Purple Row Prediction Competition: Week 17

by Jeff Aberle on Aug 2, 2009 5:25 PM MDT

This week the Rockies play six games--three at the NL East leading Phillies and three at home against the Cubs. Here's the Rockies' schedule--Jason Hammel will pitch twice.

We have a new leader in the PRPC for the first time in a long while--me (by one point)! On the strength of a correct CP, Holly had a strong 15 point week to pace the competition.

Second Half Standings

Jabberwocky 41 (10)
Holly96 37 (15)
realmenwearpurple 33 (11)
Poseidon's Fist 32 (10)
RockiesDave 31 (11)
ShadowPenguin 30 (8)
PioneerSkies 27 (8)
jrockies 27 (11)
Rockie4Ever 27 (7)
TuLoRocks2008 27 (8)
pedalpusher 27 (9)
avsfan4ever33 25 (6)
bballrox4717 25 (8)
coolopotamous 21 (11)
ExPatriot Rockman 8 (8)

Overall Standings

Jabberwocky 160 (10 last week)
PioneerSkies 159 (8)
Holly96 159 (15)
jrockies 137 (11)
pedalpusher 128 (9)
avsfan4ever33 125 (6)
RockiesDave 122 (11)
Poseidon's Fist 116 (10)
Rockie4Ever 89 (7)
Mkorpal 64
TuLoRocks2008 51 (8)
Rox Girl 47
BaronBill 35
realmenwearpurple 33 (11)
oo_nrb 32
Hizilla 31
ShadowPenguin 30 (8)
bballrox4717 25 (8)
fantasyfencing 23
coolopotamous 21 (11)
Rox 18
free7694 17
jlot10 13
arpagamos 13
xxxpickemgenius 12
WanderingRoxFan 11
rockiesfan4ever 10
ExPatriot Rockman 8 (8)
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'm trying to catch up

So here we go:

8/4 Rox 9 – Phills 6 Hammel
8/5 Rox 7 – Phills 3 JDLR
8/6 Rox 3 – Phills 1 Cook
8/7 Rox 5 – Cubs 2 Jimenez
8/8 Rox 8 – Cubs 3 Marquis
8/9 Rox 7 – Cubs 6 Hammel

CP: A pitcher (from some team) hits a home during one of these two series

"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 Aug 2, 2009 7:33 PM MDT reply actions

Let's a go!

8/4 Rockies 6 Phillies 4 WP Hammel
8/5 Rockies 5 Phillies 3 WP De la Rosa
8/6 Rockies 4 Phillies 0 WP Cook
8/7 Rockies 3 Cubs 2 WP Jimenez
8/8 Rockies 4 Cubs 3 WP Marquis
8/9 Rockies 5 Cubs 4 WP Chacin

CP: Jhoulys Chacin gets into the rotation over Hammel for some reason (injury, replacement, etc).

by bballrox4717 on Aug 2, 2009 7:54 PM MDT reply actions

Thank god my CP was false

Hammel was awesome.

I would like to see Chacin get in on more action though than do mop-up duty, I mean really, we actually trusted Rincon for a while, we can’t trust Chacin?

by bballrox4717 on Aug 4, 2009 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm a second half performer...

8/4 Rockies 8 Phillies 5 WP Hammel
8/5 Rockies 4 Phillies 2 WP De la Rosa
8/6 Phillies 4 Rockies 1 WP Lee
8/7 Rockies 6 Cubs 3 WP Jimenez
8/8 Rockies 5 Cubs 4 WP Marquis
8/9 Rockies 11 Cubs 6 WP Hammel

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Aug 2, 2009 8:02 PM MDT reply actions

CP: The middle infield outhomers the entire outfield.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Aug 2, 2009 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions

DOWN WITH THE USURPER!!!

Tues: 7-0 Rox, WP=Hammel
Weds: 7-0 Rox, WP=JDLR
Thurs: 7-0 Rox, WP=Cook
Fri: 7-0 Rox, WP=Jimenez
Sat: 7-0 Rox, WP=Marquis
Sun: 7-0 Rox, WP=Hammel

Crazy: a Rockie hits a grand slam.

"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson

by PioneerSkies on Aug 2, 2009 8:49 PM MDT reply actions

Horrible Week 16 - time to turn it around

Tuesday: Rockies 4, Phillies 5; WP: Moyer
Wednesday: Rockies 6, Phillies 3; WP: De La Rosa
Thursday: Rockies 2, Phillies 3; WP: Lee
Friday: Cubs 3, Rockies 5; WP: Beimel
Saturday: Cubs 3, Rockies 8; WP: Marquis
Sunday: Cubs 8, Rockies 6; WP: Marmol

Crazy Prediction: Dexter Fowler has a multi-homer game this week.

by avsfan4ever33 on Aug 2, 2009 9:30 PM MDT reply actions

Lets Go Rox!!

8/4 Rox 7 – Phills 6 Hammel
8/5 Rox 3 – Phills 2 JDLR
8/6 Rox 6 – Phills 1 Cook
8/7 Rox 10 – Cubs 1 Jimenez
8/8 Rox 2 – Cubs 0 Marquis
8/9 Rox 5 – Cubs 2 Hammel

CP: A home run is hit by the first batter of the first inning in one of these games

by RockiesDave on Aug 3, 2009 10:34 AM MDT reply actions

Here we go!

8/4 Phillies 6-4, Moyer win
8/5 Rox 7-3, DLR win
8/6 Rox 3-2, Betancourt win
8/7 Rox 8-1, Jimenez win
8/8 Rox 6-3, Marquis win
8/9 Rox 5-3, Hammel win

CP – The Rox go undefeated in games started by CarGo this week.

by ShadowPenguin on Aug 3, 2009 11:08 AM MDT reply actions

Week 17

8/4 Rox 3-1 WP Beimel
8/5 Rox 15-2 WP Jorge
8/6 Rox 6-5 WP Morales
8/7 Rox 4-2 WP Baldo
8/8 Rox 10-2 WP Marquis
8/9 Rox 8-2 WP Hammel

CP – Two Rockies pitchers homer this week

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

by pedalpusher on Aug 3, 2009 1:45 PM MDT reply actions

Watch it now, here I come!

Tuesday 8-5 Rockies WP: Hammel
Wednesday 3-2 Rockies WP: DLR
Thursday 7-4 Philly WP: Lee
Friday 6-4 Rockies WP: Jimenez
Saturday 5-3 Rockies WP: Marquis
Sunday 6-3 Rockies WP: Hammel

Crazy: The rockies will have a run differential of at least +6 in the Cubs series.

by Justus on Aug 3, 2009 2:45 PM MDT reply actions

Do I need to clarify that I meant

the first 3 games of the Cubs series? I forgot they’re playing Monday too.

by Justus on Aug 8, 2009 5:16 AM MDT up reply actions

you're well on your way with a +4 last night.

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

by pedalpusher on Aug 8, 2009 1:08 PM MDT up reply actions

Since I tally points on Sunday night, all predictions are for that week's games...

CP—achieved.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Aug 9, 2009 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions

I wasn't expecting to achieve it in a single game.

In fact, I’ve been kind of pessimistic about this series all week. I will be reverting back to unwavering optimism now.

by Justus on Aug 9, 2009 9:26 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm behind first prediction

8/4, Rox 7 – Phillies 6, WP – Chacin
8/5, Phillies 8 – Rox 2, WP – Happ
8/6, Phillies 6 – Rox 3 WP – Lee
8/7, Rox 9 – Cubs 5, WP – Jimenez
8/8, Rox 5 – Cubs 1, WP – Marquis
8/9, Cubs 5 – Rox 1, WP – Wells

CP – Chacin get’s first win as a Rockie this week

by TripleT-Rox on Aug 3, 2009 3:06 PM MDT reply actions

J - how do you keep score?

Is there a list of how points are scored somewhere? Probably in the archives huh.

by TripleT-Rox on Aug 3, 2009 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions

I believe it's 1 points for the correct result, 2 points for the WP, 3 points for the score, and 5 for CP.

Or something like that, I might be slightly off.

by holly96 on Aug 3, 2009 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions

Yep, that's it.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Aug 3, 2009 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions

Archives they are

but so you don’t have to look it up it’s here

"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 Aug 3, 2009 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions

Thanks for looking it up.

I think the number of points for correct score was changed at some point, wasn’t it? After it was decided that guessing the actual score should be worth more because it’s so hard?

by holly96 on Aug 3, 2009 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions

It's possible

I just come in and say what I think and leave (and come back and read all the crazy predictions).

"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 Aug 3, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions

8/4 Rox 6 – Phills 1 Hammel
8/5 Rox 4 – Phills 2 JDLR
8/6 Rox 1 – Phills 6 Lee
8/7 Rox 5 – Cubs 4 Jimenez
8/8 Rox 6 – Cubs 1 Marquis
8/9 Rox 4 – Cubs 6 Wells

CP: Rockies infield out-homers Philly’s IF by at least 2 in the series

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 4, 2009 12:05 AM MDT reply actions

Week 17

Tues: Rockies 8, Phillies 4, WP Hammel
Wed: Rockies 3, Phillies 1, WP JDLR
Thurs: Phillies 4, Rockies 3, WP Lee
Fri: Rockies 7, Cubs 2, WP Jimenez
Sat: Rockies 5, Cubs 4, WP Betancourt
Sun: Cubs 6, Rockies 2, WP Wells

Crazy prediction: On Wednesday, the Phillies don’t score any earned runs.

by holly96 on Aug 4, 2009 12:08 PM MDT reply actions

Missed today's score by one

"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 Aug 4, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions

I know.

I was secretly hoping the Phillies would score one more, but I didn’t dare utter that out loud (or in writing) for fear that it would result in a complete come back.

by holly96 on Aug 4, 2009 11:35 PM MDT up reply actions