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GOG 2009 #26

I'm hiding in the back of my collaboration meeting right now, discretely posting to AN. It's this sort of stuff that has kept me from watching many of the A's games so far this season. But maybe that is a blessing this season.

Tonight the A's start a series against a Tigers team that is sitting comfortably in first place of the AL Central. They are also a team that hits substantially better against left-handed pitchers (team OPS of .804!! vs LHP -- this is like an entire lineup of 2009 Matt Holliday). But we've got some tricks up our sleeve, as long as Geren dooesn't forget the tuna fish sandwiches...

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GOG #26 :: Check My Tiger Trap (30 points possible)

Three game series vs Detroit Tigers -- June 29 - July 1

UPDATE -- answers added below in bold

  1. Series outcome [3 points] 2-1 Oakland
  2. How many swinging strikes for Justin Verlander? [3 points] 8 swinging strikes
  3. Maybe we can say "Hey look, it's Halley's comet!" and then swap 3rd basemen while their back is turned... Predict Brandon Inge's AB/H/RBI [2 points each] 6 AB, 2 H, 1 RBI
  4. Infield shuffle :: How many hits for Ellis? How many errors does Kennedy make playing at the hot corner? [3 points each] 2 hits for Ellis, 0 errors for Kennedy
  5. Does Porcello get at least half of his outs via ground balls? [+1 if right, -1 if wrong] 9 groundball outs, 3 fly ball outs, 0 strikeouts, and 1 caught stealing... so the answer is yes
  6. "I'm going to cover my eyes, just tell me when it's over." How does Gio fare in his second start? Predict ER/BB/K [2 points each] 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
  7. Does Fernando Rodney pick up at least as many strikeouts as innings pitched? [+1 if right, -1 if wrong] nope (0 K in 1 IP)
  8. Our slumping shortstop :: Cabrera is sporting a Crosby-esque OBP of .289 (well, to be fair to Bobby, his OBP last year was 7 points higher). How many times does Cabrera get on base in the series? [3 points] Cabrera reaches base 4 times
  9. Are any games decided by only one run? [+1 if right, -1 if wrong] no
  10. Do any of the Oakland starters finish the seventh inning? [+1 if right, -1 if wrong] yes, Braden lasts 7 innings in his start

First pitch is coming up in just 11 hours. Guess away!

Results

I don't really have anything interesting to say about these results... I'm glad people liked the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

Overall scoring statistics

  • mean = 4.09524 points
  • standard deviation = 3.16077 points
  • mode = 1 or 6 points
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Your Scores

Congratulations to nevermoor, for a solid win and being the first GOGer to break 200 points!

Also, I always have the desire to make fun of the people with negative scores. But then I hold back because I don't want to be mean and discourage folks from playing. This time, though, I'm the one with the big fat -2. How pathetic is that! Ha ha ha ha!!!

name place (this GOG) score (this GOG) # of GOGs place (all GOG) score (all GOG) place (by AVG) score by AVG
nevermoor 1 11 25 1 202 4 0.244
GoAs 2 8 23 6 158 15 0.203
roscoe 8 24 8 144 26 0.181
zaniac75 4 7 25 2 193 5 0.232
mikeA 5 6 26 2 193 9 0.224
Kimberly 6 17 23 105 24 0.188
doctorK 6 26 10 142 31 0.165
A'sfaninNC 6 23 4 165 11 0.218
SamYam 6 3 56 19 N/E 0.186
OaktownPower 10 5 14 25 98 14 0.203
Rated-R Superstar 11 3 20 14 129 17 0.200
adragon 3 17 27 89 32 0.161
whiteshoes40 3 16 33 60 38 0.116
Blicks 3 9 41 42 37 0.138
streetfan 15 2 26 12 134 35 0.156
ZeroIndulgence 16 1 18 20 112 23 0.189
micdog2001 1 21 9 143 13 0.204
Angry Sean 1 24 16 124 36 0.155
train80 1 23 11 135 28 0.178
muffinpryde 1 22 18 117 33 0.160
colin 21 -2 25 5 159 22 0.192
Mantecan As Fan DNP -- 1 94 1 N/E 0.024
swatnick DNP -- 18 7 156 1 0.261
SoCal As Fan DNP -- 14 26 93 19 0.200
NateHST DNP -- 15 20 112 7 0.225
DCinWC DNP -- 16 29 84 34 0.158
gigglingone DNP -- 16 18 117 8 0.225
oblique DNP -- 20 17 121 27 0.181
vegAN ryAN DNP -- 4 51 27 N/E 0.185
diehardoaklandfan22 DNP -- 16 22 106 16 0.202
Walton711 DNP -- 1 77 9 N/E 0.214
JLeverenz DNP -- 19 13 130 12 0.208
travdog6 DNP -- 2 94 1 N/E 0.013
Boonee DNP -- 3 56 19 N/E 0.174
RayJEdd DNP -- 12 24 104 2 0.252
A'sBowlingLeague DNP -- 2 56 19 N/E 0.244
elephantbaseball DNP -- 19 15 126 17 0.200
brian.only DNP -- 4 68 14 N/E 0.096
robertmelvin DNP -- 6 42 41 N/E 0.188
Flashfire DNP -- 1 86 6 N/E 0.143
designatedforassignment DNP -- 3 66 16 N/E 0.145
tresselfan DNP -- 4 83 7 N/E 0.046
KMoAsFan DNP -- 4 55 20 N/E 0.137
Gallagher's Watermelons DNP -- 1 73 10 N/E 0.238
GreenOctober69 DNP -- 1 80 8 N/E 0.190
SLOtown DNP -- 10 33 60 29 0.174
baseballnut020 DNP -- 9 39 51 30 0.173
MaineAthletic DNP -- 12 30 73 25 0.187
j_rich36 DNP -- 1 83 7 N/E 0.167
scutaroknowstheway DNP -- 1 91 3 N/E 0.071
FormerHuntsvilleStar DNP -- 9 31 71 3 0.247
jay_sensei DNP -- 6 40 44 N/E 0.227
easyraider DNP -- 11 27 89 6 0.232
Athletix Man DNP -- 9 35 59 20 0.199
Athletics fan and runner DNP -- 6 51 27 N/E 0.133
Holy Toledo! DNP -- 1 91 3 N/E 0.083
Nico DNP -- 1 73 10 N/E 0.278
EddieVegas_NRAF DNP -- 1 97 -1 N/E -0.028
JLaff DNP -- 1 89 4 N/E 0.111
WaddellCanseco DNP -- 5 50 28 N/E 0.164
crb29 DNP -- 11 32 70 21 0.196
eastcoasta'sfan DNP -- 3 66 16 N/E 0.147
Oaktownflav DNP -- 3 62 17 N/E 0.156
Future Ed DNP -- 6 42 41 N/E 0.197
JediLeroy DNP -- 1 80 8 N/E 0.222
Dalesman DNP -- 2 86 6 N/E 0.083
nateh37 DNP -- 7 44 39 N/E 0.174
anomaly_kat DNP -- 3 59 18 N/E 0.173
sprtsnwyn DNP -- 2 62 17 N/E 0.250
VORP is too nerdy DNP -- 4 46 32 N/E 0.234
asyouwish33 DNP -- 1 80 8 N/E 0.250
jeffro DNP -- 4 59 18 N/E 0.150
Cutthemullet DNP -- 3 53 24 N/E 0.238
stabbin_mcadams DNP -- 1 73 10 N/E 0.312
jasonthea DNP -- 4 48 30 N/E 0.219
fruitattack DNP -- 11 47 31 39 0.086
Helloooo 1st DNP -- 6 45 34 N/E 0.165
King Richard DNP -- 2 70 13 N/E 0.203
jpl DNP -- 8 37 55 10 0.222
baseballgirl DNP -- 1 73 10 N/E 0.286
walkoff baltimore chop DNP -- 1 83 7 N/E 0.200
spiffyjwc DNP -- 2 70 13 N/E 0.194
samljm DNP -- 1 77 9 N/E 0.265
pam5981 DNP -- 7 35 59 N/E 0.276
Gaijin_Suketto DNP -- 1 68 14 N/E 0.424
harenshair DNP -- 6 38 53 N/E 0.262
tosk DNP -- 5 49 29 N/E 0.179
mikev DNP -- 1 62 17 N/E 0.515
stranahanahan DNP -- 1 89 4 N/E 0.118
Leopold Bloom DNP -- 1 94 1 N/E 0.029
ElQuesoCapitan DNP -- 3 59 18 N/E 0.194
Trainman DNP -- 2 91 3 N/E 0.049
OptimistPrime DNP -- 1 88 5 N/E 0.179
dtownmbrown DNP -- 3 62 17 N/E 0.167
bzrklysb DNP -- 3 54 23 N/E 0.219
chillicothe20 DNP -- 1 77 9 N/E 0.265
ChadGod DNP -- 1 70 13 N/E 0.382