Predicting the results of matchups in baseball, or any sport for that matter, is compelling not only for the ability to possess seemingly prognosticative powers, but also for its applications in simulated games and evaluating players.
Of course, HMT had to weigh in with its own prognosticative possibilities, proffering six that span the "droll" non-tech ranks to the wacky flying car wannabes that aren't too far out to be implausible.
Besides reinforcing the wonder of imagination's prognosticative power, the cloaking story also reiterates that getting from the imagination to its technological realization requires the raw knowledge of basic research.