{"id":3067,"date":"2012-08-16T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2012-08-17T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T12:37:41","slug":"mlb-suicide-pool-a-strong-start-to-round-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"MLB Suicide Game: A Strong Start to Round Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the interminable Round Ten, it doesn&#8217;t look like there was too much rust to work off here in Round Eleven, as the field goes 25-5 on opening day.<\/p>\n<p><em>The most talked-about .215 hitter in baseball, Dan Uggla, hits a 3-run HR to give the underrated Paul Maholm and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Braves<\/span> more than enough to beat SD, 6-1<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bry, Dannell,\u00a0Dave, Pat, RyanDoc, Scott, <\/strong>and <strong>Wojo<\/strong> all\u00a0nail this pick to get their rounds off to a good start<br \/>\nWith these 7 wins, the field improves to\u00a037-12 with the Bravos this year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>9 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dodger<\/span> runs is more than enough for Mr. Kershaw to put down the Buckos<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Boot, MattK<\/strong>, and the return of <strong>Doogan <\/strong>all hit this to start the round right<br \/>\nThe Dodgers are now 52-36 this year<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mike Trout\" src=\"http:\/\/img.bleacherreport.net\/img\/images\/photos\/001\/796\/658\/hi-res-148331766_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&amp;h=440&amp;q=75 \" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not sure if anyone&#39;s ever heard of this Trout guy, but he&#39;s pretty good...<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The other LA team, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Angels<\/span>, knocked off Cleveland last night, 8-4, behind yet another Mike Trout homer<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>GrossJr<\/strong> and <strong>Tyler<\/strong> win with the Halos on their one pick of the day; <strong>RyanDoc<\/strong> wins his second game of the day with this one<br \/>\nThe 3 Angels wins give them a 71-37 record this year &#8211; the third most wins of any team, 1 behind&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The NL should take notice if Adam Wainwright is back to his old self, which he was last night in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cardinals<\/span> 5-2 win over Arizona<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gillig, Greeley, McGrath, <\/strong>and <strong>Rick<\/strong> hit this pick to start 1-0 this round<br \/>\nThese 4 winners push the Cards to 72-29 for the field this year &#8211; the 2nd-most wins of any team this year, 1 behind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nationals<\/span> look dumber and dumber with each 1-2-3 inning Steven Strasburg throws, as he beats the Giants yesterday, 6-4<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Chad<\/strong> opens his second round with a W, while <strong>MattK<\/strong> gets a pair of Ws on the day<br \/>\nThe 2 winners is enough to keep the Nats ahead of every other team in wins for the field (73-36), but they do not have the best winning %, as that belongs to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cubs<\/span> pounds the hapless Astros at Wrigley yesterday afternoon, 7-2<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Rohde<\/strong>, coming off a brutal loss in Round Ten, starts the round right, and <strong>Bry<\/strong>, gets his second win of the day<br \/>\nYes, the Cubbies have the best winning percentage of any team so far &#8211; by a HUGE margin &#8211; as they improve to 8-1 for the field this year<\/p>\n<p><em>It didn&#8217;t look good for the two guys who picked the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Orioles<\/span> last night, as Aaron Cook had a no-hitter through 5 innings &#8211; then the O&#8217;s pounced for 5 runs and beat the Sox<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Mittenthal<\/strong> and <strong>RyanSmith<\/strong> both nabbed Ws with the hometown team on this night<br \/>\nThe comeback saved the O&#8217;s from being .500 for the field, as they are now 18-14 this year<\/p>\n<p><em>Miguel Cabrera&#8217;s 30th home run helped the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tigers<\/span> beat Minnesota yesterday afternoon<br \/>\n<\/em>All alone on this one, <strong>Josh<\/strong>, picks up the W<br \/>\nThe one Tigers win is their 64th of the year against 40 losses<\/p>\n<p><em>Roy Halladay and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Phillies<\/span> got shelled by the Fish yesterday afternoon<br \/>\n<\/em>All alone on this one, <strong>Walsh<\/strong>, picks up strike one<br \/>\nThe Phillies loss here ties them (with Texas, incidentally) for the most Ls by a team &#8211; 48 &#8211; against 50 wins<\/p>\n<p><em>R.A. Dickey was tempting enough for a couple of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mets<\/span> picks, but the Reds and Mike Leake stole the show<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Boot<\/strong> and <strong>Rick<\/strong> both split their two picks today, while <strong>Stumpf<\/strong> lost here as his only pick<br \/>\n3 Mets losses drops them to 17-23 this year when picked<\/p>\n<p><em>Those red-hot Oakland <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A&#8217;s<\/span> can beat anyone in the league &#8211; it seems &#8211; except the lowly Royals, as they lose again to KC, 3-2<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Aaron<\/strong> and <strong>Dan<\/strong> (back for the first time since Round One) both pick up a strike to open Round Eleven<br \/>\nThe A&#8217;s fall to just 3-9 this year overall<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OVERALL<\/span> &#8211; 27 entries so far<br \/>\nTWO WINS (3) &#8211; Bry, MattK, RyanDoc<br \/>\nONE WIN, NO STRIKES (15) &#8211; Chad, Dave, Doogan, Gillig, Greeley, GrossJr, Josh, McGrath, Mittenthal, Pat, Rohde, RyanSmith, Scott, Tyler, Wojo<br \/>\nPICKING TWO GAMES TODAY (1, so far) &#8211; Kevin<br \/>\nONE WIN, ONE STRIKE (3) &#8211; Boot, Dannell, Rick<br \/>\nONE STRIKE (5) &#8211; Aaron, Dan, Steve, Stumpf, Walsh<br \/>\nTWO STRIKES (0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the interminable Round Ten, it doesn&#8217;t look like there was too much rust to work off here in Round Eleven, as the field goes 25-5 on opening day. 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