Purple Row Prediction Competition: Week 16

by Jeff Aberle on Jul 30, 2009 1:25 AM MDT

I only have a limited time to do this at the moment and will update with overall and second half standings later.

Good luck Rowbots, as the NL Wild-Card leading Rockies go on the road this week to begin a ten game road trip against the Mets and the Reds. Ubaldo Jimenez and Jason Marquis will pitch twice for the Rockies.

Here is the Rockies' schedule for Week 16.

Behind two exact score predictions (19 points!), I soared to the top of the second half leaderboards and within striking distance (a single point!) of PioneerSkies.

Remember that all Rockies starting pitcher wins from Friday-Sunday were honored.

Second Half Standings

Jabberwocky 31 (19)
Holly96 22 (16)
Poseidon's Fist 22 (13)
realmenwearpurple 22 (10)
ShadowPenguin 22 (13)
RockiesDave 20 (11)
Rockie4Ever 20 (11)
PioneerSkies 19 (10)
TuLoRocks2008 19 (8)
avsfan4ever33 19 (9)
pedalpusher 18 (9)
bballrox4717 17 (10)
jrockies 16 (7)
coolopotamous 10 (10)

Overall Standings

PioneerSkies 151 (10 last week)
Jabberwocky 150 (19)
Holly96 144 (16)
jrockies 126 (7)
pedalpusher 119 (9)
avsfan4ever33 119 (9)
RockiesDave 111 (11)
Poseidon's Fist 106 (13)
Rockie4Ever 82 (11)
Mkorpal 64
Rox Girl 47
TuLoRocks2008 43 (8)
BaronBill 35
oo_nrb 32
Hizilla 31
fantasyfencing 23
realmenwearpurple 22 (10)
ShadowPenguin 22 (13)
Rox 18
bballrox4717 17 (10)
free7694 17
jlot10 13
arpagamos 13
xxxpickemgenius 12
WanderingRoxFan 11
rockiesfan4ever 10
coolopotamous 10 (10)
Roxfan24 8

Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).

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I can't remember being so optimistic for an east coast road trip

Mon, Jul 27 Rox 7-1 Jimenez
Tue, Jul 28 Rox 4-3 Marquis
Wed, Jul 29 Mets 3-2 Santana
Thu, Jul 30 Rox 5-3 De La Rosa
Fri, Jul 31 Rox 12-4 Cook
Sat, Aug 1 Rox 4-2 Jimenez
Sun, Aug 2 Reds 6-3 Arroyo

CP: Another new face joins the Rockies’ bullpen, and neither he, nor Beatncourt or Chacin give up an earned run all week.

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2009 1:04 PM MDT reply actions

Pitching Matchups

7/27 – Rox 6-3, Jimenez
7/28 – Rox 7-1, Marquis
7/29 – Rox 4-3, Chacin!
7/30 – Rox 5-2, DLR
7/31 – Rox 6-4, Cook
8/1 – Rox 9-5, Jimenez
8/2 – Rox 7-2, Marquis

Hmm…predicted two sweeps…why not! :-D

by ShadowPenguin on Jul 27, 2009 1:04 PM MDT reply actions

Doh!

Forgot the CP!

CP – One Rockie hits 3 homers at Citi Field to tie David Wright’s Citi Field homer total

by ShadowPenguin on Jul 27, 2009 1:14 PM MDT up reply actions

Barmes was one short

on my crazy prediction :-(

by ShadowPenguin on Jul 31, 2009 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions

My picks

Mon: Rox 7 Mets 3 WP-Uball
Tue: Rox 4 Mets 1 WP-Marquis
Wed: Rox 3 Mets 5 WP-Santana
Thu: Rox 8 Mets 2 WP-JDLR
Fri: Rox 5 Reds 1 WP Cook
Sat: Rox 3 Reds 0 Uball
Sun Rox 4 Reds 3 Marquis

CP: some one hits an inside the park home run in the mets series

by RockiesDave on Jul 27, 2009 1:07 PM MDT reply actions

Week 16

Mon: Rockies 8, Mets 3; WP Jimenez
Tues: Rockies 5, Mets 3; WP Marquis
Wed: Mets 6, Rockies 2; WP Santana
Thurs: Rockies 4, Mets 1; WP JDLR
Fri: Rockies 7, Reds 4; WP Cook
Sat: Rockies 11, Reds 5; WP Jimenez
Sun: Reds 5, Rockies 4; WP Arroyo

Crazy prediction: Someone gets ejected from a game during the Mets series.

by holly96 on Jul 27, 2009 1:23 PM MDT reply actions

Crazy prediction - check.

I apparently have a knack for knowing when someone’s going to ejected during the week. Correctly predicted Hurdle getting ejected back in April, too.

by holly96 on Jul 28, 2009 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions

I missed the game but made this connection as soon as I saw the photo on the game wrap

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 29, 2009 2:49 AM MDT up reply actions

Impressive

And on Tracy’s first ejection as well!

by ShadowPenguin on Jul 29, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions

week 16

monday: Rockies 6 Mets 3 WP : Jimenez
tuesday: Rockies 4 Mets 2 WP : Daley
wednesday: Mets 4 Rockies 3 WP : feliciano
thursday: Rockies 7 Mets 5 WP : De La Rosa
friday: Rockies 8 Reds 3 WP : Cook
saturday: Rockies 6 Reds 4 WP : Jimenez
sunday: Reds 4 Rockies 3 (12 innings) WP : Weathers

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 27, 2009 2:05 PM MDT reply actions

crazy prediction

back to back homers twice this week

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 27, 2009 2:08 PM MDT up reply actions

Crazy prediction right!

both teams hit back to back homers tonight

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 31, 2009 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Hmm...I thought you meant the Rockies would go back to back twice

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 1, 2009 6:01 AM MDT up reply actions

well

we can do that don’t matter

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 1, 2009 8:06 AM MDT up reply actions

My turn

All I needed last week was a win Friday night for my CP to be true… ah well.

This week:
Jul 27 Rox 7-2 WP Jimenez
Jul 28 Rox 5-3 WP Marquis
Jul 29 Rox 4-3 WP Hammel
Jul 30 Rox 5-3 WP De La Rosa
Jul 31 Rox 8-3 WP Cook
Aug 1 Rox 6-2 WP Jimenez
Aug 2 Rox 5-3 WP Marquis

Apparently predicting Santana continues to be average at best is a crazy prediction around here…
CP: Mets series produces 3 triples in a single game.

by realmenwearpurple on Jul 27, 2009 2:06 PM MDT reply actions

Week 16

Monday: Rockies 8, Mets 4; WP: Jimenez
Tuesday: Rockies 4, Mets 3; WP: Marquis
Wednesday: Rockies 3, Mets 5; WP: Santana
Thursday: Rockies 6, Mets 5; WP: Betancourt
Friday: Rockies 5, Reds 1; WP: Cook
Saturday: Rockies 6, Reds 4; WP: Chacin
Sunday: Rockies 1, Reds 3; WP: Arroyo

Crazy Prediction: The Rockies trade for Roy Halladay this week.

by avsfan4ever33 on Jul 27, 2009 2:49 PM MDT reply actions

Can I join this late?

As a Colorado guy who has been transported to a land far, far away, I’ve had to rely on MLB Extra Innings to get my Rox fix, but I’m loving the ride. I think this first week of the road trip sets up nearly perfectly for the Rockies.

Tonight
July 27 Rox 6-0 WP El Jimenez
July 28 Rox 5-1 WP Marquis de SOD
July 29 Rox 3-2 WP Rincon
July 30 Rox 9-4 WP DLR
July 31 Rox 9-4 WP Cook
Aug 1 Rox 8-1 WP El Jimenez
Aug 2 Rox 3-2 WP Marquis

Crazy prediction: Jiminez spins a gem in the form of a one-hitter in one of his two starts this week.

by ExPatriot Rockman on Jul 27, 2009 2:54 PM MDT reply actions

Time to be optimistic: A lot of the pitchers we face this week are the type we feast on (Bailey and Perez....yum yum!)

July 27 Rockies 14 Mets 0 WP Jimenez LP Perez
July 28 Rockies 4 Mets 3 WP Betancourt LP Green
July 29 Rockies 5 Mets 2 WP Hammel LP Santana
July 30 Rockies 7 Mets 4 WP De la Rosa LP Niese
July 31 Rockies 8 Reds 3 WP Cook LP Owings
August 1 Rockies 12 Reds 2 WP Jimenez LP Bailey
August 2 Rockies 10 Reds 6 WP Marquis LP Arroyo

CP: The Rockies offense fully breaks out this week, having a home run in every game this week.

by bballrox4717 on Jul 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT reply actions

Try this

7/27 Rox 8 – Mets 2 Jimenez
7/28 Rox 7 – Mets 3 Marquis
7/29 Rox 4 – Mets 6 Santana
7/30 Rox 5 – Mets 3 JDLR
7/31 Rox 10 – Reds 2 Cook
8/1 Rox 9 – Reds 1 Jimenez
8/2 Rox 3 – Reds 1 Marquis

CP: Every starter in the line up for the Rockies gets a hit, and it happens at least twice this week.

"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK

by jrockies on Jul 27, 2009 3:09 PM MDT reply actions

Monday; 6-2 Rockies WP: Jimenez
Tuesday: 10-4 Rockies WP: Marquis
Wednesday: 1-3 Mets WP: Santana
Thursday: 6-5 Rockies WP: DLR
Friday: 5-3 Rockies WP: Cook
Saturday: 7-3 Rockies WP: Jimenez
Sunday: 5-4 Rockies WP: Chacin

CP: A Rockie hits a grand slam on my birthday (Tuesday)

by Justus on Jul 27, 2009 3:43 PM MDT reply actions

I made it in time for Monday! :

Mon: 6-2 Rox WP: Ubaldo
Tues: 7-3 Rox WP: Marquis
Wed: 5-2 Mets WP: Santana
Thurs: 7-5 Rox WP: Daley
Fri: 6-4 Rox WP: Cookie
Sat: 12-6 Rox WP: Fogg
Sun: 4-2 Rox WP: Marquis

CP: We’re 4 games behind LA at the end of the week.

by Rockie4Ever on Jul 27, 2009 5:17 PM MDT reply actions

Traveling and missed Monday so......

Tues Rox 4-1 WP Marquis
Wed Rox 2-1 WP Bentancourt
Thur Rox 5-3 WP Chacin
Fri Rox 4-2 WP Cook
Sat Rox 7-4 WP Morales
Sun Rox 5-1 WP Marquis

CP Rox trade for Joe Bemiel

"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine

by pedalpusher on Jul 28, 2009 6:17 AM MDT reply actions

You didn't miss out really

Only bballrox4717 picked the Mets to win, so you lost no ground :)

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 28, 2009 7:10 AM MDT up reply actions

Check that again

Even he picked the Rox to win 14-0. We have all failed.

"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK

by jrockies on Jul 28, 2009 7:26 AM MDT up reply actions