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October 25, 2010
MLB Post-Season Pick 'Em, World Series Edition: So it's yet another year in which the big-money, big-market teams slug it out in a star-studded, payroll-dominated, Tim McCarver-loving—wait, what?
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:18 AM - 24 comments
Giants in 7
Aubrey Huff
2
3:25
posted by trox at 11:46 AM on October 25, 2010
I just realized that my ability to edit comments assures me of victory.
posted by rcade at 12:06 PM on October 25, 2010
Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by the Party could be shown by documentary evidence to have been correct; nor was any item of news, or any expression of opinion, which conflicted with the needs of the moment, ever allowed to remain on record. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:15 PM on October 25, 2010
Well the pressure is on now.
Texas in 6
Cliff Lee (I'd love to choose Nelson Cruz here but I think Leemania is too strong to overcome)
2
3:14
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 01:37 PM on October 25, 2010
Texas in 7
Josh Hamilton
2
3:33
posted by grum@work at 04:36 PM on October 25, 2010
San Francisco in 7: A shade more pitching, equality in hitting, and the NL advantage of having pitchers hit in 4 games.
Despite being on the losing team, series MVP Josh Hamilton has an incredible performance both at the plate and in the field.
Home runs per game: A scientifically-based completely reasonable wild-assed guess says 3.
Time of game: I'm guessing 3:51. Expect longer games due to frequent calls to the bullpen and the longer between innings times to accommodate the TV people.
The Phillies let me down, and Texas was better than expected, but it's the last inning and we're still within striking distance of the leader. Let's see how it goes.
posted by Howard_T at 05:07 PM on October 25, 2010
(Sent from Room 101):
Texas in 6
I'll go with Cruz, YYM
3
3:40
posted by owlhouse at 10:49 PM on October 25, 2010
I'll make my picks as soon as I google what an integer is.
posted by bperk at 08:17 AM on October 26, 2010
Texas in 6
Michael Young
2
3:34
posted by bender at 09:39 AM on October 26, 2010
An integer is a significant component of game score. It can be determined for any given player by the following formula:
INTEGER = (BA + AB) * (OPS - OBP - SLG) / (ERA + WHIP + PA) * 1000
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:50 AM on October 26, 2010
I'll copy grum's answer for that one.
Texas in 6
Cliff Lee
2
3:20
posted by bperk at 10:46 AM on October 26, 2010
Rangers in 7
Josh Hamilton
3
3:44
posted by cl at 09:34 AM on October 27, 2010
I would like to edit my picks:
Texas in 5
Michael Young
1
3:34
posted by bender at 09:38 AM on October 27, 2010
I almost forgot to pick.
Giants in 7
Tim Lincecum
1
3:47
posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:41 PM on October 27, 2010
I just put in some picks and then realized I did this already.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 05:51 PM on October 27, 2010
San Fran in 7. Buster Posey 4 3:21
posted by rahilsuleman at 06:05 PM on October 27, 2010
Yeah, like Buster Posey is a real name.
What? Oh.
posted by owlhouse at 09:28 PM on October 27, 2010
No one picked Renteria as MVP. That's a shocker.
posted by bperk at 05:51 PM on November 02, 2010
Rangers win! Giants win! AL ERA crown goes to Cliff Lee! NL ERA crown goes to... Matt Cain? Oops.
Please double-check your picks to make sure they weren't intentionally walked by Joe Girardi.
WORLD SERIES
Texas Rangers vs San Francisco Giants
Begins Wednesday, October 27
THE MVP BONUS
Pick the MVP of the Whole Entire World Series.
THE VLADIMIR GUERRERO vs. CODY ROSS BONUS PICK
Pick the average number of home runs per game, rounded to the nearest integer, which will be hit in the Series.
TIEBREAKER NON-BONUS
Pick the average game duration of the World Series, rounded to the nearest minute. Lengths of games are published in the official MLB.com box score. This pick is worth no points, and is only used in the event of a tie for first place (closest guess wins) or the Costanza (farthest guess wins).
Total points available: 2 (WS picks) + 1 (MVP Bonus) + 1 (VGvCR Bonus) = 4
Example pick:
Giants in 7
Pablo Sandoval
3
3:55