NYY 4, MIN 3; LAA 4, BOS 1

A lot of points picked up during the 11-inning Yanks/Twins heart-breaker; meanwhile, only Joe gets any real traction from the Halos' win late-night.

Your points:

NYY: 5

Jeter, D: 2
Mauer, J: 2
Rodriguez, A: 5
Teixeira, M: 5

(Note: I'm using MLB.com's definition of total bases, which does not seem to include BB.  Hope everyone's okay with that, as everyone's affected pretty much equally.)

Burnett, AJ: 12

LAA: 3

Weaver, J: 14.33

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54.67: Lauren
50.67: Kim
49.67: Maria Dos
48: Sarah
47.67: Aaron, LJ, Matt
45.67: Tim
44.67: Ben Prime
44.34: Stephen
43.67: Warren
43: Ben Dos, Maria Prime
41.33: Joe
40: Jill
38.67: John
32: Tom

Tom still stands to make a charge -- Kazmir hasn't taken the hill yet -- but he and the other STL pickers had better hope The Gateway To The West gets on the board today, and that Pujols has a good night.  Otherwise, we're all buying Lauren's lunch.

NL gets back on the horse tonight with LAD/STL at 6:07 and PHI/COL at 9:37; AL is off.

COL 5, PHI 4; LAD 3, STL 2; LAA 5, BOS 0

...Huh.  Okay.

Points:

COL: 3

Howard, R: 3
Rollins, J: 1
Utley, C: 1

Hamels, C: 10

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LAD: 3

Holliday, M: 4
Pujols, A: 1

Wainwright, A: 15

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LAA: 5

Bay, J: 1

Lester, J: 11

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The current standings:

Lauren: 47.67
Matt: 44.67
Kim: 43.67

LJ: 40.67
Maria 2: 39.67
Maria Prime: 38
Aaron: 37.67
Stephen: 37.34
Tim: 35.67
Ben 2: 35
Warren: 33.67
Ben Prime: 32.67
John: 28.67
Tom: 27
Sarah: 26
Joe: 22
Jill: 18


Without everyone's pitchers on the board yet, it's still pretty open -- but with the Dodgers now up 2-0 in the series, the pool could up and drown a bunch of us pretty quickly.  Especially if Tex doesn't start hitting.

NL is off tomorrow; ALDS resumes with MIN/NYY at 6:07 PM.

NYY 7, MIN 2; LAD 5, STL 3

Everybody's on the board after our first day of play.  First, your points.

NYY: 5

Jeter, D: 5
Mauer, J: 3
Rodriguez, A: 2

Sabathia, CC: 14.67

LAD: 3

Holliday, M: 1

Carpenter, C: 8
Wolf, R: 5.67

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I'll wait to post detailed standings until BOS and LAA have played; until then, we won't really know much of anything.  At the moment, though, Stephen is out in front by a hair thanks to Wolf, with Tim and Warren tied for second and Maria Prime, Kim, and Lauren just behind.  Then there's a big hugger-mugger in the center, and Tom, Joe, and Ben 2 are bringing up the rear.

What do the trailers have in common?  None of their starting pitchers have taken the hill yet...and they all picked El Hombre as one of their sluggers.

We do it again at 2:37 PM ET.  I welcome comments, trash-talk, and arithmetic checks; see you in the comments.

PHI 5, COL 1

Here we go!  Points for:

PHI: 3
Rollins, J: 1
Utley, C: 1
Howard, R: 3
Lee, C: 17 (9 IP, 3 for the CG, 5 SO...and narrowly missed garnering PHI pickers additional points for a blowout)

Tulowitzki, T: 2
Jimenez, U: 9

Maria Uno out to an early lead and more than half the pool already on the board in some form.  Back after tonight's games.

The Rules/Points: 2009

TEAM POINTS

each game won = 3 pts.
games won by blow-out (5 runs or more) = 2 pt.
games won in extra innings = 2 pt.

division series = 6 pts.
championship series = 10 pts.
World Series = 15 pts.

sweep/division = 2 pts.
sweep/championship = 5 pts.
sweep/World Series = 8 pts.


PLAYER POINTS/TOTAL BASES

single, walk, HBP/other = 1 pt.
double = 2 pts.
triple = 3 pts.
home run = 4 pts.


(note: it's probably not totally kosher to count BB and HBP et al. as a full point, but if I have to dick around too extensively with halves when I already have to deal with thirds on the pitcher side, I will go mad -- and everyone benefits the same from it, basically, so let's just agree not to care too much)


PITCHER POINTS

each K = 1 pt.
each inning = 1 pt. (yes, thirds of innings will be counted)
throws a complete game = 3 pts.
throws a no-no/perfect game = 10 pts.

The Picks

Sorry for the jenk formatting; I've got a kabillion things going on today and the games start in like two seconds.

If you see any mistakes, please let me know ASAP.  2009 rules update and some points will go up later this afternoon.  

Once again, no duplicate picks that I can see.  Carsten Charles is already putting up big numbers here in the pool as far and away the most popular pick.

Good luck, everyone!  Questions or edits, post them here or email me.
 
Sarah D. Bunting
NYY COL
Teixeira, M
Bay, J
Burnett, AJ
Lee, C

Aaron Cameron
NYY PHI
Teixeira, M
Holliday, M
Sabathia, CC
Hamels, C

Matt Green
LAA PHI
Bay, J
Howard, R
Sabathia, CC
Wainwright, A

LJ Lindhurst
NYY STL
Jeter, D
Pujols, A
Sabathia, CC
Wainwright, A

Tim O'Reilly
NYY COL
Rodriguez, A
Tulowitzki, T
Sabathia, CC
Jimenez, U

John Ramos
NYY STL
Teixeira, M
Pujols, A
Sabathia, CC
Carpenter, C

Kim Reed
NYY PHI
Jeter, D
Howard, R
Sabathia, CC
Hamels, C

Joe Reid
BOS LAD
Teixeira, M
Pujols, A
Weaver, J
Wainwright, A

Ben Richardson 1
NYY LAD
Rodriguez, A
Jeter, D
Sabathia, CC
Pettitte, A

Ben Richardson 2
LAA PHI
Teixeira, M
Pujols, A
Lester, J
Wainwright, A

Tom Rogers
NYY STL
Howard, R
Pujols, A
Kazmir, S
Wainwright, A

Lauren Shotwell
NYY LAD
Jeter, D
Howard, R
Sabathia, CC
Lester, J

Jill Stempel
NYY STL
Teixeira, M
Holliday, M
Burnett, AJ
Carpenter, C

Stephen Thompson
NYY LAD
Jeter, D
Pujols, A
Sabathia, CC
Wolf, R

Warren Tormey
NYY PHI
Rodriguez, A
Pujols, A
Sabathia, CC
Carpenter, C

Maria Wonsetler 1
LAA PHI
Mauer, J
Rollins, J
Carpenter, C
Lee, C

Maria Wonsetler 2
NYY PHI
Teixeira, M
Utley, C
Sabathia, CC
Wainwright, A

Finally: T(win)s!

Welcome back, poolians...and at last we have our postseason matchups!  Picks are due at noon ET tomorrow (Wednesday 7 October); we're underway only 2 hours later.

Questions, please let me know.  Otherwise, money on the table.