And away we go

Allllll righty then! Welcome back, ever'body. It's our tenth (!!) BPP. We've got lots of new faces this year and I think the level of trash talk is really going to rise. Or at least the volume.

Most popular player picks: Carpenter and Donaldson. Most popular pitcher picks: Arrieta, Greinke, and Price. We don't appear to have any dupe slates this year.

SF 3, KC 2; congrats, Giants and Warren!

San Francisco continues its dynastic tradition of winning it all in even years; the BPP continues its dynastic something-or-other by crowning a new winner almost every year. Congratulations to the Giants, their fans, and at long last Warren Tormey. He's endured a number of basement-y outings but has finally prevailed. Well done, sir.

Your final points:

Gordon 4
Sandoval 6

Bumgarner 9

And your final standings:

TORMEY: 192 ($140)
Reid: 163.34 ($40)
Brady: 156.67 ($20)

Richardson: 110.67
Bingham: 94
Bunting: ...snerk


Our MVP, of course, is Mr. Madison Bumgarner; our LVP in '14 is the collective Nationals lineup; and the Shane Victorino Memorial Unpicked Hero Award is given, in gloriously loving slo-mo, to Hunter Pence, along with a year's supply of razors and Pantene Pro-V.

Thanks again for playing the BPP, everyone, and I hope to see you all next year, knives sharpened and pointed at the professor. ;-) Moneys will go out today; if you see any expensive arithmetic errors, please let me know ASAP.

'Til spring training...