2009 BCB Prediction Contest Results

by Al Yellon on Oct 7, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

On April 7, I asked everyone here to make their prediction for how many games the Cubs would win in 2009.

To break any possible tie, the tiebreaker was the number of games Milton Bradley would play this year.

We were all way off... not a single entrant picked 83 wins (my guess, 93, was just as far off as most people's). There was one person who chose 84 -- Arbusto, who is the winner. No tiebreaker was required, but cubfan1982, aznsensation, airmidget1, In Piniella We Trustiella and crw89 all picked Bradley to play in 124 games, which was his final total.

Arbusto, please email me with your mailing address so I can send you your prize, "The Cubs" by Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson, a comprehensive history of the club.

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92 and 132

Uh, I think I missed on both those numbers.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Oct 7, 2009 12:30 PM CDT reply actions

Pretty far off on the wins.

Not too bad on games played.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 7, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions

He may have played about that many games had he not been suspended

by madcow256 on Oct 7, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Possible...

… but we didn’t make that one of the rules.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 7, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

I didn’t really have a point there, just an observation. Most of us were fearing he’d be missing half the season due to injuries. Turns out there are worse fates than that.

by madcow256 on Oct 7, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

True.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 7, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions

BLou wasn't close to guessing?

But he told us for months the team wouldn’t win more than 83 games!

by ak123 on Oct 7, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions

93/130

Samsonite. I was WAY off.

I think we all knew the ‘09 Cubs weren’t as good as the ‘08 Cubs going into the season. I was holding onto hope that we’d close enough at the trade deadline to pull off a major move and that’d be enough to get us into the playoffs.

Oh well, TANY.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Oct 7, 2009 1:19 PM CDT reply actions

My predictions: 92 wins, 130 games for Milton.

Hey, I was only 9 wins off and 6 games off the mark for the Game. Sigh, remember when I used to call him The Game? Those early-season threads are always so wistfully optimistic.

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Oct 7, 2009 1:42 PM CDT reply actions

I love it when I talk to my future self.

Lookie what I wrote here:

And a big HELLOOOOOO to myself in the future.

Remember, you rule Dan, you rule.

Dan

It came true!

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Oct 7, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions

That's great

I’m going to have to write my future-self a small note when this comes around next year. Maybe a “what I hope to be doing by October” type of note. I’m sure I’ll just disappoint past-self, though.

"This next song... it's about the White Sox. It's called: F*** Em'." - Eddie Vedder

by PacificCub on Oct 7, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions

well at least i got one of them right

sigh.. it’s kind of sad to look through the original thread. So much optimism 6 months ago!

sigh.. it’s kind of sad to look through the original thread. So much optimism 6 months ago!’til next year.

by cubfan1982 on Oct 7, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

and i'm an idiot.

by cubfan1982 on Oct 7, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Emailed to ya, Al.

by Arbusto on Oct 7, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions

Received.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 7, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Got it today.

Thanks, Al!

by Arbusto on Oct 12, 2009 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions

You're welcome!

Glad it arrived safely.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Oct 13, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions

I was pretty darn close...

but not close enough.

I said 88 wins and 112 games for Bradley

by cubsgirl2 on Oct 8, 2009 12:23 AM CDT reply actions

i picked 92/120

not bad on the milton guess. but man, finishing one game over the cardinals would have been preeeetty nice.

by nathew on Oct 8, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

I'm an optimistic idiot.

by Kansas25 on Oct 8, 2009 3:40 PM CDT reply actions

I'm guessing most of us feel this way...

…except for maybe frustratedfan.

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Oct 9, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Upside down cake.

Al’s AL Central Predictions?

1. Indians
2. Twins
3. Sox
4. Royals
5. Tigers

"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009

by DrCrawdad on Oct 8, 2009 8:57 PM CDT reply actions