There are only three weeks remaining until Opening Day, so it's time for the W-L contest! Correctly guess the Red Sox's regular season record and win exciting prizes*.
Leave a comment or (if you prefer your entry to be secret) send me an email with your guess. In case of a possible tie, also include your estimate of Manny Ramirez's OPS for 2008 (OPS: on-base percentage plus slugging percentage; career stats for reference).
I will accept entries until Monday, March 24 at 5 PM -- and post the list later that evening.
Also: Check out Jere's contest for Manny's 500th career home run.
* - I'm still putting the prize package together. At the moment, I've got NESN's 2004 "Faith Rewarded" DVD (does anyone not have that?) and Jose Canseco's upcoming book "Vindicated" -- and maybe some more stuff.
89 comments:
94-68 .870
W - 98
L - 64
OPS - 1050
99-63. Manny Ramirez OPSes 940
95-67 .942
98-64
1.024
97-65, .903
99-63, .999
Sox: 97-65, Manny OPS: .960
102-60. Yes we can.
97 wins
.903
96-66, .902
97-65
OPS - .965
92-70; .950
100 - 62 1.055
Dammit! ahop and i clearly think alike...soooo close!
94 wins
1.015 OPS
95 - 67 OPS 1.038
91-71, with Manny dropping a .920 OPS on em
96 wins, .930 OPS
96-66
.986
100 wins
Manny's OPS: .892
Jack quoting Obama?
No OPS?
michael and joe grav posted the same wins and same ops.
we may need a tiebreaker for the tiebreaker!
we may need a tiebreaker for the tiebreaker!
I already suggested using Matsusaka's or Beckett's OPS in yesterday's thread. Or would that be inconsistent with never letting interleague play actually decide anything?
100-62
OPS .981
W - 101
L - 61
OPS - .940
93-69
.890
We don't need no stinkin' OPS! See any other 102 win predictions?
98-64, .964
94 W
.940 OPS
97-63
.998
96-66
OPS - .994
See any other 102 win predictions?
You are optimistic. ... Same as last year.
We've got at least one person at each spot from 91 to 102.
97-65 ops 1.062
100-62
OPS 1.000
(I like round numbers, easier for me to remember.)
99 wins; .911 OPS
We might have trouble making the playoffs with some of these predictions.......
102-60. Sorry Jack, I was going to say it even before I saw yours.
OPS .990
I could have sworn I did 102 last year, too. No?
We might have trouble making the playoffs with some of these predictions.......
I know! Stinkers. ;)
99-63 for the W-L, Manny bounces way back up to 1.002.
I wonder if we can somehow work this inspiration into the tiebreaker (or prize?).
/typical tim thought
Tim, I think I saw at SoSH that he's been arrested for this before.
If we have a length of jail sentence contest, it'll be for You Know Who!
"(I like round numbers, easier for me to remember.)"
Amy, I like round numbers with stalks. See my guess....
Redsock: Let's say there's a rainout that doesn't get made up and the final record is 101-60. The person who said 102 -60 would be closer to the winning percentage than the 101-61 person, but the 101-61 person would have nailed the number of wins. Who would win? Is it closer percentage or exact win total?
If the Red Sox are 91-0 and a strike or major catastrophe ends the season, does conrey win it with his lowball guess of 91? I think Jack would be pissed if that were the case. He'd feel like the '94 Expos.
Gotta go with strict # of wins.
Oh man, gareth with the same w-l as me and .003 off on the OPS.
If the Red Sox are 91-0 and a strike or major catastrophe ends the season, does conrey win it with his lowball guess of 91?
Yes.
Jere, even numbers with stalks? Oh, you mean like a 9 is a zero with a stalk? Or am I just missing something?
(definitely need to get my head ready for game threads!)
I just think the Rays 'n Jays are going to make the division tough (I guessed 94). Don't think it's going to keep us out of the playoffs, though. Yankees...who knows?
lewd and lascivious behavior on persons under 16
Ewww. If you're gonna go the lewd and lascivioius route, have the decency to pick an audience over the age of 18. Ick.
Long time lurker, first time commenter... this blog is always a great read, thanks redsock.
93-69, .968
91-71, 0.966
good to have you aboard, heng(s).
Ok, Laura, you forced me into a tie-breaker. It's you and me, kid. Manny comes through with a big year: 1.048
98-64
OPD 1070
L and Jack M. are clearly on the same wave-length.
2008:
Jack Marshall: 102 wins
L-girl: 102 wins
2007:
L-girl: 102 wins
2006:
Jack Marshall: 102 wins
L-girl: 101 wins
2005
L-girl: 102 wins
2004
L-girl: 101 wins
***
In 2004, I picked 102.
96-66
1.014 OPS
94-68
1.001
Amy--I just meant you went with 100/1.000, and I went with 99/.999.
redsock said...
L and Jack M. are clearly on the same wave-length.
Hell just froze over........:)
99-63, OPS .990
98-64
1.016 OPS
Ewww. If you're gonna go the lewd and lascivioius route, have the decency to pick an audience over the age of 18. Ick.
"Why don't you sit down over here for a minute. Take a seat." /Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator
:P
Jail sentence? Well, if that's the tie breaker then there's definitely only one choice there! And it's not some measly perv scout! It's some measly perv cy young winner!
And if we're discussing logic (or lack thereof) behind our predictions...for my OPS guess...I'll let the HTML do the talking. My guess was 1.024. KISS'd that one.
95-67
OPS .999
Ok, Laura, you forced me into a tie-breaker. It's you and me, kid. Manny comes through with a big year: 1.048
Sounds good to me.
Brrr, it's cold down here. ;)
95 - 67
(I think the Rays will win a couple more this year)
1062 for Manny
I say 97-65
An OPS of .931
93-69
OPS .952
L-Girl: Ah, let them mock us, the misguided fools!
let them mock us, the misguided fools!
Yeah, that's my first slogan of the season!
Mock us, you misguided fools! We will cruise to 102 wins!!
48 entries so far!
99-63
.983
101-61 1.057
Red Sox go 103-59
Manny's OPS: 0.985
103-59, Manny at .863...
91 - 71
.890
ouch
101-61, Manny .909
89-75
They call me Mr Happy
.882
89-73
They call me Mr Can't Add Up too!
.882
96-66, 1.037
98-64, .999
95 wins
1.013 OPS
From the DSF (Deep South Faction):
97-65
.919
Deep South = Manhattan
95-67
.941
96 W
66 L
.935
95-67
.968 ops
99-63
OPS = .976
Quite a spread here, so, I decided to be the eeyore of the group, 90 wins and a 1013 OPS
96-66
OPS .942
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