LATE SEASON DRAMA!!!!
The Red Sox are 76-84 with two games left to play, leaving a possible spread of 76-77-78 wins.
Shocked at how few posters are still in the running for total wins. Realistically with 8 games left, seems there are only 4 still in it:
79 Wins -
@Hank Scorpio and
@Curtis Pride
75 Wins -
@Toe Nash and
@OCD SS
The Panel of SoSH Poll Savants (consisting of myself and my largely indifferent cat) has been convened and these are their pronouncements:
1) In the case of 76 wins, either
@Toe Nash or
@OCD SS will be the victor. The tie-breaker will be determined by the greatest number of correct answers to the poll questions. If two baseball-players tie for an answer, identifying one of them will be deemed a correct answer for the contestant.
3) In the case of 77 wins, all four contestants will be subject to the tie-breaker.
4) Each contestant is allowed one challenge to the Savants rulings on their answers - the challenge will be referred to the Mods for resolution.
5) After the resolution of any challenges, if the tie breaker is unable to resolve the above, the otherwise-deadlocked contestants be decided in favor of the poster with the greatest number of game-threads posted to. (Retroactive game thread posting will not be considered.)
Current (
AFAIK - please check my work!!) Leaders and Runners Up for the poll questions:
-Team leader in Wins? Wacha, 11. Pivetta, 10. (Eovaldi 5)
-Team leader in Saves? Houck, 8. Schreiber, 8. Barnes 7.
-Team leader in ERA (qualifying)? Schreiber, 2.25. Houck, 3.15. (Eovaldi 4.05)
-Team leader for Batting Average (qualifying)? Bogaerts, .305. Devers, .296.
-Team leader in HR? Devers, 27. Story 16.
-Team leader in Steals? Story, 13. Bogaerts 8.
-Team leader in HBP? Boegarts, 10. Devers/Refsnyder/Pham, 6.
-Player who plays the majority of 1B games after the All-Star Break? Dalbec, 78 games. Casas, 26 games.
-Player who plays the majority of RF games after the All-Star Break? Verdugo 50+, depending on how you count split games, but no one else is close.
-Player who makes the Opening Day Roster, who subsequently spends the greatest number of days on the IL? Eovaldi, 75 days. Hernandez, 72 days.
-Pitcher not on the Opening Day Roster who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (WAR)? Schreiber, 2.6 bWAR. Bello, 0.4 bWAR.
-Non-Pitcher not on the Opening Day Roster who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (WAR)? Refsnyder, 1.1. Reese McGuire, 0.9. (Casas 0.1)
-Player to throw the first punch of the year (no shoves - a true swing)? none-?
-Player with the greatest number of suspension days? none-?
-Stupidest Facial Hair at All-Star Break? We neglected to do a poll this year - one must be done.
Current leader answers in the order of: Scorpio, Pride, Nash, OCD, with
Bold as a Hit,
regular as a miss, and
Italic as currently unknown:
-Team leader in Wins? Eovaldi (13), Eovaldi, Eovaldi, Pivetta.
-Team leader in Saves? Barnes (22), Barnes, Barnes, Barnes.
-Team leader in ERA (qualifying)? Eovaldi (3.84), Eovaldi, Eovaldi, Eovaldi.
-Team leader for Batting Average (qualifying)? Bogaerts (.296), Bogaerts, Devers, Devers.
-Team leader in HR? Devers (37), Devers, Devers, Devers.
-Team leader in Steals? Bradley Jr. (8), Story, Durran, Story.
-Team leader in HBP? Dalbec (9), Devers, Dalbec, Vazquez.
-Player who plays the majority of 1B games after the All-Star Break? Dalbec, Casas, Dalbec, Casas.
-Player who plays the majority of RF games after the All-Star Break? Verdugo, Hernandez, Durran, JBJ.
-Player who makes the Opening Day Roster, who subsequently spends the greatest number of days on the IL? Hill, Wacha, Verdugo, Hill.
-Pitcher not on the Opening Day Roster who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (WAR)? Sale (1.4), Paxton, Pineda, Paxton.
-Non-Pitcher not on the Opening Day Roster who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (WAR)? Durran (0.7), Casas, Durran, Casas.
-Player to throw the first punch of the year (no shoves - a true swing)? Verdugo, Invalid, None, Nobody.
-Player with the greatest number of suspension days? Verdugo, Whitlock, Sale, Sale.
-Stupidest Facial Hair at All-Star Break? Verdugo, Vazquez, Verdugo, Verdugo.
Absent a brawl in the last two games, and regardless of Barnes tying the Save total, I make that out as (Correct/Pending) for Scorpio: 4/1, Pride: 3/1, Nash 3/1, OCD 3/2.
Thus, a determination of the stupidest facial hair at the all-star break might produce a tie between Hank Scorpio and Curtis Pride should the team finish with 76 or 77 wins.
Toe Nash and OCD SS remain tied at their end of the field with 3 correct answers, but a win by Pivetta would give OCD 4 correct answers. (As a Pivetta win would also mean a a game-win, this could produce a tie between Scorpio and OCD (and possibly Pride, depending on the resolution to the facial-hair issue), should the team finish at 77 wins.)
Drama!
