LAD 11, CHC 1; Cubs eliminated

It wasn't enjoyable to watch the defending champs take that sound of a beating, but I'm so happy for the Dodgers and Kershaw...and Turner and Grandy. 

And the sight of Schwarber bunting was...something. A valiant effort by the Cubs; the pitching just had nothing left. Uh, obviously ^.

Plenty of clean-up to do after all that champagne, though, so let's get to it. The points!

Bellinger 4
Puig 2
Turner 1

Kershaw 4

Bryant 4

And while we had some worthwhile contenders for The Shane Victorino Memorial Non-Pick, the guy who killed it and whose points went nowhere, for the 2017 NLCS I think we have to give it to Kiké Hernandez [sing-songs "En-REE-kay" in a Mr. Katimski voice]. 

Leaving us:

Arrieta
Bryant
Davis
Lester
Rizzo

And of course the money:

Yuhan 2 99
Bauer Newbies 93
Shotwell 2 86

The best of the rest, plus some more housekeeping, after the jump.




83 Shotwell 1
81 Williams

78 Cooley
76 MArbour 2 and Powell
75 Reid Classic
72 Tormey, Currie 1, and Stembie
70 Ansell

67 Bingham 1 and Zombunting
63 Brady
62 Camerons 1

59 Drake 2 and Winklepleck
57 Drake 1 and Bingham 2
53 Elodie
51 Reid Designated Slater

48 JArbour
47 Camerons 2
45 Simone
41 Bunting 2 and Currie
40 Dunn

35 Bauer Rematch
32 MArbour 1

Dunn and Bauer Rematch have lost all their picks and will not appear in future updates; sorry, friends.

Everyone else is staying put for right now. Yeah, I could prune some dead wood (like...both my own slates), but with two pitcher picks going tonight -- in an elimination game that the Yanks are not expected to win, but that will detonate a bomb in the pool if they do -- I'm content to see what the weekend brings.

8 PM ET at the Juice Box, Severino v. Verlander. Will the home-field advantage hold? We'll find out! Questions, corrections, unwanted Carl Edwards Jr. Topps cards, leave 'em in the comments.