Laura

Here's the raw list in descending order. *Please* double check your scores. The scoring is shown in your entry in the locked Predictions thread above. Let me know if there are any errors. Chris 1425 .811 baseball7897 1365 .816 texascub 1365 .892 NomarSammy 1300 Bob Sanders 1255 .874 rawaction 1240 .828 CubsInNC 1215 .837 Karenmac 1185 .866 Anze Kopitar 1155 .845 SouthSideRyan 1150 .824 Cubbies75 1130 .867 USSoccer 1125 .832 cbbryan 1125 .859 Sherwood921 1125 .861 BleedCubbieBl81 1115 .821 Otis89 1105 .870 Rocket Sauce 1070 .849 coldsteel 1055 .820 Southpaw19 1050 .819 soccer10k 1050 .854 Friendly Confin 1040 .867 oldstyle81 1020 .852 Laura 1005 .888 bukie 960 .800 Derwood 960 .801 CubColtPacer 940 .834 Wheelimus 885 Flames24Rulz 880 .843 Andy 870 .891 vance_the_cubs 865 .839 mhuber92211 815 .890 Mizzou 795 .878 radarluv1 790 .851 NCCubFan 765 .895 Handlebar McSku 755 .920 UMFan83 625 .843 Sandberg23 595 .854 Congrats to Chris, the overall winner!! Congrats to baseball7897, who wins 3 months of premium membership!! Over the next few days, I'll post the list of premium winners in descending order. Thanks to everyone who entered! At least I didn't finish last again this year!

Self-score the one you posted, Truffle, and I'll mix it in when I complete the others.

I'll try to get the scoring completed tonight.

It was GREAT meeting up with you guys! I hope everyone made it to their respective places without too many hassles. I ended up having basically to drive a couple of friends home due to circumstances; sorry I couldn't meet up with people afterwards. CT, excellent to meet you in person. You definitely have an air of gravitas about you; hope you had a good trip despite the Cubs' outcome.

The blog says he was drinking with other members of the WGN staff. Remember that they didn't criticize him for drinking, but being a spokesman for diabetes who has had health problems and still drinks. Santo doesn't advocate drinking, and whenever he's mentioned (that I've heard) personal consumption of alcohol, he's clearly been self-conscious enough to note that the drinking was well in the past or extremely limited. "I had one glass of wine when I was waiting for the Hall of Fame call, Pat. That's all it takes these days." These mentions of Santo drinking are from outside sources. It's not like he's profiting by appearing in commercials for Anheiser-Busch products. Are B&B now experts on Santo's medical condition and his physician's recommendations? The ADA doesn't rule out an occasional drink for diabetics who follow proper precautions. I think Santo's a responsible spokesperson whose visible presence on the juvenile diabetes issue has raised millions for the cause (one might note that, regardless of diabetic status, juveniles shouldn't be drinking alcohol). If he starts peddling beer a la Harry Caray, perhaps I'll reconsider that position. Obviousy, B&B's mileage differs.

I think he's still at Disney. I've PM'd UMFan83.

Were they broadcasting from a bar when they opined on Santo's drinking habits?

Schedule Thread: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/PremiumForum/viewtopic.php?t=44321 viewtopic.php?t=44321

I officially LOVE SETHUEL!

I can send you some pictures of each to decide. I think both are blonde bats. I'm not going to be home again until this weekend, though, so it will probably be Sunday.

Final standings, courtesy of Southpaw! Congrats to Wekse5!

I can't even decide who to root for anymore.

the dreaded jamey carroll

crazy game

MLB counts tonight's stats, so any HRs should be included in the contest.

I think this was posted before today's stats were updated. There are some minor changes below.

Go ROX!

Yes.

I've PM'd Southpaw and asked him to start the Game 1 thread. I think we should stick with the established format and have the winning thread person continue to start.

Since we have several qualifiers, total wins is going to be the deciding factor. It also credits people who were able to start a number of game threads, which I for one appreciated. 7 wins minimum gives us a playoff rotation of Southpaw (7-1) Davhern (7-2) UMFan83 (8-3) Soccer10K (7-3) BHogg will be recharging his mojo in Disneyland and on call for any game threads startin' needs.

I'll post when it's finished, but it probably won't be tonight. There's also going to be a delay in getting the prizes posted, then mailed. People are just going to have to be patient; the people who have donated items are volunteers.

So fickle! Modzilla will not be pleased. We'll see what The Boss thinks. This season, we saved him for maximum mojo leverage. It was nice knowing he was on call ... but the Cubs had to earn it, first.

The Boss said he wouldn't be back until late to start tomorrow's thread (it's hard out there for a game thread pimp) ... I told him we'd wait.

Murray said he was confident this was the Cubs year. "There is no time for being cautiously optimistic," he said. "That's for losers. I don't buy that. I'm very, very optimistic. This is Game 159? Why would I be cautious now? Look at how I'm dressed. Do I look cautious?"

Yay Boss! GO CUBS!