BCB Contest!

by Al on Jul 18, 2008 8:15 AM CDT in Meta BCB

While we wait for the second half of the season to begin tonight, I thought I'd offer this to you -- a chance to win a prize, and a way to express how you feel the second half is going to go.

The prize is a $50 gift card from Distant Replays, which is located in suburban Atlanta and specializes in retro sports clothing from many different sports.

The contest is very simple. Post your pick for how many wins the Cubs will have at the end of the 2008 regular season. Obviously, many people will have the same number. So for a tiebreaker, let's go with a stat from the player who has probably generated the most comments on this site this year -- Ryan Theriot. Tiebreaker: what will Theriot's final batting average be? And just in case two people have the same pick for both Cub wins and Theriot BA, we'll have a second tiebreaker -- Theriot's OBP.

Have at it, good luck, and at last, there will be a pregame thread up late this afternoon.

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I'll play your game, you rogue. /Connery

Cubs wins – 93.
Theriot BA – .284
Theriot OBP – .356

by HereComesASpecialBoy on Jul 18, 2008 8:19 AM CDT 0 recs

94 wins, theriot = .301/.367

by kranskie on Jul 18, 2008 8:20 AM CDT 0 recs

My predictions....

Cubs Wins 93
BA .292
OBP .368

"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse

by BigJohnAZ on Jul 18, 2008 8:23 AM CDT 0 recs

Ok, Al. I'll bite:

Wins: 96
BA: .302
OBP: .378

"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young

by Kegler on Jul 18, 2008 8:25 AM CDT 0 recs

Book it Danno

Cubs win 99
BA .311
OBP .381

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Jul 18, 2008 8:26 AM CDT 0 recs

Criswell Predicts

Wins: 89
BA: .277
OBP: .343

"I don't think anybody's paying attention to the Cubs." - Prince Fielder

by jasoniniowa on Jul 18, 2008 8:31 AM CDT 0 recs

My guess

Cubs wins: 94
Theriot BA: .299
Theriot OBP: .370

by simonuk on Jul 18, 2008 8:31 AM CDT 0 recs

Cubs

W : 95
THERIOT BA : .303
THERIOT OBP: .393

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Jul 18, 2008 8:33 AM CDT 0 recs

Pulling out the crystal ball

Wins: 92
BA 274
0BP: 378

by sdurst on Jul 18, 2008 8:34 AM CDT 0 recs

Carmen Fanzone predicts:

Cubs Wins: 93
Riots BA: .296
Riots OBA: .371

Nobody cares about your fantasy league team

by carmen_fanzone on Jul 18, 2008 8:34 AM CDT 0 recs

fun fun

Wins: 95
BA: .303
OBA: .382

by polly on Jul 18, 2008 8:35 AM CDT 0 recs

All righty then

Cubs wins: 92
Theriot BA: .295
Theriot OBP: .363

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 18, 2008 8:36 AM CDT 0 recs

Guess from 1008 W Waveland

96 Wins
Theriot Avg .312
Theriot OBA .386

Someday we'll go all the way.

by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Jul 18, 2008 8:36 AM CDT 0 recs

...

Wins: 97
BA: .315
OBP: .389

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Jul 18, 2008 8:37 AM CDT 0 recs

Win

Cubs Wins: 95
Riots BA: .304
Riots OBA: .370

by southloop on Jul 18, 2008 8:37 AM CDT 0 recs

Here goes . . .

Cubs Wins: 93
Riots BA: .309
Riots OBP: .371

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on Jul 18, 2008 8:39 AM CDT 0 recs

Bank on it

Wins- 91
Theriot BA- .287
Theriot OBP- .354

*Synth intro to "Jump"*

by SouthsideCub on Jul 18, 2008 8:40 AM CDT 0 recs

Here we go:

Cubs Wins: 100 (just looks good!)
Theriot’s BA: .307
Theriot’s OBP: .372

by sackings108 on Jul 18, 2008 8:40 AM CDT 0 recs

Out on a limb

Wins: 100
BA: .295
OBP: .368

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 18, 2008 8:40 AM CDT 0 recs

okay

Wins: 99
Riots BA: 303
Riots OBP: 373

by KingDave on Jul 18, 2008 8:41 AM CDT 0 recs

My Guesses

Wins: 103
RT BA: .313
RT OBP: .364

by ScottT on Jul 18, 2008 8:41 AM CDT 0 recs

Go Cubs

Wins: 94
BA: .288
OBP: .348

by Neifi Puppy on Jul 18, 2008 8:44 AM CDT 0 recs

Here goes

Wins: 94
BA: .293
OBP: .362

We never give up -- Aramis Ramirez

by Emelie on Jul 18, 2008 8:45 AM CDT 0 recs

I love games.

Cubbie wins: 96
BA: .309
OBP: . 376

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 8:46 AM CDT 0 recs

By the way...

cool store. I might buy something without the gift card (probably the point of this whole thing).

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 8:59 AM CDT up 0 recs

worth a shot

Cub wins 101
Theriot BA .307
Theriot OBP .362

by pickupman21 on Jul 18, 2008 8:46 AM CDT 0 recs

Cubs Wins 97

The Riot BA 291
The Riot OBP

" I played in college, albeit a small one, but darn it I still played and you didn't, so that qualifies me as an baseball expert allowing me to complaing about the Cubs as I see fit"

by Reed's Johnson on Jul 18, 2008 8:46 AM CDT 0 recs

The riot OBP 359

" I played in college, albeit a small one, but darn it I still played and you didn't, so that qualifies me as an baseball expert allowing me to complaing about the Cubs as I see fit"

by Reed's Johnson on Jul 18, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up 0 recs

the riot

cubs wins: 92
BA: 289
OBP: 381

by cubs2410 on Jul 18, 2008 8:46 AM CDT 0 recs

Cubs wins – 100
Theriot BA – .307
Theriot OBP – .389

by Gucci on Jul 18, 2008 8:47 AM CDT 0 recs

Entry

Wins: 92
BA: .292
OBP: .368

by cubbot on Jul 18, 2008 8:48 AM CDT 0 recs

Lugnut!

Wins: 97
The Riot BA: .311
The Riot OBP: .365

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)

by Zeke on Jul 18, 2008 8:48 AM CDT 0 recs

cubs wins

Cubs Wins 92
BA .306
OBP .378

by coco on Jul 18, 2008 8:50 AM CDT 0 recs

Woooooooooo

Wins: 98
Terry-O-Meter: .314
OBP: 381

And 50 years from now, they will look back and reminisce about that ‘08 team that launched the Cubs forward to 15 championships in 20 years. Yes. (this is my tiebreaker prediction, in case someone else copies my numbers)

"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard

by TXCub on Jul 18, 2008 8:52 AM CDT 0 recs

LOL

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

OT:BCB

Anybody else’s BCB just get a major facelift? The sidebar looks very different and when you open a post, everything looks different. Anybody else?

"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly

by McRipper on Jul 18, 2008 8:52 AM CDT 0 recs

Nevermind

It’s back to normal. That was weird.

"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly

by McRipper on Jul 18, 2008 8:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

What did it look like?

You should have taken a screen cap.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jul 18, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up 0 recs

I wanted to

but didn’t know how to do that. Basically, the whole right sidebar was blue and everything was spaced out real far. In the threads, all the avatars were on the left side under the posts and the sigs were not Italicized. It looked real funny. New posts did not come up yellow, but you could still use the Z function. It was weird.

"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly

by McRipper on Jul 18, 2008 10:47 AM CDT up 0 recs

Strange.

Wonder if there’s an experiment going on.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Jul 18, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

Here goes nothing

Wins: 97
Riot BA: .275
Riot OBP: .340

Missouri Tigers 2008 Cotton Bowl Champs

by nji232 on Jul 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Ala Peanut Butter Sandwiches!

Wins: 94
BA: 291
OBP: 326

I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com

by digitalbenjamin on Jul 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Truly LOL

I haven’t heard that phrase since the 4th grade!

Eat More Katsui

by CaliCub on Jul 18, 2008 9:34 AM CDT up 0 recs

Wins: 90
AVG: .300
OBP: .380

by Anomalied on Jul 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Hector's Picks

Wins: 97
Avg: .310
OBP: .384

This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by HectorVillanueva on Jul 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Wins: 97
BA: .282
OBP: .348

by Ivy'sDad23 on Jul 18, 2008 8:54 AM CDT 0 recs

Wins: 95
Theriot BA: .302
Theriot OBP: .374

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel

by Blue W on Jul 18, 2008 8:55 AM CDT 0 recs

Picks

Wins: 96
BA: .301
OBP: .350

"This field, this game...it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again." ~ Terence Mann

by chr15 on Jul 18, 2008 8:58 AM CDT 0 recs

Feeling bullish

Cubs = 98 Wins
Theriot BA = .311
Theriot on-base = .371

"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermatrician...

by Curtain Jerker on Jul 18, 2008 8:59 AM CDT 0 recs

Picks

Wins: 91
BA: .299
OBP: .339

by jbowling13 on Jul 18, 2008 9:00 AM CDT 0 recs

My Picks

Wins: 95
Riot BA: 304
Riot OBP: .368

Zambrano viciously attacked a pair of watercoolers for the crime of being within his line of vision. It was a classic battle of man versus inanimate object.

by berselius on Jul 18, 2008 9:00 AM CDT 0 recs

WIns: 95
Riot BA: .295
Riot OBP: .371

by Qixotl on Jul 18, 2008 9:00 AM CDT 0 recs

SackMan's picks

Wins: 96
Riot BA: .298
Riot OBP: .381

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Jul 18, 2008 9:04 AM CDT 0 recs

My Pics...

Wins – 97
Theriot BA: .307
Theriot obp – .381

Kasey

See the Cubs 2008 schedule (with TV schedule & game-by-game results) at http://ignarski.tripod.com/sched2008.html

by kaseyi on Jul 18, 2008 9:11 AM CDT 0 recs

Because I'm nothing if not consistent...

...I’m going to just repeat my Theriot projections from the BCB Community Projection thread from this spring. Here goes:

Wins: 91
Theriot’s BA: .275
Theriot’s OBP: .342

Oh, and by the way, look what I came across in that aforementioned thread:

Theriot AB: 360
R: 42
H: 95
2B: 16
3B: 1
HR:3
RBI: 28
AVG: .247
OBA: .305
Replaced as the everyday shortstop by June 1st.
by MDBNIU on Feb 18, 2008 3:43 PM CST actions 0 recs

FAIL.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 18, 2008 9:11 AM CDT 0 recs

fantastic

n/t

by DartmouthCubsFan on Jul 18, 2008 9:17 AM CDT up 0 recs

From the mountaintop to our computers!

Of course, someone who has an opinion about everything is bound to be wrong sometimes.

"This is the kind of thing … that makes you want to see the Chicago Cubs team lose." Marty Brennaman

by Bildo1805 on Jul 18, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up 0 recs

ONEDEC'd

Thats good stuff….he even FAILED on the home runs.

I didnt see his prediction on this one, but do you blame him? (i want to roll on the floor laughing my #$#@$ A$$ off but I wont)

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Jul 18, 2008 6:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'll take a stab

Wins:94
Theriot BA: .309
Theriot OBP:374

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Jul 18, 2008 9:12 AM CDT 0 recs

Hmmm

Wins: 96
BA: .304
OBP: .359

"Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant." Mike Donnelly

by McRipper on Jul 18, 2008 9:13 AM CDT 0 recs

My leap of faith for a Friday

Wins: 95
Theriot BA: .294
Theriot OPB: 369

"When I got to Chicago, fans came to Wrigley Field just to have fun, now they come to see us win. The expectations have changed, for the players and for the fans. It’s about winning." Kerry Wood, 7/14/08

by JB 23 on Jul 18, 2008 9:14 AM CDT 0 recs

by cubbieblue on Jul 18, 2008 9:18 AM CDT 0 recs

My predictions

Cubs – 97 wins
Riot – .317 BA
– .405 OBP

Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!

by Ihatethecards on Jul 18, 2008 9:18 AM CDT 0 recs

Love Distant Replays

Wins: 95
Avg: .307
OBP: .374

by ethicsmax on Jul 18, 2008 9:19 AM CDT 0 recs

My Prediction

Wins: 92
Avg: 289
OBP: 361

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on Jul 18, 2008 9:21 AM CDT 0 recs