3rd Annual True Blue PostSeason Pool
by Phil Gurnee on Oct 6, 2009 9:53 PM PDT
Email
PrintNow that the World Series contenders are set in stone it is time to start the 3rd annual True Blue World Championship Pool. This is how the contest grid looked last year:
JoeyJoe has won this contest two years in a row but I thought we'd lost him as a poster. However by the skin of his teeth he got his picks in as he attempts to defend his crown. If he's right on the Dodgers we will lose 90% of the picks in the first round.
Comments will be closed at 01:00 PCT 10/7/09
Make your picks like so
Red Sox over Angels / 5 Games
Yankees over Twins/3 Games
Red Sox over Yankees/7 Games
Dodgers over Cardinals/5 Games
Phillies over Rockies/4 Games
Dodgers over Phillies/6 Games
Dodgers over RedSox / 6 Games
The Tie Breaker will be how many games will the Dodgers win in the Post Season
TieBreaker -11 Games
2nd TieBreaker - World Series MVP-which does not need to be chosen until we know who is playing and only those still in the running would need to make that pick.
Each correct series win is worth 5 points, Each correct choice of the number of games is worth 1 point.
Put your choices in the comment.
Good Luck
82 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Angels over the Red sox – 5 games
Yankees over the twins – 4 games
angels over the yankees – 6 games
dodgers over the cards – 4 games
phillies over the rockies – 5 games
dodgers over the phillies – 6 games
dodgers over the angels – 6 games
Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....
I Never Win This, Anyway:
DODGERS OVER EVERYBODY – 4 GAMES
BOOK IT!
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
My Netflix queue needed to be cleared out. It was a tough job, but I was man enough to do it. Also, MLB.tv is 2-3 minutes behind the live broadcast, which kept me coming around less unless I wanted every game I watched to be ruined.
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
by Tango and Cash on Oct 6, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
But I Guess I'll Do It, Regardless
Red Sox over Angels – 5 games
Yankees over Twins – 4 games
Red Sox over Yankees – 6 games
Dodgers over Cardinals – 4 games
Phillies over Rockies – 3 games
Dodgers over Phillies – 5 games
Dodgers over Red Sox – 7 games
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
by Tango and Cash on Oct 6, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Red Sox over Angels- 4 games
Yankees over Twins-5 games
Red Sox over Yankees-6 games
Dodgers over Cards-5 games
Philly over Rockies-4 games
Dodgers over Phills-6 games
Red Sox over Dodgers-6 games
by Rutgers Dodger fan on Oct 6, 2009 10:16 PM PDT reply actions
:( Answer, but I can't help but think it -
Red Sox over Angels – 3 Games
Yankees over Twins – 5 Games
Yankees over Red Sox – 6 Games
Cardinals over Dodgers – 5 Games
Phillies over Rockies – 3 Games
Cardinals over PHillies – 5 Games
Yankees over Cardinals in 6
Though, I really really want Dodgers-Twins
Red Sox over Angels – 4 Games
Yankees over Twins – 3 Games
Yankees over Red Sox – 6 Games
Dodgers over Cards – 4 Games
Phillies over Rockies – 4 Games
Dodgers Over Phillies – 5 Games
Dodgers over Yankees – 7 Games
"Who would win: Coach Ditka versus a hurricane? The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Ditka"
by Mr. LA Sports Fan on Oct 6, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
I
Red Sox over Angels/5 games
Yankees over Twins/ 3 games
Red Sox over Yankees/ 7 games
Dodgers over Cards/ 4 games
Phillies over Rockies/ 4 games
Dodgers over Phillies/ 5 games
Dodgers over Red Sox/ 7 games
Clearly many of us
would like a Game 7 in the World Series, including myself.
"Who would win: Coach Ditka versus a hurricane? The name of the hurricane is Hurricane Ditka"
by Mr. LA Sports Fan on Oct 6, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hate to type this but...
Red Sox over Angels – 4 games
Yankees over Twins – 3 games
Yankees over Red Sox – 6 games
Cardinals over Dodgers – 3 games
Rockies over Phillies – 4 games
Cardinals over Rockies – 6 games
Yankees over Cardinals – 5 games
Starting Padilla over Billingsley in Game 3 is a terrible idea.
Cool!
Dodgers over Cardinals / 4 games
Phillies over Rockies / 4 games
Yankees over Twins / 3 games
Angels over Red Sox / 4 games
Dodgers over Phillies / 7 games
Yankees over Angels / 4 games
Yankees over Dodgers / 5 games
Dodgers will win 8 games in this scenario, obviously. A few short of the ultimate goal :(
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
Dodgers WS Champions
Angels over Red Sox – 4 Games
Yankees over Twins – 4 Games
Yankees over Angels – 6 Games
Dodgers over Cards – 4 Games
Rockies over Phillies – 5 Games
Dodgers Over Rockies – 6 Games
Dodgers over Yankees – 5 Games
Dodgers max wins
MVP Wolf
A little too optimistic
Red Sox over Angels – 5 games
Yankees over Twins – 3 games
Red Sox over Yankees- 7 games
Dodgers over Cardinals- 5 games
Rockies over Phillies – 4 games
Dodgers over Rockies- 7 games
Dodgers over Red Sox- 6 games
MVP Kershaw
That Vinny interview was fantastic by the way
Angels over Red Sox-5 Games
Yankees over Twins-4 Games
Yankees over Red Sox-4 games
Cards over Dodgers-4 games
Rockies over Phillies-4 games
Cards over Rockies-6 games
Cards over Yankees-6 games
please Lord let me be wrong : )
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Angels over Red Sox/ 4 games
Yankees over Twins/ 4 games
Angels over Yankees/ 6 games
Dodgers over Cards/ 4 games
Phillies over Rockies/ 5 games
Dodgers over Phillies/ 6 games
Dodgers over Phillies/ 6 games
10 Dodger wins
Where would the Clippers be without Sean Rooks?
Closes eyes and guesses...
Angels over Red Sox in 5 games
Yankees over Twins in 3 games
Yankees over Angels in 6 games
Cardinals over Dodgers in 4 games
Rockies over Phillies in 4 games
Cardinals over Rockies in 7 games
Yankees over Cardinals in 7 games
Dodgers 1 win in post-season.
What does "Deadline is 5:00 PCT" mean?
Is that a time (PDT?) without a date (your post was at 9:53 PM, so do you mean tomorrow?), a percentage (huh?), or what?
Anyway : I dunno.
Angels over Red Sox / 4 games
Yankees over Twins / 3 games
-
Yankees over Angels / 6 games
Dodgers over Cardinals / 5 games
Phillies over Rockies / 4 games
-
Dodgers over Phillies / 6 games
Yankees over Dodgers / 5 games
Toss Up
Red Sox Over Angels/4 Games
Yankees Over Twins/3 Games
Red Sox Over Yankees/7 Games
Cardinals Over Dodgers/5 Games
Phillies Over Rockies/4 Games
Phillies Over Cardinals/6 Games
Red Sox Over Phillies/6 Games
Dodger Wins-2
Hopefully, i’m wrong. It’s a crapshoot anyway, I guess.
Geez, everybody picked the Dodgers to win the World Series. Doesn’t make you less of a fan to be a little less expectant, you know. :o
I have no expectations for any of the teams
except the Yankees in the first series given the very large advantage they should have in game 1.
Other than that, all teams are within 5% pythag win%, which means in a five or seven game series if you pick the winner you are just getting lucky. Given that, I see no reason not to pick the Dodgers to win it all.
I agree
very tough postseason so I decided to pick the Dodgers but to me it could be anyone but the Twins or Rockies.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Sure
But Pythag is full season analysis which doesn’t necessarily play out that way in the postseason, and the better team is always going to be a slight favorite, as proven by simulations. Maybe it’s 3-5% in most cases, but it still exists.
Call me crazy if I think knowing the Dodgers have less than a 15 percent chance of winning the WS and all but a few picking them to win lacks a bit of objectivity. :o
by Chad Moriyama on Oct 7, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Red Sox over Angels / 5 games
Twins over Yankees / 5 games
Red Sox over Twins / 7 games
Dodgers over Cardinals / 4 games
Phillies over Rockies / 4 games
Dodgers over Phillies / 6 games
Dodgers over Red Sox / 7 games
Dodgers win a total of 11 games.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
11 of course
angels over red sox in 5
yankees over twins in 4
yankees over angels in 6
dodgers over cards in 4
phils over rox in 4
dodgers over phils in 7
dodgers over evil empire in 5
dodgers 11 wins
mark loretta, unpopular tbla rh dh pick, mvp (reserve the right to change this per contest rules)
go blue
by lchristmas on Oct 7, 2009 5:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Angels over red sox – 5 games
Yankees over twins – 4 games
Yankees over angels- 6 games
Dodgers over cardinals- 4 games
Rockies over phillies- 5 games
Dodgers over rockies- 5 games
Dodgers over yankees- 7 games
Tiebreaker dodgers win eleven
by JakeNMDodgerfan on Oct 7, 2009 7:27 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Cardinals over Dodgers in 4
Rockies over Phillies in 5
Cardinals over Rockies in 6
Yankees over Twins in 3
Red Sox over Angels in 5
Yankees over Red Sox in 7
Cardinals over Yankees in 6
Dodgers win 1 game. :(
What sucks is I feel we are playing the one team we can't beat
I like us over either Colorado or Philly. Shitty luck I guess.
I like the fact the
Cardinals are very vulnerable to LHP and we have that up the wazoo. Of course if Pujols wakes up and systematically destroys our LHP then we have a problem. My biggest concern is Broxton closing out games on the road since I expect these to be very close games. Well I have plenty of concerns but that is one of my biggest. 20 walks in 41 innings is concerning. At home I have as much confidence in him as I would if Mariano was on the mound, on the road, not so much.
Here it is guys
Angels/Boston 4 games
Twins/Yankees 5 games
Angels/Twins 4 games
Dodgers/Cardinals 4 games
Rockies/Phillies 4 games
Dodgers/Rockies 4 Games
Dodgers/Angels 7 Games.
If the Dodgers get into the World Series
my tie breaker is going out the door since it has to be eleven for a world championship. I used it because I expected many TBLA members to pick them to go all they way and if they don’t it eliminates them right off the bat.
I remember now, that after last year I meant to use how many games will the Dodgers lose in the postseason since that actually has some variability even if they win the World Championship. Oh well, a year is a long time to remember something.
He could be hedging his bet in some bizarre way, although he’s not the only person to pick the Dodgers in the WS and 10 wins. If the Dodgers get to and don’t win the WS, he might get a leg up on those that picked the Dodgers to lose in the WS if he racked up points in the earlier round.
Or maybe I’m just overthinking it.
I just meant because he listed the Dodgers first…the winner’s spot
by Eric Stephen on Oct 7, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
OK
I am confused obviously on how this contest works. Can anyone explain? I just added up the wins for both NL series and the World Series which adds up to 10 games. But I don’t think i understand what I did.
by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I was saying Dodgers win the second round with 3 wins.
by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that would not go over well.
Is there any way you guys can delete my original post so I can redo my picks? Also so I don’t look like a dunce for all of eternity?
by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
We could
but we will leave it in case you get uppity and we have to link to a day like today to keep the ego in check. God knows this site is littered with my brain cramps far to many times.
Haha, anytime I start to sound like I have all the answers
just refer me back to this post. The post where I had the NLCS and ALCS as five game series. Well I guess I am locked into the Dodgers and Angels sweeping the NLCS and ALCS. I can dig it.
by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a long night last night.
My car broke down with a dead battery. It was a shit sandwich for sure.
by Ian Capilouto on Oct 7, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'm a homer. So what?
Red Sox over Angels / 5 Games
Yankees over Twins/3 Games
Yankees over Red Sox/6 Games
Dodgers over Cardinals/4 Games
Phillies over Rockies/3 Games
Dodgers over Phillies/6 Games
Dodgers over Yankees / 6 Games
TieBreaker -11 Games
Angels over Red Sox – 4 games
Yankees over Twins – 4 games
Yankees over Angels – 6 games
Rockies over Phillies – 4 games
Dodgers over Cardinals – 5 games
Dodgers over Rockies – 5 games
Dodgers over Yankees – 6 games
11 Dodgers playoff wins
by Bison27 on Oct 7, 2009 10:10 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
FYI
You guys don’t need to put the tie breaker games in. It is obvious based on the picks and the spreadsheet will figure it out. And so no one else looks silly, if you are picking the Dodgers to win the World Series the only choice is 11 wins.
3+4+4 is the only path to the World Championship.
My Picks:
Angels over Red Sox / 5 games
Yankees over Twins / 3 games
Yankees over Red Sox / 6 games
Cardinals over Dodgers / 4 games
Phillies over Rockies / 5 games
Cardinals over Phillies / 7 games
Yankees over Cardinals / 6 games
Dodgers with one win signals the return of Lima Time Spirit: Part Deux. I so hope I am wrong.
So the Red Sox get to play in the ALCS even though they lost in the ALDS?
I knew they had the system rigged! ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on Oct 7, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Love Is Blind
I agree with this essentially being a crapshoot with the exception the Yankees with the best record in baseball were given two advantages (picking schedule and opponent extra regular season game), its very hard for any of us not to pick the Dodgers. To offset this, here is an interesting setup:
1: List playoff scenario where Dodgers are WS champs
2: List playoff scenario where Dodgers are not WS champs
Dodgers WS champs, use 1, Dodgers not, use 2. This would be interesting to force us to both use our blue colored goggles and to take them off.
Next year maybe?
Too easy
Angels over Red Sox / 5 games
Yankees over Twins / 4 games
Angels over Yankees / 6 games
Dodgers over Cardinals / 4 games
Rockies over Phillies / 4 games
Dodgers over Rockies / 7 games
Dodgers over Angels / 6 games
by Brendan Scolari on Oct 7, 2009 11:02 AM PDT reply actions
This is easier than March Madness
Angels over Red Sox / 5 games
Yankees over Twins / 4 games
Yankees over Angels / 5 games
Dodgers over Cardinals / 4 games
Rockies over Phillies / 5 games
Dodgers over Rockies / 6 games
Dodgers over Yankees / 7 games
Going for the 3-pete..
Red Sox over Angels/ 4 games
Yankees over Twins / 4 games
Red Sox over Yankees / 6 games
Cardinals over Dodgers / 4 games
Phillies over Rockies / 4 games
Cardinals over Phillies / 7 games
Red Sox over Cardinals / 7 games
Tiebreaker – Dodgers – 1 win.
picks
Red Sox over Angels-4 games
Yankees over Twins-3 games
Red Sox over Yankees-7 games
Cardinals over Dodgers-5 games
Phillies over Rockies-4 games
Cardinals over Phillies-6 games
Red Sox over Cardinals-6 games
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Marlins agree to unretire No. 5 for Logan Morrison, who will honor his father’s favorite player
- Weatherman Derek Holland does Dallas TV
- Ask Alex: Will Julio Teheran or Matt Moore win rookie of the year?
- Ku Klux Klan, umpires and bowling: Why the minor leagues tossed out Jim Evans academy
- The Cardinals Hall of Fame can now be found at Bill Clinton’s library in Arkansas (Huh?)
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
