We did this last year and since we're only one day into the season, let's do it again.
It's simple: pick the number of wins that the Cubs will have this year. Obviously, many of you will pick the same number, so we'll have to have a tiebreaker. Let's make the tiebreaker something we're all worried about: how many games will Milton Bradley play this year?
Leave your picks in the comments; at the end of the year I'll send this prize to the winner: "The Cubs" by Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson, a comprehensive history of the club.
Go for it! And if someone can tally up the points from the BCB Free Agent Frenzy contest from last fall -- we're going to disregard all the picks for Ben Sheets since it appears he's out for most if not all of the year -- I'll send one of these books to the winner of that one, too.
I'll start with my pick (though, if I win, the prize would go to the 2nd-place finisher). 93 wins for the Cubs, 135 games for Gameboard.