Who’s in First? May 1, 2011

The Professor takes the lead (as usual)

May 1st marks the first measurement of our Baseball PhD MLB Predictions Contest.  The concept is simple.  Pick the eight teams that will make the Major League Baseball playoffs and get a point for each team that you pick correct.  The only score that counts is when the season concludes on Wednesday, September 29th.

9 Participants

This contest has nine participants.  Each participant has predicted that the Red Sox and Phillies will make the 2011 playoffs.  Consequently, everyone’s other six picks will determine the outcome of the contest.  If the season were to end on April 30th, the 8 playoff teams would be:

 

American League                                                National League

New York Yankees                                       Philadelphia Phillies

Cleveland Indians                                        St. Louis Cardinals

Texas Rangers                                            Colorado Rockies

LA Angels/Tampa Bay Rays                           Florida Marlins

No Participant has picked the Indians, Rays or Marlins to make the playoffs

Last year’s defending champion, Professor Bruce Bukiet currently has four points (Yankees, Rangers, Phillies & Cardinals).  In second with 3.5 points (Yankees, Angels, Phillies & Rockies) is Rodney Johnson form playballexperience.com.

4 Participants are tied in third with three points

Andre Lower (Yankees, Phillies & Rockies) from baseballbypositions.com is tied with each member of our PhD Committee with three points each.  We’ll see in another 30 days if Professor Bukiet’s’ power of math wins the day again.

2011 Cincinnati Reds

The Reds have started the season hot as we celebrate our 50th podcast episode from The Great American Ballpark.  Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology makes his learned 2011 MLB predictions and we get the sign of the times from Tod Swormstedt of the American Sign Museum.   Ed and Farley close the podcast from behind home plate minutes after the Reds complete their opening weekend sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.  Next stop, our first special edition podcast honoring The Famous San Diego Chicken which will be released on Tuesday, April 12th.

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2010 World Series

It’s time to enjoy the Fall Classic.  History will be made.  Either the Rangers will win their first World Series or the Giants will win their first title since moving to the Bay Area in 1958!  Our PhD Committee analyzes the Series.  Ed then interviews Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Matty Staudt from Stitcher Radio and author G. Michael Green about Charlie Finley and his World Series exploits.  The podcast concludes with our PhD Committee listening to Red Barber make the call and Chuck Brodsky’s, Moe Berg – The Song.  Next podcast – Moe Berg – The Catcher Who Was A Spy.

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Bukiet Predicts Rangers & Phillies to Meet in World Series

This morning, Professor Bruce Bukiet was presented with his 2010 MLB Predictions Championship Plaque by Baseball PhD’s Ed Kasputis.  Professor Bukiet predicts that the Texas Rangers will meet the Philadelphia Phillies in this year’s World Series.

Our World Series podcast will be released on Tuesday, October 26th.  Professor Bukiet will be making a cameo appearance as he predicts who will win the Fall Classic.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Ed, Farley and Mark are in beautiful Pittsburgh for the last podcast of the regular season.  We honor Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology for winning our 2010 MLB Predictions contest.  Ed then interviews Pittsburgh dentist and entertainer, Dr. Howard Elson about his beloved Bucs and PNC Park.  The Wise Guys battle it along the banks of the Allegheny River about Pirate history.  With a heavy heart, our PhD Committee leaves Pittsburgh and heads back to the studio.  Next podcast – League Championship Series on October 15th.

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Professor Bruce Bukiet is 2010 Predictions Champion

The power of math won the day as Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology won our 2010 Major League Baseball predictions contest.  Bukiet successfully picked 6 of the 8 teams that made the post season.

“I felt like chasing Secretariat all season long,” said Ed Kasputis, Creative Director for Baseball PhD. “Professor Bukiet did a great job of using math and baseball intuition to have a great year.  I’m going to the library to check out a calculus book in honor of the Professor.”

Kasputis along with two others (Mark Rantala and Baseball Bob) finished second by picking 4 of the 8 post season teams.  Ed Kasputis will be interviewing Professor Bukiet during our podcast featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates which will be released on Friday, October 8th.  Like Professor Bukiet always says, “a day without math is like a day without sunshine.”

Professor Bukiet’s MLB Predictions – March 24, 2010

Who’s in First – September 1, 2010

It’s like deja-vu all over again.

Yogi Berra once said, “it’s like deja-vu all over again“.  The standings for our 2010 MLB Predictions contest are the same today as June 1st.  With the completion of summer, Professor Bruce Bukiet is still in first as he readies his lecture hall for another year at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Hopefully the Professor’s math department has not been rocked by budget cuts.  Ed Kasputis and Mark Rantala are again tied for second as they were on June 1st.

The Professor has widened his lead.  On June 1st, the Professor had 4.5 points.  Today he has 6 points, meaning that he has chosen 6 of the 8 teams that would make the playoffs if the season were to end today.  Kasputis and Rantala have 4 points.  90 days ago they had 3.5 points.  “I feel like Gilligan trying to catch the Professor” said Ed Kasputis.  “I think his lead is too great.”  The Major League Season ends on Sunday, October 3rd.

Who’s in First – August 1, 2010

Professor Bukiet and Baseball Bob are tied with 4.5 points each

We are four months into the season with Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology holding steady.  This month Baseball Bob (the smartest man we know) has surged to tie the professor.  Both brainiacs have 4.5 points.  Both men predicted that the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals would make the playoffs.  Currently the Cardinals are tied for first in the NL Central with the Cincinnati Reds.  This is how each man got one half point.

Bukiet also predicted that the Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves would make the playoffs.  Baseball Bob has predicted that the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants would make the playoffs.  If the season were to end today, all of these teams would make the playoffs.

Tied for third are Baseball PhD’s Who and playballexperience.com‘s Rodney Johnson (Johnson is also the official scorer for the Arizona Diamondbacks). Both man and boy predicted that the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals would also make the playoffs.  Who also predicted that the Texas Rangers would make the post season while Johnson predicted that the San Francisco Giants will also still be playing in October.

Can anyone catch Professor Bukiet?  The key teams to watch are Tampa Bay and Texas.  If both of these teams continue to play well, the Professor’s legacy will continue to grow.

Who’s in First – July 1, 2010

Professor Bukiet and Ed Kasputis are tied with 4 points each

What a difference three months make!  On April 2nd, our PhD committee along with Professor Bruce Bukiet and Rodney Johnson made their 2010 Major League predictions.  Thirty days ago, Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology had the most accurate predictions.

After three months of baseball, Professor Bukiet and Ed Kasputis are tied for the lead with 4 points out of a possible 8.  Both men predicted that the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves would make the playoffs.  Bukiet also predicted that the Texas Rangers would make the playoffs while Kasputis predicted that the Boston Red Sox would make the post season.

Baseball Bob and I Don’t Know are tied for third place with three points each.  Our 2010 Major League predictions will be measured again on August 1, 2010.

Who’s in First – June 1, 2010

Professor Bukiet takes the lead!

What a difference a month makes!  On April 2nd, our PhD committee along with Professor Bruce Bukiet and Rodney Johnson made their 2010 Major League predictions.  Thirty days ago, Rodney Johnson from playballexperience.com had the most accurate predictions.

After two months of baseball, Professor Bukiet is in the lead with 4.5 points.  Ed Kasputis and Mark Rantala are tied for second with with 3.5 points.  Bukiet predicted that the Twins, Yankees, Rays, Cardinals and Braves would make the playoffs.  Bukiet earned .5 points since the Cardinals are tied for first with the Reds.  Ed predicted that the Twins, Yankees, Cardinals and Braves would make the playoffs.  Mark predicted the Rays, Twins, Yankees and Cardinals would make the playoffs.

Our 2010 Major League predictions will be measured again on July 1, 2010.

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