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TIM: Fifth inning, Johnny Gomes at the dish. Now he's a model, if you know what I mean, 'cause he does his little thing on the catwalk.
SID: On the catwalk?
TIM: On the catwalk, yeah.
SID: He does his little thing on the catwalk?
TIM: That's correct.
MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, Final Standings: Lots of good picks and just enough bonus action to make things interesting. C'mon in and find out what side of the revenue sharing pool you're on.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:36 PM on November 05 - 6 comments
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 19: Tight week for points, but an even tighter race at the top. Heading into the final week of the 2009 Pick 'Em, we have a tie for first. Even if you've done the math and eliminated yourself, play for pride and make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 10:40 PM on November 04 - 18 comments
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 18: With two weeks to go, we have a lead change in our battle for the pick 'em crown. Get your jabs in and make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:45 PM on October 28 - 20 comments
MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, World Series Edition: An underdog-free year means lots of points for everyone, withe the possible exception of the L.A. faithful. But now it's time to fly east into the rain and snow of November, and wonder whether baseball actually got around to writing up a rule which would prevent last year's Game 5 fiasco. Crack open your rulebooks and make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 01:40 AM on October 27 - 22 comments
Press box versus box score: Big league game stories are conventionally formulaic. So why not create them using an actual formula? Stats Monkey is a project aimed at automatically generating those staples of sports journalism by analyzing box scores and play-by-play feeds. Toronto Star writer Cathal Kelly fires back by revealing the secret process used by human journalists to come up with those precious 700 words, and breaking down a side-by-side comparison.
posted by DrJohnEvans to baseball at 10:56 AM on October 23 - 7 comments
Casey Printers B.C. by 7
Montreal by 21
Saskatchewan by 2
Hamilton by 4
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:52 AM on November 06
The plucky underdog Yankees surprise everyone and beat the Philles in six, with Matsui taking the MVP. Starting pitchers averaged 96.9 pitches a game, just squeaking under the wire.
Jeffwa gets the winner, series length, and the PWC bonus for a key three points to take the title.
At the other end, boredom_08 picks in all rounds except the one-game playoff, and even if we gave him those two points, he'd still win the Costanza by at least 314 feet.
(Our top three finalists each finished a point apart, so no tiebreaker required. Feel free to break out your clock calculator if you wanna break your own ties.)
| SpoFite | PHI vs NY | MVP | PWC Bonus | Points | Total Points |
| New York in 6 | Matsui | Under | 4 | ||
| Jeffwa | New York in 6 | Under | 3 | 13 | |
| rumple | New York | Under | 2 | 12 | |
| rocketman | New York | Under | 2 | 11 | |
| NoMich | New York in 6 | 1 | 10 | ||
| BoKnows | Under | 1 | 9 | ||
| DrJohnEvans | New York in 6 | 2 | 9 | ||
| holden | New York | Under | 1 | 9 | |
| Ying Yang Mafia | Under | 1 | 9 | ||
| cl | Under | 1 | 8 | ||
| hincandenza | New York | Under | 2 | 8 | |
| tron7 | Under | 1 | 8 | ||
| apoch | 0 | 7 | |||
| bperk | New York in 6 | Under | 3 | 7 | |
| chris2sy | Under | 1 | 7 | ||
| Howard_T | 0 | 7 | |||
| owlhouse | Under | 1 | 7 | ||
| tommytrump | Under | 1 | 6 | ||
| boredom_08 | 0 | 2 |
Thanks for playing! Three and a half months 'til pitchers and catchers...
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:36 PM on November 05
But they found a way to do it this year, and have fun doing it.
See Point V of the Official DrJohnEvans SpoFi Platform.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:09 PM on November 05
I think justgary was saying that there are no trolls in this thread because they were all banned, so please don't call people trolls. It's not a word to take lightly, is all.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 05:41 PM on November 05
Great read, justgary. Thanks.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 05:11 PM on November 05
Well, it was legitimately depressing to see empty seats behind home plate for the entire game.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:13 AM on November 05
Tommy, watching this again made me feel a bit better.
(Also this just for kicks.)
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:11 AM on November 05
Hamilton reaches deep and pulls out the crazy at home against the Riders, while Sandro DeAngelis makes two game-winning field goals as the Stamps edge the Lions. Montreal utterly embarrasses Winnipeg, and even Little Stevie Reaves can't help the Argos against Hamilton.
| TOR @ EDM | SSK @ HAM | CGY @ BC | WPG @ MTL | |
| Result | Edmonton by 26 | Hamilton by 18 | Calgary by 2 | Montreal by 35 |
| Margin of Error | 18 to 34 | 13 to 23 | 1 to 3 | 25 to 46 |
With the Hamilton upset and CGY-BC coin toss, points were scarce this week. But j5v scored the most important point of all: the one that moves him into a tie for first with MrFrisby.
| SpoFite | TOR @ EDM | S | SSK @ HAM | S | CGY @ BC | S | WPG @ MTL | S | Points | Total Points |
| j5v | Edmonton | Calgary | Montreal | 3 | 62 | |||||
| MrFrisby | Edmonton | Calgary | 2 | 62 | ||||||
| apoch | Edmonton | Hamilton | Calgary | Montreal | 4 | 55 | ||||
| DrJohnEvans | Montreal | 1 | 53 | |||||||
| rahilsuleman | Edmonton | Hamilton | 2 | 53 | ||||||
| tommytrump | Edmonton | 23 | Hamilton | Calgary | Montreal | 5 | 53 | |||
| Reever | Edmonton | Calgary | 3 | Montreal | 4 | 51 | ||||
| owlhouse | Edmonton | Montreal | 2 | 49 | ||||||
| Schultzie | Edmonton | Montreal | 2 | 49 | ||||||
| JPR | Edmonton | Montreal | 2 | 48 | ||||||
| argoal | Montreal | 1 | 47 | |||||||
| Spitztengle | Edmonton | Calgary | Montreal | 3 | 46 | |||||
| Mave | Edmonton | Montreal | 2 | 43 | ||||||
| Ying Yang Mafia | Edmonton | 1 | 37 | |||||||
| The_Black_Hand | 0 | 23 |
This is it! All the marbles are right here, and someone's gotta take 'em. Or, you know, share 'em.
WEEK 19
Edmonton @ B.C. (Friday, November 6) The winner of this game clinches a playoff spot, and the loser risks total elimination. It doesn't get any better than this.
Montreal @ Toronto (Saturday, November 7) Tough to say, but chances are good that Montreal plays their starters. They have a first-round bye, and rust is a playoff team's worst enemy. Maybe next year, Little Stevie Reaves. Maybe next year.
Calgary @ Saskatchewan (Saturday, November 7) How about this one? These two teams were 1-1-1 head-to-head this season, with Calgry outscoring Saskatchewan by single touchdown. It's a coin toss if I've seen one. Did I mention that the winner clinches the division title, and the first-round bye?
Hamilton @ Winnipeg (Saturday, November 8) Another compelling match-up: if Hamilton wins, they clinch a home playoff game, and Winnipeg will be eliminated by a crossover from the West. But if Winnipeg wins, they take the season series 3-1 to break the tie for second and host a home playoff game themselves. Want to call this one? I sure don't.
Good luck!
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:40 PM on November 04
So every great playoff performer in the future has the opportunity to take away Reggie's "Mr. October" moniker if they outperform him?
Yes. Bud Selig needs to trademark the phrase, convene a selection committee, and order a suitable trophy STAT. Also eleven more trophies for every other month of the year.
I am totally in contention for Mr January!
posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:11 PM on November 03
Deport the sucker!
posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:09 PM on November 03
From Wikipedia, emphasis mine:
Despite the nickname, Jeter was 3 for 12 (.250) in November baseball that season, as the Yankees lost the World Series in seven games to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I think Utley has captured the title.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:14 PM on November 03
If Chad Gaudin starts a World Series game, the Yankees should be disqualified. There are basic standards at play here!
Shouldn't the Yankees be disqualified for trying to get through an entire post-season with only three starters?
Or maybe MLB and FOX should be disqualified for the ludicrous number of off-days that have allowed the Yankees to do so.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:31 AM on November 03
I would just like to point out that Chad Gaudin was once traded straight-up for Kevin Cash. Thank you.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:26 AM on November 03
Joba Chamberlain [...] got the win.
TRUE YANKEE
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:37 AM on November 02
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 19
rahilsuleman sends in a "B.C. by 10" via email.