Last spring I did a post for my second annual MLB Prediction Contest, where I asked all of you to pick who would make the playoffs and which players would lead the league in key stats. I didn't anticipate falling off the face of the blogging Earth shortly thereafter. But here at The Common (Card) Man, when we say there are going to be prizes for a contest, then dammit, there's gonna be prizes, even if they are months late!
Since I didn't get to do the originally planned mid-season prize, I decided to award prizes to the top 2 finishers for the year. And boy was it a close one! Here are the results:
1. Dhoff - 128 points
2. Greg Zakwin - 127
3.The Diamond King - 119
4. Wilson - 113
5. Coronado2010 - 110
6. gcrl - 109
7. Play at the Plate - 108
8. (tie) P-Town Tom & Dion's IP Autos Only - 98
10. The Lost Collector - 79
11. Superduperman99 - 75
12. Scott Crawford - 66
For detailed results, pick by pick, click here:
2013 MLB Prediction Contest Results
Dhoff and Greg Zakwin were neck and neck, but it was Dhoff nailing the Wins leader (Max Scherzer) that sealed the deal. I will be reaching out to you guys about sending some prizes.
While picking the World Series winner wasn't officially part of the contest, everyone entered a pick - not only did no one pick the Red Sox to win it all, not one person even picked them to make the playoffs! No one said predicting the future is easy!
People were generally more successful picking the playoff teams for the National League, though no one picked Pittsburgh to reach the postseason. The LA Angels were easily the most disappointing team of the year judging by how heavily they were picked.
For the stats categories, picking Clayton Kershaw in the pitching categories was generally a recipe for success. The offensive categories were tougher, though you couldn't go too wrong picking Miguel Cabrera.
Thanks to everyone for participating! I plan on doing it again this year so I hope to see all of you back again!
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Monday, March 25, 2013
2nd Annual MLB Prediction Contest!!
Hi everybody, long time, no see. I've been on a 7-week hiatus, but I HAD to come back for a very important reason - it's time to celebrate the dawning of a new baseball season with...
The Common (Card) Man's Second Annual MLB Prediction Contest!
The idea is simple - pick which teams and players will perform best in 2013 as outlined below. We can follow along all season, and at the end we will find out (to steal a line from Bryan Alvarez at F4Wonline.com) "who was a prognosticator, and who was a FOOL~!"
The details:
So here's the deal. All you have to do is pick the playoff teams in both leagues and also who will lead the league in various statistical categories. I will compile all the entries into a page on my blog so everyone can view it throughout the year. There will be TWO prizes - one for the points leader at the All-Star Break, and a Grand Prize for the Champion at the end of the season. I don't know exactly what the prizes will be yet, but rest assured I will do my best to include multiple auto, patch, and/or other "hit" cards that fit your collection. Last year blogger Play At The Plate won the mid-season prize, and Chunter over at Chipp 'n' Dale took home the Grand Prize. I plan on putting up my own predictions to play along, but my score won't count as far as winning the prizes is concerned.
What do I have to pick?:
1.) Pick the 6 Division Champions and 4 Wild Card winners (remember there are 2 Wild Cards in each league now). Each correct guess earns 10 points. If you pick a team to win their Division and they win the Wild Card instead (or vice versa) you receive 5 points. For purposes of determining the All-Star Break prize winner, we will use which teams would make the playoffs if the season ended that day.
2.) Pick who will lead ALL of MLB (not just the AL or NL) in each of the following categories. We're going to modify the scoring for this section this year. If the player is #1 in that category you earn 20 points, and you earn 9 for second place, 8 for third, all the way down to 1 point for 10th place. Hopefully the change will make things a little more interesting in the stat categories, as last year it was FAR easier to earn points picking playoff teams than it was picking stat leaders!
Hitting Categories:
-Batting Average
-Home Runs
-RBIs
-Runs scored
-Stolen Bases
Pitching Categories:
-Wins
-ERA
-Strikeouts
-Saves
-WHIP (last year we did Holds, I think this will be better)
For the Batting Average and ERA categories the player has to qualify for the league title to count.
What if I really blow one of my picks?:
Fear not! At the All-Star Break, you are allowed to change any ONE pick to a different choice. BONUS - if you promote the contest in your blog and include a link in the comments below, you can change TWO picks at the All-Star Break.
That's it! To enter, either post your choices in the comments section of this post, or else you can email your picks to me. All entries must be received by 11:59pm on Monday, April 1st. We had 10 participants last year, hopefully we can make it a bunch more in 2013!
The Common (Card) Man's Second Annual MLB Prediction Contest!
The idea is simple - pick which teams and players will perform best in 2013 as outlined below. We can follow along all season, and at the end we will find out (to steal a line from Bryan Alvarez at F4Wonline.com) "who was a prognosticator, and who was a FOOL~!"
The details:
So here's the deal. All you have to do is pick the playoff teams in both leagues and also who will lead the league in various statistical categories. I will compile all the entries into a page on my blog so everyone can view it throughout the year. There will be TWO prizes - one for the points leader at the All-Star Break, and a Grand Prize for the Champion at the end of the season. I don't know exactly what the prizes will be yet, but rest assured I will do my best to include multiple auto, patch, and/or other "hit" cards that fit your collection. Last year blogger Play At The Plate won the mid-season prize, and Chunter over at Chipp 'n' Dale took home the Grand Prize. I plan on putting up my own predictions to play along, but my score won't count as far as winning the prizes is concerned.
What do I have to pick?:
1.) Pick the 6 Division Champions and 4 Wild Card winners (remember there are 2 Wild Cards in each league now). Each correct guess earns 10 points. If you pick a team to win their Division and they win the Wild Card instead (or vice versa) you receive 5 points. For purposes of determining the All-Star Break prize winner, we will use which teams would make the playoffs if the season ended that day.
2.) Pick who will lead ALL of MLB (not just the AL or NL) in each of the following categories. We're going to modify the scoring for this section this year. If the player is #1 in that category you earn 20 points, and you earn 9 for second place, 8 for third, all the way down to 1 point for 10th place. Hopefully the change will make things a little more interesting in the stat categories, as last year it was FAR easier to earn points picking playoff teams than it was picking stat leaders!
Hitting Categories:
-Batting Average
-Home Runs
-RBIs
-Runs scored
-Stolen Bases
Pitching Categories:
-Wins
-ERA
-Strikeouts
-Saves
-WHIP (last year we did Holds, I think this will be better)
For the Batting Average and ERA categories the player has to qualify for the league title to count.
What if I really blow one of my picks?:
Fear not! At the All-Star Break, you are allowed to change any ONE pick to a different choice. BONUS - if you promote the contest in your blog and include a link in the comments below, you can change TWO picks at the All-Star Break.
That's it! To enter, either post your choices in the comments section of this post, or else you can email your picks to me. All entries must be received by 11:59pm on Monday, April 1st. We had 10 participants last year, hopefully we can make it a bunch more in 2013!
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