Rod came away with a whopping 19 points in Round 10! He (79 points) and Brian (73) may have a lock on 1st and 2nd place, as the current 3rd place number (Brendt) is 10 points behind Brian. However, there are 7 other players within 10 points of that coveted 3rd place spot. It ain't over by a long shot.
Here are Round 11's questions. Good luck!
1) The Bums' Pete Alonso has 48 jacks and leads the pack by 5 over Stanton. He is hitting home runs this season at a 10.1 per AB pace. Questions:
a) Will he still hold the lead for HRs by the end of the round? (yes = 1 point, no = 3 points)
b) Will he be below 10.0 by the end of Round 11. (yes = 3 points, no = 1 point)
c) How many HRs will Alonso have at the end of the round? (nail it = 3, within one = 1)
2) The WC race is heating up in the Scully. While the Koi have begun to fade, the Dogs are taking advantage of a very pedestrian-like performance by the Blues since the All Star Break. One game separates them now for that #2 WC spot. The Miners aren't extremely comfortable with that #1 WC spot either, only 5 games ahead of the Blues. Questions:
a) Will the Blues keep the Dogs at bay (stay ahead) by the end of the round? (yes=1, no=2)
b) Will the Miners remain 5+ games ahead of the #2 WC team? (yes=1, no=2)
c) Will the Bums remain 5+ games ahead of the Miners? (yes=1, no=2)
3) The Harwell features the tightest race for the division title, with the Kraken nursing a 3-game lead over the Rum Runners.
Question: Guess (choose a-b-c-d-e, or f) the number of games that will separate the Kraken from the Rum Runners:
a) 4+ game lead for the Kraken = 2 points
b) 3 game lead = 1 point
c) 2 game lead = 2 points
d) 1 game lead = 3 points
e) Tied! = 4 points
f) Rum Runners take over = 5 points
4) Last round's experiment with current-record-based points for matchups was a blast (or so I was told by a couple of you). Let's do it again, as indeed, it had a great impact on points this late in the season. Again, you MUST call a sweep (triple your points, or lose them if that team doesn't sweep), and you can call as many sweeps as you wish. If you fail to call a sweep, we'll be forced to give you a -2 penalty off your overall Round 11 score. Points awarded in parenthesis, and remember to triple them if you get that sweep.
a) Madmen (6) @ ACLs (1)
b) Honey Badgers (3) @ Blues (1)
c) Brewers (4) @ Miners (1)
d) RR (1) @ Garden Hammers (5)
e) Sweets (2) @ Dogs (1)
f) Rattlers ( 8 )) @ Maniax (1)
g) Landlubbers (4) @ Rougarou (1)
h) Arog (2) @ Koi (1)
i) Knights ( 8 ) @ Bums (1)
j) Kraken (1) @ Robots ( 8 )
(For those curious as to how I came up with the points, if a team was [current record right now] 0-4 games behind the team they're playing, I gave them 2 points for the series win.
5-9 games back = 3 points.
10-14 back = 4 points
15-19 back = 5 points
20-24 back = 6 points
25-29 back = 7 points
30+ games back = 8 points.)
1)
a) Yes
b) No
c) 55
2) The WC race is heating up in the Scully. While the Koi have begun to fade, the Dogs are taking advantage of a very pedestrian-like performance by the Blues since the All Star Break. One game separates them now for that #2 WC spot. The Miners aren't extremely comfortable with that #1 WC spot either, only 5 games ahead of the Blues. Questions:
a) Yes
b) Yes
c) NO
3) f) Rum Runners take over = 5 points
4)
a) ACLs (1)
b) Blues (1)
c) Miners (1)
d) Garden Hammers (5)
e) Sweets (2))
f) Maniax (1) Sweep
g) Rougarou (1)
h) Arog (2) Sweep
i) Bums (1) Sweep
j) Robots ( 8 )
1a) yes
b) yes
c) 55
2a) yes
b) no
c) yes
3) D
4a) ACLs (1)
b) Blues (1)
c) Brewers (4) SWEEP
d) RR (1)
e) Dogs (1)
f) Maniax (1) SWEEP
g) Rougarou (1)
h) Argo (2) SWEEP
i) Bums (1) SWEEP
j) Kraken (1) SWEEP
robots predict:
1a -Yes, 1b - Yes, 1c - 54
2a - Yes, 2b - Yes, 2c Yes
3 - A
4a - ACLs
4b - Blues
4c - Miners
4d -Rumrunners
4e - Dogs
4f - Maniax -SWEEP
4g - Landlubbers
4h - Koi
4i - Bums - SWEEP
4j - Kraken
1a) Yes
1b) Yes
1c) 53
2a) No
2b) Yes
2c) No
3) F
4a) Madmen
4b) Honey Badgers
4c) Miners SWEEP
4d) Hammers
4e) Sweets
4f) Maniax
4g) Landlubbers
4h) Argonauts
4i) Knights
4j) Robots
Going for the home runs swings on a lot of these...
1a) yes
b) no
c) 52
2a) yes
b) yes
c) no
3) B - 3 game lead
4a) ACLs (1) SWEEP
b) Blues (1)
c) Miners (1) SWEEP
d) Hammers (5)
e) Dogs (1) SWEEP
f) Maniax (1)
g) Rougarou (1)
h) Koi (1)
i) Bums (1) SWEEP
j) Robots ( 8 )
1) y, y, 54
2) n, n, y
3) f
4) ACLs sweep, Blues, Miners sweep, Runners, Dogs sweep, Mainiax sweep, Rougarou, Koi, Bums sweep, Kraken sweep
1)
a) Yes
b) Yes
c) 53
2)
a) Yes
b) Yes
c) NO
3) C) Rum Runners take over = 5 points
4)
a) ACLs (1)
b) Honey Badgers (3)
c) Miners (1)
d) RR (1)
e) Sweets (2)
f) Maniax (1)
g) Rougarou (1)
h) Koi (1) Sweep
i) Bums (1) Sweep
j) Kraken ( 1 )
1)
a) yes
b) yes
c) 55
2)
a) no
b) yes
c) yes
3)
d) 1 game lead = 3 points
4)
a) ACLs - sweep
b) Honey Badgers
c) Brewers
d) Garden Hammers
e) Dogs
f) Maniax - sweep
g) Landlubbers
h) Argos
i) Bums - sweep
j) Kraken - sweep
1) The Bums' Pete Alonso has 48 jacks and leads the pack by 5 over Stanton. He is hitting home runs this season at a 10.1 per AB pace. Questions:
a) Yes
b) Yes
c) 53
2) The WC race is heating up in the Scully. While the Koi have begun to fade, the Dogs are taking advantage of a very pedestrian-like performance by the Blues since the All Star Break. One game separates them now for that #2 WC spot. The Miners aren't extremely comfortable with that #1 WC spot either, only 5 games ahead of the Blues. Questions:
a) Yes
b) Yes
c) No
3) The Harwell features the tightest race for the division title, with the Kraken nursing a 3-game lead over the Rum Runners.
Question: Guess (choose a-b-c-d-e, or f) the number of games that will separate the Kraken from the Rum Runners:
c) 2 game lead = 2 points
4) Last round's experiment with current-record-based points for matchups was a blast (or so I was told by a couple of you). Let's do it again, as indeed, it had a great impact on points this late in the season. Again, you MUST call a sweep (triple your points, or lose them if that team doesn't sweep), and you can call as many sweeps as you wish. If you fail to call a sweep, we'll be forced to give you a -2 penalty off your overall Round 11 score. Points awarded in parenthesis, and remember to triple them if you get that sweep.
a) ACLs (1) SWEEP
b) Blues (1)
c) Miners (1)
d) RR (1)
e) Sweets (2)
f) @ Maniax (1) SWEEP
g) @ Rougarou (1)
h) @ Koi (1)
i) @ Bums (1) SWEEP
j) Kraken (1) @ Robots ( 8 )
1) Yes, No, 53
2) No, Yes, No
3) A
4)
Madmen
Honey Badgers
Brewers
Garden Hammers
Dogs (sweep)
Rattlers
Landlubbers
Argos
Knights
Robots
Answers:
1a) yes (1); b) yes (3); 54 (3,1)
2a) no (2); no (2); yes (1)
3) C (RR are 2 games back) = 2 points
4) ACLs, Blues, Miners, RR, Dogs*, Rattlers, Landlubbers*, Argo*, Bums*, Kraken
- * denotes a sweep