Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
LLWS Heads Up
This starts tomorrow and ends August 30th. First, everyone's teams and pools:
Lyons: SE US - Warner Robins, GA - Pool A
Brian: Midwest US - Urbandale, IA - Pool A
Bussmann: SW US - San Antonio, TX - Pool B
Ben: Asia-Pacific - Taoyuan, Taiwan - Pool D
Hermann: Caribbean - Willemstad, Curacao - Pool C
"Campbell": MEA - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Obvious scrubs)
Ziggy: West USA - Chula Vista, CA - Pool B
Matty: Mid-Atlantic - Staten Island - Pool A
Scallet: Japan - Chiba City - Pool C
Pat: Latin America - Maracaibo, Venezuela - Pool C
Two teams from each pool move on to the Quarterfinals where teams from groups A+B and C+D play each other until two remain. Then the US team plays the world team in the finals.
I was looking everywhere for odds on who would win, but apparently there aren't enough Lyons-style degenerates to gamble on 13 year-olds this year. Or maybe the odds will just show up tomorrow. Things to look out for:
- This is Bussmann's number one pick. I'm not positive, but I think the last team to win the LLWS from his region was 33 years ago. He deserves to finish below "Campbell."
- MEA is obvious garbage. I am dubious of any team from Iowa as well.
- I am unilaterally declaring the favorites to be Warner Robins (Lyons) and Willemstad (Hermann) since they won two and five years ago respectively. The Western US (Ziggy) and Japan (me) have also done pretty well lately as regions, though not these specific teams, so I'm calling them the sleepers. Also Maracaibo (Pat) won 9 years ago so they have some history of success too.
Lyons: SE US - Warner Robins, GA - Pool A
Brian: Midwest US - Urbandale, IA - Pool A
Bussmann: SW US - San Antonio, TX - Pool B
Ben: Asia-Pacific - Taoyuan, Taiwan - Pool D
Hermann: Caribbean - Willemstad, Curacao - Pool C
"Campbell": MEA - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Obvious scrubs)
Ziggy: West USA - Chula Vista, CA - Pool B
Matty: Mid-Atlantic - Staten Island - Pool A
Scallet: Japan - Chiba City - Pool C
Pat: Latin America - Maracaibo, Venezuela - Pool C
Two teams from each pool move on to the Quarterfinals where teams from groups A+B and C+D play each other until two remain. Then the US team plays the world team in the finals.
I was looking everywhere for odds on who would win, but apparently there aren't enough Lyons-style degenerates to gamble on 13 year-olds this year. Or maybe the odds will just show up tomorrow. Things to look out for:
- This is Bussmann's number one pick. I'm not positive, but I think the last team to win the LLWS from his region was 33 years ago. He deserves to finish below "Campbell."
- MEA is obvious garbage. I am dubious of any team from Iowa as well.
- I am unilaterally declaring the favorites to be Warner Robins (Lyons) and Willemstad (Hermann) since they won two and five years ago respectively. The Western US (Ziggy) and Japan (me) have also done pretty well lately as regions, though not these specific teams, so I'm calling them the sleepers. Also Maracaibo (Pat) won 9 years ago so they have some history of success too.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Bosac ruining league
Standings are updated. The PGA Championship has ended, finishing off golf for the UFL season. UFL golfers did alright, with my Tiger finishing second and Matt's Rory McIlroy finishing third. Bussman's Harrington made the top 10 and Ben's Vijay Singh finished in the top 20.
We now eagerly (not really) awaiting the LLWS, which is imminent. As for the league as a whole, it would actually be kind of interesting if Matt weren't killing everyone. Someone is going to have to essentially run the table in college and pro football to take this thing away from him. That is, assuming he doesn't win the World Series with the current favorite, the Yankees.
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