NAWHAL 4/10/09: Nationals @ Braves
by bigjoe on Apr 10, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
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PrintAlright, lets try to wash that skunk out of our mouths and get on with life. Wednesday was an embarrassment, and hopefully something like it never happens again. Derek Lowe is on the hill tonight for the home opener, and I'm pretty sure he's the first pitcher in the league to make 2 starts. I posted the standings after Wednesday in the NAHWAL thread for that game, so yeah. Still very early in the season and the period, so everyone is still jumbled up...no one has taken sole possession of the lead yet. Without any further ado...
1) Attendance. Remember, it is the home opener
2) Pick to click. This award hasn't really been spread out too often...think about that for a minute
3) Derek Lowe's ERA is currently 0.00. After today's game, what will the first digit of it be? ERA = (runs / innings pitched ) * 9, for those of you who prefer to just look at a number in preference to calculating a number.
Have a good time everyone...thread for Saturday's game will be put up around lunchtime, while the Sunday thread will be up after Saturday's game (and will not get scored until that evening). Scores for tonight should be done immediately following the game, barring something unexpected happening.
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NAHWAL
i wont be able to get to a computer for the weekend— I don’t know if you’ll count these or not bigjoe— but here goes
1.) 40,379
2.) McCann (he’s always been my pick to click)
3.) well im screwed let’s say 6
this goes for the whole series against WAS
“I know what I’m having ‘em put on my tombstone: ’I have nothing more to say’”
-Ted Turner
by angrysmurf on Apr 10, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs
Yeah buddy, you’re really fucked with that last number here.
SWAGGA LIKE...whoever the fuck is not walking people
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
I bet you were being a dick
And made a question after knowing that his answer was six, and will write #3 questions for tomorrow and Sunday where the answer couldn’t possibly be six, like “how many homers will Chipper jones hit today” or “how many times will Francoeur score with his wife after hitting a grand slam”
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Still trying to get on the board
1) 45,111
2) Lowe
3) 2
"People need help, and you know how to help them."
FYI - Atlanta is cloudy, and has shown chances of rain all day
That being said 1.) 35,776
2.) Chipper Jones
3.) The first digit will remain a zero. (0, for bigjoe when he uses ctrl+F later on instead of the auto-exec script that VictorW suggested he write and use lol)
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
As a programmer, I can say it would be a pretty complex parser to handle edits (see chipper injury), the varied different ways people enter text. I suggest he embed a data collecting form for the entries so it is already in xls format. Bigjoe let me know if you want help with this.
Way to kill the humor
You don’t know bigjoe very well. “Programming” to him is ripping “the information” off of adult DVDs with one hand while the other is holding a beer.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
I’m just bustin’ your balls there
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
holding a “beer”…sure…
"Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He is...safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!...Braves win!"
haha
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
shit
I just remembered Shairon Martis is a RHP. I change my #2 to Brian McCann.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Who the fuck is Shairon Martis? Is that the dude pitching for the Nats?
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s the one slated to start opposing Lowe tonight. The same Curacaoan Shairon Martis who threw the abbreviated no-hitter in the 2006 WBC. But he also got shelled last year in his only start against the Braves, if I’m not mistaken.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Oh wow. This could be fun.
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Guess who’s most likely blacked out of the game.
SWAGGA LIKE...whoever the fuck is not walking people
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
Yeah, I’ll have to deal with the terrible Nats announcers…always forget about that.
Why are you blacked out?
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I get blacked out of all Phillies, Pirates, Nats & Orioles games because I live within 4 hours of each city, and am apparently in viewing range of all of them…despite only the Phillies station being available on Comcast. Awesome
SWAGGA LIKE...whoever the fuck is not walking people
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
Wow…that’s a disaster.
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
1. 42,056
2. KJ
3. 1
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions
43,871
K. Johnson
still zero
Question 3 is ambiguous. Is zero a digit? For example, if after tonight, Lowe’s ERA is 0.95, to me, the correct answer would be: still zero. Others would probably say the correct answer would be: nine.
It’s not ambiguous at all, I don’t know how much more clear bigjoe could have made it…a 0.95 is ZERO
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 10, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I need a damn point...
1. 43,540
2. B-Mac
3. 1
Penis
by justincredubil02 on Apr 10, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions
This
1. 37,110
2. Brian McCann
3. 0, zero, none.
"Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He is...safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!...Braves win!"
Betting on a rainout
1) 0
2) the grounds crew for getting the tarp on so well
3) 0
I just wish they’d go ahead and cancel, since i plan to embark on my hour+ drive at 4:30.
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
looks promising!
But i’m gonna take a zero tonight for negativity. it’ll go nicely with my other zero points.
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
10-4's probably going to be correct, but...
I’ll make some picks anyway, and then head on over to the Ted…to get drenched
1. 46,423
2. Heap
3. 1
Heres a little tidbit for some of you NAHWAL gamblers, since I’m getting the itch to post stupid statistics…
Only 2 players have gotten a point in each game…Mikehd1200 and WeStillHaveBobby. Neither has picked today.
SWAGGA LIKE...whoever the fuck is not walking people
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
46,351
46,351
YunEsco
0
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.
James Patrick Murray
1. 44,893
2. D-Lowe
3. 0
by Bream to the plate, and he is... on Apr 10, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions
Its a good thing I left after the 5th inning last night…because man, I really can’t deal with another bullpen meltdown right now.
Attendance was 48,327…didn’t I tell you all it was the home opener and you should pick big? Regardless, point goes to tomahawkin108 (BARELY~!)
Picks to click is pretty easy. To give myself extra work, we’re gonna go with the FULL MONTY today and pick KJ, Yunel & Heap. Points go to angrysmurf, UltimaParadox, Smoltz’s Beard, fandave, Bravely going forward, Chopaholic, cmdpsu15, justuncredubil02, jug, Viva la Francoeur!, FrankyWren, cirela20, ghos, heapofoatmeal, tomahawkin108, Bmacbandwagon, AndyBravesFan, Lizziebeth, soup du juor, mvandonsel, Jolo, Weldon, WeStillHaveBobby, chance13ga, dc_allday, mwchipper, BraveSaluki.
Lowe’s ERA is 0.82, so whoever had 0 is the WINNER. Points go to royhobbs, mistress, someguy917, cmdpsu15, secondbass, jug, VictorW, Bobby Cocks, ghos, McCannsMuscle, Atlas1828, TomGarrett, jc25, Bmacbandwasgon, Little Lady, 10-4 (you tried to not guess, and still got a point), vandelay, soup du juor, Jolo, dc_allday, Bream to the plate, and he is…, Euruproktos, brndn, nick9314.
Results will be posted in the NAHWAL thread for tomorrow
SWAGGA LIKE...whoever the fuck is not walking people
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
hey ducktits, don’t forget that I changed my pick to Heap after I said that Chipper might not be facing Martis due to his thumb.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
my pics were
1. 50106
2.heap
3.0.64 (1r, 6ip)
i should get credit for the 0. he did only give up the one run, unfortunately the rain came early.
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