Before the World Series began, Brendan (The View From the Third Floor) had
a little contest. All you had to do was pick the players that would finish the World Series
with the following criteria (my picks in parenthesis):
- Player with the most Home Runs plus Steals (Ohtani)
- Player with the most Runs Scored plus RBI (Betts)
- Player with the most Innings Pitched minus Earned Runs Allowed (Cole)
- Player with the most Wins plus Saves (Weaver)
- Tie-Breaker Only: Official World Series MVP (Ohtani)
I felt pretty good with my picks, but thanks to Freddie Freman's epic hitting
and the randomness of determining wins, my picks didn't fare well at all.
The only one I got right was Gerritt Cole, and that was only due to what can
only be called divine intervention:
Despite giving up 5 runs in that famous Game 5 collapse, they were all
unearned thanks to the Yankees' sloppy play and lack of fundamentals.
Turns out Cole was the only correct choice anyone picked, and I ended up
sharing the win with two others.
For my feeble attempts at guessing, Brendan sent me a nice little stack
consisting of Josh Winckowski and a bunch of former Red Sox players:
Favorite Card: It's a toss-up between Eck's Dream Team jacket ad the
green-bordered Canseco.
Thanks for the cards, Brendan!
