of them all -- at least based on his uncanny prediction over this past weekend during an otherwise meaningless Seattle Mariners game in Toronto.
(Mike Blowers)
Meet Mike Blowers, a one-time player for the Seattle Mariners who now does the color commentary for the American League team. Blowers was participating in a pregame segment called “Picks to Click” when he was asked which Mariners player would end up having a big day. He went with M's infielder Matt Tuiasosopo, a player who had just been recalled from the minors and whose brief major league career had been fairly rocky at best. But there's more, oh-so-much more ----
Blowers then went so far as to predict Tui’s first big league home run...
That it would be hit on a 3-1 count...
That the pitcher that the home run would be hit off of would be Blue Jays starter Brian Tallet...
That the at-bat that the home run would be hit in would be his second of the game...
That the pitch that the home run would come off of would be a fastball...
And, finally, that the location of the home run would be left-center field.
Everything came true, exactly as projected by Blowers.
I’m just going to go out on a limb here and say that nobody, and we mean nobody, has ever correctly made a baseball prediction as insane, as detailed, and as accurate as this -- never, ever...
(Matt Tuiasosopo)
Truly unbelievable -- but don't take our word for it. Here's a link for Mike's pre-game prediction and for the actual play-by-play call from Tuiasosopo's 5th-inning tater in Toronto.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/2753
