October 09, 2006

LCS Pick 'Em: Also, results from the LDS picks. Games start tomorrow.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 09:54 AM - 41 comments

SpoFite Points
NoMich DET in 5 MIN in 5 STL in 4 NYM in 35
Ufez Jones DET in 4 OAK in 4 STL in 4 LAD in 5 5
Folkways DET in 4 OAK in 3 SD in 4 LAD in 5 4
owlhouse NYY in 4 OAK in 5 STL in 4 NYM in 5 4
wingnut4life DET in 3 MIN in 5 STL in 4 NYM in 5 4
DrJohnEvans NYY in 5 OAK in 5 STL in 5 NYM in 5 3
lil_brown_bat NYY in 3 OAK in 5 STL in 4 LAD in 4 3
MrFrisby NYY in 5 OAK in 4 STL in 4 LAD in 5 3
qbert72 DET in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 3 NYM in 4 3
Ying Yang Mafia DET in 4 MIN in 3 SD in 5 NYM in 4 3
apoch DET in 5 OAK in 4 SD in 5 LAD in 4 2
trox DET in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 4 LAD in 4 2
BullpenPro NYY in 3 MIN in 5 STL in 5 LAD in 5 1
grum@work NYY in 4 OAK in 4 SD in 5 LAD in 5 1
skydivemom NYY in 4 MIN in 3 SD in 4 NYM in 5 1
The_Black_Hand NYY in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 5 NYM in 4 1
tron7 NYY in 5 MIN in 4 SD in 4 NYM in 4 1
chris2sy NYY in 4 MIN in 4 STL in 5 LAD in 5 0
gspm NYY in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 3 LAD in 4 0
jojomfd1 NYY in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 4 LAD in 5 0
skydivedadNYY in 3 MIN in 5 SD in 5 LAD in 4 0
WeedyMcSmokey NYY in 4 MIN in 5 SD in 4 LAD in 5 0
YukonGold NYY in 5 MIN in 3 SD in 4 LAD in 4 0
ALCS Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland Athletics NLCS St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets Bonus: Predict two starting pitchers, one from each LCS, who will have the best ERA in their series. Minimum 1 start, 5.0 IP. Possible points: 3 from each LCS (pick + number of games + bonus), for a total of 6.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:55 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Detroit in 6 Kenny Rogers NLCS New York Mets in 5 Chris Carpenter (but the Mets will hit everybody else into oblivion)

posted by NoMich at 10:04 AM on October 09, 2006

Detroit in 5 Verlander Cards in 6 Chris Carpenter.

posted by apoch at 10:49 AM on October 09, 2006

Wow, at least I wasn't alone in goose egg land. ALCS Detroit in 5 Esteban Loaiza NLCS Mets in 7 John Maine

posted by gspm at 10:50 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Oakland Athletics in 5 E. Loaiza NLCS New York Mets in 6 J. Weaver

posted by Folkways at 11:03 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Detroit in 6 Jeremy Bonderman NLCS New York Mets in 5 Tom Glavine

posted by trox at 11:09 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Tigers in 6 Verlander NLCS Cards in 7 Weaver

posted by wingnut4life at 11:25 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Detroit in 5 Kenny Rogers NLCS New York Mets in 6 Glavine

posted by jerseygirl at 11:27 AM on October 09, 2006

I read "results from the LSD picks" and now I'm disappointed.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:56 AM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Tiggers in 7 NLCS Mets in 7

posted by lil_brown_bat at 12:22 PM on October 09, 2006

Detroit in 6 Mets in 6 Verlander Glavine (Because I have picked this way you can be assured, the way things are going, that its going to be Cards and A's moving on).

posted by chris2sy at 12:36 PM on October 09, 2006

ALCS A's in 7 Danny Haren NLCS Cards in 7 Chris Carpenter chris2sy, I'll see your reverse lock and raise you.

posted by YukonGold at 12:51 PM on October 09, 2006

Man, 1-for-3 would get me in the HOF as a batter, but I'm DYING in this pool and the confidence pool. Oy. ALCS: A's in 6 Estaban Loaiza NLCS: Cardinals in 7 John Maine

posted by grum@work at 12:55 PM on October 09, 2006

ALCS Tigers in 5 Jeremy Bonderman NLCS Mets in 5 Martinez Glavine

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:04 PM on October 09, 2006

Tigers in 5 Cards in 6

posted by LA-4-Life at 02:58 PM on October 09, 2006

So many interesting possbilities: Mets/A's = rematch of '73 Tigers/Cardinals = rematch of '68 AND '34 Cardinals/A's = rematch of '31 The only matchup that doesn't have an interesting history is Mets/Tigers. So... Tigers in 5 (Kenny Rogers, because I want him to win least) Mets in 5 (Steve Trachsel, because I think he's the only pitcher who could be worse than Kenny Rogers, and I'm wrong about everybody. I'm Mr. Opposite.)

posted by BullpenPro at 02:59 PM on October 09, 2006

Well, I didn't believe in the Tigers, I didn't believe in the A's, and the San Diego pick was just to satisfy my need for a crazy upset pick. Having explained my reasoning, let me step in another pile: ALCS Striped Jungle Felines in 7 Bonderman (3.54 ERA) NLCS Metropolitans in 6 Glavine (2.67 ERA) Yeah, that's right, I picked the damn ERAs, too.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 04:14 PM on October 09, 2006

Mets in 6 Carpenter A's in 5 Haren

posted by Ufez Jones at 04:18 PM on October 09, 2006

Having fluked a fourth position in the LDS, you are now just trying to make it hard for me with the bonus, aren't you? I have no idea who pitches for any of these teams. So I'll go with nominating ones I may have heard of before, or stealing other peoples' picks: Tigers in 6, Rogers Cards in 7, Glavine

posted by owlhouse at 05:26 PM on October 09, 2006

Tigers in 7 Bonderman Cardinals in 6 Carpenter

posted by jojomfd1 at 09:37 PM on October 09, 2006

A's in 6 Zito Mets in 6 O. Perez

posted by qbert72 at 08:03 AM on October 10, 2006

I couldn't correctly match the team name with the city or even name one player on any of the teams and now you want me to pick a pitcher!?! Oh well, here goes nothing... Detroit in 6 Rogers St. Louis in 7 Carpenter

posted by MrFrisby at 08:39 AM on October 10, 2006

Hey I got them all wrong last week. 100% incorrect across the board! So here's the teams I jinxing this round. Oakland in 5 Zito Cards in 5 Carpenter

posted by skydivedad at 09:37 AM on October 10, 2006

Detroit in 6, Kenneth Archibald Rogers St. Louis in 7, Thomas Aquinas Glavine

posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:17 AM on October 10, 2006

Mets in 5 Glavine Tigers in 6 Zito

posted by Fillyfan711 at 06:41 PM on October 10, 2006

Just in case this comes out later, and I'm accused of plagiarism, please note that I (who know nothing) have identical selections as the Canadian baseball guru Dr John Evans, but I PICKED THEM FIRST. So there.

posted by owlhouse at 08:08 PM on October 10, 2006

owlhouse, so you admit it, do you? You are a psychic plagiarist!

posted by apoch at 08:58 PM on October 10, 2006

Detroit in 4 Rogers Mets in 5 Any Met pitcher that isn't injured!

posted by skydivemom at 09:32 PM on October 10, 2006

"The only true wisdom consists of knowing you know nothing."

posted by BullpenPro at 09:44 PM on October 10, 2006

A philosophy drummed into me by my teenage daughter almost every day.

posted by owlhouse at 12:37 AM on October 11, 2006

Actually, if Glavine is starting today, I'm sorely tempting to change my pick. It's highly unlikely that Glavine would have two excellent outings in a seven-game series loss. Or—you know what? Maybe he will. I'm keepin' it. Good call, owlhouse.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:07 AM on October 11, 2006

A philosophy drummed into me by my teenage daughter almost every day. You got one of those too. Mine is only 12, and is the smartest thing alive!

posted by jojomfd1 at 12:54 PM on October 11, 2006

Tim McCarver's line of the night: "They want to desperately get this guy out without him reaching base."

posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:34 PM on October 12, 2006

I don't know, my vote goes to this gem: (Talking about Jeff Weaver's hand placement on the ball) "You can see the ball, you can see his hand, you can't see his confidence."

posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:02 AM on October 13, 2006

Checking the score online in the fifth, I thought Carpenter had snuck out to the mound in Weaver's jersey.

posted by apoch at 06:57 AM on October 13, 2006

Gopher-ball Weaver comes through again!

posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:42 AM on October 13, 2006

The tiebreaker for the bonus question is the number of innings pitched: if two pitchers are tied with the lowest ERAs, the pitcher with more IP is the bonus answer. I should've clarified this earlier, but fortunately nobody picked Nate Robertson (5.0 IP) to have a 0.00 series ERA, so his tie with Kenny Rogers (7.1 IP) shouldn't be a matter of controversy. Fair enough?

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:28 PM on October 15, 2006

Okay, Chris Carpenter was just removed for a pinch-hitter, and Maine left earlier in the inning, so we can calculate the NLCS starters' ERA so far (minimum 5.0 IP). 0.00 - Suppan 2.45 - Glavine 2.89 - Maine 3.09 - Weaver 5.73 - Carpenter 8.65 - Perez 9.00 - Trachsel So if the Cardinals win tonight, Suppan will be it—but if they lose, he'll probably pitch tomorrow.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:25 PM on October 18, 2006

And yikes, nobody picked Suppan. I thought at least one person did.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:28 PM on October 18, 2006

I picked Suppan. I accidentally spelled it T-R-A-C-H-S-E-L. Typo. Oh, and I'm definitely fine with that tie-breaker. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Kenny Rogers, you passive-aggressive son of a gun.

posted by BullpenPro at 10:46 AM on October 19, 2006

Here in Detroit we like to call Rogers Bonderman and vice versa in order to confuse opponets.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 01:57 PM on October 19, 2006

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