FishStripes Prediction Contest

by mike42 on Sep 14, 2005 10:45 AM EDT in News Comment 26 comments

It's contest time once again at FishStripes, and this time we have prizes! Courtesy of our good friend Seamusfurr, we have two sets of mint-condition Pacific Collection cards which commemorate the 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins. The cards are in Spanish and are very nice looking.

So, what do you have to do to win one of these sets of cards? Well, it's fairly simple: we're going to pick award winners and statistical leaders for both leagues. Whoever makes the most correct predictions in a league will win one set of the cards.

Make your picks in the comments below (and feel free to add any additional commentary). "Anonymous Hero" is still enabled, but don't use that to make your picks (otherwise I won't know who you are). We'll know the winners once the awards are handed out.

Most importantly, anyone is welcome to play. The tables have been pre-populated with our Ichthyomancy regulars, but that's just because it's easier for me. If you're a Marlins fan, a card collector, or just someone who thinks they know more than the rest of us, feel free to sign up and play.

Here's a summary of the categories:

1. MVP - the league's MVP winner
2. Cy Young - the league's Cy Young Award winner
3. Rookie - Rookie of the Year
4. Manager - Manager of the Year
5. Comeback - Comeback Player of the Year (Nominees)
6. Batting - batting average champion
7. HR - home run champion
8. RBI - league leader in RBI
9. ERA - league leader in (low) ERA
10. BB - (NL only) number of homers that Barry Bonds hits

EDIT: I'm going to make picks, but rule myself ineligible for prizes.

National League

Person	MVP	Cy Young	Rookie	Manager	Comeback	Batting	HR	RBI	ERA	BB
Carolina
Colombo259	Pujols	Carpenter	Francoeur	Randolph	Jones	Lee	Jones	Pujols	Clemens	5
Craig
Danielfred1235	Pujols	Carpenter	Taveras	Garner	Griffey	DLee	Jones	Pujols	Clemens	7
Dex
Double B
Fishfan24
Jsprt05	Pujols	Carpenter	Taveras	Cox	Griffey	Lee	Jones	Jones	Clemens	4
Mike42	Pujols	Willis	Howard	Cox	Griffey	DLee	Jones	Jones	Clemens	6
Seamusfurr	Pujols	Carpeneter	Taveras	LaRussa	Griffey	Pujols	Jones	Jones	Clemens	3
StrandedX02	Pujols	Carpenter	Francoeur	Cox	Griffey	Pujols	Jones	Jones	Clemens	5
Wiggins

American League

Person	MVP	Cy Young	Rookie	Manager	Comeback	Batting	HR	RBI	ERA
Carolina
Colombo259	Vlad	Colon	Cano	Guillen	Giambi	Young	Ortiz	Ramirez	Millwood
Craig
Danielfred1235	ARod.com	Colon	Swisher	Macha	Giambi	Young	ARod.com	Ortiz	Millwood
Dex
Double B
Fishfan24
Jsprt05	Ortiz	Colon	Cano	Guillen	Giambi	Young	Ortiz	Teixeira	Millwood
Mike42	Vlad	Buehrle	Iguchi	Guillen	Halladay	Young	Konerko	Teixeira	Buehrle
Seamusfurr	Ortiz	Colon	Swisher	Guillen	Zito	ARod.com	ARod.com	Ortiz	Buehrle
StrandedX02	Ortiz	Colon	Street	Guillen	Zito	Young	Ortiz	Ortiz	Santana
Wiggins

All predictions must be made by midnight on September 20th.

If you'd like to suggest other categories, feel free to leave your suggestions in the comments.

Thank you to Seamusfurr for offering up prizes!

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I clearly will not win

As I've picked with my heart and not with my head (for the most part). Too much Willis, Vlad, and White Sox.

by mike42 on Sep 14, 2005 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh

And I like Griffey and Halladay for Comeback because they could both come back and win it again next year (unfortunately for them).

by mike42 on Sep 14, 2005 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

picks

MVP: NL- Albert Pujols; AL- Vladimir Gurerro
Cy Young- NL: Chris Carpenter; AL: Bartolo Colon
Rookie - NL: Jeff Francouer; AL: Robinson Cano
Manager - NL: Willie Randolph; AL: Ozzie Guillen
Comeback - NL: Todd Jones; AL: Jason Giambi
Batting - NL: Derrek Lee; AL: Mike Young
HR - NL: Andruw Jones; AL: David Ortiz
RBI - NL: Albert Pujols; AL: Manny Ramirez
ERA - NL: The Rocket; AL: Kevin Millwood
BB - 5

Jeremy Hermida: the only fashionable man-crush.

by colombo259 on Sep 14, 2005 1:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Randolph?

Really - for NL Manager of the Year?

by mike42 on Sep 14, 2005 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sorry

those are my picks

Mmmm....Fish Sticks

by Jsprtold on Sep 14, 2005 1:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Contest

These prizes are rad, and they're in the mail, Mike.

I'm going to pick just to play, but of course, I won't claim prizes when I win. :)

MVP - Pujols
Cy Young - Carpenter
Rookie - Taveras
Manager - Tony LaRu
Comeback - Griffey
Batting - Pujols
HR - Andruw
RBI - Andruw
ERA - Clemens
BB - 3 HR

MVP - Ortiz
Cy Young - Colon
Rookie - Swisher
Manager - Guillen
Comeback - Zito
Batting - Pujols
HR - A-Rod
RBI - Ortiz
ERA - Buehrle

"I'm not as deep and complicated as people think." -Mike Tyson

by seamusfurr on Sep 14, 2005 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Error! Error!

I meant A-Rod for AL batting champ.

"I'm not as deep and complicated as people think." -Mike Tyson

by seamusfurr on Sep 14, 2005 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Picks

NL:
MVP - Pujols (obviously)
Cy Young - Carpenter
Rookie - Taveras (provided he rebounds from that injury last night)
Manager - Phil Garner (he took the team from 15 games under .500 to 15 over in the same season, that says something)
Comeback - Griffey (much as I think Todd deserves it, Griffey will get it b/c of name recognition)
Batting - DLee
HR - Andruw
RBI - Pujols
ERA - Clemens
Barry Bonds - 7

AL:
MVP - ARod.com
Cy Young - Bartolo Colon
Rookie - Swisher
Manager - Macha (for much of the same reasons as I chose Garner)
Comeback - Giambi
Batting - Michael Young
HR - ARod.com
RBI - Big Papi
ERA -

Eliminate and abolish redundancy!

by danielfred1235 on Sep 14, 2005 2:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Picks

NL:
MVP - Pujols
Cy - Carpenter
Rookie - Francouer
Manager - Cox
Comeback - Griffey
Batting - Pujols
HR - A. Jones
RBI - Jones
ERA - Clemens
BB - 5

AL:
MVP - Papi
Cy - Colon
Rookie - Street
Manager - Ozzie
Comeback - Zito
Batting - Young
HR - Papi
RBI - Papi
ERA - Santana

Cause all we know is falling...

by StrandedX02 on Sep 14, 2005 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ok - we're current for the moment

Is everyone going with what they think will happen or what they hope will happen? I have a feeling that I was more hopeful than the rest of you.

by mike42 on Sep 14, 2005 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whoops

Put Millwood in for AL ERA for me.

Eliminate and abolish redundancy!

by danielfred1235 on Sep 14, 2005 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can I just put

Mike's mom for everything?

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You can do whatever you want, Wiggy

But it won't happen, you won't win, and I won't put it in the tables.

by mike42 on Sep 15, 2005 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh.

But I can put it in the tabels...

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or tables...

if you like.

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When you leaving for Clemson?

Are you out of contact for the weekend? No reason - just asking...

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I leave tomorrow night

But Uncle Craig will be in charge.

Any funny stuff will be cleaned up, I'm sure.

Or you should ban me while I'm away - otherwise I'll ban you when I get back.

by mike42 on Sep 15, 2005 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh.

What? NOW you don't trust me? I'll be good.

I swear.

I feel good by the way. Next week - we can look at setting something up, assuming that's cool.

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think you want to be trusted

Next week sounds good. Hopefully the Fish won't implode before then and there will be something positive to write about.

by mike42 on Sep 15, 2005 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amen, brother.

But I think your problem with me right now is that guy in the Blogad reminding you of my beloved Noles and Skins everytime you come here.

It'll be alright - he'll go away soon. Hopefully they'll bring back the hot chicks, no?

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Either that

or the fact that I keep talking about your mom.

Not sure which.

by wiggins on Sep 15, 2005 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by danielfred1235 on Sep 16, 2005 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Julian's not winning anything this year.

Oops.

by mike42 on Sep 16, 2005 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Points

The award winners (other than Comeback) haven't been announced yet, but we know all of the season leaders (and how many homers Barry Bonds hit). So far, here's how the points break down:

NL:
Jsprt, Mike, Stranded - 5
Colombo, Daniel, Seamus - 4

AL:
Daniel - 5
Colombo, Jsprt - 3
Seamus, Stranded - 2
Mike - 1

by mike42 on Oct 10, 2005 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs