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Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: Contest Results

By Alan Carpenter

Aug 21, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kyle Frederick Snyder (USA), red, is declared the winner over Albert Saratov (ROM) in a men
Aug 21, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kyle Frederick Snyder (USA), red, is declared the winner over Albert Saratov (ROM) in a men /
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Oct 22, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts raises the National League Championship Trophy after game six of the 2016 NLCS playoff baseball series at Wrigley Field. At right is President of Baseball operations Theo Epstein. Cubs win 5-0 to advance to the World Series. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts raises the National League Championship Trophy after game six of the 2016 NLCS playoff baseball series at Wrigley Field. At right is President of Baseball operations Theo Epstein. Cubs win 5-0 to advance to the World Series. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /

Awards Ceremony

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(cue up the Olympic theme music)

Not only did our winner get 13 of the 15 questions right, s/he also nailed 2 of the 3 tie-breakers (which were unnecessary) while missing the Aybar trade date by just 18 days – well under the median result.  It was a dominant effort.

At this time, I only know our winner by the email moniker “ysylee“.  We will be sending ysylee a signed Julio Teheran card… plus maybe another goodie or so… in recognition of this feat.  But I’m not done here…

How Good Was 13 of 15?

Consider that most of the Over/Under calls were darn close to a coin flip.  The worse one might have been the Defensive Runs Saved question… and one question had a 3-way answer to it.

If you consider the odds of getting the 13 correct that this entry achieved – based on the percentages of correct answers received by all contestants – then there was a 0.027% chance of getting all of those right.

That’s actually much longer odds than flipping a coin 15 times and getting 13 Heads:  0.3%.

When you add in the tie-breakers, then likelihood of this result is essentially off the chart – a very impressive answer set indeed.

A few of the Others…

  • Second place went to Rob Aguirre with an also very impressive 12 correct responses… there was also no tie-breaker needed on this one!
  • Third place to an Anonymous Donor – winning the 7-way tie of those with 11 correct answers.
  • Fourth place:  kch_76
  • Fifth:  a tie between GuyDrummer and Tyler Sassaman
  • Our longtime buddy Lee Trocinski won the tie-breaker for all those getting 10 answers right and came in 10th overall.
  • Yours truly matched Lee’s main score, but I get a 12th place finish after the tie-breakers.

Next: Do We Have a Match for the Tigers' Fire?

We sincerely appreciate all those who entered back at the end of Spring Training… it was a record turnout!  Hopefully we’ll throw this together again next Spring.

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