The judges always appreciate good banter and good insight, and we had plenty of both this past week. 

Here are your medalists:

The bronze goes to Sandy. I know Sandy tries to play it cool, but I get the sense, from comments like this one, that he doesn't like the Mets' owners:

The silver goes to the consistently caustic Bob Tufts, who reveled in "Moneyball's" strikeout at the Oscars:

And the gold goes to longtime commenter Jim, the straight shooter, who offered his take on the Ryan Braun case:

Thanks to everyone who participated.

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