2009 NSBB Predictions Contest - Discussion

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm guessing most people were a little high on the win projections.

[Derwood]

Here is the answer key for the contest. I'll start tallying up scores here soon:

 

Team Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Cubs wins, 2009 83

 

 

2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (16 games) 6

 

 

3. Number of runs scored, 2009 707

 

4. Number of runs allowed, 2009 672

 

 

5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division Second

 

 

Total Possible Team Stat Points: 1300

 

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 15

 

 

2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases 9

 

 

3. Ryan Theriot's Batting Average .284

 

 

4. Milton Bradley's RBIs 40

 

 

5. Ryan Dempster's Wins 11

 

 

6. Sean Marshall's ERA 4.32

 

 

7. Carlos Zambrano's Ks 152

 

 

8. Rich Harden's Innings Pitched 141

 

 

Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 400

 

Bonus Questions I (20 points each)

 

1. Which will be higher: Lee's RBIs or Soto's RBIs? Lee

 

2. Which will be higher: Aaron Heilman's starts or Aaron Heilman's relief appearances? Relief

 

3. Which will be higher: Aaron Miles' at-bats or Mike Fontenot's at-bats? Fontenot

 

4. Who will have more HRs: Fontenot or Fukudome? Fukudome

 

5. Who will have more wins: Harden or Marshall? Harden

 

6. Who will have a higher SLG: Bradley or Ramirez? Ramirez

 

Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 180

 

 

Bonus Questions II (30 points each)

 

1. Most HRs: Lee

 

2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee

 

3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Wells

 

4. Most saves: Gregg

 

Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 120

 

Total Possible Points: 2000

 

The Annual Tiebreaker: Lou's First Ejection (you may answer "never")

To be used only in the event of ties.

[CubbieBum]

I have my total at a woeful 675. Did well in the Players Stats and Bonus Question I. Not so well in the other two.

 

I wonder if anyone will even break 1000 which is exactly half the point total possible.

[Guest]

i'm guessing most people were a little high on the win projections.

 

I'm guessing that nobody got the lowest ERA prediction correct.

[Southpaw191679666239]

I amazed myself with some of my predictions ... both right and wrong.

[Vanilla Ice]

Got Theriot's BA and Zambrano's strikeouts exactly. Marshalls ERA was .04 off. Those were definitely my best three.

[CubbieBum]

Got Theriot's BA and Zambrano's strikeouts exactly. Marshalls ERA was .04 off. Those were definitely my best three.

 

I don't think I got any exactly right but I got 6/8 Bonus I. Missed HR's between Fontenot and Fukudome and SLG between Ramirez and Bradley. The last one in retrospect was just plain stupid on my part. Didn't know a whole lot about Bradley when the predictions where made.

[Derwood]

FINAL RESULTS:

 

moochpuppy - 955
Rocket - 895
mhuber92211 - 785
Southpaw19 - 785
eb14play2 - 740
Enn Tea - 740
rawaction - 710
Derwood - 700
CubbieBum - 675
sweetpeteman - 675
Vanilla Ice - 675
JimSorgi - 670
Mark_R - 665
manbearcub - 655
Bob Sanders - 635
big_shooter17 - 635
Roast - 630
UK - 620
laurens - 610
TruffleShuffle - 610
Aramis Fan - 605
Shilzzz - 605
soccer10k - 600
SouthSideRyan - 600
Mark Prior's Calves - 575
Mike Aller - 565
TheLogan - 560
vance_the_cubs_fan - 560
Andy - 555
KarenMac - 550
Tinkertini26 - 530
CliftonHanger - 500
Butters - 470
cubbinalltheway - 460
NCCubFan - 300

 

Overall, results were lower than last year (where SouthSideRyan won with 1090 points and Handlebar McSkullet was last with 490).

 

Most missed were Runs Scored (most people overshot this by 100-150 runs), Place in Division (everyone predicted 1st), and then Ramirez HR's, Bradley RBI, Most HR, Highest OBP and Lowest ERA.

[CubbieBum]

FINAL RESULTS:

 

moochpuppy - 955
Rocket - 895
mhuber92211 - 785
Southpaw19 - 785
eb14play2 - 740
Enn Tea - 740
rawaction - 710
Derwood - 700
[b]CubbieBum - 675[/b]
sweetpeteman - 675
Vanilla Ice - 675
JimSorgi - 670
Mark_R - 665
manbearcub - 655
Bob Sanders - 635
big_shooter17 - 635
Roast - 630
UK - 620
laurens - 610
TruffleShuffle - 610
Aramis Fan - 605
Shilzzz - 605
soccer10k - 600
SouthSideRyan - 600
Mark Prior's Calves - 575
Mike Aller - 565
TheLogan - 560
vance_the_cubs_fan - 560
Andy - 555
KarenMac - 550
Tinkertini26 - 530
CliftonHanger - 500
Butters - 470
cubbinalltheway - 460
NCCubFan - 300

 

Overall, results were lower than last year (where SouthSideRyan won with 1090 points and Handlebar McSkullet was last with 490).

 

Most missed were Runs Scored (most people overshot this by 100-150 runs), Place in Division (everyone predicted 1st), and then Ramirez HR's, Bradley RBI, Most HR, Highest OBP and Lowest ERA.

 

That's higher than I thought I would be. Back-to-back top 10's isn't too bad.

[NCCubFan]

Wow, I really stunk it up. Dead last, more than 100 points behind the next worst.

 

If I'm going to be bad, may as well do it in style and be REALLY bad.

[Schwarber Fan]

f you Rocket

[rocket]

you really wanted 2nd place.

 

btw i should get some sort of prize for finishing 2nd in the hr contest and the predictions contest.

[Schwarber Fan]

haha, I'm just jealous of how good you did at both contests.