BCB Prediction Contest!
by Al Yellon on Apr 7, 2009 6:29 PM CDT
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PrintWe 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.
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Have the book already
but I’ll guess 94-68 and 140 games for Bradley.
Book it.
100-62
131 games for Milton
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Apr 7, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions
May I just say...
…that I am shocked by your optimistic prediction for Bradley. Have a change of heart?
"Let it begin! Let it begin!" ~ Rhino
I'm the expert here
97 for Cubs
112 for Gameboard
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king -- Bob Dylan
92 Wins
Bradley plays 137 games. The link to the FA Frenzy is broke btw.
"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti
Fixed the Free Agent Frenzy link. Thanks.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Here goes
92 and 117
"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux
My guess is
94-68…winning the NL Central by 8 games over the Brewers.
128 games for Milton, with a .302 avg., 26 homers, 87 RBIs and a .956 OPS.
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Apr 7, 2009 6:46 PM CDT reply actions
Everyone should rec this I think so that it goes up top
for a while.
The more, the merrier right?
"Why do you always point to the sky when Zambrano starts?" My girlfriend.
"You just wouldn't get it...it's a Cubs thing..." Me.
by cubs2k8isnxtyear on Apr 7, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions
Pick time.
93 wins, 114 games for Milton.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.
95 wins
130 games for Bradley
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
Pessimist Alert
I’ll say 91 wins (it would have been 101 if we would have gotten Peavy….jk) and 72 games for Bradley (he almost didn’t make it through last night).
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
95 wins
118 games for Bradley
"That's what you live for. You live for the opportunity and when that day comes, you better be ready," Soto said. "I tried to make sure that whenever they gave me a chance, I was ready and I knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity."
94 W FLAGS
109 GAMES FOR DHL
AND A WISH FOR DUNN
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
And a big HELLOOOOOO to myself in the future.
Remember, you rule Dan, you rule.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
99 wins 61 wins and one non made up rainout << yeah ill be that guy
Gameboard plays 131
Funny how loneliness sounds so good, until you hear the echoes of your soul burning a hole in your shirt. -DJM
sorry 99 wins, 61 loses.
Funny how loneliness sounds so good, until you hear the echoes of your soul burning a hole in your shirt. -DJM
98 wins (1 down, 97 to go)...
…and Mr. Bradley gets into 117 games.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
95 Wins
Bradely plays 120 games
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
90 wins for the Cubs
and 110 games for Bradley. Thought I’d shoot a little low, so when both the team and Milton exceed my expectations, I can be pleasantly surprised.
"Any old kind of run wins it!"--Jack Brickhouse
by MannyTrilloFlipsTo1B on Apr 7, 2009 8:11 PM CDT reply actions
I am on record somewhere between 99-102
101
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
102-60
127 games for Milton Badley
I didn't get the players I wanted in the offseason!! Hopefully I get what I want in the Regular Season---The World Series Trophy!! Go Cubbies!!
93 Wins
131 games played by Bradley
"The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love." ~Bryant Gumbel
95 wins
145 games
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
95 Up 67 Down
Win by 3 games over St Louis
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
101 wins (hopeful)
125 games for Gameboard
Don't assault me and I won't assault you, because you don't know what I will, or won't, do. I'm going to end it with that. - Milton Bradley 2003 to Paul Lo Duca
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Apr 7, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions
Just to be out of the mainstream...
…..I’ll say 87 wins (good for a wild card berth) and 105 games for Milton.
"[I]f we get a Jumbotron, I can't pull the instant replay thing on all the rookies. Every time there's a good play, we're like, 'Oh, look at the replay,' and you get the rookies to look at the scoreboard." - Ryan Dempster, 2 January 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Apr 7, 2009 10:20 PM CDT reply actions
Bullpen, Bullpen, Bullpen
89 WIns, and 117 Games for Gameboard.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
98 wins
139 games for gameboard, with a .304 average, 30 home runs, 60 RBIs.
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
My guess
91 Wins and 124 games for Sir Milton.
89 Wins
130 games for Bradley
11 post-season wins
go cubbies!
94 wins
122 for Bradley
"Blagojevich's telephone log shows several calls to members of the team, including manager Lou Piniella, coach Larry Rothschild and John McDonough," -The Chicago Tribune 4/31/09
95 wins
115 games for Bradley
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 8, 2009 4:58 AM CDT reply actions
96 wins
141 games for Bradley
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
92 and 132
Put me down for 92 wins and 132 games from Bradley.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
94 and 128
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Apr 8, 2009 8:43 AM CDT reply actions
98 wins
and 150 games for Bradley
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
Well is won't be 162 wins....
91 wins, 118 games for MB
Damn!! Last nights lost foiled my prediction of 162-0, just thought it was our year
And Bradley deciding to play TWO games ruins my oregoction of one for him! Tisk tisk tisk
#34: You'll be missed!
lol! It's a vocabulary builder
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king -- Bob Dylan
Epic win.
A search for “oregoction” on dictionary.com asks, “Did you mean e-rection?”
No. No I did not.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Apr 8, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
LMEO
Laugh my erection off
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
ok here is mine
101 wins (none in Houston vs Mil this season, sorry Z)
138 from MB
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
Thanks for all the entries.
I’ll leave comments open on this post through this weekend, for more.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
93 Wins
127 games for Bradley
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." ~ Frank Sinatra
I think the posts for you is quite low!
I know I’m gonna reach my 10,000th before the month is over
#34: You'll be missed!
I wonder if there's a sabermagician out there...
…who could project my ADP (average daily posts), WPP (words per post) and TP (total posts) for the season. Pick me up for your fantasy leagues, people. I will produce.
"Let it begin! Let it begin!" ~ Rhino
95 wins with only 161 played with one cancelled due to rain
Bradley plays 149 games
#34: You'll be missed!
95 Wins
If the team stays at it is now, I’d say 93. However, I don’t see the Cubs standing pat, so I will add 2 more.
Officially, then, I am going with:
95 wins
125 games for Bradley.
91 Wins
and 71 losses, with Bradley playing 113 games.
by Jimmy Rameneesha on Apr 8, 2009 12:51 PM CDT reply actions
Interrupting for a moment...
… I still need a tally for the Free Agent Frenzy contest, so I can send out the prize.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
If this still needs done during the game, Al, I'll be glad to do it.
Gotta pop into work for a bit, but should be back in time for first pitch.
I left my clever sig line in my other pants.
Thanks!
Here’s what znohitter sent me:
45 valid entries were posted. Several individuals failed to use each number once and so were excluded from competition.
billybuck and Seamer tied with 80 points out of a possible 120; both got 8 picks right.
Thus, billybuck and Seamer are named co-winners. You’ll both get prizes. Email me and I’ll send them out to you. Other notes sent by znohitter on the Free Agent Frenzy contest:
Everyone got hosed by the Wood signing. Only MDBNIU (BLou) had Wood moving to another team (the Mets). He also had Wood as his least certain pick, and so lost the least points on Wood as a result.
Dan said hi to his future self. He was so foolish back then, he only got 16 points and tied for 44th. Hopefully he has grown wiser in the off season.
Shanghai Badger called Sheets being injured, as did leothelip (who I included on the list even though he gave no numbers because of his comments; he got 4 picks right).
You (Al) got 43 points and wound up tied for 27th.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
you're a ray of sunshine.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Apr 8, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
92 wins
Bradley plays 134 games
Harry Caray: Marshall is going back to LA to get cocaine for his injured foot.
Steve Stone: Harry, that’s Novocaine.
by Julio Zuleta's Voodoo on Apr 8, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions
Why didn't you tell us frustratedfan was going with you on vacation?
"Let it begin! Let it begin!" ~ Rhino
And you're already wrong, since the Cubs are now 2-1!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
101
Milton Bradley…119 (fingers crossed…specially after his cart wheel in game one and almost destroying his ankle while trotting to first and stepping on the bag funny)
92 wins
125 games played by Bradley
"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield
93 Wins
124 games for Bradley
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar-tissue." -George F. Will
by In Piniella We Trustiella on Apr 9, 2009 12:10 AM CDT reply actions
99-63
135 games for Gameboard
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by Chris Dobbertean on Apr 9, 2009 8:56 AM CDT reply actions
97 Wins 137 Games Played for Bradley
"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher
95 wins
141 games for Milton
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
100 Wins, 62 losses
MB plays 129 games
"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."
91 Wins
and Milton Bradley will play in 117 games this year. He will be healthy in time for the playoffs, though, and that is really what matters
Winner
99 wins.
147 Games for Bradely
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
100 wins
Bradley plays 140.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Thanks for all the entries!
I am going to close comments (and thus, entries) on this post late this afternoon (Friday, April 10). Get your picks in by the end of today’s game!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
The contest is closed.
Thanks for all the entries and good luck!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
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