Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011
Not a lot has changed since last weekend: Jose Bautista lost his AL home run lead to Curtis Granderson and Justin Verlander moved into a tie with Jered Weaver for the AL strikeout lead (prior to today's action). As a result of both developments, Amy Gill moves into a tie in overall points with Rob LaColla, although a four HBP edge maintains LaColla's hold on first place, at least for now.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
Just one month into the 2011 season, and so far it appears Rob LaColla's faith in a few players out to prove that last year was not a fluke is paying off.
Rob is one of only four pool participants to pick Jose Bautista to repeat as AL home run champ. This is despite the fact that his league-leading total of 54 was 12 homers more than any player in either league. Rob is also the only person to predict Jered Weaver to repeat as AL strikeout leader, and one of only five to pick Josh Johnson to defend his NL ERA crown.
So, while Michael Bourn and Roy Halladay are otherwise dominating the pool's standings in this, our first update of the year, LaColla owes his first place ranking to his less popular picks.
Once again, we want to welcome you to the seventh year of the pool. The real baseball season is off to an interesting start, and so is this year's pool. We're happy to have you on board, and we're sure you're just as excited about the coming year as we are.
Rob is one of only four pool participants to pick Jose Bautista to repeat as AL home run champ. This is despite the fact that his league-leading total of 54 was 12 homers more than any player in either league. Rob is also the only person to predict Jered Weaver to repeat as AL strikeout leader, and one of only five to pick Josh Johnson to defend his NL ERA crown.
So, while Michael Bourn and Roy Halladay are otherwise dominating the pool's standings in this, our first update of the year, LaColla owes his first place ranking to his less popular picks.
Once again, we want to welcome you to the seventh year of the pool. The real baseball season is off to an interesting start, and so is this year's pool. We're happy to have you on board, and we're sure you're just as excited about the coming year as we are.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Welcome to the 2011 MLB Pool
As I write this, we're less than an hour away from CC Sabathia taking the mound for the Yankees against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers. 11 of this year's 23 pool participants picked Sabathia to lead the American League in wins, while 8 of us picked Verlander for AL strikeouts.
At approximately the same time, and a couple hundred miles away, Livan Hernandez gets things started for the Washington Nationals versus Derek Lowe and the Atlanta Braves. A lot less on the line pool-wise in that contest, but just as importantly, it's the beginning of almost seven months of baseball to come.
With that, we welcome you to the 2011 MLB Pool, our seventh year of generally succeeding less frequently than a .300 hitter. Only one brand newbie (Brian Wells) joins 20 returnees from last year's pool and two familiar faces who sat one out last year, meaning our total entrants equal last year's total of 23. That also means the grand prize matches last year's record setting mark of $460.
Last year, one of the pool's co-creators (Jud Ehrbar) finished on top for the first time, making it six different winners in six years. All but one of the following past champions are part of the action this year, hoping to buck that trend, while there are 18 of us still aiming for that elusive first prize.
2005: Sid Harris
2006: Matt Lucas
2007: Joe Maissel
2008: Jon Pauley
2009: John Agnello
2010: Jud Ehrbar
Be sure to take a look at the grid of everyone's picks here, to see how unique (or not) yours are. We'll still be sending out emails, of course, but if you want more frequent updates, the blog is where it's at. You can subscribe as an RSS feed (from the upper right corner of this page), or if you want to receive blog email updates, just let us know and we'll set you up for that.
Most importantly, good luck, and thanks for choosing to participate once again.
At approximately the same time, and a couple hundred miles away, Livan Hernandez gets things started for the Washington Nationals versus Derek Lowe and the Atlanta Braves. A lot less on the line pool-wise in that contest, but just as importantly, it's the beginning of almost seven months of baseball to come.
With that, we welcome you to the 2011 MLB Pool, our seventh year of generally succeeding less frequently than a .300 hitter. Only one brand newbie (Brian Wells) joins 20 returnees from last year's pool and two familiar faces who sat one out last year, meaning our total entrants equal last year's total of 23. That also means the grand prize matches last year's record setting mark of $460.
Last year, one of the pool's co-creators (Jud Ehrbar) finished on top for the first time, making it six different winners in six years. All but one of the following past champions are part of the action this year, hoping to buck that trend, while there are 18 of us still aiming for that elusive first prize.
2005: Sid Harris
2006: Matt Lucas
2007: Joe Maissel
2008: Jon Pauley
2009: John Agnello
2010: Jud Ehrbar
Be sure to take a look at the grid of everyone's picks here, to see how unique (or not) yours are. We'll still be sending out emails, of course, but if you want more frequent updates, the blog is where it's at. You can subscribe as an RSS feed (from the upper right corner of this page), or if you want to receive blog email updates, just let us know and we'll set you up for that.
Most importantly, good luck, and thanks for choosing to participate once again.
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