一名教士球迷贏得季後賽預測挑戰 - 美國職棒

SD fan wins Postseason Bracket Challenge

一名教士球迷贏得MLB季後賽預測挑戰

https://www.mlb.com/news/postseason-bracket-challenge-winner-from-san-diego

When the MLB Postseason Bracket Challenge launched prior to this year's
playoffs, 629,000 people submitted a bracket in the quest to win the largest
grand prize ever offered in October: $250,000.

在季後賽開打前，官方舉辦了季後賽預測挑戰，總共有629,000人參與，最大獎為25萬
美金。

In the end, there was one fan standing: Tom Lewis of San Diego.

來自聖地牙哥的Tom Lewis成為最後贏家。

"Oh, you're kidding me -- 629,000 entrants?" Lewis said after being informed
of just how pristine his submission was.

That was the first time Lewis used that phrase. The second was when he was
told how he won the tiebreaker after 11 people (.002 percent of entrants)
picked a perfect bracket and also guessed Stephen Strasburg as the World
Series Most Valuable Player Award winner and that the Fall Classic would last
seven games. Lewis was the only fan who guessed that 95 home runs would be
hit over the postseason, the correct answer to the first tiebreaker question.

在629,000人中，有11人成功預測了完美的晉級圖，Strasburg贏得世界大賽MVP，及世界
大賽打到第七戰的結果。

這11人中，Lewis是唯一預測季後賽全壘打總數為95的人，這是第一決勝局的正確答案。

When the Dodgers were upset by the Nationals in the National League Division
Series, one percent of all brackets submitted remained.

當國民在NLDS擊敗道奇時，只剩下1%的參賽者保有正確預測。

How did Lewis survive that round, which was clearly the one from which the
most brackets were elimniated?

Much of Lewis' bracket hinged on two factors -- Lewis being a fan of San
Diego State alum Stephen Strasburg, and Lewis' loyalty to the hometown
Padres, which naturally leads to his distaste for the Dodgers.

"I guess I used a little bit of brain power and a little bit of heart power,"
Lewis said. "If I was gonna bet my own money, I probably wouldn't have picked
the teams I did. I picked the Astros to go all the way in the American League
because I saw all those matchups and I thought, 'Oh man, they're going to go
all the way into the World Series.'

"With Washington, I saw how they did from when they were [19-31] and they
went on to win almost as many games as the Astros did from that time moving
forward. But then I also wanted Washington to win because Stephen Strasburg
is from San Diego, and I kind of followed him in the news and things like
that. And as a Padres fan, I don't like the Dodgers very much."

Lewis成功預測的主要原因：他是聖地牙哥州立大學明星投手Stephen Strasburg的粉絲，
對於家鄉球隊教士的忠誠，也導致他非常不喜歡道奇隊。

As to what Lewis will do with his winnings, he honestly doesn't know yet.

Lewis還沒有想好如何使用這筆獎金。

"I'm a baseball fan forever," Lewis said. "I get the MLB.com newsletter daily
in my email. They sent this thing out and I thought, it doesn't take all that
much to just fill out a bracket. And I filled one out."

As for Strasburg being named World Series MVP, that one's not so far-fetched.
But the Dodgers losing in the NLDS? That's a gutsy call, and it paid off big.

「我永遠是棒球迷，每天透過email獲得MLB的新聞資訊，當我看到預測活動時，我認為
這不需要花太多時間，於是完成了預測。」

"I could not fill a bracket out with the Dodgers winning anything," Lewis
said. "I go to a fair number of Padres games at Petco Park. And when the
Dodgers are in town, their fans come in and act like they own the place.

"And I'm thinking, 'You guys are just rude.'"

「我不會送出任何有道奇贏得比賽的預測。」Lewis說。「我在Petco Park看過許多
比賽，當道奇來作客時，入場的道奇迷就像是把Petco Park當成自己的主場。」

「而我在想的是，『你們真無禮。』」

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