{"id":3374,"date":"2012-10-02T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T12:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2012-10-02T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:01:47","slug":"mlb-suicide-game-let-the-madness-ensue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=3374","title":{"rendered":"MLB Suicide Game: Let the Madness Ensue&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of suicide game drama, then last night was just what the doctor ordered.\u00a0 Our leader dropped back and SEVEN people chasing him all won, giving us an unbelievable 8-way tie with 2 to play.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IN THE LEAD<\/span> (8) &#8211; controlling their own destiny<br \/>\n<strong>-Dannell<\/strong> (Nationals-L) takes a big loss (with his winningest team of the year), bringing him back to the pack<br \/>\n<strong>-Bry<\/strong> (Marlins) picks up his 18th NLE win and overall best 55th NL win<br \/>\n<strong>-GregDoc<\/strong> (Marlins) improves to a huge 16-5 in the NLE<br \/>\n<strong>-GrossJr<\/strong> (Marlins) wins his 3rd MIA game, one shy of CHW and SF for most of any team<br \/>\n<strong>-Josh<\/strong> (Marlins) evens his MIA record at 1-1 and his NLE record at 8-8<br \/>\n<strong>-Mittenthal<\/strong> (A&#8217;s) hits a really nice pick here to get him back into the lead<br \/>\n<strong>-Pat<\/strong> (Phillies) went all-or-nothing, as he went head-to-head with Dannell, winning his first PHI pick of the year to tie for the lead<br \/>\n<strong>-Scott<\/strong> (Marlins) wins his overall-leading 20th NLE game (only Bry with 23 NLC wins has more wins from a single division)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ONE GAME BACK<\/span> (5) &#8211; need two straight wins and some help<br \/>\n<strong>-RyanDoc <\/strong>(Nationals-L) falls to 9-8 in the NLE, picking up a huge L here to fall off the pace<br \/>\n<strong>-Boot<\/strong> (Astros), with only 2 days left, makes HOU the last team all year to give someone a win &#8211; they were 0-9 before last night<br \/>\n<strong>-Kevin<\/strong> (Marlins) improves to 15-5 in the NLE (6 more wins than any other division)<br \/>\n<strong>-McGrath<\/strong> (Blue Jays) improves to 8-2 in the ALE, including 2-0 with those Canadians, eh?<br \/>\n<strong>-RyanSmith<\/strong> (Marlins) evens his MIA record at 2-2 and picks up his 12th NLE win of the year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TWO GAMES BACK<\/span> (2) &#8211; in need of a miracle<br \/>\n<strong>-Aaron<\/strong> (Marlins) wins his first MIA pick of the year, improving to 13-4 in the NLE<br \/>\n<strong>-Chad<\/strong> (D&#8217;backs-L) falls to 0-2 with ARI (joining PIT, TEX, and CHW as his only 2-time losers)<br \/>\n* &#8211; these two now have a best-case scenario of\u00a0being part of a 9-way tie, which would require\u00a0an absolute miraculous series of events<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED<\/span>:<br \/>\nDan, Jayson, MattK, Rohde, Steve, Stumpf, Tyler, Walsh, Wojo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of suicide game drama, then last night was just what the doctor ordered.\u00a0 Our leader dropped back and SEVEN people chasing him all won, giving us an unbelievable 8-way tie with 2 to play. 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