MLB Weekend Series (July 3-5)

Two for the holliday weekend. I was going to do three but the Cubs/Brewers series is a four game series and starts on Thursday.

Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins

Actual Result: Twins 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
Jeff: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski: Twins 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
Marty: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
McClain: Twins 2-1 (2pts)
Murray: Twins 2-1 (2pts)
Paulie: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
Princess G: Tigers 2-1 (0pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Twins 2-1 (2pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Twins 2-1 (2pts)
Wild Bill: Twins 2-1 (2pts)

Scores:
Friday - Tigers 11-9 (16 innings)
Saturday - Twins 4-3
Sunday - Twins 6-2


New York Mets @ Philadelphia Phillies

Actual Result: Phillies 3-0
Predictions:
Carmen: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)
Jeff: Phillies 3-0 (2pts)
Kubatski: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)
Kubatski Sr: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Marty: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
McClain: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)
Murray: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)
Paulie: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)
Princess G: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Wild Bill: Phillies 2-1 (1pt)

Scores:
Friday - Phillies 7-2
Saturday - Phillies 4-1
Sunday - Phillies 2-0

Standings (June 29th)

The latest standings. These include everything so far.

Kubatski: 409
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: 398
Carmen: 395
Marty: 373
Kubatski Sr: 369
Murray: 354
Paulie: 337
Scott: 330
Princess G: 329
McClain: 297
Ryan G: 290
Wild Bill: 273
Jeff: 261
Wade: 173

MLB Weekend Series (June 26-28)

Chicago Cubs @ Chicago White Sox

Actual Result: White Sox 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: NONE (0pts)
Jeff: Cubs 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski: White Sox 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: White Sox 2-1 (2pts)
Marty: Cubs 2-1 (0pts)
McClain: White Sox 2-1 (2pts)
Murray: NONE (0pts)
Paulie: Cubs 2-1 (0pts)
Princess G: White Sox 2-1 (2pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Cubs 2-1 (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE (0pts)
Scott: NONE (0pts)
Wild Bill: NONE (0pts)

Actual Results:
Friday - Cubs 5-4
Saturday - White Sox 8-7
Sunday - White Sox 6-0

Wimbledon

Starts Monday, June 22nd

New Tennis scoring system looks like this:

3 points for each person you correctly guess will participate in the finals and a 5 point bonus for correctly predicting the champion.

Sample scores:
11 points - you correctly predict the final match and the winner.
8 points - you correctly predict the winner of the final match but not their opponent
6 points - you correctly predict the final match but choose the wrong winner.
3 points - you correctly predict one of the two people who particpate in the final but have the wrong champion.

Men's Bracket:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/index.html

Actual Result: (2) Federer over (6) Roddick
Predictions:
Carmen: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Jeff: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Kubatski: (2) Federer over (5) Del Potro (8pts)
Kubatski Sr: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Marty: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
McClain: (2) Federer over Hewitt (8pts)
Murray: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Paulie: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Princess G: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)
Wild Bill: (2) Federer over (3) Murray (8pts)

Women's Bracket:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/draws/ws/index.html

Actual Result: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams
Predictions:
Carmen: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams (11pts)
Jeff: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams (11pts)
Kubatski: (2) S. Williams over (1) Safina (8pts)
Kubatski Sr: (3) V. Williams over (2) S. Williams (6pts)
Marty: (3) V. Williams over (8) Azarenka (3pts)
McClain: (2) S. Williams over (1) Safina (8pts)
Murray: (1) Safina over (4) Dementieva (0pts)
Paulie: (3) V. Williams over (2) S. Williams (6pts)
Princess G: (1) Safina over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams (11pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: (2) S. Williams over (1) Safina (8pts)
Wild Bill: (1) Safina over (4) Dementieva (0pts)

U.S. Open

The U.S. Open starts early Thursday morning. I need the top three golfers in order.

15 points - 3, exactly right
10 points - 2, exactly right
9 points - 3 finishers, 1 exact
7 points - 2 finishers, 1 exact
6 points - 3 finishers, wrong spots
5 points - 1, exactly right
4 points - 2 finishers, wrong spots
2 points - 1 finisher, wrong spot

Actual Results: (1) Lucas Glover, (2) Phil Mickelson, (2) David Duval, (2) Ricky Barnes
Predictions:
Carmen: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Paul Casey, (3) Phil Mickelson (2pts)
Jeff: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Geoff Ogilvy, (3) Jim Furyk (0pts)
Kubatski: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Paul Casey, (3) Anthony Kim (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: (1) David Toms, (2) Sean O’Hair, (3) Padraig Harrington (0pts)
Marty: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Geoff Ogilvy, (3) Greame McDowell (0pts)
McClain: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Jim Furyk, (3) Steve Stricker (0pts)
Murray: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Kenny Perry, (3) Angel Cabrera (0pts)
Paulie: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Geoff Ogilvy, (3) Jim Furyk (0pts)
Princess G: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Phil Mickelson, (3) Paul Casey (5pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Phil Mickelson, (3) Ian Poulter (5pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: (1) Tiger Woods, (2) Phil Mickelson, (3) Jim Furyk (5pts)
Wild Bill: NONE (-1pt)

ESPN.com's U.S. Open page:
http://espn.go.com/golf/

MLB Weekend Series (June 19-21)

Milwaukee Brewers @ Detroit Tigers

Actual Result:
Predictions:
Carmen: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Jeff: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Tigers 2-1 (1pt)
Marty: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
McClain: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Murray: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Paulie: Tigers 2-1 (1pt)
Princess G: Tigers 2-1 (1pt)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Brewers 2-1 (0pts)
Wild Bill: Tigers 2-1 (1pt)

Scores:
Friday - Tigers 10-4
Saturday - Tigers 9-5
Sunday - Tigers 3-2

College World Series

The CWS starts Saturday. The field is set. For any that don't follow it closely, let me give you a run down of how it works. There are two four team pools. Those four teams play a double elimination tournament and the winners of those two pools play a best of three series for the championship.

What I want from you is to pick the winner of each pool (3 points each) and then tell me who the overall champion will be (5 points).

College World Series - June 13-24

Pool One:
Arkansas
Cal State Fullerton
LSU
Virginia

Actual Winner: LSU
Predictions:
Carmen: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Jeff: LSU (3pts)
Kubatski: LSU (3pts)
Kubatski Sr: LSU (3pts)
Marty: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
McClain: LSU (3pts)
Murray: LSU (3pts)
Paulie: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Princess G: LSU (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Wild Bill: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)

Pool Two:
Arizona State
North Carolina
Southern Miss
Texas

Actual Winner: Texas
Predictions:
Carmen: Arizona State (0pts)
Jeff: Texas (3pts)
Kubatski: Arizona State (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Texas (3pts)
Marty: Texas (3pts)
McClain: Texas (3pts)
Murray: Arizona State (0pts)
Paulie: Texas (3pts)
Princess G: Arizona State (0pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Arizona State (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE
Scott: Texas (3pts)
Wild Bill: Arizona State (0pts)

Actual Champion: LSU
Predictions:
Carmen: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Jeff: Texas (0pts)
Kubatski: LSU (5pts)
Kubatski Sr: Texas (0pts)
Marty: Texas (0pts)
McClain: LSU (5pts)
Murray: LSU (5pts)
Paulie: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)
Princess G: Texas (0pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Arizona State (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE
Scott: Texas (0pts)
Wild Bill: Cal State-Fullerton (0pts)

Scoring Question

I want to adjust the scores from our first two tennis tournaments (Austrailian Open and French Open). I don't like the way that I set up the scoring. In both tournaments there have been people who have correctly predicted the final match but got the final result wrong but they got less points than someone who correctly predicted the second place finisher even though the person they said they would lose to didn't even participate in the final.

I'm asking for suggestions for rescoring and permission to go ahead and do that. I would like to get this taken care of before Wimbledon starts on June 22.

MLB Weekend Series (June 12-14)

Interleague play is back so we're doing two again.

Los Angeles Dodgers @ Texas Rangers

Actual Result: Dodgers 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Jeff: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: Rangers 2-1 (0pts)
Marty: Rangers 2-1 (0pts)
McClain: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Murray: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Paulie: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Princess G: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Dodgers 2-1 (2pts)
Wild Bill: Dodgers 3-0 (1pt)

Friday - Rangers 6-0
Saturday - Dodgers 3-1
Sunday - Dodgers 6-3


New York Mets @ New York Yankees

Actual Result: Yankees 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
Jeff: Yankees 3-0 (1pt)
Kubatski: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Marty: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
McClain: Yankees 3-0 (1pt)
Murray: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
Paulie: Mets 2-1 (0pts)
Princess G: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Yankees 2-1 (2pts)
Wild Bill: Mets 2-1 (0pts)

Friday - Yankees 9-8
Saturday - Mets 6-2
Sunday - Yankees 15-0

Belmont Stakes

You know how horse racing works by now. Give me three in order. Some people have have given me an alternate in case one of the original three scratch before post. I don't think I will get the picks up before post time because I will be at a wedding (Congratulations to Wade).

The post is sometime after 5:00 so try to have your picks in before then.

Saturday, June 6th

Belmont Stakes:

Actual Result: (1) Summer Bird, (2) Dunkirk, (3) Mine That Bird
Predictions:
Carmen: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Dunkirk, (3) Charitable Man (7pts)
Jeff: (1) Charitable Man, (2) Chocolate Candy, (3) Brave Victory (0pts)
Kubatski: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Flying Private, (3) Dunkirk (4pts)
Kubatski Sr: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Charitable Man, (3) Dunkirk (4pts)
Marty: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Charitable Man, (3) Mr. Hot Stuff (2pts)
McClain: NONE (-1pt)
Murray: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Charitable Man, (3) Flying Private (2pts)
Paulie: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Charitable Man, (3) Chocolate Candy (2pts)
Princess G: (1) Dunkirk, (2) Mine That Bird, (3) Chocolate Candy (4pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Dunkirk, (3) Summer Bird (9pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: (1) Mine That Bird, (2) Charitable Man, (3) Luv Gov (2pts)
Wild Bill: NONE (-1pt)

Standings (June 1st)

Here are the latest standings. I will have added in all of the early playoff picks for the NHL (except Stanley Cup Champion and Conn Smythe winner) and the NBA (except NBA Champion and Finals MVP) and the latest baseball series.

Kubatski - 365
Carmen - 343
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe - 333
Marty - 331
Paulie - 318
Kubatski Sr - 316
Murray - 314
Ryan G - 289
Scott - 287
Princess G - 269
McClain - 266
Wild Bill - 259
Jeff - 235
Wade - 170

MLB Weekend Series (June 5-7)

Let's do two this weekend.

Los Angeles Angels @ Detroit Tigers

Actual Result: Tigers 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Jeff: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Marty: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
McClain: Angels 2-1 (0pts)
Murray: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Paulie: NONE (-1pt)
Princess G: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Tigers 2-1 (2pts)
Wild Bill: NONE (-1pt)

Friday - Angels 2-1
Saturday - Tigers 2-1
Sunday - Tigers 9-6


Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves

Actual Result: Brewers 2-1
Predictions:
Carmen: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Jeff: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Kubatski: Braves 2-1 (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Marty: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
McClain: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Murray: Braves 2-1 (0pts)
Paulie: Braves 2-1 (0pts)
Princess G: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: Braves 2-1 (0pts)
Ryan G: NONE (-1pt)
Scott: Brewers 2-1 (2pts)
Wild Bill: NONE (-1pt)

Friday - Brewers 4-0
Saturday - Brewers 3-0
Sunday - Braves 8-7