I promoted this because GOGing is a fun AN tradition and because more players are always good! "Guess the Outcome Game" is a friendly competition amongst fans to guess some statistical outcomes. Please read below and decide if you want to join us.

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Answers

1. 2-1 A's [3 points]

2. 3 H / 0 XBH / 1 RBI / Yes (T-4th) [2/ 2/ 2/ 1]

3. A's Positive: Blevins, Colon, Cook, Figueroa, Fuentes, Milone, Norberto, Parker, Suzuki, Ka'aihue, Cespedes, Crisp [2 points each]

White Sox Positive: Floyd, Jones, Ohman, Peavy, Reed, Sale, Dunn, Konerko, Ramirez [2 points each]

A's Negative: Balfour, De Los Santos, Miller, Thompson, Recker, Barton, Hughes, Pennington, Sogard, Weeks, Gomes, Reddick, Smith [game over]

White Sox Negative: Santiago, Thornton, Flowers, Pierzynski, Beckham, Escobar, Morel, De Aza, Fukudome, Lillibridge, Rios, Viciedo [game over]

If they're not listed, they didn't play.

4. Yes, plays 3rd / AB 6 / H 0 / BB 0 / K 2 / Yes, commits error [1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1]

5. Less - 34,790 (10574+11184+13032) / 69 degrees [1/2]

6. Lillibridge / 5 [1/3]

7. Peavy: 9 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 5 K [2/ 2/ 2/ 2]

Colon: 7 IP / 7 H / 2 ER / 2 K [2/ 2/ 2/ 2]

Lower ERA: Peavy (1.88 vs 2.62) [1]

Extra credit: 1 point for each game you attended

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GOG #6 vs Cleveland

The questions

1. Series outcome (3 games) [3 points]

2. Our good friend A.J. Pierzynski is currently tied for 4th in the AL with 14 RBIs. How many H/XBH/RBI for A.J. in the series? Is he still in the top five in RBIs after Wednesday? [2/2/2/1 - 7 points total]

3. Starz and Goatz: High roller edition. Name as many players as you want (either team) who will have a positive cumulative WPA for the series. You can name as few or as many players as you like, but here's the catch: for every correct guess, you get 2 points. If you guess ANY player that gets a negative WPA, you get 0 points for this question. If a player doesn't play in the series, or ends up with a WPA of zero, it doesn't count for or against you. [Theoretically 100 points, but probably not]

4. Do you come from a land down under? The are 14 active Australians in the majors and the A's suddenly have three of them. Most recently, Luke Hughes comes to us courtesy of the Minnesota Twins. Does Luke fill in at 3rd base at all during the series? (doesn't have to start) What is his AB/H/BB/K for the series? Does he commit an error? [1/2/2/2/2/1 - 10 points total]

5. 38,405 fans attended Saturday's Reds/Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Do the A's draw more or less during the three-game series against the Sox? Also, what is the game time temperature Wednesday as reported here by the 1pm-ish weather observation at the Oakland Airport? [1 point for attendance, 2 for temperature]

6. Brent Lillibridge is leading the AL with five stolen bases. Yoenis Cespedes is currently tied for second with four, and right behind them are Cliff Pennington and Jemile Weeks with three. Who of the four is leading the AL in stolen bases after Wednesday's games? Possible answers are Lillibridge, Cespedes, Pennington, Weeks, or "someone else." If there's a tie, points awarded if you guess any one of the leaders. How many SB does the AL leader have after Wednesday? (two separate questions) [1/3 - 4 points total]

7. So some guy named Phil had a pretty good game on Saturday. Fortunately our muppets don't have to face him and his 0.63 ERA this series. Monday night looks to have a good matchup featuring Jake Peavy and Bartolo Colon. Peavy has only issued two walks in 21 innings this season, while Colon has not allowed a run in his last 15 innings. For each pitcher, guess IP/H/ER/K. Who has the lower ERA after the game? (Colon is currently 2.63, Peavy 2.75) [2/2/2/2, then 1 - 17 points total]

Extra credit - This being a midweek series in April with sketchy weather forecast for getaway day, give yourself one point for each game you attend this series. I'm an NRAF, so unfortunately my score is already a big goose egg.

Answers due by Monday @ 7:05pm PDT

Question #3... First three columns are each game, last column is the series