August 24th, 2006 → 3:24 pm @ Seth Mnookin // 52 Comments
With about 78 percent of the season’s games done and gone, Big Papi is leading the majors with 45 home runs and 119 RBIs. That puts him on pace for a not shabby 58/153.
But will he end up there? What if Manny’s not in the lineup protecting him? What if his ED acts up? What if he strains a groin muscle legging out a triple? For all your intrepid future predictors out there, here’s your chance to guess where Papi’ll be on the morning of October 2. And just like on “The Price Is Right” (except for the dishwashers and Bob Barker), the person who’s closest without going over will get a signed, personalized copy of Feeding the Monster, shipping and handling included. (Or, if you’d rather read about the Times, a personalized, autographed copy of Hard News.) For simplicity’s sake, home runs and RBIs will count equally, so someone who’s off by 2 home runs and 3 RBIs will be counted the same as someone who’s off by 5 RBIs. Post your predictions in the comments section of this post by Sunday at noon, EST. One entry per person, etc etc etc. And no more arguing about Sean McAdam.
(If you post your guess and it doesn’t get posted right away, that’s only because I’m not sitting at my computer all the time. Appearances to the contrary. Don’t worry — it’ll go up.)
12:30 pm Sunday update: Well, that’s it for entries — we’ve got 52, and I’ll set the crack FTM Blog number crunching team (read: me) to work on this as soon as the season’s over. In the meantime, I hope all of you have the book already. It’ll only make the winning copy that much more rewarding. Or something.
Post Categories: Contests & David Ortiz
scotthp49
12 years ago
60/160
knuckler1
12 years ago
53 / 142
maranara
12 years ago
57 HRs & 142 RBIs 🙂
jvaitk01
12 years ago
55/155
retnapi
12 years ago
51/143
dewey24
12 years ago
54/147
TimmyMac
12 years ago
Put me down for 57/140
woolleyman
12 years ago
My prediction is 53 homers, 163 RBI
Retire_Number_14
12 years ago
54 & 154
StuckAtTheCask
12 years ago
54 dings, 144 ribs.
Neil
12 years ago
56 home runs, 145 RBIs.
24dewey
12 years ago
54/154
katesox
12 years ago
56 HR, 149 RBIs
deversm
12 years ago
55/141
waitingforbeckett
12 years ago
59 clouts, 157 rbi
toddzilla9
12 years ago
56/146
twoomnmgy
12 years ago
55/150
miles44
12 years ago
54/145
edsox2004
12 years ago
54 HR/145 RBI
TheNinth
12 years ago
53/144
cr99
12 years ago
57 HRs, 149 RBI
thedan911
12 years ago
61, 161
hopdog
12 years ago
55 & 155. Depending on the official scorer….
Jack
12 years ago
56 & 150
chargeMEup31
12 years ago
56/160
s1c
12 years ago
65 / 164
s1c
12 years ago
I’m going with 65 dingers and 164 ribbies
kidAoptimistic
12 years ago
56 / 148
aliber
12 years ago
HR: 56
RBI: 152
gmschmidty
12 years ago
58/156 And Vanna White was on the Price is Right?!? This is mind-blowing…bigger than Pluto not being a planet…My Very Educated Mother Just Sat Upon Nine…? Anyway: 58/156
YAZFAN
12 years ago
55/ 155
CursedNoMore
12 years ago
57 Hr’s, 157 RBI
Randy Kutcher
12 years ago
53/140
Bill Pratt
12 years ago
58/153
kml1258
12 years ago
56/151
wemissoc
12 years ago
57/155
Shalomar
12 years ago
52/147
Tom Baron
12 years ago
62/159
djarm18
12 years ago
61 / 151
modonnel
12 years ago
53/149
madjackblack
12 years ago
56/149
VinzClortho
12 years ago
61/159
sdillard
12 years ago
52 141
anneball
12 years ago
54 hrs / 145 rbis
111875
12 years ago
58 hr, 148 rbi.
geigerm
12 years ago
52/140
Peter_Rustin
12 years ago
59/143
MikeVaBeach
12 years ago
56, 162 RBIs
bardyak42
12 years ago
59 Hrs 157 rbis
souljade
12 years ago
49 Hrs and 143 Rbi
umassjosh
12 years ago
57 hrs 151 rbi’s
Eli G
12 years ago
54 and 140