That was a serious case of rust the Rockies had last night, although some credit goes to Josh Beckett, of course.

Don't forget to make your predictions for Game 2--you have about 12 hours to get that in.

But now, here are the results for the Game 1 challenge.

First, here are the best predictions for each category:

• Francis game score: Nobody guessed such a poor performance, but Dre17 was closest, guessing a 37. A few others guessed 38-39, and the average guess was about 48.
• Colorado runs scored: obviously most people went over on this one, but one person, zimcity, nailed it at 1. The average guess was 3.3
• Colorado runners LOB: Three folks (doug730, truman, and Dre17) nailed it at 5 and the average guess was 7.4
• Colorado Home Run guess: obviously nobody got it right since nobody hit a HR for Colorado.
• Beckett Game Score: his actual score was 69 and a bunch of people got very close. Closest was RonBermuda at 68, but shout-outs to larryhisle, Dre17 again, and kingturtle for also getting very close. Average of all guesses was 63.
• Boston Runs Scored: nobody had anything close to 13. Highest guesses were 8, by doug730 and yanks144. Average guess was 5.9 runs.
• Boston LOB: Kingturtle nailed it at 12, next closest was wellspr, and the average was 8.
• Boston Home Run Guess: Nobody had Pedroia.
• Winning and Losing pitchers: lots had the correct combo of Beckett and Francis.

Here are the top 5 finishers for Game 1 of the 2007 World Series Challenge:

1. Dre17 - 86
2T. larryhisle - 93
2T. zimcity - 93
4. Redsauce- 99
5. doug730 - 100

Dre17 deserves a lot of props, as a score of 86 is really very impressive I think. I'll be curious to see what the winning scores are in the rest of the games.

By the way, the average score was 139, and a few folks topped 200 (those who picked Colorado to win, as you might imagine.)

By the way, Larry Hisle had a very interesting career, worthy of a column in and of itself. He was another guy who started with a dreadfully low batting average but became an awesome power hitter. A serious injury (rotator cuff I believe?) ended his career right at its zenith.

Thanks to everybody for entering, and please rush over and post your guesses for Game 2 (link near the top of this post!) I'll post the winners for Game 2, and also carry over your cumulative scores to figure out an overall winner for the World Series Challenge.

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