Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
Congrats to my fellow psychics:beerme::):cool:
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Originally Posted by
Highlifeman21
If the Reds beat up on the mighty might Pirates and pull off the win that will propel us to greatness in 2010, leaving us with 78 for this season, the following people correctly picked 78:
gonelong 78
edabbs44 78
cumberlandreds 78
BRM 78
kbrake 78
Mario-Rijo 78
Red in Chicago 78
HumnHilghtFreel 78
Boss-Hog 78
GoReds33 78
Stormy 78
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
Being the Admin for the site, I'm calling shenanigans on Boss-Hog. He's clearly fiddled with the numbers to make him a winner. :D
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
wheels
It's amazing to me that they've won 77 games.
Indeed. And I'll be kind of pollyanna-ish: a testament to not rolling over and dying. This team shouldn't have won 70 games, but they blew that benchmark out of the water. Proud of this squad.
Now go pick Halladay off the bones of the Blue Jays and bring home some hardware in '10.
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
Caseyfan21
85, maybe I'm too much of an optimist
Yes, yes I am.
I figured around .500 but I thought some decent pitching would push us over the top. I was wrong on the optimism.
But I will start the 2010 predictions with 85 right now. :beerme:
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
Caseyfan21
Yes, yes I am.
I figured around .500 but I thought some decent pitching would push us over the top. I was wrong on the optimism.
But I will start the 2010 predictions with 85 right now. :beerme:
I'll see your 85 and raise you 4. The injury bug simply CAN'T hit us as hard next year. So I'll stick with what I picked for this year. 89
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
Falls City Beer
Indeed. And I'll be kind of pollyanna-ish: a testament to not rolling over and dying. This team shouldn't have won 70 games, but they blew that benchmark out of the water. Proud of this squad.
Yup. Especially proud of guys like Bailey and Stubbs who made the most of their opportunities as the season wore on.
Now, it's time for the team to get creative and find a way to bring a couple more players into town.
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
nate
Don't forget my +/-10 game spread!
:cool:
I'm with you buddy. That means my 74 wins prediction makes the window.
That 20-11 run at the end of the season really screwed a lot of us! :D
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
Highlifeman21
If the Reds beat up on the mighty might Pirates and pull off the win that will propel us to greatness in 2010, leaving us with 78 for this season, the following people correctly picked 78:
gonelong 78
edabbs44 78
cumberlandreds 78
BRM 78
kbrake 78
Mario-Rijo 78
Red in Chicago 78
HumnHilghtFreel 78
Boss-Hog 78
GoReds33 78
Stormy 78
In honor of gonelong, let's see the Reds get that W, so his 78 comes true
I'm 3 off combined for the last 3 years, hitting both 2007 and 2009 on the head. IIRC.
Not bad.
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
GAC
I'm with you buddy. That means my 74 wins prediction makes the window.
That 20-11 run at the end of the season really screwed a lot of us! :D
And, I believe, 27-13.
At one time I figured they needed to go 19-21 to finish at 70 wins, which looked out of the question.
It was an amazing finish. Good pitching, great defense and some overdue luck made a big difference.
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
I believe the the ORG had an average of 79 wins for this year. So overall, we were pretty close.
(If you guys had just not allowed me to enter the ORG, my 84 win prediction would not have counted and I believe the average would have been on the nose with 78. So it's your fault for voting me in.)
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
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Originally Posted by
Red in Chicago
Congrats to my fellow psychics:beerme::):cool:
Thanks RiC! :thumbup:
Re: 2009 - Gonelong's 8th annual Season Ws prediction thread ..
My guess of 68 looked pretty good for much of August, but I'm glad it was really too low instead of too high.