There’s this thing–it’s not a trend, exactly, more like a folly–going on at other sites (one, in particular) where they ask for their readers to guess what stats players will end up with at the end of the season.  They average those stats and they publish it like it means something.

Well, it does means something.  It means people are dumb, and enjoy wasting their time.

They call them “community projections” and they are perfect for most of the Cubs fan base.  While nobody can top St. Louis Cardinals fans in terms of overall insecurity, there’s a pretty big hunk of Cubs fandom that could give them a run for their money.  And this kind of exercise is perfect for them.

They can all sit around and obsess over something they have no control over.  Like how many walks Ted Lilly will have.  Or how many fat girls will swoon endlessly at Ryan Theriot.

The only good thing to come of this, is that at one site, where many of us have been banned, the way they have it set up allows anyone to post.  So instead of plugging meaningless numbers into the form, you could write your very own message to the proprietor of that site.

I’m not saying you should, I’m just saying you could, if you wanted to.