GOG and MaGOG : The End Is Nigh!
by iglew on Sep 29, 2010 4:56 PM PDT
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PrintOK, I don’t play the GOG and I hardly even look at them, so I’m not real sure how this is supposed to work. But Micdog and Cuppingmaster and Where’s My Burrito were crazy enough to encourage me to take this last one. I hope it’s not too impossible to score.
I gather that I'm supposed to link to these things:
- Here is the last GOG.
- Here is where you report your score.
The Questions
Possible points: Hell if I know. In theory, you could score 50 points off the socks question. Good luck with that.
1. Obligatory
My one and only concession to GOG tradition: Predict the series outcome.
[3 points]
2. Attendance
Friday is the Mariners’ "Fan Appreciation Night". What will be the attendance for that game?
[Score 1 point if within 500, or 3 points if within 100. Score 2 additional bonus points if your guess is closer than anyone else’s.]
3. TROGDOR!!!
How many home runs for Chris Carter? ("King of the impossible!")
[Score 2 points for guessing correctly ... unless your guess was zero in which case I hate you and you don’t get any points even if you’re right.]
4. Short Guy vs Tall Guy
Over the entire series, how many times will a batter get a hit against a pitcher who is at least 6 inches taller than him?
[3 points]
5. Colors
Which color uniforms will the A’s wear for the four games? You can name same or different colors for different games.
[Score 1 point for each game you guess correctly.]
6. Socks!
Which A’s players will appear in at least one game wearing high socks?
[Name as many players as you like. For each name, score +2 points if he does wear high socks in the series, or score -1 point if he doesn’t.]
7. Vowels
Among players who reach base at least once in the series (either team), name the player with the most vowels in his last name.
[2 points]
8. Maths Are Fun!
Guess the sum of the jersey numbers of the nine players in the A’s starting lineup.
[Pick one sum, and score 2 points for each game for which your sum is a match.]
9. Facial Hair
How many runs will be given up by a pitcher with ugly facial hair? (For the purposes of this question, "given up" is defined as whoever is on the mound when the run scores, regardless of errors, earned/unearned, inherited runners, or any of that rot.)
[3 points]
10. Pam!
Pam will be at Safeco for the games. Of the comments she posts to the game thread from the stadium, how many will contain no word other than "fuck"?
[3 points]
Bonus: What will be the total number of exclamation points in those posts?
[3 points]
NOTE: Pam is ineligible to score points for this question. However, she may score a special bonus 3 points if she makes it through the series without ever ridiculing me for watching the games on TV at home rather than joining her at the stadium.
11. Fun with Names (easy)
How many players named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will play in at least one game in the series?
[2 points]
Bonus meta: How many ANers named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will submit guesses for this GOG?
[1 point. No scaling for order of entry with this one, so lucky you if you're the last one to enter and can cheat.]
12. Fun with Names (medium)
In the course of the series, how many times will a guy get put out by someone with the same name? (For example, Ichiro Suzuki catches a pop-up hit by Kurt Suzuki, or Michael Wuertz strikes out Michael Saunders.) An out counts toward the total if any defender involved in the play (or the pitcher, if it’s a strikeout) shares either first or last name with the guy who is out.
[3 points]
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts)
For each game, list the players, for both teams, in the order they come to the plate, by first name (eg, Rajai, Daric, Kurt, Jack, Ichiro, Franklin, Jose, Kevin, Mark, etc.). Now make a string of letters from the first letters in each of those names (eg, RDKJIFJKM...). In any of the four strings of letters (ie, one for each game), find the longest substring that forms an actual word (eg, in the above example, "if"). How many letters in that word? Guess the word.
[Score 2 points for the right number of letters, 3 points for naming the word.]
14. Meta, part one
How many GOGgers will guess someone other than Matt Tuiasosopo for question #7?
[Correct answer scores a maximum of 5 points, multiplied by the ratio of others who answered the GOG after you, then rounded up to the nearest integer. For example, if 16 people participate in this GOG, and you’re the 7th one to post your guesses, then there are 15 others who answered, of whom 8 were after you. Thus your score for getting this question right would 5 points × 8/15 = 2.67, which rounds to 3 points.]
Extra credit: Write a clerihew verse or lyric featuring Matt Tuiasososopo, and post it either here or in a game thread.
[Score 1 point if it’s not terrible, 1 more if it’s actually good, and 1 more if it’s a limerick with proper meter. No points if your verse is too derivative of someone else who posted before you.]
15. Meta, part two
How many others will outscore you on this GOG? (For purposes of this question, count only score for questions 1 through 14.)
[5 points]
Scoring and Interpretation
For any question where more than one answer is equally correct (eg, a tie for most syllables or longest word), any of the correct answers scores full points.
Players’ names and heights will be counted as listed on the rosters posted on mlb.com, whether correct or not. For example, Chris Carter counts as "Chris", not Vernon or Christopher. Involvement in an out is per the official scorer’s box-score report. Attendance is per stadium’s official announcement.
A word counts as a word if it is a legal play in Scrabble per the current tournament word list. Y does not count as a vowel.
For the purposes of meta questions, entries are considered valid if submitted no later than the official start time of the first game, as noted in the AN date stamp.
If any question requires a judgment call, it will be settled first by consensus opinion among observers of the game in the game thread. In the absence of consensus, a ruling will be provided by one of the experts listed here in priority order.
Experts for questions of fashion and personal aesthetics (eg, high socks, ugly facial hair): (1) whiteshoes40, (2) OakA’sHoney, (3) pam5981, (4) the first female participant on the game thread who states a definite opinion, (5) cuppingmaster, (6) me.
Experts for questions of etiquette or literary criticism (eg, verse quality, ridiculing me): (1) Englishmajor, (2) Nick, (3) Leopold Bloom, (4) micdog2001, (5) cuppingmaster, (6) me.
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I will check in after each game to help with scoring,
but it won’t necessarily be prompt. It looks like I’ll miss the Thursday game entirely and may not be back home till around midnight. For the other three I hope to be in the game threads, but on Sunday night I have babysitting duty in the evening, so depending on how late the game runs I probably won’t have time to tally up final scores before I go.
The three things I’ll need help on from fellow watchers, especially for the game I miss: what uniforms did the A’s wear? who wore high socks? which pitchers had ugly facial hair?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
The One Where Berry Jo REALLY Hopes Someone Else Will Score This One
1. Obligatory Not because I think it’s likely – but more because we NEED to (and because I’m nowhere near the top in the point scheme)…..We are gonna SWEEP!! [3 points]
2. Attendance 15,735 fans want whatever they are giving away.
3. TROGDOR!!! How many home runs for Chris Carter? 1 but I really wanted to say none.
4. Short Guy vs Tall Guy Over the entire series, how many times will a batter get a hit against a pitcher who is at least 6 inches taller than him? Not once or never [
5. Colors Which color uniforms will the A’s wear for the four games? You can name same or different colors for different games. Thurs – Black, Fri – Gray, Sat – Green, Sun – Green
6. Socks! Which A’s players will appear in at least one game wearing high socks? Pennington, Rajai, Ziegler
7. Vowels Among players who reach base at least once in the series (either team), name the player with the most vowels in his last name. Wakamatsu
8. Maths Are Fun! Guess the sum of the jersey numbers of the nine players in the A’s starting lineup. 150
9. Facial Hair How many runs will be given up by a pitcher with ugly facial hair? 5
10. Pam! Pam will be at Safeco for the games. Of the comments she posts to the game thread from the stadium, how many will contain no word other than “fuck”? None [3 points] Bonus: What will be the total number of exclamation points in those posts? none [3 points]
11. Fun with Names (easy) How many players named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will play in at least one game in the series? 2 players [2 points] Bonus meta: How many ANers named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will submit guesses for this GOG? 1 GOGer
12. Fun with Names (medium) In the course of the series, how many times will a guy get put out by someone with the same name? None
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts) RESPECTFULLY DECLINED.
14. Meta, part one How many GOGgers will guess someone other than Matt Tuiasosopo for question #7? 5
Extra credit:
There once was a Tuio’sopo named Matt
Whose performance the A’s hope is flat
When he comes to the plate
His swing – no debate –
Sends lower our favorite stat
15. Meta, part two How many others will outscore you on this GOG? Everyone!! So that will be 10 people
CT ..."he’s not just an asshat with a mic" - cuppingmaster
Like the extra credit part
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Yes, not bad.
I’m hoping someone will take on the monster rhyme, but I too have found it rather daunting….
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
You think Don Wakamatsu will reach base?
Well that would be quite interesting….
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Jesus. What have I done?
My brain hurts just thinking about how to answer these questions. I need to go get a notepad.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 29, 2010 9:02 PM PDT reply actions
Well worth the wait! I have been wondering for days what this would be like, Iglew...
… And I am not disannoipted. I think it is, in fact, scorable in full, though it will probably take us a few days to work it out. Now, I just hope it doesn’t take me a few days to complete. I’ve got less than 22 hours, already!
Your poem here.
I'm a GOG question!!!
I’ve really made it now.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
No, it's when you are an answer that you have it made.
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
hmph!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Well, "pam" is in the Scrabble dictionary, so
you could conceivably be an answer to #13.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
It dousn't count if other people ridicule you
for staying at home and not joining Pam in Safeco, right?
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Of course, what I wanted to say is "...doesn't coent..."
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
Wow, iglew. This is crazy. And awesome. Crazy awesome.
1. Mariners 3-1
2. 10,000
3. 1 HR
4. 7 H
5. In order: Black, Gray, Green, Gray
6. Rajai
7. Tuiasosopo
8. 149 – counting DH, not pitcher
9. What constitutes ugly? Is all facial hair ugly? If yes, then… 8 R
10. 0 Bonus: 12
11. 6 Bonus: 0 (It would really help if I knew anybody’s name)
12. 0
13. 3, jam
14. 11
15. 7
I am not at all confident in any of these answers. Oh well. It’s been a fun ride.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 29, 2010 9:44 PM PDT reply actions
Oops, I read 14 wrong.
I read it as how many WILL guess Tuiasowhateverthehellhisnameis. So, change my answer to… 2.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 29, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's my clerihew
Matt Tuiasosopo
Watched himself strike out in slow-mo
He should have learned how to pitch,
So the bat, he could ditch.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Oct 1, 2010 5:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn it. My reading comprehension was very low on this.
I also misread 15 as how many will I outscore. So change that answer to… 3
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 29, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Not all facial hair is ugly.
Last time I saw him, Garrett Olson had a very attractive and neatly trimmed traditional beard.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Oh geez, I just glanced at my own pic, and thought "Shit, I'm a goner!"
Really, it’s just a, um, portrait, um, by a student, um, not even a Drawing major!
Your poem here.
I'm guessing Braden's is one of the ugly ones
Can we maybe get a list of the follicle offenders?
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 30, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I assumed that would be hashed out in the game threads.
The rules state that consensus on the game thread is first authority, with second authority falling to various individuals who tend to inhabit game threads but aren’t here in the GOG thread. I think I’m the only one here, and I’m last in line, and anyway I’d need to actually see them to render a judgment.
P.S. Garrett Olson’s traditional beard is gone. If you Google Garrett Olson + wolverine you’ll find ghastly pictorial evidence, though I gather that monstrosity is now gone as well. We’ll see.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
And us GOGgers are so weird and crazy and attuned to this, we're all scurrying around thinking,
I must get this right! Research, research. Who’s got the bad hair and tall socks (run search on game threads, check)? Now, look at the rosters. Which pitchers are how tall, and how many players are shorter? Mmm, hmmm… Ok, now whose name starts with a vowel? Uh huh, ok.
Your poem here.
PS - I swear a lot.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
On the socks, Berry Jo named the three obvious candidates
And Rosales if he were playing. Anyone else would be daring.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I'm pretty sure you're going to think about this
more than anyone else.
You’re clearly thinking about it more than I did. And I’m sure I thought about it more than most people did.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I now know the heights of the 8 Probable Pitchers, as well as the tallest expected relievers, and the likely 6"+ matchups.
But don’t knock doctorK. He calculated out the same lineup jersey totals – 149 – that I did. Dude is fierce.
Your poem here.
Yeah, I got 149, too.
It’s the basic lineup. Only question is who to start in RF.
There’ll be swaps though, since they won’t play the same lineup all four days, so you could hit on another number as well.
Still, that question was a bust. I should have done something more interesting with the jersey numbers. Sum of all A’s pitchers in one game would have been better, because then you have to guess bullpen moves.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Oh, I just realized.
Thursday lineup is likely to be announced well before final deadline for getting guesses in, so you could hold off till then and be near-guaranteed to get at least one day right.
Ah well. Cheaters gonna cheat.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Don't worry. That happens a lot (like with questions about "How many games does Rajai Start"?).
It doesn’t really affect much, overall. And among those of us who are left in GOGland, we’re all morally reprehensible, so there’s really nothing you could do to help us avoid falling further into a morass of ethical conundra.
Your poem here.
Ooh, conundra!
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Yep. Didn't realize Fister was so damn tall.
So even though I barely know ’er, I feel bad for ’er cause those gotsta be some big fists.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 30, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I totally did all of this.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 30, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Refreshing and entertaining
Nicely done
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
How many people actually know my first name?
Zooey Deschanel!
Cluck 'em all and let the Chick sort 'em out - DMOAS
You're worried that you'll come off as nerdy as frack? On AN? That’s like being ashamed of your alcohol use at a meth convention. - danmerqury
by ChickenStanley on Sep 29, 2010 10:59 PM PDT reply actions
I do. How many people know mine?
But who knows whether I will actually submit guesses. I’ve never GOGged before.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
GOGdamn, this is an awesome GOG, iglew
1. 2-2
2. 26,473
3. Since he will probably get no home runs, but if he does, I’ll get nothing anyway, I’ll say 1.
4. None
5. Greys all four games
6. Rajai
7. Tui
8. 149
9. 4
10. 6, with 10 exclamation points
11. 7, 4 on the bonus
12. 5
13. 2, if
14. 0
Extra credit (I have a PhD in Physics, so obviously I suck at verse):
The M’s have a player named Tui
His offense will make you say Phooey
You’ll have to admit,
His average is shit,
At the plate he is without a clue-y
15. 10
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
W...T...F
1. 3-1 A’s
2. 29,000 (Including me!)
3. 0
4. 0
5. Gray on Sunday / Green the other three
6. Rajai
7. Adam Moore
8. 154
9. 0
10. 0/0
11. 6/3
12.4
13. 1/“I”
14. 3
15. 14
Although it wasn't intentional,
a literal reading of my rules interpretations would say “I” is not a word, since it’s not a legal Scrabble play.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
yet "pam"is!
Now why in the world is Pam more important than I?
"Good thing you can't hit, otherwise everybody would hate you"
– H.J.S., my ex coach (while drunkenly talking to me during a team visit to a strip joint)
OSPD says...
“the jack of clubs in certain card games”.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Couldn't you play "I" if you had the first turn?
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
No.
And not just because it’s capitalized.
Rules explicitly state words must be at least two letters.
Neither “a” nor “I” are in the Scrabble dictionary.
Most normal dictionaries list each single letter as a word. I assume that’s the reason for the two-letter rule in the rules. Otherwise on your first turn you could plop down a single Z for 20 points, leaving your opponent nowhere decent to play.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Makes sense
And I know the scrabble dictionary has the letters as two or three letter words. “Kue” is Q for example.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
I hate the scrabble dictionary.
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 30, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
It has grave flaws, but I accept it because
(1) Like it or not it’s the standard, so if you want to play seriously (which at one time I did), you need to know it;
(2) Although it’s bad, it’s not quite as bad as yahoos sometimes make it out to be. A lot of the words complained about in ignorant Andy-Rooney type columns are actually real words in real dictionaries, just ones they’re too stupid to know; and
(3) Having been around for the SOWPODS debate, I am aware of how very very much worse it might have been.
That said, it still sucks, and there’s some crap in there that is completely unexcusable. If I were in charge there would be some changes.
Part of the problem is that player sentiment strongly resists removing any word that they’ve already memorized, but it is far less resistant to additions. To the best of my knowledge there have been no significant removals since OSPD2, which was 1991.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Nevermind.
I didn’t read all the stuff at the bottom.
Oh, by the way
I count for the second part of 11.
Oh, all right.
I will submit guesses for my own GOG. Does this mean I need to be signed up on the database?
1. Series outcome: 2-2. M’s just barely avoid 100 losses.
2. M’s fans come out even when the team sucks: 24,100
3. Trogdor: TWO, goddammit! Now I’m mad that everyone is answering only one.
4. Tall guy: I don’t know about any other pitchers but Doug Fister is freaking 6’8" and I say we’re gonna light him up! 11.
5. Colors: road grays all four days (or is that just wishful thinking?)
6. Socks: Rajai, Cliff, Ziggy, and … more wishful thinking: Unicorn! Dale!
7. Vowels: Tui will be thwarted; I say Kooooouzmanoff.
8. jersey numbers: 149
9. chin rodents: 3 runs
10. Pam: five posts, 11 exclamation points
11. M M M & M: six players, three GOGgers
12. same name: two times
13. scrabble word: three letters, jam
14. Four GOGgers guess non-Tui.
15. Eight GOGgers outscore me.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Okay, here goes! And I thought my "Rime of the Mariners, #38" would win the GOG of the Year Award.
1. Obligatory Series Outcome [3 points] Tied, 2-2
2. Attendance, Fan Appreciation Night [1 point within 500, 3 points within 100, 2 points for closest] 26,072
3. TROGDOR Taters [2 points, None for Zero] Chris Carter, 1 HR
4. Short Guy vs Tall Guy [3 points] 8 H against the Tall Guys (“I barely…”)
5. Uni Colors [1 point each, 4 total] Alt Black / Away Gray / Away Gray / Alt Green
6. High Socks! [+2 points if correct, -1 if wrong] Pennington, Rajai, Zeigler (With a tip o’ the nib to Berry Jo!)
7. Vowels on Base [2 points] Gutierrez
8. Maths Are Fun! [2 points each Game, 8 Total] Jersey Numbers = 149
9. Bad Facial Hair [3 points] 3 R scored on Bad Facial Hair
10. Pam! Fuck! [3 points, then 3 bonus points] 12 “Fuck!” Posts / Total Exclamations, 17
11. Fun with Names (easy) [2 points, then 1 bonus point] 6 Matt, Mike, Michael, or Marks play / 0 AN-GOGgers with those names
12. Fun with Names (medium) [3 points] 0 Same Name putouts. Yup, that’s right. Z-E-R-O.
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts) [2 points, then 3 points] 3 Letters / “CAM”
14. Meta, part one [5 points, by ratio and rounded up] 7 guess someone not Tui for #7 / No Bonus for Me
15. Meta, part two [5 points] Only one other GOGger outscores me!
Your poem here.
My one and only concession to GOG tradition: Predict the series outcome [3 points] A’s 4-0!!!!
Friday is the Mariners’ “Fan Appreciation Night”. What will be the attendance for that game? [Score 1 point if within 500, or 3 points if within 100. Score 2 additional bonus points if your guess is closer than anyone else’s.] 28,049
How many home runs for Chris Carter? (“King of the impossible!”) [Score 2 points for guessing correctly … unless your guess was zero in which case I hate you and you don’t get any points even if you’re right.] 1.
Over the entire series, how many times will a batter get a hit against a pitcher who is at least 6 inches taller than him? [3 points] um… 4?
Which color uniforms will the A’s wear for the four games? You can name same or different colors for different games. [Score 1 point for each game you guess correctly.] black/gray/green/gray
Which A’s players will appear in at least one game wearing high socks? [Name as many players as you like. For each name, score +2 points if he does wear high socks in the series, or score -1 point if he doesn’t.] Pennington, Davis, Zeigler,
Among players who reach base at least once in the series (either team), name the player with the most vowels in his last name. [2 points] Gutierrez
Guess the sum of the jersey numbers of the nine players in the A’s starting lineup.
[Pick one sum, and score 2 points for each game for which your sum is a match.] 149
How many runs will be given up by a pitcher with ugly facial hair? (For the purposes of this question, “given up” is defined as whoever is on the mound when the run scores, regardless of errors, earned/unearned, inherited runners, or any of that rot.) [3 points] 4 runs
Pam will be at Safeco for the games. Of the comments she posts to the game thread from the stadium, how many will contain no word other than “fuck”? [3 points] 5.
Bonus: What will be the total number of exclamation points in those posts?
[3 points] 13
NOTE: Pam is ineligible to score points for this question. However, she may score a special bonus 3 points if she makes it through the series without ever ridiculing me for watching the games on TV at home rather than joining her at the stadium.
11. Fun with Names (easy)
How many players named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will play in at least one game in the series? 5
[2 points]
Bonus meta: How many ANers named Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark will submit guesses for this GOG?
[1 point. No scaling for order of entry with this one, so lucky you if you’re the last one to enter and can cheat.] 1?
12. Fun with Names (medium)
In the course of the series, how many times will a guy get put out by someone with the same name? (For example, Ichiro Suzuki catches a pop-up hit by Kurt Suzuki, or Michael Wuertz strikes out Michael Saunders.) An out counts toward the total if any defender involved in the play (or the pitcher, if it’s a strikeout) shares either first or last name with the guy who is out. [3 points] 2
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts)
For each game, list the players, for both teams, in the order they come to the plate, by first name (eg, Rajai, Daric, Kurt, Jack, Ichiro, Franklin, Jose, Kevin, Mark, etc.). Now make a string of letters from the first letters in each of those names (eg, RDKJIFJKM…). In any of the four strings of letters (ie, one for each game), find the longest substring that forms an actual word (eg, in the above example, “if”). How many letters in that word? Guess the word.
[Score 2 points for the right number of letters, 3 points for naming the word.] hahaha… um pass.
14. Meta, part one
How many GOGgers will guess someone other than Matt Tuiasosopo for question #7?
[Correct answer scores a maximum of 5 points, multiplied by the ratio of others who answered the GOG after you, then rounded up to the nearest integer. For example, if 16 people participate in this GOG, and you’re the 7th one to post your guesses, then there are 15 others who answered, of whom 8 were after you. Thus your score for getting this question right would 5 points × 8/15 = 2.67, which rounds to 3 points.] 6
Extra credit: Write a clerihew verse or lyric featuring Matt Tuiasososopo, and post it either here or in a game thread.
[Score 1 point if it’s not terrible, 1 more if it’s actually good, and 1 more if it’s a limerick with proper meter. No points if your verse is too derivative of someone else who posted before you.]
15. Meta, part two
How many others will outscore you on this GOG? (For purposes of this question, count only score for questions 1 through 14.) 5?
[5 points]
I really like this GOG.
I’m actually tempted to participate, but I don’t know if I’ll have time to submit my answers before tonight.
And I’m looking forward to making important decisions about the fashion questions. Pitchers with facial hair, beware my judgment.
Yay!
Let’s just hope we aren’t subjected to this.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Down 9 going into the final series
1. Outcome [3 points] A’s 2-1
2. Friday Attendance [Score 1 point if within 500, or 3 points if within 100] 24500
3. TROGDOR!!! [2 points] 1 HR
4. Short Guy vs Tall Guy [3 points] 6 H
5. Colors [Score 1 point for each game you guess correctly.] Gray/Gray/Green/Gray
6. Socks! [2 pts/-1 pt] Cliff, Ziggy, Raj
7. Vowels [2 points] Tuiasosopo
8. Maths Are Fun! [2 pts each time correct] Shameless plagiarism: 149
9. Facial Hair [3 points] 3 R
10. Pam! [3 points each] 10/15
11. Fun with Names (easy) [2 points/1 pt] 6/1
12. Fun with Names (medium) [3 points] 1 time
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts) [2 pts/3 pts] 2/AM
14. Meta, part one [Really complicated shit] 7 people
15. Meta, part two [5 points] 3 will outscore
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
Well this is... different
1. Split, 2-2
2. 22,000
3. 1
4. 7
5. All gray
6. Pennington, Rajai, Ziggy, Stomper
7. Kz
8. 149
9. 0, I don’t judge.
10. 0/0
11. 6/3
12. 4
13. 3, JAM
14. 12
15. 4
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Does Stomper go to away games?
"Everybody in the building is standing except for people in a wheelchair." - Doug Woog
"It’s like the lost burrito of Atlantis." - jeepers
by Where's My Burrito? on Sep 30, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Offered more in the spirit of this GOG, but I don't know.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
If I were scoring,
I would say the +2 or -1 applies only to actual players, so no score either direction for listing Stomper.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Well, I'm pretty sure you are scoring.
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 30, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
TW I wish SS!
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
As long as I get full credit for #9 I accept this ruling.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
The post made it quite clear how facial hair ugliness will be judged.
What is the GOG tradition here? Are you stuck with your answer or are you allowed to change it? Better hurry up, game starts in two hours.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
you can change, but all before gametime
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Sep 30, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Iglew, I want to punch you in the face, then give you a big hug.
1. 3-1 A’s
2. 25,000
3. I can’t guess zero, so…1.
4. 15
5. green/gray/gray/green
6. Pennington, Rajai, Ziggy
7. Matt Tuiasosopo
8. 149
9. 1
10. 5/5
11. 7/2
12. 8
13. 2/AM
14. 4
15. ZERO. No, wait, 5.
Couple last-minute changes, because I'm going to need all of the help I can get.
13. 3/JAM
14. 6
15. 3
Hey danmerqury, I did the calculations on #4, and I think you're out of luck.
By re-doing the answer, you shift your time to 6:56, and there’s nobody after you. The question seems to have been designed to prevent this. Your calculation ends up like this:
13. (6:56 pm) 3:38 pm – danmerqury
If it’s any consolation, only one person got it correct, buddahead.
7. 6:50 am – buddahead9
…
13. (6:56 pm) 3:38 pm – danmerqury
buddahead – 5 × .500 (6/12) = 2.50 = 3 pts.
Your poem here.
Might as well repost my limerick here.
There once was a question quite meta,
that involved other folks like Vignette, uh.
It asked for how many,
ANers guessed Tui,
said Oldham, "This GOG is much better!"
OK, I'm heading out soon and won't be back until late.
If I’m not too tired, I’ll do a scoring update on tonight’s game when I get home, probably around midnight.
I don’t know how you GOGgers are on allowing late entries to play, but with regard to the meta questions I’ve specified entries only count if they show up by game time, which is 7:10.
So far I count 10 entries:
1. 8:46 pm – Berry Jo
2. 9:44 pm – Where’s My Burrito
3. 11:26 pm – DoctorK
4. 11:34 pm – GoAs
5. 12:40 am – iglew
6. 1:23 am – paris7
7. 6:50 am – buddahead9
8. 10:23 am – vignette17
9. 10:28 am – nevermoor
10. 3:38 pm – danmerqury
Of those 10 we have six non-Tuiasosopo answers for #7 so far (which means I’ve already botched question #14). I think I know how many are named Matt, Mike, Michael or Mark, but I’ll keep that information to myself until tonight.
Tuiasosopo rhymes and limericks are still allowed until then end of the final game. I associate limericks with game threads, and I intend to raise the issue afresh in one (preferably one where EM is present), maybe Friday.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
so she talked you into going to the game then, huh?
by Leopold Bloom on Sep 30, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No. Out with friends elsewhere.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
She has her entourage to keep her company.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Actually on Thursday I was all by my lonesome.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Shit, girl.
You should have called me. I would have bailed on my friends.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
GOGchange!
1. 2-2
2. 22,987
3. 1 HR
4. 7
5. Black/gray/gray/green
6. Pennington, Davis, Ziegler, Iwamura
7. Tuiasosopo
8. 149
9. 11
10. 5/2
11. 6/0
12. 1
13. 2, LA
14. 3
15. 6
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
Aw hell, I'll play
1. Obligatory: 3-1, A’s
2. Attendance: 28,257
3. TROGDOR!!! 1
4. Short Guy vs Tall Guy: 6
5. Colors: green, gray, green, gray
6. Socks!: Pennington, Rajai, Ziegler
7. Vowels: Tuiasosopo (side note… remember this guy?)
8. Maths Are Fun!: 166
9. Facial Hair: 3
10. Pam! 10/8
11. Fun with Names (easy): 6/1
12. Fun with Names (medium): 3
13. Fun with Names (my brain hurts): 3
14. Meta, part one: 4
15. Meta, part two: 8
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige
Mind Blasting
1. SWEEP
2. 22250
3. 2
4. 4
5. Black – Gray – Green – Nothing!
6. Rajai, Pennington
7. Tui
8. 149
9. 3
10. 5/3
11. 2/1
12. 0
13. 5/CRACK
14. 10
15. 15
100% Athletics, 100% Baseball. 2009 Athletics, 40% Baseball.
Game 1 Results
1. Series Outcome – A’s 1-0
2. Friday Attendance –
3. Trogdor Taters – 1 HR by Chris Carter
4. Short Guys vs. Tall Guys – 10 H off Guys 6" Taller
* Off Fister (6’8"): Davis (2), 5’10" / Ellis (2), 5’11" / Kouz (2), 6’1" / Barton (2), 6’0" / Cust (2), 6’1"
* Still in the running: Iglew – 11 / danmerqury – 15
5. Colors – Game 1: Alt Green
6. High Socks – Don’t Know
7. Vowels On Base – Kouz (4)
8. Jersey Number Totals – Game 1: 149
9. Facial Hair – Don’t Know (Hair Check Needed for Fister, Sweeney, Varvaro)
10. Pam. Fuck! – 0 Fucks / 0 Exclamation Marks (so far as I know)
11. Fun with Names I – 3 Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark (Mark Ellis, Matt Mangini, Michael Saunders)
12. Fun With Names II – 0 Same Name Putouts, so far as I could tell
13. Fun With Names III – 3 Letter Word String / “JAM” (Innings 2, 4, 6 & 8: Justin, Adam, Matt)
14. Meta I – 6 GOGgers chose other than Tuiasosopo for #7
* Correct answers: buddahead and danmerqury (revised)
* Point Values for Each: buddahead, 3 pts. / danmerqury, 0 pts.
1. 8:46 pm – Berry Jo
2. 9:44 pm – Where’s My Burrito
3. 11:26 pm – DoctorK
4. 11:34 pm – GoAs
5. 12:40 am – iglew
6. 1:23 am – paris7
7. 6:50 am – buddahead9
8. 10:23 am – vignette17
9. 10:28 am – nevermoor
10. 5:17 pm – cuppingmaster
11. 5:20 pm – Yon Yonson
12. 5:44 pm – fruitattack
13. (6:56 pm) 3:38 pm – danmerqury
buddahead – 5 × .500 (6/12) = 2.50 = 3 pts.
danmerqury – 5 × .000 (0/12) – 0.00 = 0 pts.
Your poem here.
Ha! I told you we were going to light up Fister!
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Yeah, that was a crazy number of hits! I thought 8 (my guess) was pushing it, but that was quickly reached and exceeded!
There were also some Tall Guy hitters that did well, namely Carter and Hermida. I was a bit surprised to find out how short the A’s are, generally. They are on average a few inches shorter than the M’s, the only exception being Figgins, the shortest one of them all. If the number is to increase, it’s going to be up to a couple guys like Figgins and Iwamura to bang out some hits – against the right pitcher, this may also include Sogard, Pennington, Suzuki (both), and maybe one or two others.
Your poem here.
Game 1 results, follow-up
I see Paris has preceded me and done most of the work here. Since it’s hella late, I’m going to trust he’s right on most of these.
I have independently confirmed his answers on 1, 7, 10, 12, 13. For the rest, I trust he figured it out.
For #6 and #9 I did not read every post in the game thread, but I searched it well enough to feel confident there is no mention of anyone with high socks nor ugly facial hair. There is thus no gamethread consensus (nor female gamethreader stating a definitive opinion). Shoes was watching the game, and I think it’s likely either she or Pam would have mentioned it if there were any. Therefore I am tentatively declaring no ugly facial hair and no high socks in this game. This ruling may be overruled by Shoes, OAH, Pam, or cuppingmaster. Otherwise, it stands. (Tonight’s pitchers were: Gio, Mazzaro, Fister, B Sweeney, Varvaro.)
For #11 meta, I believe the answer is two (GoAs=Michael, iglew=Mark). I’m pretty sure no one else satisfies the condition, but if you do, speak up.
On #14, I concur with moving Danmerqury to the bottom of the list, since he changed his answer on the relevant question.
With regard to #15, I suggest we might register our total scores for questions 1-14 only on the spreadsheet, and then register our scores for #15 alone separately as if it were a separate GOG. It might be easier that way.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I was even looking for ugly facial hair,
but all 3 of the M’s pitchers were clean-shaven. It’s like they knew you had asked this question. Vin doesn’t have facial hair, and Gio’s beard/stubble isn’t ugly, so no ugly facial hair in Game 1.
And Rajai was wearing high socks, as he usually does.
What's weird is that I was actually online with this thread open
when this comment appeared at 5:18 am. WTF.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Ha.
In my defense, it was 7:18 am Central time when I posted it, so I don’t keep as crazy hours as you do.
…although I did go online and check AN and post that comment, even when I was running late for work. So there’s that.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 1, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Cool. So that's a final ruling then.
Zero ugly facial hair hits in game 1, and Rajai is on the board for high socks.
Thanks, Shoes.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I think I am known around these parts as the self-appointed OCD results poster.
cuppingmaster can chime in, but it is probably easier to calculate the #1-14 scores here, and then update them with #15 (which pretty much nobody will get correct anyway) before posting to the GOG spreadsheet/database. There are numerous other reliable scorers on the GOG who also check through scores on a regular basis, such as doctorK and vignette (and some who don’t much ike to score but who we adore anyway, like Berry Jo). So, I wouldn’t worry too much about how scoring will fall out – it’ll get done one way or another.
By the way, I did ask over on the GT about Fister’s facial hair, but I think our beauty judges were not yet online or active in the thread.
Your poem here.
Ah, OK. Good to know.
Given the peculiarity of my questions, I thought I was obliged to score, but I’m happy to let you do all the heavy lifting.
I’ll also defer to your judgment on the best approach to #15.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Heavy lifting is always better when there are more arms!
I can’t do any of the visuals (hair, socks), and keeping track of the Same Name Putouts and Word Strings is tough, as is the Pam “Fuck” Count. So, let’s consider it a group effort!
Your poem here.
I can watch for those, now that I'll be watching the games.
The word strings and Pam count are easy for me. I actually would have more trouble with the traditional stuff, so you can handle that.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I totally can't sleep at all tonight.
My mind is awhir with verse.
I already had a Tuiasosopo limerick ready, but tonight I wrote a ballad that I think is even better.
I’ll post the limerick in tonight’s game thread, but I think the ballad may have to go to Lookout Landing. They need it more than we do.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
wow, epic GOG. I'm very sorry I missed it but I'm glad I'm part of the reason you did it.
I really hate work right now, at least I’m not missing a pennant race or something though.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Updated Results, as of Game 2 (please double-check for correct answers as needed)
1. Series Outcome – A’s 2-0
2. Friday Attendance – 19,656
3. Trogdor Taters – 1 HR by Chris Carter
4. Short Guys vs. Tall Guys – 10 H off Guys 6" Taller
* Off Fister (6’8"): Davis (2), 5’10" / Ellis (2), 5’11" / Kouz (2), 6’1" / Barton (2), 6’0" / Cust (2), 6’1"
* Still in the running: Iglew – 11 / danmerqury – 15
5. Colors – Game 1: Alt Green / Game 2: Road Gray
6. High Socks – Rajai
7. Vowels On Base – Kouz & Gutierrez (4)
8. Jersey Number Totals – Game 1: 149 / Game 2: 149
9. Facial Hair – No Bad Facial Hair, Still!
10. Pam. Fuck! – 0 Fucks / 0 Exclamation Marks (but 1 “Fuck” by RRS in Game 2)
11. Fun with Names I – 3 Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark (Mark Ellis, Matt Mangini, Michael Saunders, Matt Carson) / Bonus, 2 GOGgers
12. Fun With Names II – 1 Same Name Putout (Suzuki FO Suzuki, Game 2, Inning 5)
13. Fun With Names III – 3 Letter Word String /
"JAM" (Game 1, Innings 2, 4, 6 & 8: Justin, Adam, Matt);
"MIC" (Game 2, Inning 6: Mark, Ichiro, Chone)
14. Meta I – 6 GOGgers chose other than Tuiasosopo for #7
* Correct answers: buddahead and danmerqury (revised)
* Point Values for Each: buddahead, 3 pts. / danmerqury, 0 pts.
Your poem here.
Since you're so OCD, I'm letting you do all the work.
These answers are all in accord with my findings, but more than half of it I didn’t check and I’m just trusting your OCD’ness.
By the way, just to clarify, question 10 counts Pam posts which contain "no word other than ‘fuck’", but it does not require that "fuck" actually be included. So if, for example, she were to post "unggghh!" or "ik,r?" those would count.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Ooh, thanks for the clarification.
I’m pretty sure we’re still at 0 / 0, though. Pam said “ummm” in the CT Thread, but not in the Game Thread.
By the way, I don’t think my OCD is diagnosably extreme. I have an overall tendency to cross t’s and dot i’s, and I’m a bit of a “completist,” but I think that things like GOG-scoring are a pressure-release, and actually keep me from engaging in any more destructive behaviors. Sometimes I like to say that when you get a Ph.D., they hand you an Oc.D. to go along with it. So, it’s more like a “goes with the trade” kind of thing (like callouses for a guitar player).
Your poem here.
Yes, it's still 0/0.
That’s one I’ve been checking.
Your OCD is fine. I didn’t mean it literally. I know what you mean, since I’m that way about plenty of other things. With this GOG I was willing to do the work but not particularly eager, so I’m happy to hand it over to you.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Dannybot and I both had Tuiasosopo limericks in the game thread.
But I like my ballad better than my limerick. So much so, that I’m posting it again here:
THE BALLAD OF TUIASOSOPO
Come gather round and hear the song
of Tuiasosopo,
A man so wise and fair and strong
In doing good and righting wrong
He pushed the envelope, oh!
velope, oh!
velope, oh!
He pushed the envelope, oh!
So nonpareil in every deed
is Tuiasosopo
In any test of strength or speed
His paramountcy to exceed
No man could ever hope, oh!
could hope, oh!
could hope, oh!
No man could ever hope, oh!
A nimbleness and skill sublime
has Tuiasosopo;
If given but a moment’s time
The highest mountain peak he’ll climb
Without the aid of rope, oh!
of rope, oh!
of rope, oh!
Without the aid of rope, oh!
So strong of arm and fleet of foot
is Tuiasosopo
A giant redwood he’ll uproot,
Then punch a grizzly in the snoot,
Then race an antelope, oh!
telope, oh!
telope, oh!
Then race an antelope, oh!
So wondrous keen the eagle eye
of Tuiasosopo
Ten thousand leagues he can espy
Or count the stars up in the sky
Without a telescope, oh!
a scope, oh!
a scope, oh!
Without a telescope, oh!
So manly fine and debonair
is Tuiasosopo
That when he travels anywhere
Each damosel and maiden fair
Invites him to elope, oh!
elope, oh!
elope, oh!
Invites him to elope, oh!
So pure of heart and free from hate
is Tuiasosopo
No woebegone or piteous fate
(not even losing ninety-eight)
Induces him to mope, oh!
to mope, oh!
to mope, oh!
Induces him to mope, oh!
So if you are a soul sincere,
and not a misanthrope, oh!
Come tip your hat and raise your beer
And join me in a rousing cheer
Unto the man we hold so dear,
That hero whom we all revere:
Matt Tuiasosopo!
sosopo!
sosopo!
MATT TUIASOSOPO!
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
by iglew on Oct 2, 2010 2:19 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Updated Results, as of Game 3 (please double-check for correct answers as needed)
1. Series Outcome – A’s 3-0
2. Friday Attendance – 19,656
* nevermoor closest with 22,000: 2 pts. / everyone else, 0 pts.
3. Trogdor Taters – 2 HR by Chris Carter
* Still in the running: Iglew – 2 / fruitattack – 2
4. Short Guys vs. Tall Guys – 11 H off Guys 6" Taller
* Off Fister (6’8"): Davis (2), 5’11" / Ellis (2), 5’11" / Kouz (2), 6’1" / Barton (2), 6’0" / Cust (2), 6’1"
* Off Cortes (6’6"): Davis, 5’11"
* Still in the running: Iglew – 11 / danmerqury – 15
5. Colors – Game 1: Alt Green / Game 2: Road Gray / Game 3: Road Gray /
6. High Socks – Rajai Only
7. Vowels On Base – Kouz & Gutierrez (4)
8. Jersey Number Totals – Game 1: 149 / Game 2: 149 / Game 3: 149
9. Facial Hair – No Bad Facial Hair, Still!
10. Pam. Fuck! – 0 Fucks / 0 Exclamation Marks
11. Fun with Names I – 3 Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark/ Bonus, 2 GOGgers
* danmerqury with the 1 pt. Bonus!
12. Fun With Names II – 1 Same Name Putout (Suzuki FO Suzuki, Game 2, Inning 5)
13. Fun With Names III – 3 Letter Word String /
"JAM" (Game 1, Innings 2, 4, 6 & 8 & Game 3, Innings 4, 6 & 8: Justin, Adam, Matt);
“MIC” (Game 2, Inning 6, & Game 3, Inning 1: Mark, Ichiro, Chone)
14. Meta I – 6 GOGgers chose other than Tuiasosopo for #7
* Correct answers: buddahead and danmerqury (revised)
* Point Values for Each: buddahead, 3 pts. / danmerqury, 0 pts.
Your poem here.
Limerick Updates and Judging
On this thread, I think I see six limericks, clerihews or ballads: Berry Jo, Where’s My Burrito, doctorK, nevermoor, danmerqury, iglew.
nevermoor’s was judged “not bad” by micdog. Berry Jo’s was “not bad” by iglew and “good” by micdog. doctorK’s “nice” and “good one”.
Are there others that showed up in the GT? I thought perhaps there were. Folks have until end of game to post ’em, but it would be nice to have an accounting so we know of those that are already posted how they are judged (1, 2 or 3 pts.).
Your poem here.
My limerick hasn't appeared in the GOG yet:
I, like Tuiasosopo,
Try to write verses worthy to show Poe.
In poetic endeavor
My rhymes are quite clever,
But my subjects are never à propos.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Three more limericks from the DLD.
Might not qualify for GOG points, but here they are.
Two from the Dogfather:
Seattle thought Tuiasopo,
Would be a success in The Show.
But he’ll always grab pine,
‘neath the Mendoza Line,
Back down to Tacoma he’ll go.
The Ms’ hopes for Tuiasosopo,
Have lost all their rose-colored glow.
His play has been screwy,
The fans spit p-Tui
As his stats go from so-so to po’.
And my favorite, from Nick, the only other poet who had the cojones to take on the Tuiasosopo.
There once was a Tuiasosopo
Who seldom caught grief from the po-po
"A detective once told me
He’d no reason to hold me
I’m no Lincecum carrying dope-o!"
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
agreed about nick's
I like how he branched out from talking about how bad he is at baseball (not that I care that others have slammed him, I just thought it was clever).
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Okay, here are my scores based on the criteria iglew set up:
Extra credit: Write a clerihew verse or lyric featuring Matt Tuiasososopo, and post it either here or in a game thread.
[Score 1 point if it’s not terrible, 1 more if it’s actually good, and 1 more if it’s a limerick with proper meter. No points if your verse is too derivative of someone else who posted before you.]
iglew (limerick): +1
iglew (ballad): +2, and an additional +1 for style, so net +4
danmercury (limerick): +3, but -1 for rhyming “Tui” and “many”, so net +2
doctorK (limerick): +2….it would have been +3 but the last line doesn’t scan unless you put the emphasis on the first syllable of "without"".
BerryJo (limerick): +2….first line didn’t quite scan
nevermoor (limerick): +2
Where’s My Burrito (clerihew): +2
Nick (limerick): +3
The Dogfather (limericks): +1 for #1, +3 for #2, so net +4
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
It was not my intention that one could score more than +3
for posting multiples. But since it favors me, I’m not really complaining.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
RESULTS!!! With Individual Scores Calculated for Purposes of Meta II.
This took, you can imagine, lots of work, lots of thread reading, and lots of help! Please send complaints or adjustments to mmmhhmm_at_mmddffmm.com.
1. Series Outcome – A’s 4-0 Sweep
* 3 pts. – Berry Jo, buddahead, fruitattack
2. Friday Attendance – 19,656
* 2 pts. – nevermoor, closest with 22,000
* 0 pts. – everyone else
3. Trogdor Taters – 2 HR by Chris Carter
* 2 pts. – iglew, fruitattack
4. Short Guys vs. Tall Guys – 12 H off Guys 6" Taller
* Off Fister (6’8"): Davis (2), 5’11" / Ellis (2), 5’11" / Kouz (2), 6’1" / Barton (2), 6’0" / Cust (2), 6’1"
* Off Cortes (6’6"): Davis, 5’11" /
* Off Wright (6’6"): Davis, 5’11"
* 0 pts – All GOGgers
5. Colors – Game 1: Alt Green / Game 2: Road Gray / Game 3: Road Gray / Game 4: Alt Green
* Scored directly in log below
6. High Socks – Rajai Only
* Scored directly in log below
7. Vowels On Base – Kouz & Gutierrez (4)
* 2 pts. – iglew, paris, buddahead, nevermoor
8. Jersey Number Totals – Game 1: 149 / Game 2: 149 / Game 3: 149 / Game 4: 168
* 6 pts. each – Where’s My Burrito, doctorK, iglew, paris, buddahead, vignette, nevermoor, danmerqury, cuppingmaster, fruitattack
9. Facial Hair – 2 Runs off Ugly Braden!
* 0 pts. – All GOGgers
10. Pam. Fuck! – 0 Fucks / 0 Exclamation Marks
* 6 pts. each – Berry Jo, Where’s My Burrito, GoAs, nevermoor
11. Fun with Names I – 3 Matt, Mike, Michael, or Mark (Mark Ellis, Matt Mangini, Michael Saunders) / Bonus, 2 GOGgers
* 0 pts. – All GOGgers
* 1 pt. Bonus – danmerqury
12. Fun With Names II – 3 Same Name Putout (2 Suzuki FO Suzuki; 1 Josh Bard GiDP Josh Donaldson)
* 3 pts. – Yon Yonson
13. Fun With Names III – 3 Letter Word String / “JAM” (Justin, Adam, Matt, 7 times) & “MIC” (Mark, Ichiro, Chone twice)
* 2 pts. (Correct Number) – paris, Yon Yonson
* 5 Pts. (Number and Word) – Where’s My Burrito, iglew, nevermoor, danmerqury
14. Meta I – 6 GOGgers chose other than Tuiasosopo for #7
* Correct answers: buddahead and danmerqury (revised)
* Point Values for Each: buddahead, 3 pts. / danmerqury, 0 pts.
* Bonus Limericks: Berry Jo, Where’s My Burrito, doctorK, nevermoor, danmerqury, iglew
15. Meta II – Who Outscores You? No GOGgers correct
Score Totals
1. 25 points – nevermoor – 2 pts. (#2), 2 pts. (#5), 2 pts. (#7), 6 pts. (#8), 6 pts. (#10), 5 pts. (#13), 2 pts. (#14B)
2. 19 points – Where’s My Burrito - 1 pts. (#5), 2 pts. (#6), 6 pts. (#8), 3 pts. (#10), 5 pts. (#13), 2 pts. (#14B)
3. 18 points – danmerqury - 1 pt. (#11B), 4 pts. (#5), 6 pts. (#8), 5 pts. (#13), 2 pts. (#14B)
3. 18 points – iglew – 2 pts. (#3), 2 pts. (#5), – 2 pts. (#6), 2 pts. (#7), 6 pts. (#8), 5 pts. (#13), 3 pts. (#14B)
5. 15 points – buddahead9 – 3 pts. (#1), 1 pts. (#5), 2 pts. (#7), 6 pts. (#8), 3 pts. (#14),
6. 13 points – Berry Jo – 3 pts. (#1), 2 pts. (#5), 6 pts. (#10), 2 pts. (#14B)
6. 13 points – paris7 – 3 pts. (#5), 2 pts. (#7), 6 pts. (#8), 2 pts. (#13),
6. 13 points – fruitattack – 3 pts. (#1), 2 pts. (#3), 1 pt. (#5), 1 pt. (#6), 6 pts. (#8)
9. 12 points – DoctorK – 2 pts. (#5), 2 pts. (#6), 6 pts. (#8), 2 pts. (#14B)
10. 9 points – GoAs – 1 pt. (#5), 2 pts. (#6), 6 pts. (#10)
11. 8 points – cuppingmaster – 3 pts. (#5), – 1 pts. (#6), 6 pts. (#8)
12. 7 points – vignette17 – 1 pts. (#5), 6 pts. (#8)
12. 7 points – Yon Yonson - 2 pts. (#5), 3 pts. (#12), 2 pts. (#13),
Your poem here.
ditto
Now I don’t have to bother with trying to score this one.
Now there's nothing left to say, so let's go drink beer.
We did it together.
This last one was a bit of a bear, though, to be sure. Someone (not me) should write up something nice to congratulate the winners. Someone funny, who can make jokes at our expense.
Your poem here.
Thank you so much......Not as bad as I thought....about what I usually get +/- 5
If I ever get to meet you i person – I will present you with a fancy calculator to express my thanks!
CT ..."he’s not just an asshat with a mic" - cuppingmaster
It will be a pleasure, Berry Jo.
But no calculator, please. Let’s just see if we can’t get more than a dozen committed GOGgers next year!
Your poem here.
Thanks for all of your excellent work with this
And for pretending that I won!
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Paris, if I knew your address I'd send you a bottle of wine, my man
Thanks for doing ALL the scoring. Literally. This guy was on top of it.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Oct 3, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
For your listening pleasure.
It seems my brilliant Ballad of Tuiasosopo was not sufficiently appreciated in written form, and so I have put together a demo recording for you. Please forgive the absolutely atrocious recording quality (especially at the end), the shoddy piano accompaniment, and the lame choral singers — I didn’t have time to hire a proper crew. I take full responsibility for the solos and the poor taste.
Until embarrassment causes me to take it down, you can hear it here.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
by iglew on Oct 3, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
This.
Is absolutely the most awesome thing I have ever heard. I laughed through the entire song. You, sir, are nothing less than a renaissance genius of the twenty-first century.
Your poem here.
Aw shucks.
For my inspiration, I would like to thank Tom Lehrer, Anna Russell, and Donald Pippin.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I should do a second take.
This time I won’t place the laptop on the piano….
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
OK, here's another go at it.
I have, at various times in my career, been a soloist, a chorister, an accompanist, a lyricist, a composer, or a music director, but never have a been a recording engineer. I pretty much just open up Audacity and click on the “record” button.
This time I set the laptop on a chair beside the piano, instead of directly on it. The static is greatly reduced, though there’s still a little bit at the end. I think it’s a weaker performance, though. More self-conscious, less fresh, and more fumbling at the piano. That’s how it always is with repeated takes.
Maybe some day I’ll try to gather up a separate pianist and some singers to do a full quartet on the choruses.
(Then we need to get someone with skills to make a YouTube showing Tui in photo-shoppy animations doing these various things.)
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
that was awesome bro
good stuff.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I LOVED this....the music made it make so much more sense and the voice was great - especially the falsetto!
CT ..."he’s not just an asshat with a mic" - cuppingmaster
you should share this on LL
They may appreciate it. I know I sure did. Well done!
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Oct 3, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Unofficially
For me the actual GOGs are all about the A’s.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
yeah, just for fun.
!#%&$#@&%&% antioxidants! - pam
by cuppingmaster on Oct 4, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
You just don't want me to catch you....
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
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