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Subject: Home Run Derby 2011 - Pick the Winner (and Losers)
Posted by: ¤ Mario LeMoose ¤
- [566561110] Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 12:00
Assuming there have been no changes from the 2010 format:
Home Run Derby Rules:
• An out is registered when a player swings at a pitch and does not hit a home run. • A ball hit over the fence must be fair to count as a home run.
Opening Round • Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible. • The four players with the most home runs hit in the Opening Round advance to the Semi-Final Round.
Semi-Final Round • Home run totals from the first round will carry over to the second round. • Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible per at bat. • The two players with the most home runs in the Semi-Final Round advance to the Championship Round.
(Should there be a tie after either of the first two rounds, a "Swing-Off" takes place. In a Swing-Off, each tied player gets 5 swings to get as many home runs as possible. Home runs hit during a first round Swing-Off do not count toward the player's total going into the second round.)
Championship Round • Home runs from the first two rounds do not carry over to the Championship Round; Opening and Semi-Final Round totals are cleared from the board. • Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible. • The player who hits the most home runs in the Championship Round is declared the Home Run Derby champion.
Participants:
Jose Bautista, Blue Jays, AL Robinson Cano, NYY, AL Prince Fielder, Brewers, NL Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox, AL Matt Holliday, Cardinals, NL Matt Kemp, Dodgers, NL David Ortiz, Red Sox, AL Rickie Weeks, Brewers, NL
Your challenge:
A) Pick the two players who will hit the fewest home runs in the Opening Round (not necessarily one from each league): 1 point per correct selection. B) Pick the four players who will advance to the Semi-Final Round: 2 points per correct selection. C) Pick the two players who will advance to the Championship Round: 4 points per correct selection. D) Pick the winner (the player who hits the most home runs in the Championship Round): 8 points per correct selection. First tie breaker: • Predict the total number of home runs hit in the championship round (closest to the actual total, whether over or under); if the championship round goes extra pitches, those home runs count toward the total. Second tie breaker (if necessary): • Predict the number of home runs hit in the championship round by the winner (closest to the actual total, whether over or under); if the championship round goes extra pitches, those home runs count toward the winner's total.
Entries close with the first pitch to the first participant in the Home Run Derby competition. |
1 | Khahan
ID: 373143013 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 12:21
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A) Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Kemp B) Ortiz, Fielder, Bautista, Cano C) Bautista, Fielder D) Fielder
TB 1: 19 home runs TB 2: 11
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2 | DWetzel
ID: 33337117 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 13:40
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A) Weeks, Ortiz B) Bautista, Cano, Holliday, Gonzalez C) Gonzalez, Bautista D) Bautista
TB1: 12 TB2: 7
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3 | Nuclear Gophers
ID: 57651113 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 14:06
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A)Cano Weeks B)Bautista Fielder Ortiz Gonzalez C)Fielder Bautista D)Fielder TB1 15 TB2 9
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4 | Seattle Zen
ID: 436541113 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 14:54
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A: Weeks and Kemp B: Bautista Fielder Holliday Ortiz C: Fielder and Joey Batts D: Bautista
11 7
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5 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 15:26
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A. Kemp and Weeks B. Holliday, Gonzalez, Bautista, Fielder C. Gonzalez, Bautista D. A-Gonz
13 7
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6 | mc5huffl35 Leader
ID: 00795541 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 16:48
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A) Robinson Cano, Rickie Weeks B) Jose Bautista, Prince Fielder, Matt Kemp, David Ortiz C) Jose Bautista, Prince Fielder D) Jose Bautista
1TB) 14 2TB) 8
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7 | weykool
ID: 343561414 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 19:49
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A) Cano, Weeks B) Bautista, Fielder, Kemp, Gonzalez C) Jose Bautista, Kemp D) Kemp
1TB) 17 2TB) 10
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8 | ¤ Mario LeMoose ¤
ID: 266591118 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 19:59
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A) Cano, Kemp B) Bautista, Fielder, Gonzalez, Ortiz C) Gonzalez, Ortiz D) Gonzalez
TB1) 17 TB2) 8
I've picked the winner the last two seasons but that streak probably ends tonight.
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9 | weykool
ID: 343561414 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:03
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17 total and the winner has 8? Should be a neat trick.
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10 | holt
ID: 54661119 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:06
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anyone else see that kid covering his ears while that crappy twang-rock band was playing? They held a close-up of him for a while. looked like he was gonna cry. was good stuff.
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11 | holt
ID: 54661119 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:14
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A) Cano, Weeks B) Bautista, Fielder, Holliday, Gonzalez C) Bautista, Gonzalez D) Bautista
16 10
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12 | Perm Dude
ID: 5510572522 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:16
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A. Bautista, Kemp B. Cano, Fielder, Ortiz, Weeks C. Ortiz, Weeks D. Ortiz
TB1: 16 TB1: 9
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13 | ¤ Mario LeMoose ¤
ID: 266591118 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:22
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First pitch ... no more entries.
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14 | Perm Dude
ID: 5510572522 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 20:24
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whew!
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16 | ¤ Mario LeMoose ¤
ID: 266591118 Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 23:20
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Results: (Please don't hesitate to check my math.)
11 Mario LeMoose (1, 6, 4, 0) 10 JeffG (2, 4, 4, 0) 9 holt (1, 4, 4, 0) 9 DWetzel (1, 4, 4, 0) 7 Khahan (1, 6, 0, 0) 7 Perm Dude (1, 6, 0, 0) 7 Nuclear Gophers (1, 6, 0, 0) 6 Seattle Zen (2, 4, 0, 0) 5 weykool (1, 4, 0, 0) 5 mc5huffl35 (1, 4, 0, 0)
A) Kemp, Weeks ... worth 1 point each B) Ortiz, Cano, Fielder, Gonzalez ... worth 2 points each C) Cano, Gonzalez ... worth 4 points each D) Cano ... worth 8 points
First tie breaker: 23 Second tie breaker: 12 (not needed)
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17 | JeffG Dude
ID: 01584348 Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 09:37
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Three years in a row Moose! Nice picking (even if it was biased for your Red Sox).
Great show put on by Cano and Gonzalez last night, and a great storyline with Robbie's dad being involved.
The best swing in the majors? The secret is now out!
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18 | Khahan
ID: 373143013 Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 10:04
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Congratz MM.
I think this was my worst showing ever.
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