MLB 2009 Tourney [Playing 5/28-5/31]

[jwithington]

The St. Louis Browns are celebrating after a convincing sweep of the Yankees in Yankee Stadium.

"I don't know what happened," said coach jwithington, "but we just seemed to be finding our rhythm on the road."

Sutcliffe defeats Wang Game 5004283
Cuellar over Sabathia Game 5004277
Myers over Guidry Game 5004272

Good games, the.killing.44!

[geigerm]

Obviously, you all know the next set of games has gone out; we've got our first taste of interleague play for most teams this time around.

I'll update the standings/schedule posts in just a little bit, but here's your current list of division leaders:

• AL East: Boston, by just 1/2 game over Tampa Bay and 3 over Toronto.
• AL Central: K.C., by 5 1/2 games over Cleveland.
• AL West: Texas and L.A. are tied, although L.A. has a slight edge in winning percentage, having played 2 fewer games.
• NL East: N.Y., by 1 game over Atlanta and 5 over Philly.
• NL Central: Chicago, by 5 1/2 games over Pittsburgh and 6 over Houston.
• NL West: S.F., by just 1/2 game over Brooklyn and 3 over Arizona.

There is, of course, still plenty of time for those standings to change--those of you who aren't listed shouldn't despair yet!

[lynn]

hi i won 5048502

[lynn]

i've been playing but dont see my name by my team am i winning for someone else

[slickstick]

Game 5048480
won by slickstick

[dcc1220]

A few recent results:

KCR @ STL (two still to finish - probable split)
Quisenberry defeats Gibson (KC win)

SLB @ KCR (one still to finish - probable KC win)
Davies defeats Cuellar (KC win)
Quisenberry defeats Stone (KC win)
Saberhagen defeats Sutcliffe (KC win)

[dcc1220]

A few recent results:

KCR @ STL (two still to finish - probable split)
Quisenberry defeats Gibson (KC win)

SLB @ KCR (one still to finish - probable KC win)
Davies defeats Cuellar (KC win)
Quisenberry defeats Stone (KC win)
Saberhagen defeats Sutcliffe (KC win)

KCR @ STL series now finished
Carpenter defeats Cone (STL win)
Grienke defeats Wainwright (KC win)

[slickstick]

Game 5053108
won by slickstick

[dcc1220]

A few recent results:

SLB @ KCR (one still to finish - probable KC win)
Davies defeats Cuellar (KC win)
Quisenberry defeats Stone (KC win)
Saberhagen defeats Sutcliffe (KC win)

SLB @ KCR series now complete:
Greinke defeats Palmer (KC win)

[yemphan]

Hey sorry for the slow update, and I forget the game numbers because they are already out of my recently finished games, but the Twins beat the White Sox 2-1 in their last series last week.

yemphan

[plash.ricrem]

Following a recent hot streak which included winning a series at Fenway Park (5004292) the blue jays went on the road and were embarrassed by their opponents. Their first stop was St. Louis to face the browns where things went downhill from the start, dropping the first two games (5053038, 5053044) but winning the 3rd (5053040). However they were unable to build on the momentum in Atlanta where they were promptly swept: (5048491,5048494,5048496)

[slickstick]

Game 5048484
won by slickstick

[HighlanderAttack]

LAA sweeps SEA

[yemphan]

Twinkies finally sweep their first series of the year. Beat up on the Brew Crew 3-0.

Game 5048420 Nathan d. Gallardo - yemphan over coacheberhardt
Game 5048423 Santana d. Vuckovich - yemphan over coacheberhardt
Game 5048421 Bonser d. Looper - yemphan over coacheberhardt

[slickstick]

Game 5053115
won by slickstick

[lynn]

i won 5013224

[geigerm]

All right, the standings and schedule pics have been updated--check the second & third posts.

Also, the spreadsheet is FINALLY online yet again. It's not quite as nice as having the .xls file up in Google Docs, but it's better than nothing. This file will be updated more regularly than the thread itself. Check it out for the most up-to-date standings/records:

http://www.cis.umassd.edu/~mgeiger/misc/cc_mlb09/cc_mlb09.htm

[leolou2]

won 5048488

[lynn]

won 5053125

[dcc1220]

DET @ KC

Game 5053068 - Davies defeats Miner (KC win)
Game 5053079 - Verlander defeats Saberhagen (DET win)
Game 5053085 - Greinke defeats Rogers (KC win)

[freakns]

won 2 out of 3 against Florida
Sonnanstine beat Burnett Game 5048486
Price beat Beckett Game 5048487
Sanchez beat Kazmir Game 5048488

[leolou2]

won 5053106

[slickstick]

Game 5004393
won by slickstick

[geigerm]

This tourney isn't actually dead; it's on life support. Here's the deal: no more promises I can't necessarily keep. 2 series per update, with 2 updates per week, just isn't happening. I'm learning a ton about how much "fun" a large tourney like this can be. The summer's been more hectic than expected, both on and off this site. So I'm definitely not keeping up with this tourney as well as I would like.

I will do my darnedest to get you guys updates as regularly as possible, because I do want this tourney to reach a successful conclusion, and I'll try to let you know if/when there's going to be a break. You're going to get one new series today--I'll start sending PM's out shortly.

[dcc1220]

Game 5213504 Quisenberry defeats Colon (KC win)
Game 5213505 Cone defeats Contreras (KC win)

One game still pending in the series.