CSS Button No Image Css3Menu.com

Baseball Prospectus home
  
  
Click here to log in Click here to subscribe
<< Previous Article
Pre-Season Predictions (04/06)
<< Previous Column
BP Unfiltered: A Story... (04/06)
Next Column >>
BP Unfiltered: Forever... (04/08)
Next Article >>
Premium Article Raising Aces: Pitching... (04/06)

April 6, 2015

BP Unfiltered

The 32 Predictions Contest 2015

by Sky Kalkman

This is the seventh year I’ve run this contest, and the third at Baseball Prospectus. (You can find the questions and results from the 2014 contest here.) I stole the idea from my college differential equations professor, Doug Drinen of Pro-Football-Reference, and heck, I might as well steal his directions, too (translated into baseball-speak):

Below you will find 32 pairs of numbers. In each case, you tell me which number will be bigger. One point for each correct answer. Most points wins.

Ties—and there is a solid chance of ties occurring—go to the side that had fewer votes. For example, here is a pair of numbers:

  • Wins by the Yankees
  • Wins by the Red Sox

Let’s say 41 people take the Yankees and 54 take the Red Sox. If the Yankees and Red Sox end up with the same number of wins, then each Yankee-backer will get a point and each Red Sox-backer will not.

To enter, fill out the embedded Smartsheet form below. The grand prize includes not only Fame and Glory, but a one-year premium subscription to Baseball Prospectus. Correlation is not causation, but Mike Fast is a previous winner, and look where he is now.

Entries are due by Thursday, April 9 at midnight Pacific. In case of an overall tie, the winner is the person who entered first.

Sky Kalkman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. 
Click here to see Sky's other articles. You can contact Sky by clicking here

2 comments have been left for this article.

<< Previous Article
Pre-Season Predictions (04/06)
<< Previous Column
BP Unfiltered: A Story... (04/06)
Next Column >>
BP Unfiltered: Forever... (04/08)
Next Article >>
Premium Article Raising Aces: Pitching... (04/06)

RECENTLY AT BASEBALL PROSPECTUS
Playoff Prospectus: Come Undone
BP En Espanol: Previa de la NLCS: Cubs vs. D...
Playoff Prospectus: How Did This Team Get Ma...
Playoff Prospectus: Too Slow, Too Late
Premium Article Playoff Prospectus: PECOTA Odds and ALCS Gam...
Premium Article Playoff Prospectus: PECOTA Odds and NLCS Gam...
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Preview: Cubs vs. D...

MORE FROM APRIL 6, 2015
Premium Article League Preview Series
The Prospectus Hit List: April 6, 2015
Premium Article Raising Aces: Pitching Trident: Downers
The Week in Quotes: March 30-April 5, 2015
Fantasy Article Free Agent Watch: Week One
Fantasy Article The Buyer's Guide: Kevin Gausman
Pre-Season Predictions

MORE BY SKY KALKMAN
2015-04-06 - BP Unfiltered: The 32 Predictions Contest 20...
2015-01-22 - BP Unfiltered: The 32 Predictions Contest Re...
2014-04-04 - BP Unfiltered: 32 Predictions Contest Respon...
2014-03-31 - 32 Predictions Contest
More...

MORE BP UNFILTERED
2015-04-10 - BP Unfiltered: The Best Part of the Twins Se...
2015-04-10 - BP Unfiltered: Everything You Could Have Lea...
2015-04-08 - BP Unfiltered: Forever Young
2015-04-06 - BP Unfiltered: The 32 Predictions Contest 20...
2015-04-06 - BP Unfiltered: A Story About Baseball and a ...
2015-04-03 - BP Unfiltered: Every Team's Moneyball, Liter...
2015-04-03 - BP Unfiltered: Everything You Could Have Lea...
More...