Now that we have reached the winter meetings part of the offseason Major League Baseball calendar, it is time to break out the crystal ball and try and gaze ahead to next March and the start of the 2013 season.

After blowing some dust off, let’s see what is says.

“Why the San Francisco Giants should be very afraid of the Detroit Tigers.”

Oh, dear. I’m afraid that the ball is still a bit cracked from last year.

In any event, here are a few things that could happen between now and the first pitch of 2013.

Like the headline suggests, some things will be good, others bad and one or two are just bound to be ugly.

More importantly, maybe one or two could be right.

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