| FINAL 2010 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| PREDICTED PLACE | Tie | |||||||||||||||||
| FIN | WINS - | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Tie | Breaker | FINAL | FINAL | |||||
| PL | PREDICTOR | PHIL | TB | NYY | SF | MIN | ATL | TEX | CINC | Breaker | Miss | SCORE | PLACE | Tie out | ||||
| 2 | Carman, Brett | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 175 | 2 | Carman, Brett | 36 | |||
| 4 | Coates, Andrew | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 170 | 4 | Coates, Andrew | 36 | |||
| 3 | Hamilton, Gerry | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 170 | 3 | Hamilton, Gerry | 36 | |||
| 6 | Hammerstrom, Dick | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 161 | 6 | Hammerstrom, Dick | 36 | |||
| 5 | Hensley, Phil | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 18 | 164 | 5 | Hensley, Phil | 36 | |||
| 9 | Higgins, Rick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 18 | 147 | 9 | Higgins, Rick | 36 | |||
| 1 | Manzey, Al | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 33 | -8 | 210 | 1 | Manzey, Al | 36 | |||
| 10 | Morris, Warren | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 127 | 10 | Morris, Warren | 36 | |||
| 8 | Slagle, Jim "Ohio" | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 11 | 152 | 8 | Slagle, Jim "Ohio" | 36 | |||
| 7 | Slagle, Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 158 | 7 | Slagle, Nelson | 36 | |||
| 11 | Thomas, Bob | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 12 | 117 | 11 | Thomas, Bob | 36 | |||
| Total Runs in World Series | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 15 | 28 | 30 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 61 | 68 | 41 | |||||||||
| AVG PLACING | 1.36 | 2.55 | 2.73 | 3.91 | 4.82 | 5.64 | 5.55 | 6.18 | 159.18 | |||||||||
| CONCENSUS: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| RESULTS: - 1ST ROUND: NY Yankees over Minnesota 3-0, Philadelphia over Cincinnati 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SF over Atlanta 3-1 & Texas over Tampa Bay 3-2. Texas over Yankees 4-2, SF over | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philly 4-2. World Series: SF over Texas 4-1. Scores 11-7, 9-0, 2-4, 4-0 and 3-1. Total 41 runs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| USE OF SPREADSHEET - Input the wins on line 6 and the total scores will show in column M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scoring calculations are at bottom of spreadsheet. | ||||||||||||||||||
| AL MANZEY AND SF CRUISE TO ROMPS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Manzey had the perfect prediction for 8 of his picks. He received the maximum points | ||||||||||||||||||
| available. He had SF 1st with two predicting 3rd. He had Texas and next closest was 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| predictors having Texas 5th. Al beat runner-up Brett Carman by 35 points. The prior biggest | ||||||||||||||||||
| margin between 1st and 2nd was 2003 when Dick Hammerstrom beat Gerry Hamilton by 21 points. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerry Hamilton and Warren Morris had the best tiebreaker, missing total runs in World Series | ||||||||||||||||||
| by one run. | ||||||||||||||||||
| AL MANZEY LAPS FIELD IN 2010 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Manzey clinched the baseball playoff predictions and will probably set a record for the most | ||||||||||||||||||
| points ahead of 2nd. Al has a 20 point lead over Brett Carman. Al has SF 1 and Texas 2!! Dick | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hammerstrom and Gerry Hamilton have SF 3rd, the only other predictors to have SF higher than 4th. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brett and Andrew Coates had Texas 5th, the highest of any predictors other than Al. Congrats Al. | ||||||||||||||||||
| AL MANZEY LEADS BRETT CARMAN BY 4 POINTS AFTER ROUND 1 IN 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Manzey was the only predictor to pick Texas higher than 5th and used their first round | ||||||||||||||||||
| triumph over Tampa Bay to a first round lead. Al picked Texas 2nd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| First 6 of 7 predictors all have 3 of their top 4 teams left. Al has all 4 teams remaining. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 OF 11 PREDICTORS PICK PHILLY IN 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eight of 11 predictors picked Philadelphia to win the World Series in 2010. Two picked | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay and one picked SF. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BOB KOLLER WINS 2009 BASEBALL PREDICTION CONTEST | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Koller defeated Dick Hammerstrom to win the 2009 Baseball Playoff Prediction contest. Dick | ||||||||||||||||||
| and Gerry Hamilton had the best World Series prediction of NYY 1st and Philly 3rd. Four predictors | ||||||||||||||||||
| have NYY 1st and Phil 4th. Seven picked the Yankees o win the World Series. The highest Philly | ||||||||||||||||||
| was picked was 3rd by Dick and Gerry. Warren Morris and Al Manzey were closest on the tiebreaker | ||||||||||||||||||
| of total runs in the World Series with 3 & 7 run misses. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob is the 6th different winner in the last 6 years. This is Bob's 1st win in the Baseball, Football or | ||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball playoff predictions although he has won the Big Ten tournament Predictions three times. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BOB KOLLER LEADS LORNA MORRIS BY 2 POINTS AFTER 1ST ROUND | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Koller leads Baseball Playoff predictions after the first round but no one has top 4 teams correct. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The top 7 predictors all have the Dodgers 1st or 2nd. Seven of 12 predictors picked Yankees to win | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Series, 3 picked the Dodgers and 2 picked the Angels. Last 3 predictors had Dodgers 7th. | ||||||||||||||||||
| GERRY HAMILTON WINS 2008 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerry Hamilton bested runner up Jim Henning by 14 points to win the 30th annual 2008 Baseball Playoff Predictions. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The 14 point margin was the second largest. Jim 'Ohio' Slagle beat Judy Nash by 20 points in 1997. This was the | ||||||||||||||||||
| first time Gerry has won this contest but he has been 2nd six times, the most of any predictor. This was the first time | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Henning has finished in the top 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Phillies were a consensus 4th pick by us 12 predictors. Gerry Hamilton and Nelson Slagle were the only | ||||||||||||||||||
| predictors to predict them as high as 2nd…Brett Carman was best in the tie breaker as he predicted 40 runs to be | ||||||||||||||||||
| scored in the World Series - 39 were scored. Jim Henning finished 2nd despite being one of two predictors to | ||||||||||||||||||
| score 0 points on his #1 team (Cubs). | ||||||||||||||||||
| JERRY SLAGLE WINS BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTION TITLE FOR 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Slagle won the 2007 Baseball Playoff prediction with a score of 170 to 166 for runner- | ||||||||||||||||||
| up Gerry Hamilton. This was the first time Jerry has won the crown in the 29 year history of the | ||||||||||||||||||
| contest. Jerry was 2nd in 1991 and 2001. Blake Vasquez was closest on the tie breaker. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Only Jerry, Jerry Davis and Phil Hensley picked the Red Sox to win the Series. Boston | ||||||||||||||||||
| was ranked 4th and Colorado 7th by us predictors. | ||||||||||||||||||
| BRETT CARMAN WINS 2006 BASEBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPION ON TIE BREAKER | ||||||||||||||||||
| The tie breaker was the total runs scored in the World Series (32). Both Brett and Randy scored 138 | ||||||||||||||||||
| points. Third was Phil Hensley at 132 points. Brett picked the World Series Champs Cardinals 2nd. The | ||||||||||||||||||
| next highest pick was 4th by Randy, Bob Thomas and Andrew Hazelwood. | ||||||||||||||||||
| DICK HAMMESTROM BEATS JIM SLAGLE BY 5 POINTS TO WIN THE 2005 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hammerstrom won the 2005 Baseball Playoff Predicts. He has now won this contest for the 2nd time | ||||||||||||||||||
| in 3 years. Dick also won football playoffs/bowl game predicts 2 years ago. Dick and Jim Slagle were the only | ||||||||||||||||||
| predictors to pick the White Sox to win it all. John Baker had Chicago 2nd and Phil Hensley had them 3rd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| All other predictors picked Chicago 4th or higher. The four having Chicago highest finished in 4 of the top 5 spots. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Thomas had the lowest tie breaker prediction of 41 total runs in the World Series and missed the final | ||||||||||||||||||
| total of 34 by 7. | ||||||||||||||||||
| DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS 2003 BASEBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hammerstrom won the 2003 baseball playoff predictions by 19 points over runner-up | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerry Hamilton. Rounding out the top five were: 3- Brett Carman, 4- Nelson Slagle and 5- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Coates. This was Dick's first baseball win in 13 tries and his first holiday/playoff | ||||||||||||||||||
| baseball, basketball and football predictions in 41 tries. However, he has finished | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd six times in those 41 tries including 3 straight in baseball starting in 1992. The 19 point | ||||||||||||||||||
| winning margin was only the 2nd time in the 25 year history of the contest that someone | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCORING | ||||||||||||||||||
| PREDICTOR | TOTAL | |||||||||||||||||
| Carman, Brett | 40 | 12 | 35 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 175 | |||||||||
| Coates, Andrew | 35 | 16 | 30 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 170 | |||||||||
| Hamilton, Gerry | 40 | 14 | 25 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 170 | |||||||||
| Hammerstrom, Dick | 40 | 10 | 35 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 161 | |||||||||
| Hensley, Phil | 40 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 164 | |||||||||
| Higgins, Rick | 40 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 147 | |||||||||
| Manzey, Al | 25 | 8 | 30 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 210 | |||||||||
| Morris, Warren | 40 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 127 | |||||||||
| Slagle, Jim "Ohio" | 35 | 16 | 20 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 152 | |||||||||
| Slagle, Nelson | 40 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 158 | |||||||||
| Thomas, Bob | 40 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 117 | |||||||||