It's been my habit, as the year draws in the day, to offer my predictions for the coming year, but only after doing what every commentator should do — assessing my predictions for the year just ending. So before I get to my predictions for 2020, in the second half of this column, let's see how I did in 2019.
Let's put one of last year's prediction right up top:
"The Washington Nationals will overcome the loss of superstar Bryce Harper in free agency and win the World Series over the Houston Astros."