In the chat room, we came up with a challenge for our next baseball season. The winner will be entered into the next CCNET draft at the position of their choice. They'll begiven "perennial all-star ratings." Post: 1. Your predictions for the division winners and wild cards. You get 1 point for every correct prediction. Two points for the WS winner. 2. Your predictions for the post season awards here. You'll get 1 point for every correct prediction, except RoY... since this is sooo difficult, you'll get 2 for this one. 3. Your prediction for the All-Star winner. 1 point 4. Your prediction for our league leaders for avg, home runs, RBI, wins, ERA, and saves. 1/2 point for every correct prediction. (Both AL & NL) 5. Tie breaker: Your prediction for our ccnet baseball sim league Tank-a-thon 2k6 champion. The deadline is the start of the season.
Oh, one other thing: To encourage creativity, you can make your own prediction. Formulate it like this: Who will be 3rd in the AL in batting? Answer: Ichiro (or whoever) I will assign a number of points for answering your question correctly, based on my own assessment of how difficult the question was. You only get one of these. If you do a very easy one, like "who will finish 2nd in the the NL Central" (sorry sammy), you're more likely get your answer right... but that wouldn't be worth very much at all. On the other hand, if your question is "who will lead the league in pinch hits with runners in scoring position," you might rack up some serious bonus points.
1. Division winners AL East-Richmond Central-Cleveland West-Mexico City WC-Chicago Whitesox NL East-Atlanta Central-Houston West-Arizona WC-Chicago Cubs ALDS Richmond vs. Mexico City-Richmond Cleveland vs Chicago-Chicago ALCS Richmond vs Chicago-Richmond NL Houston vs Arizona-Houston Chicago vs Atlanta-Chicago NLCS Houston vs Chicago-Chicago WS Richmond vs Chicago-Richmond in 7 AL Awards MVP-Carlos Delgado Cy Young-Mark Mulder ROY-Roy Hobbs NL Awards MVP-Troy Glaus Cy Young-Roy Oswalt ROY-Vince Bates All Star Game Winner the AL AL League Leaders Avg-Jermaine Dye HRS-Carlos Delgado RBI-Carlos Delgado ERA-Mark Mulder Wins-Josh Beckett Saves-Keith Foulke NL League Leaders Avg-Lance Berkman Hrs-Sammy Sosa RBIS-Troy Glaus Era-Roy Oswalt Wins-Roy Oswalt Saves-Kasuhiro Sasaki Tankathon Champ Pittsburgh Pirates My own question who will lead the Al in Walks(as a batter this yr)-Ryan Klesko
1. American League AL East: Richmond AL Central: Chicago AL West: Anaheim Wild Card: Cleveland Division Series: Richmond over Anaheim Chicago over Cleveland ALCS: Chicago over Richmond National League East Winner: Atlanta Central Winner: Houston West Winner: Arizona Wild Card Winner: Chicago Division series: Atlanta over Chicago Houston over Arizona NLCS: Houston over Atlanta World Series: Houston over Chicago (AL) in 6 2. AL Awards: MVP: Carlos Delgado Cy Young: Pedro Martinez ROY: Lou Rodriguez NL Awards: MVP: Lance Berkman Cy Young: Roy Oswalt ROY: Roberto Martinez 3. All-Star Winner: NL 4. AL League Leaders: Batting Average: Ichiro Suzuki Homers: Carlos Delgado RBI: Chipper Jones ERA: Pedro Martinez Wins: Chris George Saves: Keith Foulke NL League leaders: Batting average: Lance Berkman Homers: Sammy Sosa RBI: Vladimir Guerrero ERA: Roy Oswalt Wins: Roy Oswalt Saves: Billy Wagner 5.- Tankathon Champ: Pittsburgh Pirates 6. Who will lead the NL in triples: Esteban German (going out on a limb since he'll miss the first 3-4 weeks of the season.
Cuttino, how could you take the rookie of the year away from me and not predict me to win my first playoff series.
1) AL East- Richmond Al Central- Cleveland AL West- Mexico Wild Card- NYA Divisional Series Richmond over Cleveland Mexico City over NYA LCS Richmond over Mexico City NL East- NYM Central- Houston West- Colorado Wildcard- Chicago Divisional Series Houston over Colorado Chicago over NYM LCS Houston over Chicago WS Houston over Richmond in 5 2) Awards AL: MVP Delgado CY Young- Martinez ROY Steve Savory NL: MVP-Berkman CY-Prior ROY-B Tyrell 3) All-Star Winner- NL 4)League Leaders AL: Batting- Ichiro HR- Delgado RBI- Delgado ERA- Martinez Wins- Mulder Saves- Foulke NL: Batting- Berkman HR- Sosa RBI-Sosa ERA-Prior Wins- Oswalt Saves-Wagner 5) Tank-a-thon: Pirates 6) Who will lead the NL in K's? Mark Prior 6.5) Who will lead the NL in Batting avg for a pitcher? Mike Hampton
1) AL Division Winners East: Richmond Central: Cleveland West: Mexico City WC: New Orleans NL East: Atlanta Central: Chicago West: Arizona WC: Houston Division Series: Richmond over New Orleans Cleveland over Mexico City Chicago over Arizona Houston over Atlanta LCS: Richmond over Cleveland Chicago over Houston World Series: Chicago over Richmond 2) AL Postseason Awards MVP: Bagwell Cy Young: Pedro Martinez ROY: Tony Blanco NL MVP: Guerrero Cy Young: Oswalt ROY: Glenn Smither 3) All Star Game: National League 4) AL League Leaders: Average: Ichiro Homers: Delgado RBI: Bagwell Wins: Pedro ERA: Pedro Saves: Kim NL Average: Guerrero Homers: Sosa RBI: Glaus Wins: Oswalt ERA: Oswalt Saves: Wagner 5) Tankathon: Pirates 6) Special Category: At least 3 of the five worst teams in the league last season (Frisco, Vegas, Memphis, Hawaii, Pittsburg) will win at least 70 games, and at least 1 will have a winning record.
I'm ineligible for the contest, but I'm going to throw up my predictions anyway: 1)a AL West - Anaheim AL Central - Cleveland AL East - Richmond Wild Card - eYankees NL West - Arizona NL Central - Houston NL West - Atlanta Wild Card - Chicago b) ALDS - Richmond over Cleveland ALDS - Anaheim over eYankees NLDS - Houston over Arizona NLDS - Chicago over Atlanta ALCS - Anaheim over Richmond NLCS - Houston over Chicago WS - Houston over Anaheim 2)AL MVP - Ona Mellon AL Cy Young - Kris Benson AL RoY - Francisco Rodriguez (you've got it, I'm predicting an Anaheim sweep!) NL MVP - Lance Berkman NL Cy Young - Chris Capuano NL RoY - Roberto Martinez 3) NL 4) AL Avg - Ichiro Suzuki HR - Carlos Delgado RBI - Ona Mellon ERA - Pedro Martinez Wins - Kris Benson Saves - John Rocker NL Avg - Lance Berkman HR - Sammy Sosa RBI - Vlad Guerrero ERA - Chris Capuano Wins - Roy Oswalt Saves - Vincente Padilla 5) Las Vegas EDIT: 6) Which player will have the leagues highest RBI streak? Answer: Vladimir Guerrero
1)a AL West - Anaheim AL Central - Cleveland AL East - Richmond Wild Card - eYankees NL West - Arizona NL Central - Houston NL West - Atlanta Wild Card - Chicago b) ALDS - Richmond over Cleveland ALDS - Yankees over Anaheim NLDS - Houston over Arizona NLDS - Chicago over Atlanta ALCS - Yankees over Richmond NLCS - Houston over Chicago WS - Houston over Yankees 2)AL MVP - Delgado AL Cy Young - Pedro Martinez AL RoY - Ray Johnson NL MVP - Lance Berkman NL Cy Young - Roy Oswalt NL RoY - Roberto Martinez 3) NL 4) AL Avg - Ichiro Suzuki HR - Carlos Delgado RBI - Delgado ERA - Pedro Martinez Wins - Pedro Martinez Saves - John Rocker NL Avg - Lance Berkman HR - Sammy Sosa RBI - Vlad Guerrero ERA - Roy Oswalt Wins - Roy Oswalt Saves - Vincente Padilla 5) My Red Sox Who will set the record this year for fewest wins in a season? My 2006 Boston Red Sox.
1) AL West - Anaheim AL Central - Cleveland AL East - NY Yankees Wild Card - Richmond NL West - Arizona NL Central - Houston NL West - Atlanta Wild Card - Chicago ALDS - Richmond over Cleveland ALDS - Yankees over Anahiem NLDS - Houston over Arizona NLDS - Chicago over Atlanta ALCS - Yankees over Richmond NLCS - Houston over Chicago WS - Houston over Yankees 2)AL MVP - Ona Mellon AL Cy Young - Pedro Martinez AL ROY - Stover Darby! NL MVP - Lance Berkman NL Cy Young - Roy Oswalt NL ROY - Roberto Martinez 3) NL 4) AL Avg - Ichiro Suzuki AL HR - Ona Mellon AL RBI - Ona Mellon AL ERA - Pedro Martinez AL Wins - Pedro Martinez AL Saves - John Rocker NL Avg - Lance Berkman NL HR - Sammy Sosa NL RBI - Vlad Guerrero NL ERA - Roy Oswalt NL Wins - Roy Oswalt NL Saves - Billy Wagner 5) Pirates 6) Who will finish first in steals among all rookies? Stover Sackett
1. AL East: Rebels AL Central: Crawdads AL West: Wakefields AL Wildcard: evil Yanks alds: rebels vs. wakefields-wakefields alds: crawdads vs. evil yanks-crawdads alcs: wakefields vs. crawdads-wakefields NL East: Braves NL Central: Astros NL West: D'Backs NL Wildcard: Cubbies nlds: astros vs. cubbies-astros nlds: braves vs. d'backs-braves nlcs: astros vs. braves-astros ws: astros vs. wakefields-wakefields 2. AL MVP: Casey Kotchman AL Cy Young: Chris Bootcheck AL ROY: Francisco Rodriguez NL MVP: Lance Berkman NL Cy Young: Barry Zito NL ROY: Roberto Martinez 3. AL 4. AL Avg: Ichiro Suzuki AL HR: Ona Mellon AL RBI: Casey Kotchman AL ERA: Ramon Ortiz AL Wins: Chris Bootcheck AL Saves: Flash Gordon NL Avg: Lance Berkman NL HR: Sammy Sosa NL RBI: Vlad Guerrero NL ERA: Barry Zito NL Wins: Barry Zito NL Saves: Billy Wagner 5. Pirates 6. Rookie Steals: Jayson Nix
1. ALE: Richmond ALC: Chicago ALW: Mexico City ALWC: New Orleans NLE: Braves NLC: Astros NLW: Arizona NLWC: Chicago ALDS: Richmond over NO ALDS: Mexico City over Chicago NLDS: Houston over Arizona NLDS: Atlanta over Chicago ALCS: Richmond over M.C. NLCS: Houton over Atlanta WS: Houston over Richmond 2) AL MVP: Delgado AL ROY: F.Rodriguez AL Cy Young: Pedro Martinez NL MVP: Berkman NL ROY: Pat Gutierrez NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt 3) ASG: NL wins 4) AL-- AVG: Ichiro HR: Delgado RBI: Delgado ERA: Pedro Martinez WINS: Kris Benson SAVES: Keith Foulke NL-- AVG: Berkman HR: Sosa RBI: Guerrero ERA: Oswalt Wins: Redding SAVES: Wagner 5) TankMaster-- Austin 6) Most Improved Team--San Francisco (In terms of wins over last season)
American League: East: Richmond Central: Chicago West: Mexico City WC: New York National League: East: Braves Central: Astros West: Arizona WC: Chicago ALDS: Richmond over Chicago ALDS: Mexico City over New York NLDS: Houston over Arizona NLDS: Chicago over Atlanta ALCS: Mexico City over Richmond NLCS: Houston over Chicago WS: Houston over Mexico City AL MVP: Ona Mellon AL ROY: Roy Hobbs AL Cy Young: Pedro Martinez NL MVP: Lance Berkman NL ROY: Pat Gutierrez NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt All Star Game: AL wins AL: AVG - Ichiro HR - Delgado RBI - Mellon ERA: Kris Benson WINS: Pedro Martinez SAVES: Keith Foulke NL-- AVG - Berkman HR - Guerrero RBI - Berkman ERA: Oswalt Wins: Oswalt SAVES: Wagner TankMaster: Pittsburgh Team with most blown saves: Mets
NL East: Braves NL Central: Astros NL West: D-backs NL WC: Cubs Astros over D-backs. Cubs over Braves. Astros over Cubs. AL East: Yankees AL Central: Indians AL West: Anaheim AL WC: Rebels Indians over Rebels. Anaheim over Yankees. Indians over Anaheim. WS: Astros AL MVP: Carlos Delgado AL Cy: Pedro AL ROY: Francisco Rodriguez NL MVP: Vlad Guerrero NL Cy: Oswalt NL ROY: Roberto Martinez NL wins the All-Star game. 4. Your prediction for our league leaders for avg, home runs, RBI, wins, ERA, and saves. 1/2 point for every correct prediction. (Both AL & NL) NL AVG: Lance Berkman NL HR: Sammy Sosa NL RBI: Vladimir Guerrero NL Wins: Roy Oswalt NL ERA: Roy Oswalt NL Saves: Billy Wagner AL AVG: Vernon Wells AL HR: Todd Linden AL RBI: Carlos Delgado AL Wins: Kris Benson AL ERA: Pedro Martinez AL Saves: Keith Foulke Tank-a-thon: Las Vegas Most Complete Games surrendering fewer than 7 hits: Chris George
1) AL East- Richmond Al Central- Cleveland AL West- Mexico Wild Card- NYA Divisional Series Richmond over Cleveland Mexico City over NYA LCS Mexico City over Richmond NL East- Atlanta Central- Houston West- Arizona Wildcard- Chicago Divisional Series Houston over Arizona Chicago over Atlanta LCS Houston over Chicago WS Houston over Mexico City in 7 2) Awards AL: MVP Delgado CY Young- Martinez ROY Roy Hobbs NL: MVP-Berkman CY-Prior ROY-B Tyrell 3) All-Star Winner- AL 4)League Leaders AL: Batting- Ichiro HR- Bonds RBI- Delgado ERA- Martinez Wins- Mulder Saves- Foulke NL: Batting- Berkman HR- Sosa RBI-Sosa ERA-Prior Wins- Maddux Saves-Wagner 5) Tank-a-thon: Portland 6) What will be the weakest division...the AL west..only 2 teams will finish with winning records in Mexico City and Anaheim
1) AL Division Winners East: Richmond Central: Cleveland West: Mexico City WC: Chicago NL East: Atlanta Central: Chicago West: Arizona WC: Houston Division Series: Chicago over Richmond Cleveland over Mexico City Chicago over Arizona Houston over Atlanta LCS: ChicagoA over Cleveland Chicago over Houston World Series: ChicagoN over ChicagoA 2) AL Postseason Awards MVP: Delgado Cy Young: Pedro Martinez ROY: Lou Rodriguez NL MVP: Guerrero Cy Young: Oswalt ROY: Glenn Smither 3) All Star Game: National League 4) AL League Leaders: Average: Ichiro Homers: Delgado RBI: Bagwell Wins: Pedro ERA: Pedro Saves: Foulke NL Average: Guerrero Homers: Sosa RBI: Glaus Wins: Oswalt ERA: Oswalt Saves: Wagner 5) Tankathon: Las Vegas 6) Who will have the highest team batting average in the entire ML this year? Richmond
1)a AL West - Mexico City AL Central - Cleveland AL East - Yankees Wild Card - White Sox NL West - Arizona NL Central - Houston NL West - NY Mets Wild Card - Chicago b) ALDS - Mexico City over Cleveland ALDS - Yankees over White Sox NLDS - Houston over D-Backs NLDS - Chicago over Mets ALCS - Mexico City over Yankees NLCS - Houston over Chicago WS - Mexico City over Houston 2)AL MVP - Carlos Delgado AL Cy Young - Ryan Anderson AL RoY - Roy Hobbs NL MVP - Jason Giambi NL Cy Young - Roy Oswalt NL RoY - Pat Gutierrez 3) NL 4) AL Avg - Ichiro Suzuki HR - Carlos Delgado RBI - Ona Mellon ERA - Ryan Anderson Wins - Pedro Martinez Saves - John Rocker NL Avg - Lance Berkman HR - Sammy Sosa RBI - Vlad Guerrero ERA - Roy Oswalt Wins - Roy Oswalt Saves - Vincente Padilla 5) Hawaii 6) The winner of tank-a-thon will have 110 losses...
