A BITTER REWARD, INDEED

By her willingness to buck conventional wisdom and predict that the Red Sox would NOT make it to the World Series, Jennifer Ward of Hanson becomes our Third Place winner, joining John Tobin of Portsmouth, RI (First Place) and Ben Moncada of Framingham (Second Place) on the victory podium.

But what a bittersweet way to win. We're sorry that your victories are tinged with the sting of the Sox September collapse, but there you have it.

Jennifer wins a $100 gift card to our online Fan Shop. Maybe you can buy a Sox towel to wipe away your tears of frustration.

Below are the 15 others who finished the season at 14-5, an admirable record and worth acknowledgement. Many, many thanks to all for playing.

John Rocha of Somerset
Tom McCabe of Los Angeles
Matt Leach of Hanson
Loren Crispell of State College, Pennsylvania
John Field of Vero Beach, Florida
John Vogt of West Milford, New Jersey
Bill Bystrynski of Cary, North Carolina
Rob Allen of Clearwater, Florida
James Quill of Bloomington, Indiana
Wendell MacGibbon of New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
JimD of Sudbury
Alex Convery of Los Angeles
Steve Frazier of Morris, Connecticut
Chris Gilmore of San Diego, California
Rich Talcik of Shelton, Connecticut

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