Derwood

Doesn't seem to be happening. My link to the league page is broken. I blame IMB!

I usually scan the new phone book for any useful restaurant coupons and then banish it to the closet.

Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2009 83 +350 for correct number +300 for being within 1 win +275 for being within 2 wins +250 for being within 3 wins +200 for being within 5 wins +050 for being within 10 wins 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (16 games) 6 +150 for correct number +100 for being within 1 win +75 for being within 2 wins +50 for being within 3 wins +25 for being within 5 wins +10 for being within 10 wins 3. Number of runs scored, 2009 707 +300 for being within 5 runs +250 for being within 10 runs +200 for being within 20 runs +175 for being within 30 runs +150 for being within 40 runs +125 for being within 50 runs +100 for being within 60 runs +075 for being within 75 runs +025 for being within 100 runs 4. Number of runs allowed, 2009 672 +300 for being within 5 runs +250 for being within 10 runs +200 for being within 20 runs +175 for being within 30 runs +150 for being within 40 runs +125 for being within 50 runs +100 for being within 60 runs +075 for being within 75 runs +025 for being within 100 runs 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division Second +200 for correct place +100 for one place off +50 for two places off Total Possible Team Stat Points: 1300 Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 15 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 1 HR +35 for being within 2 HRs +30 for being within 3 HRs +25 for being within 4 HRs +20 for being within 5 HRs +10 for being within 10 HRs 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases 9 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 5 SBs +30 for being within 10 SBs +20 for being within 15 SBs +10 for being within 20 SBs 3. Ryan Theriot's Batting Average .284 +50 for being within .005 +40 for being within .010 +30 for being within .015 +20 for being within .020 +10 for being within .025 4. Milton Bradley's RBIs 40 +50 for being within 1 run +40 for being within 5 runs +30 for being within 10 runs +20 for being within 15 runs +10 for being within 25 runs 5. Ryan Dempster's Wins 11 +50 for correct number +40 for being within 1 win +30 for being within 2 wins +20 for being within 3 wins +10 for being within 4 wins +05 for being within 5 wins 6. Sean Marshall's ERA 4.32 +50 for being within .10 +40 for being within .20 +30 for being within .30 +20 for being within .40 +10 for being within .50 7. Carlos Zambrano's Ks 152 +50 for being within 20 +40 for being within 25 +30 for being within 50 +20 for being within 75 +10 for being within 100 8. Rich Harden's Innings Pitched 141 +50 for being within 10 +40 for being within 20 +30 for being within 30 +20 for being within 40 +10 for being within 50 +05 for being within 60 Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 400 Bonus Questions I (20 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Lee's RBIs or Soto's RBIs? Lee 2. Which will be higher: Aaron Heilman's starts or Aaron Heilman's relief appearances? Relief 3. Which will be higher: Aaron Miles' at-bats or Mike Fontenot's at-bats? Fontenot 4. Who will have more HRs: Fontenot or Fukudome? Fukudome 5. Who will have more wins: Harden or Marshall? Harden 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Bradley or Ramirez? Ramirez Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 180 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: Lee 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Wells 4. Most saves: Gregg Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 120 Total Possible Points: 2000 The Annual Tiebreaker: Lou's First Ejection (you may answer "never") To be used only in the event of ties.

I offered Laura to help again, and she said she's on the fence about it. We may have to do it without physical prizes this year.... if it comes down to doing it or not doing it I will help out. I think implementing it isn't the issue. I think people would do it without prizes, so my vote is to do it. I'll PM Laura again.

I'll be cheering for all the Big Ten teams, even though I know that the entire Final Four could come from the conference and no one would give them any credit. At least the matchups aren't as terrible as the B10 Bowl Matchups were.

Not when I'm in chicago. But back in indiana where lots of businesses don't have their own websites and I still want to contact them, yes, all the time. businesses don't need their own websites to be listed on yahoo yellow pages or google

roosters don't lay eggs

I offered Laura to help again, and she said she's on the fence about it. We may have to do it without physical prizes this year....

http://www.kenpom.com http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt0809.htm

Running and Defense doesn't require a franchise QB

briefly? I think they're so complicated that Pomeroy and Sagarin couldn't even explain it briefly. :-))

Prior stood on a block of ice?

if only

definitely some interesting choices for Wildcard. I'm still on the fence

Group A: Ryan Howard Group B: Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira Group C: Josh Hamilton, Jason Bay, Carlos Lee Group D: Joey Votto, Justin Morneau, David Ortiz, Chipper Jones, Garrett Atkins Wildcard: PM'd we can change our Wildcard up until March 28, yeah?

Official Bracket

I watched a bit of the Cuba/Japan game, and there are at least 2 other Japanese hitters who have the exact same swing as Fukudome

ESPNews crawl said that both Cutler and his parents have put their houses up for sale in Denver

I'll do a few bracket contests this year, but I have no good basis for my picks. I didn't see a single minute of UConn, Pitt, Louisville or all of the Pac 10. I pretty much watched B10 games exclusively this year

if PSU's first game is on ESPNU, I can't even watch it. GREAT

don't know if it's official, but I see a bracket with PSU as a #2, facing George Mason in round 1

The odds are good that last year was a much better year to pick the four #1s. Yeah Derwood that doesn't make sense. It never happened until last year, and this year there was so much debate over who would be #1 seeds, probably 6-7 teams had a legitimate claim for a 1 seed. 3 of the #1 seeds are in the same conference, so who knows how good they are against teams from other conferences who play different styles. One of the number 1 seeds lost one of their key players for the year and hasn't looked like the same team since. 3 of the 4 teams have taken turns losing immediately after becoming #1 in the polls. I think 2 of the number 2 seeds, Duke and Oklahoma are more talented than 2 of the number 1 seeds UConn and Louisville. This is actually a really poor year to just pick the four number 1's. I only meant that the rankings were extremely top heavy this year, with the 10-25 teams constantly in flux.

The selection show is at 9 on ESPNU. I don't get ESPNU :cry:

when does the NIT field get announced?

it's as good a year as any to just pick the four #1's