Only 3 times (in 12 rounds) this year has the whole field survived through three days – and two of them were the past two rounds, which saw huge fields.\u00a0 Yes, the picking gets a LOT easier the later you are in the year, but that is still rather impressive.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, our overall record this year is 1,199-800…one win shy of a very <\/em>even .600 winning %.\u00a0 Okay, maybe that’s only interesting to me.\u00a0 Whatever…<\/p>\n The 2 Brewers Ls drop them to 41-24 this year – 2nd-worst in the NLC better than only the amazingly awful Astros, who are 0-9 when picked this year<\/em> Chad’s Yankees L drops them to 71-36 – still best in the ALE The 10 Bravos Ws put them at 52-17 this year – 2nd highest win% of anyone behind the 8-1 Cubs (it is surprising that a team this good has only been used in 23% of rounds so far this year)<\/em> 8 more Nats wins makes them the first (and probably only) team over 100 wins, as they are 104-37 for the field this year<\/em> 27 of 27 remain Only 3 times (in 12 rounds) this year has the whole field survived through three days – and two of them were the past two rounds, which saw huge fields.\u00a0 Yes, the picking gets a LOT easier the later you … Continue reading The Marlins slap around Marco Estrada and Josh Johnson shuts down the Brewers, as 2 of the 3 losses on the day came here<\/h2>\n
\n-GrossJr**<\/strong> picks his 1st MIL loss of the year (1-1), falling to 4-10 in the field’s best division
\n-Mittenthal**<\/strong> falls to 3-2 with MIL this year<\/p>\nA WILD night in Camden Yards saw 6 Orioles HRs, including 3 in the big 8th inning, in a 10-6 win over the Yankees<\/h2>\n
\nJosh’s Orioles W puts the O’s at 22-14 this year – 2nd best in the ALE<\/em><\/em>
\n-Chad**<\/strong> falls to 1-4 in the AL this year
\n-Josh**<\/strong> improves to 3-0 with BAL and 6-1 in the ALE<\/p>\nThe only run of the night in Atlanta was scored when a throw back to the pitcher got away…Braves win 1-0<\/h2>\n
\n-Bry<\/strong> stays perfect with ATL this year (2-0), improving to 42-13 in the NL
\n-Dannell<\/strong> stays with ATL as well (3-0); he is now 22-10 in the NL
\n-Gillig<\/strong> picks ATL for the first time this year, after 92 picks
\n-Scott<\/strong> improves to 6-0 with ATL (also 6-0 with WAS)
\n-Steve<\/strong> also stays perfect with ATL (2-0)
\n-Wojo<\/strong> improves to 26-4 in the NL and 45-7 overall
\n-Boot*<\/strong> goes to 3-1 in the NLE this year – his best division
\n-Greeley*<\/strong> improves to 5-1 in the NLE – also his best division
\n-Rohde*<\/strong> wins his 43rd NL game this year – more than anyone else
\n-Walsh*<\/strong> improves to 4-0 with ATL and wins his 10th NLE game – most of any division<\/p>\nA 9-2 win completes a 4-game sweep for the Nationals, in which they outscored the Cubbies 31-9<\/h2>\n
\n-Aaron<\/strong> wins his 5th WAS game of the year – more than any other team
\n-GregDoc<\/strong> wins his 11th NLE game of the year – tied with NLC for most wins in a division
\n-RyanSmith<\/strong> evens his NLE record at 8-8 on the year
\n-Doogan*<\/strong> has won with the Nats in both of the rounds he’s played this year
\n-Jayson*<\/strong> wins his 3rd WAS game of the year – tied with TEX for most wins
\n-Kevin*<\/strong> improves to 9-5 in the NLE – 2 more wins than any other division
\n-McGrath*<\/strong> improves to 3-0 with WAS in just 4 rounds played
\n-RyanDoc**<\/strong> still only has 6 NLE wins this year – more than only the ALC with 4 – double-digit wins in the other 4 divisions<\/p>\nOVERALL<\/h2>\n
\nSTILL PERFECT (10) – Aaron, Bry, Dannell, Gillig, GregDoc, RyanSmith, Scott, Steve, Stumpf, Wojo
\nONE STRIKE (12) – Boot, Dan, Doogan, Greeley, Jayson, Kevin, MattK, McGrath, Pat, Rohde, Tyler, Walsh
\nTWO STRIKES (5) – Chad, GrossJr, Josh, Mittenthal, RyanDoc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"