Southpaw19

That rule is going away, beginning next offseason. Will not apply to Davis.

Since this thread is still at 106, I thought I would chime in with my thoughts. For those of you who don't know me, I'm the resident NSBBer who runs the Home Run Derby in the Events forum. Even though I didn't originate it, I took over the duties when it was close to going away several years ago. Anyway... I've been a Cubs fan since probably a short time after the 1984 season. I was 8 at the time. I'm not as long suffering as some, but I lived through 1989, 1998, 2003, 2004 (regular season collapse), 2007, 2008, and to a degree 2015. This year I turned 40, and I've probably had the greatest year of my life. My wife Nicole and I adopted our 6 year old daughter who had been in our foster care since she was 2 1/2. We rescued her from a toxic environment and have given her all the love and family we could provide. We became foster parents, because my wife has a condition that makes it hard to conceive children, and when you do, the rate of miscarriage is high. As it turned out, when things were getting closer to adoption with our 6 year old, the stress winding down must have done wonders, because we finally got the news last fall (shortly after the NLCS collapse) that we were finally pregnant. On July 28 this summer, our beautiful baby girl was born. To top it all off... the Chicago Cubs are now World Series Champions! I could tell a much longer version of this story, but maybe another time. Let's just say, I was having horrible flashbacks when the ball went off Addison's glove, and then the game tying home run. I stood in my in-laws' living room for innings eight through ten; too stressed to sit down. I really thought I was going to cry like a baby when we won. But I only had watery eyes a bit... I think the entire game/series drained me. However, looking at all the videos/stories since, it is hard to stop from crying. I only wish my wife's brother, my brother-in-law, was here to see it all. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 26 in 2010. T.J. -- we did it, bro! Cubs are the champions!

2016 HR Derby Champion PetermanRealityTour

2016 HR DERBY FINAL SCOREBOARD ===================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (333) 2. evv98 (303) 3. Sammy Sofa (297) 4. HendryWallet (292) 5. bd811 (290) 6. sweetpeteman (286) 7. Andy (282) 8. glavine93 (279) 9. Cubswin11 (278) 10. abohnhoff (274) 11. Southpaw19 (271) 12a. philosophizer75 (267) 12b. sneakypower (267) 14. The Logan (265) 15. SouthSideRyan (261) 16. Cub Your Enthusiasm (250) 17. Derwood (236) 18. Ding Dong Johnson (235) 19. soccer10k (223) 20. David (211) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (403) A: Nelson Cruz (43) B: Brian Dozier (42), Khris Davis (42) C: Mark Trumbo (47), Chris Carter (41), Robinson Cano (39) D: Brad Miller (30), Ian Kinsler (28), Marcus Semien (27), Victor Martinez (27), AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Daniel Murphy, Jonathan Schoop, or Maikel Franco (25) WC*: Corey Seager (26) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

I will save you some work in 2017. Wildcard - PM'd (Kyle Schwarber) from everybody LOL - While that's likely the case, that's not sound strategy.

I humbly apologize for the delayed updates during the final month of the season. To make up for it, I have already put together the necessary data for the 2017 HR Derby, and will continue to update that as the final week plays out. Then I won't have anything to do over the winter, except keep track of player movement. Once March 2017 rolls around, I can roll out the new season of HRD for the new season of MLB. :D

2016 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of Sept 25, 2016) ================================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (322) 2. evv98 (289) 3. Sammy Sofa (288) 4. HendryWallet (284) 5. bd811 (283) 6a. Andy (277) 6b. sweetpeteman (277) 8a. Cubswin11 (269) 8b. glavine93 (269) 10. abohnhoff (266) 11. sneakypower (262) 12a. philosophizer75 (257) 12b. Southpaw19 (257) 14. The Logan (252) 15. SouthSideRyan (251) 16. Cub Your Enthusiasm (242) 17. Derwood (234) 18. Ding Dong Johnson (228) 19. soccer10k (219) 20. David (210) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (403) A: Edwin Encarnacion (42) B: Brian Dozier (42), Khris Davis (40) C: Mark Trumbo (45), Chris Carter (38), Evan Longoria (36) D: Brad Miller (30), Victor Martinez (27), Ian Kinsler (26), Marcus Semien (26), AND EITHER: Daniel Murphy or Maikel Franco (25) WC*: Corey Seager (26) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

264 - I fixed the standings to reflect. Thanks for catching that.

2016 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of Sept 12, 2016) ================================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (304) 2. Sammy Sofa (268) 3. bd811 (267) 4. evv98 (264) 5. HendryWallet (263) 6. sweetpeteman (260) 7. Cubswin11 (259) 8. Andy (253) 9. glavine93 (250) 10. sneakypower (245) 11a. abohnhoff (242) 11b. Southpaw19 (242) 13. philosophizer75 (237) 14. SouthSideRyan (234) 15. The Logan (233) 16. Cub Your Enthusiasm (223) 17. Derwood (219) 18. Ding Dong Johnson (211) 19. soccer10k (206) 20. David (192) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (375) A: Edwin Encarnacion (39) B: Brian Dozier (40), Kris Bryant (37) C: Mark Trumbo (41), AND TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: Chris Carter (33), Mike Napoli (33), Robinson Cano (33) D: Brad Miller (28), Ian Kinsler (26), Daniel Murphy (25), Marcus Semien (24), Victor Martinez (24) WC*: Corey Seager (25) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

2016 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of August 30, 2016) ================================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (284) 2. bd811 (248) 3. Sammy Sofa (247) 4. HendryWallet (246) 5. Cubswin11 (245) 6. sweetpeteman (244) 7. evv98 (237) 8. Andy (236) 9. Southpaw19 (229) 10. sneakypower (226) 11. abohnhoff (225) 12. glavine93 (224) 13. philosophizer75 (223) 14. SouthSideRyan (221) 15. The Logan (216) 16. Derwood (211) 17. Cub Your Enthusiasm (210) 18. soccer10k (195) 19. Ding Dong Johnson (193) 20. David (184) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (349) A: Edwin Encarnacion (36) B: Kris Bryant (35), Khris Davis (34) C: Mark Trumbo (40), Evan Longoria (31), AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Chris Carter (30), Mookie Betts (30), Robinson Cano (30) D: Brad Miller (25), Daniel Murphy (25), Ian Kinsler (24), Marcus Semien (23), Victor Martinez (23) WC*: Corey Seager (23) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Apparently having a newborn is draining or something. :shock: I will work on this today, and by the end of the day (hopefully way before that), I will have updated standings posted.

I need to put something out to the contestants to get a fair decision agreed upon. TOPIC: Derwood has a clone player. He has had two entries of Victor Martinez since mid-July. Since this has never happened before since I've been doing the Derby, I wasn't sure how to do a fair ruling. What are the thoughts of the participants for a fair way to amend this?

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the second half. You have one remaining.

Done and done. This is your second transaction of the second half. You have zero remaining.

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the second half. You have one remaining.

Done and done. This is your second transaction of the second half. You have zero remaining.

Done and done. This is your first transaction of the second half. You have one remaining.

For those couple of us who switched WC slots to Trevor Story... story over. Season-ending surgery.

Sorry for the delayed post. My wife and I welcomed a baby to our family on Thursday night, and we came home from the hospital on Sunday night.

2016 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of August 1, 2016) ================================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (221) 2. HendryWallet (205) 3. sweetpeteman (193) 4. Sammy Sofa (192) 5. Andy (190) 6. Cubswin11 (189) 7. bd811 (186) 8a. glavine93 (178) 8b. The Logan (178) 10a. evv98 (177) 10b. sneakypower (177) 12. SouthSideRyan (175) 13. abohnhoff (174) 14. Southpaw19 (173) 15. philosophizer75 (171) 16. Cub Your Enthusiasm (165) 17. soccer10k (157) 18. Derwood (156) 19. David (149) 20. Ding Dong Johnson (139) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (282) A: Edwin Encarnacion (28) B: Todd Frazier (29), AND EITHER: Khris Davis OR Kris Bryant (26) C: Mark Trumbo (30), Chris Carter (25), Mike Napoli (25) D: Marcus Semien (22), Daniel Murphy (20), Ian Kinsler (20), Jose Altuve (19), Maikel Franco (19) WC*: Marcel Ozuna (19) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

FYI - Next scoreboard update will be posted on Sunday - through games on Saturday.

2016 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (as of July 20, 2016) ================================================== 1. PetermanRealityTour (205) 2. HendryWallet (190) 3a. Cubswin11 (175) 3b. Sammy Sofa (175) 5. sweetpeteman (172) 6. Andy (171) 7a. bd811 (169) 7b. glavine93 (169) 7c. The Logan (169) 10. sneakypower (162) 11a. evv98 (160) 11b. SouthSideRyan (160) 13. abohnhoff (158) 14. philosophizer75 (157) 15a. Cub Your Enthusiasm (155) 15b. Southpaw19 (155) 17. Derwood (146) 18. soccer10k (146) 19. David (141) 20. Ding Dong Johnson (129) BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (261) A: Edwin Encarnacion (26) B: Todd Frazier (28), Kris Bryant (25) C: Mark Trumbo (28), AND TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: Chris Carter, Evan Longoria, Mike Napoli, Robinson Cano (each with 22) D: Marcus Semien (20), Ian Kinsler (19), Daniel Murphy (18), Danny Espinosa (18), Maikel Franco (18) WC*: Corey Seager OR Marcel Ozuna (17) * Story and Duvall have more HRs but they don’t count towards “best possible” because no one had them prior to the ASB.

Done and done. These are your first and second transactions of the second half. You have zero remaining.

Due to there only being 3 games played since the last update, I will postpone the scoreboard update until Thursday of this week (just before the next weekend series, and that will give us a full "week's worth" slate of games.

Bryce Harper Giancarlo Stanton Kris Bryant Robinson Cano Mookie Betts Miguel Sano Jason Heyward Yasiel Puig Carlos Gomez Jonathan Schoop Addison Russell Marcel Ozuna