John Axford was 18-for-18 on his Oscar predictions
Much of the country spent Sunday evening watching the Academy Awards and Cleveland Indians pitcher John Axford was among those who tuned in.
Axford has fared quite well over the past few years with predicting Oscar winners. He was correct on 14 of his 15 picks last year, 11 of 15 in 2012, and 11 of 13 in 2011. For this year’s awards, the National League leader in saves in 2011 upped his number of categories to 18.
If you don't want to scroll through my timeline, you can also see my #Oscar list on my facebook fanpage here… http://t.co/dro5fuHkgG
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 2, 2014
As awards were handed out Axford chronicled his success via his Twitter account.
Huh hmmmm…. Guess who's 4 for 4!
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 3, 2014
This is getting crazy… 12 for 12 this far! #Oscars
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 3, 2014
Oh man…oh man…oh man…oh man…oh man! Two outs away. 16 for 16. #Oscars
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 3, 2014
And we have perfection!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 18 for 18! #Oscars
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 3, 2014
This is the kind of performance you retire after. Go out on top. Call it quits after your finest moment. How do you top this?
I'm pretty sure this means I have to do all 24 categories next year! #Oscars #18for18
— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 3, 2014
The bar has been raised.