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2020 has been easily the weirdest year in recent history. A sport that typically plays 162 games in a season was reduced to 60 games in two months. It helped to introduce more teams to the playoffs, saw extra-inning changes, seven-inning doubleheaders, three batter minimums for relief pitchers, and many more. What we got was an exciting, action-packed two months of baseball with small COVID problems here and there. I made predictions before the season in March and when the season was reduced to 60 games, I amended my predictions and altered them to fit the reduced schedule. As I do every year, I want to go back over my predictions for the season and show just how bad I am at predicting what to expect. I'll start with my predictions for the season then talk about my standings predictions as well, ending with my awards predictions. My Predictions for the Season Revisited Prediction 1: There Will Be 3 No-Hitters So close, yet still so far away. There were only 2 this season in the 60 ...

There is no better time of the year than the last two months. November and December are my favorite months of the year and a lot of that is about the festivities. But no matter how much things change, there are some constants year after year. The best of those are the festive films that are played over and over for two months. My goal is to lay out my favorite films centered around Christmas. There is no limit to the genre so anything goes as long as Christmas plays an important part. I'll talk about what I like about them and some things I don't like since I can admit none of these films are perfect.  Before I get into my list, there are some criteria and points of clarification that I should make. First, there will be some notable omissions, like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street". I can admit these films are old and classic Christmas films but I've never been a huge fan of movies like these. They should probably be on this list, ...