Scouts Seat Contest: At least one person had a good Opening Day
by Slyde on Apr 7, 2009 9:54 AM EDT
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Opening Day is now history and it was pretty much crap for every Reds fan out there. Except one. And this guy had a really good Opening Day. Really good.
The roster shenanigans screwed several folks up in the contest. Only 5 out of 85 contestants had Jonny Gomes not making the roster. Surprisingly, 17 of you thought Darnell McDonald would be there, but no one thought McDonald would score the first run of the season for the Reds. We had 3 people get 13 of the 17 roster predictions right, but none of them did well enough on Opening Day to win the prize.
Nobody correctly guessed the final score of the game. In fact, only one person guessed that the Reds would score one run - The Crushinator. But he's not the grand prize winner either.
Sixteen of you correctly predicted that Johan Santana would get the win, Aaron Harang would get the loss, and Francisco Rodriguez would get the save. None of you are getting the tickets.
Twenty of you correctly projected the Reds to hit zero home runs yesterday. One of you is the winner.
Out of that twenty, seven thought the Reds would not steal a base either, including our winner.
And out of that seven, only two figured that Jerry Hairston Jr. would be starting in LF on Opening Day. And the ticket winner was one of them.
I'm guessing now, but I'm pretty sure only one of those two have a wife who had a baby girl on Monday. And amazingly, he is also the winner of the Scout Seat tickets. Congratulations to Brian B, who out-prognosticated all of us to take home two Scout Seat tickets to a game of his choice. Looks like you're going to need to get a babysitter!
The final tally is after the jump.
You can check the spreadsheet here.
| Contestant | Total |
|---|---|
| Brian B | 9 |
| River Otter | 8 |
| The Crushinator | 8 |
| BarRed | 7 |
| maxitaxi7 | 7 |
| saboscork | 7 |
| PETIE | 5 |
| TheC | 5 |
| Joe Morgan's Ego | 4 |
| nllspc | 4 |
| RedinWrigleyville | 4 |
| BK | 3 |
| coocooforcocoapuffs | 3 |
| iamwallaman | 3 |
| jbird1497 | 3 |
| snailbiscuit | 3 |
| ashes1384 | 2 |
| Colin Auscapee | 2 |
| MixFMKyle | 2 |
| RedJacob | 2 |
| Stock | 2 |
| CincyMike56 | 1 |
| kyleb740 | 1 |
| 3 Fast 3 Furious | -1 |
| Sultan of Swaff | -1 |
| teb7 | -1 |
| TheRedScare | -1 |
| jch24 | -2 |
| obc2 | -2 |
| Joe Nolan's Glasses | -3 |
| Man Mountain | -3 |
| crolfer | -4 |
| cwid02 | -4 |
| D-Rock | -4 |
| ak04 | -5 |
| hatch1525 | -5 |
| rivercity.redleg | -5 |
| shortstopv2 | -5 |
| ThePensive | -5 |
| barger27 | -6 |
| jacob brumfield | -6 |
| JBagKY | -6 |
| karilovesal | -6 |
| Middie0250 | -6 |
| RedNation | -6 |
| Sean_Cramer | -6 |
| sharks | -6 |
| snohio | -6 |
| soapyhandrecords | -6 |
| tevisd | -6 |
| KerrBear | -7 |
| Pops Daniels | -7 |
| Slyde | -7 |
| ChillyCheezItz | -8 |
| frischd | -8 |
| gejoe | -8 |
| njbentz | -8 |
| POKES | -8 |
| sidnancy | -8 |
| ben nevis | -9 |
| HerdFanJ | -9 |
| iheartchrissabo | -9 |
| JayTheRed | -9 |
| lilhall04 | -9 |
| bradmcintosh8 | -10 |
| derekweaver | -10 |
| jrichards | -10 |
| namichael | -10 |
| svnatedawg | -10 |
| ohst09 | -11 |
| Redsfansince72 | -11 |
| thedecline19 | -11 |
| Caleb | -12 |
| fifawcs | -12 |
| joshuar9476 | -12 |
| pwalter1 | -12 |
| reds.1965 | -12 |
| xkape | -12 |
| Colts Homer | -13 |
| reign101 | -13 |
| Vottonator | -13 |
| mw5225 | -14 |
| csferry | -15 |
| mann1x | -15 |
| mlbnotebook | -16 |
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congrats to brian b..
did anyone else notice that both JR and Dunn had crushing home runs yesterday ??
Nobody listens to Andrew
Yes. I noticed that.
Anyone else notice me grinding my teeth?
by Brendanukkah on Apr 7, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
This won't make you feel any better
but you wanna see what the FSN Angels man in stands does when he’s off camera? So that’s how they manage to get such riveting interviews.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Daaaaaaaaaamn
That girl can’t be more than about 15 or 16. Yikes.
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
the best friend
is priceless
My millions are unconventional!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I know my friend ended up hooking up with bill macdonald a couple times and said he sucked another girl was saying she did to.
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
by jch24 on Apr 7, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
eyeeewwwwwwww
Please tell me that’s his daughter and her middle school classmate.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Given how he's touching her...
you want that to be his daughter?
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
niece?
My millions are unconventional!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 7, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently this little event made his wikipedia page
Currently, Macdonald hosts the following pre-game and in-game shows:
Lakers Live, from Staples Center with analyst Norm Nixon
Angels Live, from Angel Stadium with Mark Gubicza
Ducks Live, from Honda Center with Brian Hayward
Carl’s Jr. Live, from Angel Stadium 1st Base Courtyard with Indiscriminately Young Girls
And Dunn struck out, too!
He sucks.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Don't forget
Felipe Lopez also hit two for Arizona. I think it was ex-Reds do good day or something.
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Apr 7, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
You cannot be serious.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 7, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't get it.
I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 7, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You cannot be serious.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 7, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Cantu.
I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 7, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Took you a while.
And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...
by Paul Householder on Apr 7, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, I was just trying to integrate another meme into the conversation.
I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 7, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
That's racist.
And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...
by Paul Householder on Apr 7, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a coincidence and irrelevant.
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
by BK on Apr 7, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Screw you.
I don't need a hot breakfast to have a good time.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 7, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
this thread is the snacks
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Apr 7, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Brian B. Yesterday was you lucky day for sure.
Congratulations. I’m happy it went to one of our regular posters and out of your two prizes yesterday, the tickets were the lesser of them. Congrats on the newborn as well and welcome to the RR Daddy club. Now you can also join us in the “What we are watching with our children” club as well.
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
seconded
I’m glad you won brian b
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Apr 7, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
the procreation club
can anyone top three spawn?
"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21
The more you have...
..the better your odds that one of ‘em will stay close to home so you won’t have to spend holidays watching M Night Shyamalan flicks at the nursing home.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2009 2:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Uh 4, plus 3.8 grandkids = 7.8
about 2 weeks away for my son and fiancee
Its probably going to happen - bend over
Congrats on two fronts Brian B!
My wife was informed by Facebook that she would have a girl as her next child. Does that count?
Reds record while I'm in attendance: 15-0 (lifetime)
Can someone score me some tickets? :)
Wow.
Congratulations and congratulations, Brian.
It’s too bad the Reds couldn’t have score a couple more and made your great day one of the alltime greatest great days in the history of great days!
"What wrath, Daddy?"
I was thinking about that
but if the Reds had scored 2 more runs, Brian would not have won the tix because he had Santana as the winner and Harang as the loser, which would have cost him 4 points on his score.
I guess you really can’t have it all, can you?
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Oh god those seats look so money
Have fun Brian B!
"balls"-Slyde
by The Crushinator on Apr 7, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions
I won the tickets?!
Wow, I kinda want to go back to yesterday and play the lottery.
I’ve had some years where the anticipation of opening day was nearly unbearable. And when the Reds didn’t win, I felt like throwing myself off a bridge. This year was not one of those years!
I’ll let you know what game we pick and figure out how to post pictures immediately from the game.
Anything less than a full scouting report is unacceptable
We’re giving you Scout Seats, and by god, you’re gonna scout from them!
(Congrats on all your blessings!)
Scout seats...
So scout out Darryl(?) Norm(?) Quinton(?) Royce(?) Whatever(?) McDonald and figure out why he belongs on a major league roster.
That should be a tough one.
Congratulations on both counts, and try to resist the temptation to impersonate a mediocre Reds relief pitcher!
And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...
by Paul Householder on Apr 7, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
But what if he actually wants to go to a game?
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
maybe they'll show the playoffs on that sweet new HD screen
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
From: The other guy
“I’m guessing now, but I’m pretty sure only one of those two have a wife who had a baby girl on Monday. And amazingly, he is also the winner of the Scout Seat tickets.”
Yes, my wife did not have a baby Girl on Monday. Congrats to Brian B. This was a fun contest. Hope to do it again next year.
by Joe Morgan's Ego on Apr 7, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions
Do you believe in on-base percentage?
And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...
by Paul Householder on Apr 7, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Congrats Brian!
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
Congrats Brian
I’m just happy that my score was respectable.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
here's a question: How many kids do you have?
This is the kind of of question that is useless to ask jch….
Its probably going to happen - bend over
Notebooks everywhere are embarrassed to show their covers today
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I think you did better than your cousin Reggie would have
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
by BK on Apr 7, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Reggie Notebook?
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Just 'cause they're cousins...
doesn’t mean they have the same last name.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
i tied with jch
that is NEVER a good sign.
"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21
my wife did waaaaaay better than i did .. how embarrassing
congrats on the baby Brian … our second is just a couple of weeks away.
"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.
If Brian is like most of us....
his wife did waaaaaay better than he did to.
If not, he should claim she did till the day he dies. :)
Congrats, Brian!
I'm quite certain that I got the better end of the deal in my marriage
I think my wife is still trying to figure out what I bring to the table.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
spreadsheets!
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Apr 8, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions
doritos and diet dew?
My millions are unconventional!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 8, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
mmmm
I knew I forgot to buy something at the grocery store.
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