2005 Predictions Contest Discussion

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I need to remember to mail my prize donations to Serena.

 

Sorry Serena. I haven't forgotten. Honest!

[2242005CY]

hi

[Laura]

hello?

[10man]

Here are the half season totals and the full season projected totals:

 

1. Cub wins: 43 - 80

2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 1 - 8

3. Number of runs scored: 394 - 734

4. Number of earned runs allowed: 375 - 698

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 27 - 50

2. Number of Patterson BBs: 16 - 30

3. Nomar Batting Average: .157

4. Aramis RBIs: 57 - 106

5. Maddux Wins: 8 - 16

6. Zambrano ERA: 3.85

7. Wood Ks: 52 - 156

8. Mark Prior Starts: 12 - 28

 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .771

[Roast]

Here are the half season totals and the full season projected totals:

 

1. Cub wins: 43 - 80

2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 1 - 8

3. Number of runs scored: 394 - 734

4. Number of earned runs allowed: 375 - 698

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 27 - 50

2. Number of Patterson BBs: 16 - 30

3. Nomar Batting Average: .157

4. Aramis RBIs: 57 - 106

5. Maddux Wins: 8 - 16

6. Zambrano ERA: 3.85

7. Wood Ks: 52 - 156

8. Mark Prior Starts: 12 - 28

 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .771

 

Wohoo!

 

I'm only remotely close in two categories!

[Guest]

Here are the half season totals and the full season projected totals:

 

1. Cub wins: 43 - 80

2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 1 - 8

3. Number of runs scored: 394 - 734

4. Number of earned runs allowed: 375 - 698

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 27 - 50

2. Number of Patterson BBs: 16 - 30

3. Nomar Batting Average: .157

4. Aramis RBIs: 57 - 106

5. Maddux Wins: 8 - 16

6. Zambrano ERA: 3.85

7. Wood Ks: 52 - 156

8. Mark Prior Starts: 12 - 28

 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .771

Bob's Keeper[/url]"]Team Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Cubs wins, season - 89

2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (14 games) - 7

3. Number of runs scored, 2005 - 725

4. Number of earned runs allowed, 2005 - 625

 

Player Stats & Scoring

1. Number of DLee Home Runs - 34

2. Number of CPatterson BBs - 33

3. Nomar's Batting Average - .325

4. Aramis' RBIs - 105

5. Maddux's Wins - 13

6. Zambrano's ERA - 3.70

7. Kerry Wood's Ks - 205

8. Mark Prior's Games Started -28

Tiebreaker: Michael Barrett’s OPS - .785

Pretty close on a few, pretty far away on some others.

[sweetpeteman]

Here are the half season totals and the full season projected totals:

 

1. Cub wins: 43 - 80

2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 1 - 8

3. Number of runs scored: 394 - 734

4. Number of earned runs allowed: 375 - 698

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 27 - 50

2. Number of Patterson BBs: 16 - 30

3. Nomar Batting Average: .157

4. Aramis RBIs: 57 - 106

5. Maddux Wins: 8 - 16

6. Zambrano ERA: 3.85

7. Wood Ks: 52 - 156

8. Mark Prior Starts: 12 - 28

 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .771

 

Team Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Cubs wins, season 94 -ouch

2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (14 games) 8 -dingdingding

3. Number of runs scored, 2005 765 close

4. Number of earned runs allowed, 2005 625 -close, and with the O and the Pitching slowly coming back, here's hoping

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of DLee Home Runs 36 - way off

2. Number of CPatterson BBs 59 - not happening

3. Nomar's Batting Average .311 - if he gets back, possible, but not likely

4. Aramis' RBIs 118 -close, could still reach it

5. Maddux's Wins 16 - dingdingding

6. Zambrano's ERA 3.03 -eww

7. Kerry Wood's Ks 255 - ha, fat chance

8. Mark Prior's Games Started 32 -stupid baseball, get out of Mark's way...

 

Tiebreaker: Michael Barrett’s OPS .913-ha

[Laura]

I'll try to post the interim scores (through the All-Star break) in the next couple of days.

 

It's been on my list; I'm glad people checked in on it! :)

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Well, I have Mark's amount of starts right on...

[Fred Hornkohl]

Here are the half season totals and the full season projected totals:

 

1. Cub wins: 43 - 80

2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 1 - 8

3. Number of runs scored: 394 - 734

4. Number of earned runs allowed: 375 - 698

 

Player Stats & Scoring

 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 27 - 50

2. Number of Patterson BBs: 16 - 30

3. Nomar Batting Average: .157

4. Aramis RBIs: 57 - 106

5. Maddux Wins: 8 - 16

6. Zambrano ERA: 3.85

7. Wood Ks: 52 - 156

8. Mark Prior Starts: 12 - 28

 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .771

 

Based on 10man's projections above, I came up with the following list of contestant's scores. Please don't confuse this with anything official from Serena.

 

Player                  Score
Dr. Cub                   775
Treebeard                 745
burnt out cubbie fan      745
Bob's Keeper              650
TB_11                     620
Notorius                  530
UMFan83                   510
Tinkers2Evers             470
JC                        470
cubs dane                 470
Fred Hornhkol             445
Sweetpeteman              425
Sandberg23                415
coldsteel                 400
Bull-Rino-Bowa-Penquin    400
TrueBlueCubFan            385
rawaction                 380
Fortybelow16              370
Tim                       365
sherwood921               355
Chief_Cardinal            345
Rocket Sauce              345
It Mikght Be!             340
sethuel1                  340
vance_the_cubs_fan        340
Knyption                  330
Outshined_one             310
Brinoch                   305
USSoccer                  305
Sabremetrician            305
Mark Prior's Calves       300
DJAXXFAN                  300
CubsInNC                  275
CT Cubs Fan               270
NCCubbieFan               270
CPatterson20              225
10man                     225
Knightlife_in_Lubbock     215
RoastTheD___Goat          185
mhuber92211               185
Gracie's Girl             185
BigbadB                   185
Coach C                   115
Mizzou                    115

[Laura]

EXCELLENT! :D

 

I don't have anything official yet. It's on the list.

[rocket]

go treebeard go

[Roast]

Go roast g....wait. Crap.

[sweetpeteman]

I might not be in first, but at least im not Roast or mizzou.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Tree,

 

It looks like you're in good position to win that Kent Mercker card.

[Mizzou]

Dead last... ouch! Wow, I really suck at predicting things.

[treebird]

Tree,

 

It looks like you're in good position to win that Kent Mercker card.

 

if i win something, and it's not the mercker card, i will cry

[Roast]

If win something, and its not the sammy stuff, i will cry.

 

Seeing as how i wont win anything. it hardly matters.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Using the following values which were derived from a simple linear extrapolation for all non-rate stats.........

 

1. Cub wins: 77
2. Cub wins vs Cardinals: 11
3. Number of runs scored: 726
4. Number of earned runs allowed: 699

Player Stats & Scoring 

1. Number of Lee HRs: 46
2. Number of Patterson BBs: 24
3. Nomar Batting Average: .280 ( I'm guessing here )
4. Aramis RBIs: 93
5. Maddux Wins: 13
6. Zambrano ERA: 3.04
7. Wood Ks: 77
8. Mark Prior Starts: 28 

Tiebreaker: Barrett OPS: .826

 

I came up with the following player scores for the contest.

 

Disclaimer: This is just Fred talking.... not to be confused with anything official from Serena !!!

 

Player                  Score
burnt out cubbie fan      660
TB_11                     575
Bob's Keeper              535
Dr. Cub                   510
cubs dane                 410
Treebeard                 395
Notorius                  390
Tinkers2Evers             390
UMFan83                   365
Bull-Rino-Bowa-Penquin    360
Sweetpeteman              360
JC                        355
vance_the_cubs_fan        340
TrueBlueCubFan            335
Knyption                  330
Chief_Cardinal            330
Tim                       320
Fred Hornkohl             310
rawaction                 305
sherwood921               300
NCCubbieFan               300
DJAXXFAN                  290
It Mikght Be!             290
Outshined_one             285
sethuel1                  285
CT Cubs Fan               285
USSoccer                  285
Sandberg23                280
Fortybelow16              265
BigbadB                   255
Brinoch                   250
CPatterson20              250
Sabremetrician            240
Coach C                   225
CubsInNC                  225
Rocket Sauce              215
coldsteel                 195
10man                     170
RoastTheD___Goat          165
mhuber92211               160
Mark Prior's Calves       160
Knightlife_in_Lubbock     145
Mizzou                    130
Gracie's Girl             110

[burnt out cubbie fan]

See, you all should listen to me more often.

[sweetpeteman]

I'm in eleventh... sweet, A lot better than I thought I would be doing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

See, you all should listen to me more often.

 

You are familiar with the old adage about acorns and blind squirrels, no? :wink:

[burnt out cubbie fan]

See, you all should listen to me more often.

 

You are familiar with the old adage about acorns and blind squirrels, no? :wink:

You just can't handle the fact that I obviously have better foresight and knowledge of this team than you do. :P

[Fred Hornkohl]

See, you all should listen to me more often.

 

You are familiar with the old adage about acorns and blind squirrels, no? :wink:

You just can't handle the fact that I obviously have better foresight and knowledge of this team than you do. :P

 

OK, OK, you win. I acknowledge that you are a veritable legend in your own mind. :wink:

[burnt out cubbie fan]

See, you all should listen to me more often.

 

You are familiar with the old adage about acorns and blind squirrels, no? :wink:

You just can't handle the fact that I obviously have better foresight and knowledge of this team than you do. :P

 

OK, OK, you win. I acknowledge that you are a veritable legend in your own mind. :wink:

That's fine. I understand that you are just bitter over your whipping. I know you don't mean what you are saying. :D