Texas blanked again, this time by Bumgarner. I wonder if, after the Series is over, the commentary is going to focus on Vlad's ineptitude in the field a few games back, and how that felt like a bellwether. I'm not saying it's the case; I'm just wondering if that will become a lightning rod. The Rangers have not seemed comfortable in this series, and that's the most glaring example.
Anyway...points.
SF - 3
Cruz, N - 1
Posey, B - 4
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Your current standings:
John - 243.67
Joe - 210
Samantha - 197.67
Aaron - 196
Jill - 147.67
Maria - 146.67
Sarah - 49.01
Sam climbs back into the money thanks to the SF victory, and Jill is now in fifth place after some heroics by Buster Posey. It really isn't possible for anyone to catch John, but we could see some interesting shuffling/scuffling for the second- and third-place money.
Lincecum and Lee back to the mound tomorrow night; first pitch at 7:57 PM ET (shut up, FOX).
Sunday, October 31, 2010
TEX 4, SF 2
Sorry for the late posting here -- busy weekend, just catching up now.
Points for the Saturday game now; full standings in the entry for the just-completed Sunday-night game, mere moments away.
TEX - 3
Cruz, N - 2
Hamilton, J - 4
Posey, B - 1
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Aaron back in the money, for now, but we'll see how it looks after I total up tonight's points.
Points for the Saturday game now; full standings in the entry for the just-completed Sunday-night game, mere moments away.
TEX - 3
Cruz, N - 2
Hamilton, J - 4
Posey, B - 1
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Aaron back in the money, for now, but we'll see how it looks after I total up tonight's points.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
SF 9, TEX 0
Did I jinx the Rangers by mentioning their solid pitching? Something jinxed them, at any rate, as we get another ugly score but no hitting from Texas this time.
Points:
SF - 5
Hamilton, J - 1
Posey, B - 1
Uribe, J - 1
Cain, M - 9.67
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Not a ton of change, but Sam joins the money thanks to young Uribe.
John - 236.67
Joe - 207
Sam - 194.67
Aaron - 193
Maria - 146.67
Jill - 139.67
Sarah - within a hundred of the nearest competitor at last! 49.01
The fun resumes on Saturday at 6:30 PM ET in Texas -- see you back here then!
Points:
SF - 5
Hamilton, J - 1
Posey, B - 1
Uribe, J - 1
Cain, M - 9.67
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Not a ton of change, but Sam joins the money thanks to young Uribe.
John - 236.67
Joe - 207
Sam - 194.67
Aaron - 193
Maria - 146.67
Jill - 139.67
Sarah - within a hundred of the nearest competitor at last! 49.01
The fun resumes on Saturday at 6:30 PM ET in Texas -- see you back here then!
SF 11, TEX 7
Great pitching match-up! Except the "great" part. And mostly the "pitching" part.
Texas clawed back close enough to nix the blowout points for San Francisco, though, and while both the starters looked capital-R ragged, each managed to pull some points for their pickers, to wit:
SF - 3
Cruz, N - 2
Posey, B - 1
Uribe, J - 4
Lee, C - 11.67
Lincecum, T - 8.67
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No change in the standings, but Sam has inched closer to the money.
John - 235.67
The Sheriff - 202
Aaron - 193
Sam - 188.67
Maria - 146.67
Jill - 133.67
Sarah - ha.ha
As far as pool points go, it's pretty much up to the hitters now unless/until we see the aces again. It's CJ Wilson against my life-support pick, Matt Cain, tonight at 8 PM ET.
Texas clawed back close enough to nix the blowout points for San Francisco, though, and while both the starters looked capital-R ragged, each managed to pull some points for their pickers, to wit:
SF - 3
Cruz, N - 2
Posey, B - 1
Uribe, J - 4
Lee, C - 11.67
Lincecum, T - 8.67
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No change in the standings, but Sam has inched closer to the money.
John - 235.67
The Sheriff - 202
Aaron - 193
Sam - 188.67
Maria - 146.67
Jill - 133.67
Sarah - ha.ha
As far as pool points go, it's pretty much up to the hitters now unless/until we see the aces again. It's CJ Wilson against my life-support pick, Matt Cain, tonight at 8 PM ET.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Final full standings pre-Classic
As we head into the World Series -- FYI, the Classic begins at 7:57 PM ET on Wednesday in San Francisco with Lee and Lincecum as your probables -- it's time to look at the BPP's full standings for the last time.
Going into the final fight:
John - 224
Joe - 190.33
Broomfield/Romine - 183.67
Aaron - 182.33
Maria II - 178
Tom - 174
Sam I - 173
Tim - 168
Angela - 159
Dave and Warren - 156
Lauren - 155
Ben II - 135.67
Maria I - 135
Jeremy - 134.67
Hilary and Keith - 129.67
Jill Love - 121
Ben I - 119.67
Jill Hate - 113.34
Sam II - 109.67
Matt - 96.67
Sarah II - 76
Sarah I - 39.34
There is one pooler in the current money who has no picks left, and I could leave Broomfield/Romine in the standings for a few days to see how it shakes out, but unless Tim Lincecum gets shot in the pitching arm, there isn't much point, so, to keep things simple, I'll work it like this. Everybody who no longer has picks is out. Everybody who still has a pick, no matter how long a shot, is still in. Just to try to keep things a bit more interesting (mostly by making jokes at my own expense some more).
Maria, Jill, and I have no realistic shot at catching the leaders, but as Jon Miller says, that's why you play the games.
Alas, we must now say goodbye to most of the pool, including our defending champ and one past champ as well. Broomfield/Romine, Maria II, Tom, Tim, Angela, Dave, Warren, Lauren, the Bens, Jeremy, Hilary, Keith, Jill Goofus, Sam II, Matt, and my own craptastic II slate: thank you so much for playing, and I hope we'll see you all in 2011. (And here during the Series for some commentary, if you'd like.)
Any points mistakes you find, please bring them to my attention, and again, I'm sorry it worked out this way...but some years, it's like that. (Some years, it's worse. See: any year the Cubs get bounced out of the NLDS in 3 games and take two thirds of the pool with them.)
Going into the final fight:
John - 224
Joe - 190.33
Broomfield/Romine - 183.67
Aaron - 182.33
Maria II - 178
Tom - 174
Sam I - 173
Tim - 168
Angela - 159
Dave and Warren - 156
Lauren - 155
Ben II - 135.67
Maria I - 135
Jeremy - 134.67
Hilary and Keith - 129.67
Jill Love - 121
Ben I - 119.67
Jill Hate - 113.34
Sam II - 109.67
Matt - 96.67
Sarah II - 76
Sarah I - 39.34
There is one pooler in the current money who has no picks left, and I could leave Broomfield/Romine in the standings for a few days to see how it shakes out, but unless Tim Lincecum gets shot in the pitching arm, there isn't much point, so, to keep things simple, I'll work it like this. Everybody who no longer has picks is out. Everybody who still has a pick, no matter how long a shot, is still in. Just to try to keep things a bit more interesting (mostly by making jokes at my own expense some more).
Maria, Jill, and I have no realistic shot at catching the leaders, but as Jon Miller says, that's why you play the games.
Alas, we must now say goodbye to most of the pool, including our defending champ and one past champ as well. Broomfield/Romine, Maria II, Tom, Tim, Angela, Dave, Warren, Lauren, the Bens, Jeremy, Hilary, Keith, Jill Goofus, Sam II, Matt, and my own craptastic II slate: thank you so much for playing, and I hope we'll see you all in 2011. (And here during the Series for some commentary, if you'd like.)
Any points mistakes you find, please bring them to my attention, and again, I'm sorry it worked out this way...but some years, it's like that. (Some years, it's worse. See: any year the Cubs get bounced out of the NLDS in 3 games and take two thirds of the pool with them.)
SF 3, PHI 2
I had to follow the game via refreshed Blackberry updates at a rock show. Just as the Nightmare River Band went into their last song, I hit refresh one last time and came upon "SF 3 PHI 2 FINAL." Make of that whatever poesy (or Posey) you will, as the Phillies exit the stage and take the bulk of the pool with them. Congrats to the Giants, but in here, it's a bit sad; my condolences to the Phillie pickers (which is basically everyone). It was a solid play, but it didn't work out.
Pool Silver Slugger for the NLCS is Jayson Werth, somewhat by default, and our Cy Young is The Freak, who managed to pick up some pointage last night in relief to edge out Oswalt. LVPs include Ibanez and Utley (the latter is apparently injured, but not admitting the extent). Howard was a popular punching bag on sports radio, but according to our metrics, he was not that unproductive, just struck out a lot. Which...Howard does that.
And the Memorial Shane Victorino Lost Opportunity Award is presented to...well, Shane Victorino is a tempting candidate, but I'm giving it to Cody Ross.
The points!
SF - 13
Howard, R - 3
Ibanez, R - 3
Uribe, J - 5
Utley, C - 2
Lincecum, T - 1.33
Oswalt, R - 11
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The departed, and quick standings, after the jump.
Pool Silver Slugger for the NLCS is Jayson Werth, somewhat by default, and our Cy Young is The Freak, who managed to pick up some pointage last night in relief to edge out Oswalt. LVPs include Ibanez and Utley (the latter is apparently injured, but not admitting the extent). Howard was a popular punching bag on sports radio, but according to our metrics, he was not that unproductive, just struck out a lot. Which...Howard does that.
And the Memorial Shane Victorino Lost Opportunity Award is presented to...well, Shane Victorino is a tempting candidate, but I'm giving it to Cody Ross.
The points!
SF - 13
Howard, R - 3
Ibanez, R - 3
Uribe, J - 5
Utley, C - 2
Lincecum, T - 1.33
Oswalt, R - 11
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The departed, and quick standings, after the jump.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
TEX 6, NYY 1
It's not a good day for Yankee fans -- or for a handful of now-pickless poolies -- but this is about what we might have expected. If more than a handful of Yankees had hit, they might have pulled it out, but they were having a downish year and couldn't lean on their starters very hard, and Texas is a very good team. It's a nice moment for that franchise, too; congrats to its fans.
Pool ALCS MVPs include Cano for the Silver Slugger, and BPP Cy Young the Notorious L.E.E., who racked up more points in one start than the next guy, Sabathia, did in two.
The pool's LVP technically is Tex, who put nothing up before getting hurt; if we don't count him, it's a tie between Rodriguez and Swisher, but they actually did okay and were showing signs of heating up in the last couple of games (of course, Rodriguez 1) will get blamed for everything, including AJ Burnett somehow, and 2) at least did Rangers fans the favor of making the last out to bring everything full circle).
Last but not least, the pool's Memorial Shane Victorino Lost Opportunity Award goes to, I believe, Granderson.
The points:
TEX - 15 (win 3 + blowout 2 + championship-series victory 10)
Cruz, N - 4
Hamilton, J - 1
Rodriguez, A - 2
Hughes, P - 7.67
The departed:
Cano, R
Jeter, D
Rodriguez, A
Swisher, N
Teixeira, M
Hughes, P
Sabathia, CC
Standings after the jump, but the leader isn't going to shock anyone...
Pool ALCS MVPs include Cano for the Silver Slugger, and BPP Cy Young the Notorious L.E.E., who racked up more points in one start than the next guy, Sabathia, did in two.
The pool's LVP technically is Tex, who put nothing up before getting hurt; if we don't count him, it's a tie between Rodriguez and Swisher, but they actually did okay and were showing signs of heating up in the last couple of games (of course, Rodriguez 1) will get blamed for everything, including AJ Burnett somehow, and 2) at least did Rangers fans the favor of making the last out to bring everything full circle).
Last but not least, the pool's Memorial Shane Victorino Lost Opportunity Award goes to, I believe, Granderson.
The points:
TEX - 15 (win 3 + blowout 2 + championship-series victory 10)
Cruz, N - 4
Hamilton, J - 1
Rodriguez, A - 2
Hughes, P - 7.67
The departed:
Cano, R
Jeter, D
Rodriguez, A
Swisher, N
Teixeira, M
Hughes, P
Sabathia, CC
Standings after the jump, but the leader isn't going to shock anyone...
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