"One, Two, Three Strikes, You're Out" - September 9
by Eric Stephen on Sep 8, 2009 10:02 PM PDT
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PrintWelcome to our new September contest: "One, Two, Three Strikes, You're Out"
The contest is simple: Before each game you have to guess two things:
1) Number of strikes thrown by the Dodgers
2) Number of strikeouts by the Dodger pitchers
No multiple guesses on the number of strikes; it is OK, however, to have multiple guesses on the number of strikeouts. Only guesses in that day's contest thread, posted before game time, will count.
New this month: any exact correct guess (both strikes and strikeouts) will be worth 1.5 wins.
The person who has the most wins at the end of September will win their choice of Bluetopia on DVD, a 2009 Dodger Media Guide, or a copy of "100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" by Jon Weisman.
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| Date | Winner | Guess | Actual |
| September 1 | Tripon | 125 strikes / 11 K | 119 strikes / 10 K |
| September 2 | stillnotah8er | 96 strikes / 9 K | 97 strikes / 9 K |
| September 3 | Ollie | 90 strikes / 7 K | 85 strikes / 8 K |
| September 4 | mwhite06 | 85 strikes / 7 K | 83 strikes / 5 K |
| September 5 | Boulder Dodger (1.5) | 99 strikes / 9 K | 99 strikes / 9 K |
| September 6 | Bluetrek | 91 strikes / 7 K | 90 strikes / 7 K |
| September 7 | Regulan (1.5) | 87 strikes / 6 K | 87 strikes / 6 K |
| September 8 | bucknellbruin | 88 strikes / 9 K | 88 strikes / 8 K |
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Eric, in the 9/6 contest you wrote:
90/7
A very close race tonight.
Bluetrek is one off on strikes [91/7]
Regulan is one off on strikeouts [90/8]
Since strikes have the larger range, it is more impressive to be one off in that category. Hence, Bluetrek wins.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 6, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of expected that last sentence to end a little differently. Something like:
“Since strikes have the larger range, it is more impressive to be dead on in that category. Hence, Regulan wins.”
Just curious about the reasoning. I’m certainly more impressed by a dead-on strikes guess, irrespective of the K guess.
That is a valid point. I kind of wrapped myself in a knot going back and forth with the logic.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 9, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
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