Pre-Season Contest Results: Congrats to the fix is in!
by Stacey on Oct 4, 2010 8:03 PM EDT
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PrintDue to the ups and downs of this season, March 2010 seems like a lifetime ago. But it was then that I presented the Camden Chat Pre-Season Contest. The premise was simple: read the two scenarios for each question and choose which one would have a higher total at the end of the season. Twenty-four questions, all about the Orioles.
The winner of the contest with a score of 20 out of 24 is the fix is in. Congrats, fix! You beat out 96 other CC'ers and it wasn't particularly close; the next highest score was 17. As I said in the original thread, the prize is the Camden Chat t-shirt of your choice. Email me your preference and I'll send it out to you right away.
The detailed results for the contest are here, including what each person voted for. If you just want to see the scores, check below the jump.
Here are the correct picks for each scenario laid out in the contest:
| Winner! | Loser! | # of correct picks (out of 97) |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Guthrie GS - 31 | SB by Brian Roberts - 12 | 61 |
| Cesar Izturis BB - 25 | HR by Adam Jones - 19 | 15 |
| Josh Bell GS - 42 | Jake Arrieta G - 18 | 47 |
| Luke Scott HR - 27 | Guthrie HR allowed - 25 | 27 |
| Blue Jays wins - 85 | Orioles wins - 66 | 5 |
| Orioles losses - 96 | Orioles wins - 66 | 66 |
| Felix Pie GS in LF - 65 | Nolan Reimold GS in LF -21 | 35 |
| Robert Andino BA*1000 - 295 | Markakis + Roberts RS - 107 | 64 |
| Adam Jones 2B - 25 | Mike Gonzalez Saves - 1 | 50 |
| Brian Matusz IP - 175.2 | Nolan Reimold OPS+ - 66 | 73 |
| Matt Wieters CS - 24 | Jim Johnson BB - 5 | 71 |
| HR by Izzy, Wiggy, Moeller, Andino - 25 | HR by Garrett Atkins - 1 | 42 |
| Miguel Tejada GIDP - 13 | Chris Tillman GS - 11 | 57 |
| Brad Bergesen GB% - 48.7% | Jeremy Guthrie FB% - 43.4 | 74 |
| Bergesen K/9 - 4.29 | Albers BB/9 - 4.04 | 60 |
| Kevin Millwood IP - 190.2 | Markakis hits - 187 | 36 |
| Albert Pujols WAR - 7.3 | Combined WAR Atkins, Roberts, Tejada, Izturis, Andino, Wiggy - 0.9 | 69 |
| Combined WAR O's starters - 7.5 | Zack Greinke WAR - 5.2 | 52 |
| O's wins vs Red Sox - 9 | O's wins vs Yankees - 5 | 42 |
| Wieters IBB - 7 | Jones IBB - 1 | 69 |
| # infielders (no catchers) - 14 | # starting pitchers - 9 | 53 |
| Pitchers taken with first 9 draft picks - 5 | Hitters taken with first 9 draft picks - 4 | 71 |
| Yankees Runs Allowed - 693 | Orioles Runs Scored - 613 | 23 |
| Duck # answers correct - 16 | Stacey # answers correct - 12 | 40 |
| Camden Chatter | Number Correct |
|---|---|
| the fix is in | 20 |
| NickMarkaces, Moose Milligan | 17 |
| Reddrummer9187, duck, patndan, kba26, camden chop, Monarkrunr | 16 |
| ryuu, rstat, silverstadium, Dave Tucker, finejuli, arlingtonOsFan, dp21991 | 15 |
| snakethejake, Andrew_G, browsermetrics, The Wizard of Paz, Trebuchet, PBR me ASAP!, swilhelmross, scohen, EverettCase, PhilR8, mamemimo, bsf, James F, ravensfan3, drj, daveh873, tjk, ryanplat, matman008 | 14 |
| twistedlogic, zsiv, Joey Merkel, kappacino91, VB O's Guy, Ihartmoynihan, mpire, whereswieters, O!, parkavery, O'sFan21, Sammy G, Knubles and bits, b_duardo, Dr. J, hts2804 | 13 |
| Gorilla Bird, thetenchimuyoyo, Craiggers, slobbity, ZacS1813, mystery tramp, zknower, psunor58, Stacey, ironmanfan08, aastyer | 12 |
| mreingold, bpinok, birdman, ron in va, Titov, LenaO, Gregory O, Ryangraves05, ccbecker86, craig3816, Rube, wetnap, Steve., Killertomato, BrianS | 11 |
| parkinglotninja, y not, Joltin Joe Orsulak, Jakattak88, dgoosenberg, omaha oriole | 10 |
| Timbo Slice, DiffFan08, Baltimo, Homuncusloth, getxstoked, NewYorkOriole, danielreese05, bwtchd9, Robert R | 9 |
| chuckthefan, siglin83 | 8 |
| EmbassyRow | 7 |
| nsteng1, CStoneNo37 | 6 |
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5th tier FTW!
I think the results were fixed, hence the fix was in.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 4, 2010 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
So 57 of you punks had no faith in me, huh?
Good thing I’m busy or I’d chance down the names and BAN ALL Y’ALL!
It wasn’t even close! 16 to 12? Stacey, you got a good ol’ fashioned Eastern Shore beatdown on this one.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
what in the hell is an eastern shore beatdown?
You know I live in Baltimore, right? I’ll cut you.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
You would bring a knife to a gun fight on the Shore, city girl.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I don't shoot guns
I would cry and then you’d feel sad and come over to make sure I’m ok and that’s when I cut you. I would be using my Baltimore street smarts and my girl wiles.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
You'll get him with ice cold water y'all, one dolla.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 4, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Baltimore street smarts, huh?
Well, you do know all the good parking garages around OPaCY, I’ll give you that.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
not that you can ever find them
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Seriously that might be the best thing that's come from me finding CC.
I love that garage.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
haha it is awesome
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I picked Stacey and am SHOCKED at the outcome! Shocked!!
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
You should respect your elders more, kid
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I guess 14 isn't so bad.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 4, 2010 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
And by 14 I mean 13.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 4, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ach...
only 9. Yeah, I WAS pretty confident in March.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
such a shame
wat happend to taht guy,he waz so gud at grammer,and speling.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 4, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He did have commas later on.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 5, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
ouch.
HR by Izzy, Wiggy, Moeller, Andino – 25 vs HR by Garrett Atkins – 1.
we really thought atkins was going to be decent for the O’s, didn’t we? let’s hope baltimore’s next reclaimation project is more successful (or at least less costly..)
Frankly I'm surprised he hit 1.
If I had gotten the chance to see him swing before making that pick I obviously would have chose differently.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Speaking for all of us in the 11 corect bracket: We don't demand a recount! Low-end Mediocrity Rules!
I mean, how else would you (charitably) describe the team’s record since ’97?
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
Here's to posting the same optimistic guesses next season and getting a better payoff!
This is a pretty good example of how the season outlook changed so dramatically right at the start. I think the average points would be higher if we’d all known about the extent of how long b-rob would be out and gonzalez blowing up as closer right out of the gate.
Ah well, hindsight :)
Gather round I will tell y-all a story
the name of the story is I won something that I forgot about completely.
I don’t really write articles, or good ones. And I’m probably more of a everyday reader and lurker than an every day commenter. I had to spit some coffee on my screen before I realized that YES my handle is on the front page.
Thanks for a unique contest, Camden Chat. This type of thing is what makes it the best Orioles blog in the whole world.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
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