Monday, December 23, 2024

Aaron Judge's Epic Blunder Won Me Cards!

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!

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