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JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer
Now I have to wish for Jed Lowrie to die if I have any hope at being above -200.

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Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Looks like IcePhoenix is gonna be in the lead since the Twins were stupid enough to sign Torii Hunter.

KIM JONG TRILL
Nov 29, 2006

GIN AND JUCHE
Still maintaining the perfectno :smug:

Harlock
Jan 15, 2006

Tap "A" to drink!!!

Playing for the Twins and collecting a paycheck is still the same thing as retirement right?

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Harlock posted:

Playing for the Twins and collecting a paycheck is still the same thing as retirement right?

I messed up your score at some point because I'd already credited you for missing Hunter, just so you know why your score isn't going to change.


Much like the Tigers' bullpen, IcePhoenix's ballot is a fire that cannot be extinguished :downsrim: as he pulled into 1st place with Hunter's signing. Sometimes it pays to be a homer.

http://bit.ly/1tb7a0n

code:
Forum Name	Score
Ammat The Ankh	-50
ChampRamp	-74
Harlock	        -68
IcePhoenix	-33
Infidel Castro	-42
JosefFStalinator-82
Kim Jong Trill	-59
Kundus	        -78
MassaShowtime	-81
Monicro	        -76
mentholmoose	-49
Rand alPaul	-64
Reformed Pissboy-58
seiferguy	-64
The Pussy Boss	-87
Xenophon	-71

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Gonna enjoy this while it lasts.

And I did.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

tadashi posted:

Sometimes it pays to be a homer.

This one wasn't me being a homer, this was me listening to rumors and being confident in knowing what would happen.

Mornacale
Dec 19, 2007

n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates
Yeah, I'm fairly sure that guessing your team will pay ten million US dollars to 2015 Torii Hunter is Pretty much the opposite of homerism.

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




IcePhoenix posted:

This one wasn't me being a homer, this was me listening to rumors and being confident in knowing what would happen.

a.k.a. It's stupid enough that Terry Ryan will actually do it.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Sheet updated. IcePhoenix retains his lead. In addition by subtraction, mentholmoose made up some ground.

Josef F Stalinator - I accidentally already knocked you for missing Markakis instead of Cruz so I fixed that.


code:
Forum Name	Score
Ammat The Ankh	-72
ChampRamp	-97
Harlock	       -100
IcePhoenix	-41
Infidel Castro	-65
JosefFStalinator-96
Kim Jong Trill	-90
Kundus	        -108
MassaShowtime	-109
Monicro	        -105
mentholmoose	-53
Rand alPaul	-97
Reformed Pissboy-78
seiferguy	-81
The Pussy Boss	-91
Xenophon	-87

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

David Robertson signed with the White Sox overnight which was foreseen by no one anywhere which means we are half-way done with the MLB free agents on the list and IcePhoenix is still in the lead.

code:
Forum Name	Score
Ammat The Ankh	-92
ChampRamp	-102
Harlock	        -113
IcePhoenix	 -59
Infidel Castro	-83
JosefFStalinator-106
Kim Jong Trill	-109
Kundus	        -124
MassaShowtime	-114
Monicro	        -119
mentholmoose	-64
Rand alPaul	-105
Reformed Pissboy-89
seiferguy	-96
The Pussy Boss	-104
Xenophon	-95
The only way I can see someone passing IcePhoenix soon is if Lester signs with the Tigers for some reason, in wich case mentholmoose will be the new leader. If the next signing involves Melky Cabrera signing with the Mariners, things get interesting because Infidel Castro will move to within a couple points of IP.

http://bit.ly/1tb7a0n

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

One more update after the Lester signing:

code:
Forum Name	Score
Ammat The Ankh	-81
ChampRamp	-120
Harlock	        -96
IcePhoenix	-43
Infidel Castro	-93
JosefFStalinator-94
Kim Jong Trill	-89
Kundus	       -132
MassaShowtime	-97
Monicro	       -127
mentholmoose	-79
Rand alPaul	-118
Reformed Pissboy-92
seiferguy	-97
The Pussy Boss	-123
Xenophon	-99
The big winner this round was really Kim Jong Trill who hit on his 20 point guess making him only the second poster to do so. IcePhoenix has 3 guesses right so far, though, and retains the lead.

JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer

tadashi posted:

Sheet updated. IcePhoenix retains his lead. In addition by subtraction, mentholmoose made up some ground.

Josef F Stalinator - I accidentally already knocked you for missing Markakis instead of Cruz so I fixed that.

Josef eff Stalinator approves, but knows that his Cruz prediction of steroids will win in the end.

KIM JONG TRILL
Nov 29, 2006

GIN AND JUCHE

tadashi posted:

One more update after the Lester signing:

code:
Forum Name	Score
Ammat The Ankh	-81
ChampRamp	-120
Harlock	        -96
IcePhoenix	-43
Infidel Castro	-93
JosefFStalinator-94
Kim Jong Trill	-89
Kundus	       -132
MassaShowtime	-97
Monicro	       -127
mentholmoose	-79
Rand alPaul	-118
Reformed Pissboy-92
seiferguy	-97
The Pussy Boss	-123
Xenophon	-99
The big winner this round was really Kim Jong Trill who hit on his 20 point guess making him only the second poster to do so. IcePhoenix has 3 guesses right so far, though, and retains the lead.

poo poo there goes my perfect score.

Harlock
Jan 15, 2006

Tap "A" to drink!!!

Three of us correctly predicted Yoenis would be a Detroit Tiger :cool:

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Harlock posted:

Three of us correctly predicted Yoenis would be a Detroit Tiger :cool:

It's not spring training yet ;). I doubt he'll move again, though. That's pretty cool.

Monicro
Oct 21, 2010

And you could feel his features in the air
A wide smile and perfect hair
He had complete control of the rising tides
And a medicine bag hanging at his side

In the flowing blue world of the death-dealing physician
Melky Cabrera is apparently a white sock meaning my joke ballot has essentially clinched not last eat it nerds

Kundus
Oct 30, 2014
I played with things that looked like work to shirk responsibilities for a bit. Made this (updated to Melky).

code:
Forum Name		Score	To Go	Correct	Plus Only
IcePhoenix		-58	60	3	46
Ammat The Ankh		-82	88	2	20
Reformed Pissboy	-83	83	2	22
mentholmoose		-92	85	1	17
Infidel Castro		-99	71	1	20
Xenophon		-101	109	0	0
Kim Jong Trill		-102	68	1	20
JosefFStalinator	-103	83	1	12
Harlock			-104	72	1*	17
MassaShowtime		-106	62	2	21
seiferguy		-107	103	0*	0
Monicro			-108	64	1	19
Rand alPaul		-129	79	1*	1
ChampRamp		-130	80	0	0
Kundus			-137	59	1	7
The Pussy Boss		-143	67	0	0

* - Also got Cespedes to the Tigers correct (+5 pts)
Some advanced stats, haha. "To Go" is points each person has left to be decided. So if Xenophon runs the table, final result would be +8, whereas if I run the table I'm -78. "Correct" is just how many picks you got right, independent of points. "Plus Only" is the point values of only your right picks.

Oh and in the spreadsheet, The Pussy Boss and Xenophon got dinged for Rasmus instead of for Markakis.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Thanks for doing that.

code:
Ammat The Ankh	-82
ChampRamp 	-130
Harlock	                -104
IcePhoenix	        -58
Infidel Castro	        -99
JosefFStalinator	-103
Kim Jong Trill	        -102
Kundus	                -137
MassaShowtime	-106
Monicro	                -108
mentholmoose	-92
Rand alPaul	        -129
Reformed Pissboy-83
seiferguy	        -107
The Pussy Boss	-143
Xenophon	        -101
Sorry I screwed up TBP and Xenophon on Rasmus but it's fixed now. We'll just consider this year a test run.
Monicro finally got one right and Reformed Pissboy got his second player correct by picking Melky to the White Sox. The bad (or good?) news for Infidel Castro and Kim Jong Trill is they picked Rasmus to the White Sox and they probably won't need him now. Probably. Who the hell knows what the White Sox will do next, though?

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




I now just want to watch the world burn.

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
If only a White Sox homer had predicted his team sign everyone, he'd probably be in first.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Rand alPaul posted:

If only a White Sox homer had predicted his team sign everyone, he'd probably be in first.

Someone did that with the Yankees one year. I can't remember how it turned out.

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer

Kundus posted:

So if Xenophon runs the table,

When, my friend. When.

Rand alPaul posted:

If only a White Sox homer had predicted his team sign everyone, he'd probably be in first.

I should have done this instead of using the random ballot generator

Reformed Pissboy
Nov 6, 2003

I am now rooting so hard for the Mets to sign Scherzer so my stupid random ballot can briefly pull into 2nd or 1st.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

http://bit.ly/1tb7a0n

code:
Ammat The Ankh	-70
ChampRamp	        -136
Harlock   	        -86
IcePhoenix	         -61
Infidel Castro	         -96
JosefFStalinator	-109
Kim Jong Trill	-112
Kundus	                -125
MassaShowtime	-112
Monicro	                -111
mentholmoose	-103
Rand alPaul	        -123
Reformed Pissboy-97
seiferguy	         -88
The Pussy Boss	-155
Xenophon	        -101
The Red Sox signing Sandoval and Ramirez made missing on Headley inevitable for a lot of people.

Kundus
Oct 30, 2014

Xenophon posted:

When, my friend. When.
Hmm, where have I seen this before...

Kundus posted:

when i win :smugdog:

:negative:

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
Kenta Maeda won't be posted. What does that mean for our bonus points?

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Kenta Maeda won't be posted. What does that mean for our bonus points?

I think that just means those bonus points go away since they don't count against anyone. Cespedes moved so there are some bonus points that will need to be added in. I'll update the points tonight.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Jed Lowrie is also an Astro, which none of us got.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Here are the updated scores with Lowrie:


Ammat The Ankh -86
ChampRamp -137
Harlock -97
IcePhoenix -70
Infidel Castro -107
JosefFStalinator -116
Kim Jong Trill -117
Kundus -127
MassaShowtime -113
Monicro -113
mentholmoose -112
Rand alPaul -135
Reformed Pissboy -102
seiferguy -96
The Pussy Boss -157
Xenophon -108

Ammat is still running to Icephoenix with seiferguy and Harlock in a close battle for 3rd place. Keep in mind this doesn't include Cespedes, yet.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

I finally got caught up today.
code:
Ammat The Ankh	-101
ChampRamp	        -159
Harlock	                -104
IcePhoenix	          -88
Infidel Castro        -134
JosefFStalinator	-148
Kim Jong Trill	-132
Kundus	                -143
MassaShowtime	-126
Monicro	                -127
mentholmoose	-144
Rand alPaul	         -146
Reformed Pissboy-121
seiferguy	         -126
The Pussy Boss	 -175
Xenophon	         -127
MassaShowtime was the only one to get something right since the last update, by picking Kuroda to sign in Japan. He joins Ammat and IcePhoenix in the 3 correct picks crew. Everybody missed on Cabrera because who the hell saw that coming?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Players are signing again!

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

We actually have something of a race coming into the finish. IcePhoenix has a pretty good lead but there are a couple of scenarios where he could lose.

Here are the last two MLB free agents remaining in the contest: James Shields and Rafael Soriano.

Here are how the leaders picked them:
Ammat the Anhk (-121 pts): Pirates (10), Tigers (15)
Harlock (-129 pts): Angels (4), Red Sox (7)
IcePhoenix (-101 pts): Yankees (10), Astros (7)
ReformedPissboy (-141): Unsigned (10), Rockies (15)

A) If IcePhoenix picked either one correctly, he clinches (since it means everybody else got that one wrong).
B) If IcePhoenix misses both (-119), any of the other entries win if they picked the remaining players correctly.
C) Ammat can win if Soriano signs with the Tigers even if he misses Shields (-116)

You may want to check my math.

Ammat The Ankh -121
ChampRamp -177
Harlock -129
IcePhoenix -101
Infidel Castro -152
JosefFStalinator -167
Kim Jong Trill -151
Kundus -159
MassaShowtime -158
Monicro -173
mentholmoose -151
Rand alPaul -159
Reformed Pissboy -141
seiferguy -149
The Pussy Boss -187
Xenophon -180

Reformed Pissboy
Nov 6, 2003

Just happy to be here, man. Just happy to be here.

JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer
When's the final deadline for the scores to become official? I'm still hoping for deaths/suspensions to save me.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

JosefStalinator posted:

When's the final deadline for the scores to become official? I'm still hoping for deaths/suspensions to save me.

The end of spring training was the deadline I set for the tie breaker signings so I'm going with that.

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Everything has been updated. Rafael Soriano is the last player. The cut-off will officially be the end of spring training but I think we'll know our winner a lot sooner.

http://bit.ly/1yN522l

Ammat The Ankh -131
ChampRamp -193
Harlock -133
IcePhoenix -111
Infidel Castro -160
JosefFStalinator -168
Kim Jong Trill -168
Kundus -168
MassaShowtime -166
Monicro -180
mentholmoose -158
Rand alPaul -176
Reformed Pissboy -151
seiferguy -154
The Pussy Boss -203
Xenophon -199

tadashi fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Feb 10, 2015

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

I just remembered this exists :toot:

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
Did anyone have Soriano dying/going to Japan/sitting at home all day?

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tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

I'm going to to ahead and wrap this up and declare IcePhoenix the winner. Sorry this sort of slipped my mind.

IcePhoenix - would you like a cert for something around here? :10bux:

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