Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Congratulations Elite Eighters (as always, let me know of any errors):
Interestingly, the seeds appear to have some meaning. Not a single 5, 6, 7, or 8 seed has survived.
The next round starts tomorrow, Thursday, or Friday (imagine if the start times for the real NCAA tournament games were this random and unannounced...)!
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
4/15 vs. WSH (L, 4-6): Dusty, Orel, Sax
5/6 vs. MIA (W, 6-3): AC, Sax
5/16 vs. CIN (L, 2-7): AC, Sax
6/12 vs. TEX (L, 2-3): Sax
7/5 vs. MIL (W, 8-5): Sax
7/21 vs. BOS (W, 9-6): Sax
7/24 vs. SF (L, 3-8): Sax
8/24 vs. TB (L, 8-9 (10)): Sax
8/29 vs. BAL (W, 6-3): Orel, Sax
9/9 vs. CHC (L, 4-10): Sax
10/5 NLDS G1 vs. SD (W, 7-5): Sax
10/6 NLDS G2 vs. SD (L, 2-10): Orel, Sax
10/25 WS G1 vs. NYY (W, 6-3 (10)): Sax
81 comments:
Interesting that no one higher than a 4 seed went through, even though (besides the 1 seeds being sign-up order) the seedings were random(ish), allegedly.
I blame chaos.
What happened to the betting post?
Dusty, I was in the process of amending the post to say exactly the same thing when you commented.
I went ahead and amended it anyways, just to make it look like you're just repeating what was already written.
Greg, it was published accidentally, but worry not, its time will come...
@Dusty
Yeah, I was thinking the SoSG selection committee did a better job on this bracket than the NCAA selection committee on theirs.
Apparently, posting quickly to get in to a contest is a good predictor of being able to post quickly as part of the contest itself.
@EK
Interesting that no one higher than a 4 seed went through, even though (besides the 1 seeds being sign-up order) the seedings were random(ish), allegedly.
I keep thinking Dr(.) Geek will somehow show up and figure out a way to game the system and get himself into the FInal Four.
ha ha dusty.
But it's an interesting point you raise. In fact I was thinking the SoSG selection committee did a better job on this bracket than the NCAA selection committee on theirs.
Dr Geek will never live that down.
Actually though, not just the #1 seeds, but actually all 32 competitors were seeded based on the order they signed up. And I placed them in the regionals in the standard zig-zag fashion: Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno. Then repeat: Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno. And so on...
Best of luck, DB.
Just wait until the next assassin's circle.
@EK 5:40
Funny, I was thinking the same thing...
Go J. Steve!!
Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno...
There is something inherently unsettling about this thread.
RB, you were a truly worthy and respectable opponent, and it is on your name, and in the name of Paul, that I will carry on in my quest for SoSG March Madness glory.
"Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno..." -- That dude hunting for the best baseball cards in Target
@dusty
...or SoSG March glory madness, whichever comes first.
Lenny, Moe, guy that calls me Bill.
Has baseball started yet?
@MLASF
Does Johnny Daniels play a mean fiddle?
And repeat: Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno...
There is something inherently unsettling about this thread.
Wait...What?
I agree Mr C. Things are eerily here tonight. Somehow I am not myself.
I hope tomorrow everything returns to normal.
I agree, EK. I'm not myself either. I'm getting a little freaked out.
Am I detecting some bad juju in this thread? Maybe a good old fashioned exorcism is in order.
Bad juju, indeed.
Ok, We'll need an old priest and a young priest...
Requisite smack talk:
I'm going to give Neeebs one big L to go with his three little e's.
Just for the record though, I personally don't feel anything off in this thread.
You're probably right, Dusty. Nothing out of the ordinary or the slightest bit remarkable.
Whoa - hey - what tha...am I Locke?
Ok, all back to normal then.
Anyhow EK, can you tell me what day/time does the next SoSG March Madness thread post? I'll keep it just between you and me. Nobody else is here...
Wait, what? Neeebs is confused.
I suspect I'll have something to say in 3...2...1
Did anyone know Stults, Hu, and Repko are on the trade market?
DB, I can't divulge that information. I myself don't even know.
Ok no more out-of-body experiences for me. I blame Dr Geek. He unknowingly started this whole thing.
@MLASF
I had seen Stultz and Hu mentioned as trade bait in Dylan Hernandez's tweet earlier, but hadn't heard anything about Repko. I wouldn't be all that surprised, since it looks like there are at least 3 backups ahead of him.
Aha! Found out. I would never have used the superfluous "does" in "...you tell me what day/time does the next..." post.
I had to eke one last joke out of it...
I'll stop before someone loses an eye.
So I guess I'll explain: my intent in commenting in disguise was to get someone - namely DB or Mr C, because they were active on the thread - to start commenting as me so we could have a 'backwards' conversation, with each of us being the other person.
But when someone finally did comment as me (Mr C), I blew it by somehow thinking it was DB. So I tried starting a conversation with EK (really DB) as DB (really me) when I should have gone it as Mr C since it was he, not DB, was who was being me.
So I faked myself out of my own gag.
I'm going to sleep now.
Wait, is that the real Dr. Geek? I just don't know who to trust anymore.
*retreats into a corner in the fetal position*
Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno..
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, MR. C! MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER EVERY YEAR!
MICHAEL!
It was my intent to drive EK into a fetal position, muttering to himself "Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno..."
The Dodgers have one off-day, and the place goes straight to hell.
Utter chaos.
My work here is done.
The Dodgers had the day off? How the hell was I supposed to know that? I wish Charley Steiner would have told me 54 times during the broadcast yesterday, then I would have known.
It went to hell before we got here!
@ Mr.C-
I blamed chaos from the beginning (5:24 PM).
HEY! Watch it.
I have created a monster!
@DB, MLASF, EK
Piggy's glasses get stolen, and look what happens.
It's alive!
Just like the Marriage Ref, this abomination must die.
*in corner with eyes shut, covering ears, rocking back and forth in fetal position*
"Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno."
"And repeat: Muno, Sock Monkey..."
*in corner with eyes shut, covering ears, rocking back and forth in fetal position*
"Muno, Sock Monkey, Mr X, Robot. Robot, Mr X, Sock Monkey, Muno."
"And repeat: Muno, Sock Monkey..."
What the hell is wrong with me? This should have stopped being funny 20 posts ago, and yet...
I feel the same way, Mr. C.
This abomination AND the DH must die.
How'd he do that?
@Josh S.:
How the hell can I smack talk to that cute as a button Avatar?
Maybe I'll "throw" the match. Maybe not.
To bring it all full circle, it would appear that Neeebs really is confused.
@ Mr. C-
Indeed, Brother Neeebs both began and remains confused. All is right with the world.
Ok this is turning my brain to mush.
Thus, after today, and outside of this thread, please: no more commenting as other people.
If EK were here, he'd say the same thing.
Total elapsed time between the first post as an alias and when I realized I had memorized the prime offenders last few blogger ID digits and started checking them reflexively for each new post, approximately 2 hours.
@EK
I can live with that.
(pounds on wall)
Will you guys keep it down over there. I am trying to read Don Quixote. Charlie Steiner you are Rick Monday's Sancho Panza.
Much like The Jay Leno Show, this abomination has gone on too long.
And just like The Jay Leno Show, I am responsible.
I spend too much time chasing windmills....
I wish I were tech savvy so I could do all that wacky stuff. But alas, I aint.
I don't know what the hell is going on in here (looking at you, MLASF), but I applaud the return of Dodger Snoopy.
72 comments for a non-March Madness update seemed crazy, so I checked to see what the hell was going on.
Now, I'm even more confused.
@sax
It's like a 14-car pile up in here.
Slow down to gawk, if you must, but you probably don't want to see the full extent of the carnage.
This place is a fuckin' mess.
On a school night, no less.
Mr C, I'd be wary about even slowing down. Step on the gas and get the hell out of Dodge.
Will this thread go the way of the secret Comment-Time thread or will it be left for all to enjoy and/or shake their head at?
I'm a bad widdle boy.
Like Sax, I decided to check this thread out because of the high comment count. I had to read everything twice to figure out what was going on.
This comment thread is like a puzzle.
Answer sent!
@Q7: what exactly is going on? I never figured that out :)
Answer sent.
Also, great timing by my employer to unblock commenting. *shakes fist*
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