2008 Tour Top 75 - Final

[bigmahon]

Hi everyone,

I will be offline for the next week or so due to the holidays, but will be tracking progress and final seedings from my mobile phone. Probably won't be able to enter a team until 29th December though. I hope this doesn't create too much of a problem.

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[dadnsam]

Mequiton - you should add wwwetz to the list that could still make the Semi's. They could finish with 90.2 if they win the Championship in League 6.

[mesquiton]

Right you are, thanks [b:25de794a04]dadnsam.[/b:25de794a04] Sorry for the oversight [b:25de794a04]wwwetz.[/b:25de794a04] Now added to the list above. Still gonna say only 3 of the current Top 36 are in any danger, as it's almost impossible for all 4 of the other "contenders" to make the cut.

[TomSiebert]

Wow, I"m on the bubble of all bubbles at 36. It'd be pretty funny after I mentally bought out following my brainf@rt in the all-NL league, then got back involved following the infinite mercies of the Powers That Be, to miss this by one spot, or one point even, chalked up to the three forfeits I was (rightfully) penalized.

At this point, I really want to make the finals. Which means, of course, in the Zen rule of things, I probably won't. Let me work on my not caring, which might give me a better chance of making it. Or not. Whatever.

Happy Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Festivus/Winter Solstice to All! [ and to all, a good night!]

tws

[teepack]

You are doing a great job with this Mesquiton. I hereby dub thee, Deputy Commissioner of the Championship!

[mesquiton]

Hey, thanks Tee...I think...? Does a salary come with that? :D

[mesquiton]

Updated with all leagues complete, except [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/scores.html?group_id=54280][b:d06145c6e2]playoffs[/b:d06145c6e2][/url] in [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/standings.html?group_id=54280][b:d06145c6e2]Ev6Lg7.[/b:d06145c6e2][/url]

I was told some managers had used the same ballpark twice, so I checked all the parks (see below) for the top 36+. It appears that the following managers have indeed used duplicate ballparks, for a 25-point penalty per the Tour ballpark rules:

[b:d06145c6e2]socalchiro[/b:d06145c6e2] (Citizens in Ev2, 6)
[b:d06145c6e2]salmonbellies[/b:d06145c6e2] (PNC in Ev1, 2)
[b:d06145c6e2]nhsteven[/b:d06145c6e2] (PNC in Ev1, 4)
[b:d06145c6e2]TomSiebert[/b:d06145c6e2] (Citizens in Ev1, 2)
[b:d06145c6e2]Red Beards[/b:d06145c6e2] (RFK in Ev4, 5)

Subject to review by the Commish, here's how it looks:

[b:d06145c6e2]Socalchiro[/b:d06145c6e2] and [b:d06145c6e2]salmonbellies[/b:d06145c6e2] drop the penalties as part of their low scores, so their standings are unaffected. [b:d06145c6e2]TomSiebert[/b:d06145c6e2] and [b:d06145c6e2]Red Beards[/b:d06145c6e2] drop in the standings, but had already missed the Semifinals. The penalty drops [b:d06145c6e2]nhsteven[/b:d06145c6e2] out of the Top 36.

That leaves [b:d06145c6e2]mfsleeze[/b:d06145c6e2] in 36th place, with only [b:d06145c6e2]barnak[/b:d06145c6e2] able to catch him. [b:d06145c6e2]Barnak[/b:d06145c6e2] is in the semifinals of the last league, must win the finals to bump [b:d06145c6e2]mfsleeze.[/b:d06145c6e2]

The other 35 Semifinalists look set. [b:d06145c6e2]UNCtarheel[/b:d06145c6e2] and [b:d06145c6e2]ajbke5[/b:d06145c6e2] are also in the last league playoffs, so final seeding won't be known until their playoffs are decided next week.

[mesquiton]

Here are the ballparks used in each event by the (current) top 36+ managers. Also listed are other managers who appear to have used the same park twice. (There could be others, I didn't check much deeper than the top 36.)

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Manager Ev1 Ev2 Ev3 Ev4 Ev5 Ev6

1. Deelyo CitBank Wrig Rogers Yankee Dolph Chase
2. spicki17 USCell CitBank PNC RFK Miller Busch
3. springer USCell CitBank GrtAmer Fenway Trop Camden
4. stevep107 Coors Camden Turner Angels Busch PNC
5. jmoore1966 PNC Busch Camden Coors GrtAmer CitBank
6. UNCtarheel Chase RFK Coors PNC CitBank Petco
7. J-Pav Busch Shea McAfee Dodger Chase PNC
8. weinberg Wrigley Chase GrtAmer Coors Rogers Yankee
9. luckeroll Fenway Petco Chase AT&T Wrigley Coors
10. bbasebrawl RFK PNC CitBank GrtAmer Dolphin AT&T
11. bigmahon Fenway Wrigley RFK PNC Angels Busch
12. rgimbel GrtAmer Chase CitBank Dodger Miller Busch
13. socalchiro Chase CitBank Jacobs Dodger Kauffmn CitBank*
14. ajbke5 USCell Angels Turner Jacobs Cmerica Busch
15. Stoney18 McAfee MinMaid CitBank Busch AT&T Angels
16. Dalinoth Cmerica GrtAmer AT&T Rogers PNC Busch
17. akindian CitBank GrtAmer AT&T Fenway Busch USCell
18. Jack377 Busch Angels Trop Cmerica Coors Shea
19. AZHawg Rangers Chase Turner Dodger MinMaid Camden
20. mesquiton Rogers GrtAmer USCell Chase Wrigley Yankee
21. exwallman PNC Safeco Kauffmn Angels CitBank Rogers
22. thisisdan Chase GrtAmer Busch RFK Dodger AT&T
23. edgecitytx CitBank GrtAmer Wrigley Yankee USCell Rogers
24. deeznuts51 USCell CitBank Coors PNC --- RFK
25. leehaak USCell Rogers Chase Yankee MinMaid Dodger
26. JAMIE399 USCell CitBank Safeco --- Chase Trop
27. Sykes25 Petco PNC Fenway McAfee Chase Shea
28. bob711 Yankee McAfee USCell Busch Coors PNC
29. Coffeeholi PNC CitBank Busch Metro McAfee RFK
30. Roscodog Angels Turner Cmerica AT&T --- Kauffmn
31. wwwetz PNC Chase Camden AT&T Fenway Jacobs
32. dadnsam PNC Metro RFK --- Dodger CitBank
33. Dhowser USCell Wrigley PNC RFK CitBank AT&T
34. Jeepdriver Dolphin CitBank Rogers RFK USCell GrtAmer
35. salmonbell PNC PNC* Kauffmn Angels Camden Busch
36. mfsleeze Fenway CitBank Angels PNC GrtAmer AT&T
37. jagman Rangers USCell GrtAmer CitBank --- PNC
38. Det-Tigers AT&T Busch RFK Fenway Shea Angels
56. nhsteven PNC Coors Dolphin PNC* --- Angels
58. TomSiebert CitBank CitBank* --- RFK Dodgers Petco
59. Red Beards CitBank Busch Rogers RFK RFK* Petco

*Illegal duplicate ballpark (25-pt penalty)
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[JEFFFESPERMAN]

ajbke5 and I were both eliminated from our Event6 playoffs last night. Unless I am mistaken, that means that we should now know all of the seeds with the exception of #36 which will be either Barnak or mfsleeze.

[teepack]

Thanks for the ongoing updates, mesquiton! And for catching the duplicate ballparks penalties. Glad to see that they only affected one person, because I am sure they were not done intentionally. But nonetheless, the rules is the rules. I am going to post the semifinals league assignments in a bit.