My Nats predictions
Ball-Wonk has issued The 2007 Nationals Progdown Blognostication Credibility Challenge. Here are my predictions:
1. Nationals season record. 62-99 (What can I say, I am an optimist…)
2. Nationals NL East division place and games back (if any). 36
3. Date on which Nick Johnson first appears in a Nationals game. May 15
4. Date on which Nick Johnson suffers season-ending injury. August 18
5. Nationals team leader in pitching starts, with number of starts. Hill, 29
6. Total number of starting pitchers used. 10
7. Number of ejections for Manny Acta. 2
8. Guzman’s batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average. .265 .320 .380
9. Nationals home runs at RFK. 110 (Oops, forgot to divide by 2)
10. Paid attendance for the July 21 game against Colorado at RFK (our only Fox national broadcast of 2007). 28,937
Bonus prediction!
Felipe Lopez errors: 26
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