Due 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 |