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# An Exercise in Brilliance
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/an-exercise-in-brilliance/
- Published: 2006-10-28T09:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:31:42.000Z
- Description: An Exercise in Brilliance
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Sports

My picks for the baseball postseason.

I had: [Tigers](https://mereorthodoxy.com/?p=718).

Reality: [Cardinals](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006/columns/story?columnist=stark%5Fjayson&id=2641363&ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

Yup--that's full postseason where I only picked one series correctly. Anyone can blog. That sort of failure takes *real* talent.