Laura

Golden Thunder PM'd and said he couldn't start tomorrow's game thread, so I asked Truffle to do the honors (thanks Truffle!).

Here's a link to a page in the locked thread below that talks about one of the several different Roberts related trade rumors that were floating around. You are welcome to read the entire locked thread if you want to know all about the Robert trade rumors (and a bunch of other topics and non-topics as well).

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Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008 94 +250 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 10 +100 3. Number of runs scored, 2008 830 +175 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008 706 +150 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 1 +200 Total Possible Team Stat Points: 875/1300 Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs - 38 +0 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases - 19 +50 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP - .430 +0 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs - 119 +0 5. Ted Lilly's Wins - 17 +50 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA - 2.98 +0 7. Rich Hill's Ks - 200 +0 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched - 186 +30 Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 130/400 Bonus Questions I (30 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? K's +0 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? starts +0 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? Pie +0 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? Soto +30 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? Lilly +30 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Ramirez +0 Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 60/180 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: DLee +0 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Fukudome +0 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Zambrano +0 4. Most saves: Wood +30 Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 30/120 Total Possible Points: 2000 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) To be used only in the event of ties. May 10 TOTAL: 1085

3 more days to submit your entries!

If anyone is burning to make their first (non-wildcard) transaction, you're free to do so now.

You're an idiot. How is this acceptable? . selective moderation. How do you know nothing was said to him? Often times things like this are handled by a simple "Hey, You know not to do that. So, don't." type of PM without a single word being said in the thread in question. Not that I'd know from experience or anything. Roast = Genius!

You've been added, Soul -- welcome aboard!

There are thousands of theads on this board. Please consider posting in those threads and let this one go. Thanks.

Quick FYI -- the Bonus I Questions are actually worth 30 points each instead of 20. I corrected this in the original post, but wanted to mention it. It won't change anyone's entry. Thanks to soccer10K for catching the scoring discrepancy!

We're just going to go with 'the thread will be locked at some point on the Cubs' Opening Day.'

I'll have several things, Vance, but I won't be putting together the package until late April.

The 2008 Predictions Contest is up and accepting entries in the Events Forum. The deadline for submitting your entry is Noon CT on Friday, April 4 -- so get them in soon!

Thanks SO MUCH for helping, Derwood!

Please put your contest entries in the sticky thread above and any discussion in this thread. I'd like to keep this separate from the HR Derby thread to make it easier to spot HR Derby transactions in the other thread. Thanks!

SAMPLE ENTRY 1. 88 wins 2. 10 wins 3. 780 runs 4. 770 runs 5. 2nd place 1. 35 2. 20 3. .375 4. 140 5. 17 6. 3.52 7. 211 8. 101 1. K's 2. starts 3. Pie 4. Fukudome 5. Lilly 6. Aramis 1. Aramis 2. Fukudome 3. Hill 4. Wood Tiebreaker: May 10

Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008 - 97 +350 for correct number +300 for being within 1 win +275 for being within 2 wins +250 for being within 3 wins +200 for being within 5 wins +050 for being within 10 wins 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) - 9 +150 for correct number +100 for being within 1 win +75 for being within 2 wins +50 for being within 3 wins +25 for being within 5 wins +10 for being within 10 wins 3. Number of runs scored, 2008 - 855 +300 for being within 5 runs +250 for being within 10 runs +200 for being within 20 runs +175 for being within 30 runs +150 for being within 40 runs +125 for being within 50 runs +100 for being within 60 runs +075 for being within 75 runs +025 for being within 100 runs 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008 - 671 +300 for being within 5 runs +250 for being within 10 runs +200 for being within 20 runs +175 for being within 30 runs +150 for being within 40 runs +125 for being within 50 runs +100 for being within 60 runs +075 for being within 75 runs +025 for being within 100 runs 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division - 1st +200 for correct place +100 for one place off +50 for two places off Total Possible Team Stat Points: 1300 Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs - 27 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 1 HR +35 for being within 2 HRs +30 for being within 3 HRs +25 for being within 4 HRs +20 for being within 5 HRs +10 for being within 10 HRs 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases - 19 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 5 SBs +30 for being within 10 SBs +20 for being within 15 SBs +10 for being within 20 SBs 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP - .359 +50 for being within .005 +40 for being within .010 +30 for being within .015 +20 for being within .020 +10 for being within .025 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs - 90 +50 for being within 1 run +40 for being within 5 runs +30 for being within 10 runs +20 for being within 15 runs +10 for being within 25 runs 5. Ted Lilly's Wins - 17 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 1 win +30 for being within 2 wins +20 for being within 3 wins +10 for being within 4 wins +05 for being within 5 wins 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA - 3.91 +50 for being within .10 +40 for being within .20 +30 for being within .30 +20 for being within .40 +10 for being within .50 7. Rich Hill's Ks - 15 +50 for being within 20 +40 for being within 25 +30 for being within 50 +20 for being within 75 +10 for being within 100 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched - 206.2 +50 for being within 10 +40 for being within 20 +30 for being within 30 +20 for being within 40 +10 for being within 50 +05 for being within 60 Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 400 Bonus Questions I (30 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 180 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: Alfonso Soriano - 29 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Ryan Theriot - .387 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Ryan Dempster - 2.96 4. Most saves: Kerry Wood - 34 Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 120 Total Possible Points: 2000 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) To be used only in the event of ties.

Welcome to the 2008 NSBB Predictions Contest! Like the previous contests, this contest consists of listing your predictions for Cubs team and individual players stats for the 2008 regular season. The categories and the scoring for each category are listed below. A sample entry is also included. This contest is not for the impatient – it will take the entire 2008 baseball regular season to determine the winners. All entries are due by NOON Central Time April 4. The thread will be locked at that time and no further entries will be accepted. That gives everyone over a week to get entries in and a few Cubs games on which to base all of the seasonal predictions. Contest winners will be announced a few days after the 2008 season ends. Thanks, and good luck with the contest! Please use this thread for contest entries only -- feel free to discuss the contest elsewhere in the forum. This thread will be thread that is locked on April 4. Thanks! The Not-So Fine Print Many Many Thanks to Derwood, who pulled together the categories, and to Vance, who is coordinating the prizes. The Fine Print The contest is open to all NSBB posters. However, premium and non-premium members will be eligible to win different prizes. The non-premium poster who finishes with the top overall score among non-premium posters will be awarded 3 months of premium service. Premium posters who finish within the top 10 overall premium member scores will choose from a list of prizes donated by other NSBB members. The prize list will be posted before season end. The premium posters will choose from the list in order of placement. If there's a tie between premium members even with the tiebreaker, then whoever posted the entry first wins the tie. To be considered a premium member for purposes of this contest, a poster must maintain premium membership by any means (yearly or monthly subscription, etc.) from April 1 through October 30. Tim will determine whether that requirement has been met, and his determination is final. If you are interested in bartering goods and services for premium membership, please contact Tim directly. The MLB.com stats page will be used to determine the final correct numbers for each category. Feel free to edit your entries as many times as you wish up to the contest deadline. Please don't submit more than one entry -- just edit your previous one if you want to change it. Winners will be notified via PM and the standings being posted here and need to respond within a reasonable time frame to claim their prizes. Good luck! :D ETA: Past Predictions Champs 2005 - Dr. Cub 2006 - Mark Prior's Calves (MPC) 2007 - Chris

Right after the last out of the exhibition game on the 29th!

Fixed! Thanks!

I think everything is caught up on the first page now, thanks to an anonymous and kind fellow mod. Please check the list and let me know if I've goofed anywhere. Thanks!

Sorry about that, Golden Thunder. I had 40ish unread messages and inadvertently skipped over your 2nd message. I'll update the list and PM Southpaw with the correct choice.

Poster Original Wild Card New Wild Card abmillis Geovany Soto Andy Michael Young Anze Kopitar Evan Longoria Aramis Fan Josh Hamilton Bixby Rick Ankiel Bob Sanders Alex Gordon Josh Hamilton brinoch Mark Reynolds Burtonbell JD Drew cbbryan Evan Longoria CoolHandLuke Evan Longoria Cubbies75 Matt Kemp Derwood Edwin Encarnacion Dobson Rick Ankiel Flames24Rulz Luke Scott Friendly Confines Edwin Encarnacion IMB! Delmon Young jiml60 Josh Hamilton JimSorgi Evan Longoria karenmac Rick Ankiel Laura Josh Hamilton Locke's Eye Scar Delmon Young NCCubFan Geovany Soto Evan Longoria rawaction Josh Hamilton reds44 Josh Hamilton RoastTheD---Goat Matt Kemp Rob Mark Reynolds Rocket Edwin Encarnacion sandberg23 Carlos Zambrano Shilzzz Geovany Soto soccer10K Evan Longoria Southpaw19 Marcus Thames Carlos Quentin SouthSideRyan Scott Rolen Evan Longoria sweetpeteman Josh Hamilton tadowdaddy Alex Gordon The Golden Thunder JD Drew Josh Hamilton The Logan Josh Hamilton Tinkertini26 Josh Hamilton TruffleShuffle Rick Ankiel UMFan83 Josh Hamilton Vance_the_cubs_fan Geoff Jenkins Jay Bruce Wekse Josh Hamilton ZFan38 Josh Hamilton Total: 42 Josh Hamilton 11 13 Evan Longoria 5 7 Rick Ankiel 4 Edwin Encarnacion 3 Geovany Soto 3 2 Alex Gordon 2 1 Matt Kemp 2 Mark Reynolds 2 Delmon Young 2 J.D. Drew 2 1 Jay Bruce 0 1 Geoff Jenkins 1 0 Carlos Quentin 0 1 Scott Rolen 1 0 Luke Scott 1 Marcus Thames 1 0 Michael Young 1 Carlos Zambrano 1 Total: 42 WC Changes at All Star Break Poster New WC Bob Sanders Josh Hamilton NCCubFan Evan Longoria Southpaw19 Carlos Quentin Southside Ryan Evan Longoria The Golden Thunder Josh Hamilton Vance_the_Cubs_Fan Jay Bruce