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Old 04-02-2012, 08:53 AM
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Default 2012 MLB Weekly Contest

Who can compile the best record this season?

Last year, Patience played it out to win once again, while in 2010, keyser soze pulled away in the last week to win by 5 1/2 games. In 2009 Patience easily won with a record-setting 109 wins (and a 10-game margin). In 2008, Ultimate Anyone? pulled out the win (by 0.009), while the 2007 version was won by Pub Guy (tie-breaker over Patience), 2006 by Pub Guy (going away), and 2005 version by Pseudolus.

Rules will be the same, generally speaking:
1) Prior to each "week" you will select a MLB team.
You will get credited with the wins and loses that team had for the week. Weeks will still run Friday through Thursday, and picks need to be in by Noon ET Friday. If you miss the deadline you may pick a team before Noon EDT on another day and get credit for that day through Thursday's games (i.e., If you make a pick at 9pm Tuesday night you will get credit for games played Wed & Thurs).

Two exceptions:
i. The first day's games, Wednesday 4/4 & Thursday 4/5, will count in the first week (the two SEA/OAK games already played will not, of course)
ii. The last week will finish on a Wednesday (the last day of the regular season)

2) Once you pick a team you can't pick that team again.

3) You must get credit for a minimum of 150 games through the season (which allows you to miss about 2 weeks). Since mid-2008, we have incorporated a rule, similar to the MLB batting average qualifiying rule, such that any games short of 150 count as a loss until you reach the qualifying total. [You can always get more than 150 games, of course]

4) Best winning percentage for the season wins.

5) For a tie-breaker, submit a prediction for your final winning percentage for the season. Closest actual to their selection wins the tiebreaker.


The weeks are as follows:
1 April 4- 12
2 April 13
3 April 20
4 April 27
5 May 4
6 May 11
7 May 18
8 May 25
9 June 1
10 June 8
11 June 15
12 June 22
13 June 29
14 July 6 - 12 (the All-Star break)
15 July 13 - 19
16 July 20
17 July 27
18 August 3
19 August 10
20 August 17
21 August 24
22 August 31
23 September 7
24 September 14
25 September 21
26 September 28

Here is a link to an Excel schedule, I hope:
http://dailybaseballdata.com/dbd/MLB_schedule_2012.xls

Hopefully, Jables will offer to audit the scoring as usual.
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Standings:
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	Week								
Player	23	24	25	W	L	Win %	GB	TB	COWPAT
Patienc	 MIN 	 SFG 	 BAL 	101	57	0.639	0	0.002	0.4462
The Arb	 MIN 	 SDP 	 TBR 	100	57	0.637	0.5	0.014	0.3974
RHobbs	 CWS 	 TBR 	 COR 	99	58	0.631	1.5	0.044	0.4436
keyser	 PHI 	 MIN 	 TBR 	94	61	0.606	5.5	0.025	0.4372
OddSox	 PHI 	 PIT 	 WAS 	86	58	0.597	8	0.033	0.4396
KidRock	 MIN 	 CLE 	 DET 	88	61	0.591	8.5	0.044	0.4263
Jahgl	 CWS 	 SDP 	 COR 	92	66	0.582	9	0.046	0.4385
SirVLC4	 CIN 	 PHI 	 DET 	89	67	0.571	11	0.051	0.4615
UltAny1	 LAA 	 SDP 	 DET 	90	69	0.566	11.5	0.088	0.4564
MtnHawk	 PIT 	 CHC 	 DET 	88	68	0.564	12	0.080	0.4346
Expunge	 SLC 	 CWS 	 NYY 	84	66	0.560	13	0.083	0.4306
Cynical	 WAS 	 NYY 	 DET 	86	68	0.558	13	0.095	0.4218
rekrap	 PHI 	 CHC 	 NYY 	87	71	0.551	14	0.075	0.4115
yankeet	 MIN 	 CWS 	 DET 	86	71	0.548	14.5	0.090	0.4897
BiReMan	 CIN 	 CHC 	 DET 	83	69	0.546	15	0.078	0.4466
Ez Cumb	 MIN 	 KCR 	 SFG 	83	72	0.535	16.5	0.111	0.4731
trondog	 WAS 	 SFG 	 DET 	79	72	0.523	18.5	0.108	0.4348
BigPete	 CWS 	 CHC 	 COR 	78	82	0.488	24	0.138	0.4359
Agadefe	 -   	 -   	 -   	69	81	0.460	28	0.182	0.4513
dlwktb	 -   	 -   	 -   	67	83	0.447	30	0.192	0.4514


Picks so far:
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		Wk																									
ID	PWP	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Agadefe	0.642	PHI	CLE	TOR	SLC	COR	CWS	BAL	PIT	SFG	MIL	NYY	BRS	DET	CIN	TEX	AZD	LAD	TBR	WAS	ATL						
BiReMan	0.624	OAK	MIA	MIL	COR	BRS	PHI		LAD	CWS	PIT	TEX	SDP	ATL	NYM	MIN	AZD	SFG	TBR	LAA	SLC	BAL	WAS	CIN	CHC	DET	CLE
BigPete	0.646	TEX	PHI	TOR	ATL	WAS	MIA	TBR	CLE	SFG	DET	LAA	CIN	BRS	PIT	AZD	NYY	LAD	SLC	MIL	MIN	BAL	OAK	CWS	CHC	COR	
Cynical	0.626	OAK	MIA	LAD	ATL	SEA	TEX	BAL	KCR	CIN	MIL	BRS	HOU	SLC	NYM	TBR	PIT	SFG	SDP	LAA	AZD	CWS	TOR	WAS	NYY	DET	CLE
dlwktb	0.639	SLC	MIA	MIL	SFG		LAD	DET	CIN	KCR	BAL	TEX	CWS	AZD	OAK	PIT	NYY	ATL	TBR		SEA						
Expunge	0.644		WAS	TBR	CIN	MIA	PHI	LAA	LAD	SFG	MIL	TEX	SEA	TOR	OAK	BAL	COR	CLE	NYM	ATL	AZD	BRS	PIT	SLC	CWS	NYY	DET
Ez Cumb	0.638	TEX	MIA	TBR	CIN	BRS	PHI	CHC	LAD	WAS	COR	CLE	SDP	TOR	NYM	ATL	AZD	NYY	OAK	LAA	SLC	CWS	DET	MIN	KCR	SFG	MIL
Jahgl	0.643	TEX	MIA	MIL	CIN	BRS	PHI	NYY	LAD	KCR	BAL	NYM	HOU	SLC	OAK	MIN	AZD	ATL	TBR	LAA	DET	SFG	WAS	CWS	SDP	COR	TOR
keyser	0.631	CLE	WAS	MIL	CIN	SEA	TEX	CWS	PIT	SFG	KCR	LAA	NYY	SLC	NYM	BAL	AZD	ATL	LAD	MIA	DET	COR	BRS	PHI	MIN	TBR	TOR
KidRock	0.635	OAK	SEA	LAD	CIN	SDP		NYY	PIT	SFG	MIL	TEX	CWS	TOR	AZD	KCR	TBR	ATL	PHI	LAA	SLC	BRS	WAS	MIN	CLE	DET	NYM
MtnHawk	0.628	TEX	MIA	MIL	CIN	BRS	PHI	NYY	LAD	CWS	BAL	NYM	SDP	ATL	LAA	COR	AZD	SEA	TBR	SFG	SLC	TOR	WAS	PIT	CHC	DET	CLE
OddSox	0.630	OAK	MIA	CLE	CIN	SDP	MIL		KCR	SFG	BAL	TEX	CWS	SLC		LAD	AZD	SEA	TBR	LAA	NYM	BRS	ATL	PHI	PIT	WAS	TOR
Patienc	0.641	TEX	MIA	MIL	CIN	SDP	PHI	NYY	LAD	CLE	CWS	DET	HOU	SLC	OAK	CHC	PIT	ATL	TBR	LAA	SEA	NYM	WAS	MIN	SFG	BAL	
rekrap	0.653	OAK	WAS	TBR	CIN	BRS	TEX	MIL	PIT	SFG	CWS	LAD	SEA	TOR	NYM	COR	AZD	KCR	SLC	LAA	DET	BAL	ATL	PHI	CHC	NYY	CLE
RHobbs	0.675	TEX	MIA	MIL	CIN	BRS	LAD	NYY	PIT	SFG	SLC	CLE	HOU	TOR	OAK	BAL	AZD	ATL	WAS	LAA	SEA	NYM	DET	CWS	TBR	COR	PHI
SirVLC4	0.622	LAA	MIA	TOR	NYM	BRS	NYY	TEX	COR	MIN	BAL	LAD	SDP	PIT	MIL	SFG	TBR	CLE	ATL	CHC	SLC	CWS	WAS	CIN	PHI	DET	AZD
The Arb	0.623	ATL	MIA	SLC	CIN	NYY	BRS	TEX	LAD	SFG	PHI	TOR	CWS	DET	NYM	KCR	PIT	AZD	WAS	MIL	OAK	BAL	LAA	MIN	SDP	TBR	HOU
trondog	0.632	SDP	LAA	MIL	ATL	BRS	LAD		BAL	NYY	TEX	TBR	CHC	MIA	AZD	TOR	CIN	KCR	NYM	PHI	CWS	SLC	SEA	WAS	SFG	DET	HOU
UltAny1	0.654	OAK	SEA	NYM	SLC	LAD	PHI	CWS	PIT	MIL	MIN	TOR	CIN	BAL	HOU	WAS	AZD	SFG	ATL	TBR	TEX	CHC	MIA	LAA	SDP	DET	CLE
yankeet	0.625	LAA	SEA	CLE	CIN	WAS	PHI	MIL	LAD	KCR	PIT	TEX	HOU	SLC	OAK	COR	NYY	TOR	ATL	TBR	AZD	NYM	MIA	MIN	CWS	DET	CHC

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Old 04-02-2012, 09:09 AM
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Week 1 - Rangers

Tie breaker - .6460
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Old 04-02-2012, 10:14 AM
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1 Ana
2 Fla
3 Mil
4 Cin
5 Bos
6 NYY
7 Tex
8 Col
9 ChW
10 Pit
11 Ari
12 Sdg
13 Tor
14 Det
15 Was
16 Tam
17 Cle
18 Atl
19 Oak
20 Stl
21 Sfo
22 Was
23 ChC
24 Phi
25 NYM
26 Los

Tiebreak = .622
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Week 1: Indians

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Old 04-02-2012, 10:28 AM
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Wk 1 - Ana

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Old 04-02-2012, 10:34 AM
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Tiebreak = .2 * pi
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That... was not intentional.

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3	Mil
4	Cin
5	Bos
6	NYY
7	Tex
8	Col
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10	Pit
11	Ari
12	Sdg
13	Tor
14	Det
15	Min
16	Tam
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18	Atl
19	Oak
20	Stl
21	Sfo
22	Was
23	ChC
24	Phi
25	NYM
26	Los
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