Showing posts with label Fowl Play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fowl Play. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

The STP-Grand Sportsbook and Casino: Week 1

I once dropped $150 here in well under an hour

By Spezzal Teams Playa

Some of you guys might remember that thing we did in the football league where we'd try to predict the outcomes of each of the ten Weekly Matchups.

I thought, why not do that, only make it better by using point spreads. You know, since baseball is all about the point spreads and football isn't. Anyway, I'll serve as the oddsmaker and essentially, the "house" ....

"Road House!"


And you guys can bet whatever games you feel like betting, and at the end of the season, I'll send a couple guys down to Stockton, CA or up to Deadwood, SD or wherever and we'll square things up then. Kay?

So here's the game. All bets wagered at the STP-Grand Sportsbook and Casino shall be placed in denominations of one STerling Pound (£1) and all winning bets pay 2-to-1. Bets should be placed via the Comments section, before the first game of the Matchup. (I realize that I should have posted this earlier, but I just thought of it).

UnderdogFavourite
Sluggin' Bastards (+8.5)vs.Fowl Play (-8.5)
Dakota Magic (+8.5)vs.Isle Wynn (-8.5)
Oregon Lightning Bolts (+7.5)vs.Hell Lions (-7.5)
Koo Koo Roos (+7.5)vs.Muff Divers (-7.5)
Dallas All-Stars (+6.5)vs.St.Louis Redbirds (-6.5)
Stittsville Two-Phors (+6.5)vs.Fat City Monkey Butt (-6.5)
El Paso 89ers (+5.5)vs.Franconia Wombats (-5.5)
Deadwood Demons (+5.5)vs.Colt 45 Malt Liquor (-5.5)
Chesapeake Abyss (+4.5)vs.Perrysburg Pain (-4.5)
Sunnyvale Shithawks (+4.5)vs.CT Defenders (-4.5)

So for example, if my shoe-in of the week, Fowl Play, were to win his Matchup against the Bastards by a score of only 18-10 or 17-9 or something, he would not have covered an 8.5-point spread. Fuhgettabout it. Now let's try to get them there picks in on time, otherwise I don't want for this thing here to get all physical-like, capice?



Monday, August 31, 2009

The Top Ten List: 2009 Baseball League Sleepers

A bunt's as good as a hit


By Will-He-M


After the Commish started doing his mid-season reports by position, I decided to highlight a few diamonds in the rough - guys who were taken late and have turned into gems. I posted this list on the league Message Board back in mid-July, so the numbers listed as "current" are obviously six weeks old. Anyway, I should have published it here sooner, but heading into the regular season's final week, it's still relevant.



10. Kendry Morales
Drafted by: Gloucester Expos, 16th Round, 317th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 297th Overall, 40th among 1B, 40th among RF
Current Rank: 104th Overall, 20th among 1B, 16th among RF
Current Stars: .288 Avg, 24 D, 17 HR, 52 RBI, .888 OPS, 43 XBH



9. Jarrod Washburn
Drafted by: Nepean Hotspurs, 29th Round, 569th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 324th Overall, 82nd among SP
Current Rank: 94th Overall, 16th among SP
Current Stats: 112.1 IP, 6 W, 72 K, 2.96 ERA, 12 QS



8. Russell Branyan
Drafted by: Fowl Play, 17th Round, 330th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 321st Overall, 42nd among 1B, 40th among 3B
Current Rank: 74th Overall, 15th among 1B, 10th among 3B
Current Stats: .275 Avg, 17 D, 22 HR, 49 RBI, .938 OPS, 40 XBH



7. Brandon Inge
Drafted By: Fowl Play, 20th Round, 391st Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 314th Overall, 24th among C, 39th among 3B, 38th among CF
Current Rank: 64th Overall, 3rd among C, 8th among 3B, 10th among CF
Current Stats: .264 Avg, 9 D, 21 HR, 58 RBI, .864 OPS, 31 XBH



6. Edwin Jackson
Drafted by: Appalachia Christian, 17th Round, 331st Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 304th Overall, 80th among SP
Current Rank: 24th Overall, 6th among SP
Current Stats: 121.2 IP, 7 W, 97 K, 2.52 ERA, 14 QS



5. Ryan Franklin
Drafted by: Funky Cold Medina, 19th Round, 372nd Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 301st Overall, 39th among RP
Current Rank: 22nd Overall, 2nd among RP
Current Stats: 34.0 IP, 2 W, 21 Svs, 27 K, 0.79 ERA



4. Luke Scott
Drafted by: Chesapeake Abyss, 20th Round, 388th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 278th Overall, 41st among LF
Current Rank: 107th Overall, 15th among LF
Current Stats: .298 Avg, 11 D, 18 HR, 51 RBI, .957 OPS, 30 XBH



3. Aaron Hill
Drafted by: Toronto Maple Leafs, 15th Round, 294th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 288th Overall, 24th among 2B
Current Rank: 36th Overall, 5th among 2B
Current Stats: .289 Avg, 16 D, 20 HR, 60 RBI, .811 OPS, 36 XBH



2. Jason Bartlett
Drafted By: CT Defenders, 23rd Round, 456th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 306th Overall, 22nd among SS
Current Rank: 59th Overall, 4th among SS
Current Stats: .343 Avg, 17 D, 8 HR, 39 RBI, 19 SB, .921 OPS, 28 XBH



1. Marco Scutaro
Drafted by: Montreal Royals, 19th Round, 380th Overall
Pre-Draft Rank: 310th Overall, 26th among 2B, 37th among 3B, 24th among SS
Current Rank: 89th Overall, 10th among 2B, 11th among 3B, 6th among SS



As an addendum to this list, I would be remiss if I failed to mention the top undrafted player.

Ben Zobrist
Added by: Montreal Royals on March 30th
Pre-Draft Rank: 307th Overall, 25th among 2B, 23rd among SS, 49th among LF, 41st amonf RF
Current Rank: 34th Overall, 4th among 2B, 3rd among SS, 7th among LF, 5th among RF
Current Stats: .300 Avg, 15 D, 17 HR, 52 RBI, 11 SB, 1.013 OPS, 36 XBH




Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Sports Talk Playoff Pool: NHL 2009 Rosters

Now that's old time hockey

I had planned to make a big production out of unveiling the rosters for our pool, but with time constraints, I hope you’ll forgive me for skipping the long preamble. Here are your (and my, and his, and his, and…) teams for the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs:




Sunnyvale Shithawks (1)
Looks more like an elm leaf, to me
F – Boyes
F – Carter
F – Crosby
F – Datsyuk
F – Koivu
F – Malkin
F – Nash
F – Ovechkin
F – Parise
F – D. Sedin
F – H. Sedin
F – Zetterberg

D – Boyle
D – Campbell
D – Chara
D – Corvo
D – Phaneuf
D – Pronger

G – Lundqvist
G – Price

F - Marleau
F - Kovalev
D - Markov
G - Khabibulin





Hell Lions (8)
Irie
F - Backes
F - Carter
F - Datysuk
F - Gomez
F - Hossa
F - Malkin
F - Nash
F - Ovechkin
F - Parise
F - Savard
F - Tanguay
F - Whitney

D - Campbell
D - Green
D - Lidstrom
D - Martin
D - Niedermayer
D - Phaneuf

G - Luongo
G - Nabokov

F - Crosby
F - Elias
D - Chara
G - Mason




Fowl Play (2)
With Evgenpeep Malkin in your Press Box, I guess you're rooting for the Pittsburgh Poultry
F – Boyes
F – Cammalleri
F – Carter
F – Crosby
F – Havlat
F – Kovalev
F – Nash
F – Ovechkin
F – Parise
F – Recchi
F – D. Sedin
F – Zetterberg

D – Babchuk
D – Boyle
D – Gonchar
D – Green
D – Pronger
D – Redden

G – Brodeur
G – Nabokov

F - Malkin
F - Pavelski
D - Lidstrom
G - Thomas




Appalachia Christian (7)
I always considered the Adirondaks and Vermont's Green Mountains to be a part of that chain
F - Avery
F – Boyes
F - Carter
F - Crosby
F - Malkin
F - Nash
F - Ovechkin
F - Parise
F - Perry
F – D. Sedin
F - Toews
F - Zetterberg

D - Babchuk
D - Boyle
D - Chara
D - Green
D - Markov
D - Phaneuf

G - Nabokov
G - Thomas

F - Datsyuk
F - Hossa
D - Lidstrom
G - Khabibulin




trader dick’s team (3)
If you're gonna order a girlie drink, it may as well be in a girlie glass
F – Antropov
F – Boyes
F – Carter
F – Iginla
F – Malkin
F – Nash
F – Ovechkin
F – Parise
F – Savard
F – H. Sedin
F – J. Thornton
F – Whitney

D – Campbell
D – Green
D – Lidstrom
D – Markov
D – Niedermayer
D – Rafalski

G – Nabokov
G – Thomas

F - Backstrom
F - Datsyuk
D - Boyle
G - Luongo





Clubhouse Chemistry (6)
Now that's what I call a logo
F – Crosby
F – Datsyuk
F – Getzlaf
F – Iginla
F – Kovalev
F – Malkin
F – Nash
F – Ovechkin
F – Parise
F – Richards
F – Toews
F – Zetterberg

D – Babchuk
D – Boyle
D – Chara
D – Colaiacovo
D – Green
D – Morris

G – Luongo
G – Thomas

F - Hossa
F - Semin
D - Lidstrom
G - Nabokov




Nepean Hotspurs (4)
That logo is, like, so 1970's, and stuff
F - Crosby
F - Datsyuk
F - Kane
F - Kovalev
F - Malkin
F - Marleau
F - McDonald
F - Ovechkin
F - Parise
F - D. Sedin
F - J. Thornton
F - Zetterberg

D - Babchuk
D - Chara
D - Green
D - Niedermeyer
D - Phaneuf
D - Timonen

G - Lundqvist
G - Mason

F - Franzen
F - Setoguchi
D - Boyle
G – Nabokov




Montreal Royals (5)
I like how the door says to Keep Out, but that's not gonna stop Jackie
F - Boyes
F - Datsyuk
F - Iginla
F - Kovalev
F - Malkin
F - Nash
F - Ovechkin
F – Parise
F - Richards
F – D. Sedin
F - J. Thornton
F - Zherdev

D - Boyle
D - Campbell
D - Chara
D - Corvo
D - Green
D - Niedermayer

G - Brodeur
G - Nabokov

F - Hossa
F - Zetterberg
D - Lidstrom
G - Theodore