It's been a while, hasn't it? The judges had to sift through weeks and weeks of comments, including some memorable arguments, to pick three winners.

Their work is complete. Here are your medalists:

--The bronze goes to JE, who got worked up over a hypothetical discussion involving Prince Fielder's free agency. It was worth it just for this:

--The silver goes to Jim, who checked in on Jorge Posada's retirement:

--And the gold goes to NaOH, who apparently has returned from his long search for the lost ark and offered some mad data to counter Sandy's assertion that Carlos Pena hits into a lot of double plays:

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