Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Weekly puzzle #1

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	C1
2	Philadelphia	92	70	.568	E1
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	W1
4	Milwaukee	90	72	.556	C2
5	New York Mets	89	73	.549	E2
6	Houston	86	75	.534	C3
7	St. Louis	86	76	.531	C4
8	Florida	84	77	.522	E3
9	Arizona	82	80	.506	W2
10T	Colorado	74	88	.457	W3
10T	Cincinnati	74	88	.457	C5
12T	Atlanta	72	90	.444	E4
12T	San Francisco	72	90	.444	W4
14	Pittsburgh	67	95	.414	C6
15	San Diego	63	99	.389	W5
16	Washington	59	102	.366	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	100	62	.617	W1
2	Tampa Bay	97	65	.599	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	C1
4	Boston	95	67	.586	E2
5	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	E3
6	Minnesota	88	75	.540	C2
7	Toronto	86	76	.531	E4
8	Cleveland	81	81	.500	C3
9	Texas	79	83	.488	W2
10	Oakland	75	86	.466	W3
11	Kansas City	75	87	.463	C4
12	Detroit	74	88	.457	C5
13	Baltimore	68	93	.422	E5
14	Seattle	61	101	.377	W4

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New York

W L GB

Yankees 89 73

Mets 89 73

Baltimore/DC

W L GB

X - Orioles 68 93

Nationals 59 102 9

Chicago

W L GB

X - Cubs 97 64

White Sox 89 74 9

LA/Orange County

W L GB

X - Angels 100 62

Dodgers 84 78 16

SF/Oakland

W L GB

X - Athletics 76 85

Giants 72 90 4.5

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1. Washington (8/31)
2. Seattle (9/1)
3. Pittsburgh (9/6) *
3. San Diego (9/6) *
5. Baltimore (9/8)
6. Oakland (9/8)
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10. Texas (9/13)
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12. San Francisco (9/17)
13. Colorado (9/18)
14. Cleveland (9/19)
15. Toronto (9/21)
16. New York Yankees (9/23)
17. St. Louis (9/23)
18. Florida (9/23)
19. Arizona (9/25)
20. Houston (9/26)
21. New York Mets (9/28)
22. Minnesota (9/30)
23. Chicago Cubs (10/4)
24. Milwaukee (10/5)
25. Chicago White Sox (10/6)
26. Los Angeles Angels (10/6)

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Seth McClung of Milwaukee by Koyie Hill of the Cubs on September 26, 2008.

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Weekly puzzle #1

2007-12-18 22:12

by Bob Timmermann

In a compromise to satisfy the people who liked them and the people who hated them (I really don't care about people who had no opinion about them), there will be one rebus puzzle per week. Unless otherwise specified, the puzzles will have a baseball theme. The answer will not be provided with the puzzle.

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Comments

2007-12-18 22:45:20

1. Suffering Bruin

Really, I'm just looking to be the first one to post since

a) I can never get these right and
b) this is one of the sites I'm always checking for new posts.

The first picture is, I think, Notre Dame Cathedral.

The second pictures is an abacus.

The third picture is the letter Y on wheels.

So... Juan Pierre got traded to the White Sox.

2007-12-18 23:09:57

2. Gagne55

I got the same things for the second and third pics as Suffering Bruin did. The first may be Venice since is looks like a flooded Rennesance town. Or it might just be flood (like Curt Flood). The abacus' value is 726070200. I have no idea.

2007-12-18 23:23:15

3. Suffering Bruin

Okay, the first picture is not Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. But that second picture is an abacus and that third picture is the letter Y.

This is the most I've been able to figure out in any of your puzzles. I'm on a roll.

2007-12-18 23:40:07

4. Eric Enders

Is the first picture Boldt Castle?

2007-12-18 23:43:40

5. Eric Enders

Nope.

2007-12-19 00:47:29

6. rbs10025

If I guess Val Pascucci (who was signed by the Phillies) and turn out to be correct, my brain might explode. V Abacus Y

But I kept trying to see what I could do with chateau and Chad Paronto.

2007-12-19 01:20:09

7. Vishal

is the second part count-y?

2007-12-19 01:46:53

8. xaphor

I think Bob is wishing us a happy...

Holy-add-y

2007-12-19 04:17:47

9. tjshere

______ add Wise.

I know the correct answer because I looked it up but I'll refrain from posting it to give others a chance to figure it out.

Good to see the rebi back, Bob.

2007-12-19 08:11:04

10. RIYank

I think I know it.

For the record, the plural of 'rebus' isn't 'rebi'. In Latin, 'rebus' is already plural. (It's the ablative or dative plural of 'res'. So it sort of means, 'by things' or 'to things'.)

2007-12-19 08:39:17

11. Suffering Bruin

9 How did you look it up?

There's more than one "Y" in that picture. I didn't notice that last night. I feel very dim for not noticing.

Okay, gang, what does the first photo have to do with the Mets?

2007-12-19 08:48:11

12. rpc732

Well, I'm happy to do the easy part. The first picture is of a church in Metz.

2007-12-19 08:56:04

13. Bob Timmermann

And the answer is:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txmetswise&prov=st&type=lgns

2007-12-19 08:57:37

14. Los Longhorns

Mets add Wise.

2007-12-19 08:58:56

15. Los Longhorns

I swear I had this before Bob gave the answer!

2007-12-19 09:43:32

16. Suffering Bruin

12 That was the easy part? I gotta start getting out more.

2007-12-19 10:33:29

17. tjshere

10 For the record, I know that. I just find plurals using the letter i to be funny so I use them whenever possible, correctly or otherwise. Yes, I'm easily amused. ;)

2007-12-19 10:35:27

18. tjshere

11 I figured out the "add Wise" part, then checked recent transactions to see who the team was. I never would have known the name of that castle.

2007-12-19 11:29:10

19. Shaun P

4 I thought that at first too, but then I remembered Heart Island isn't nearly that close to the shore.

2007-12-19 11:35:33

20. JL25and3

17 I especially like "boni" as the plural of "bonus." Puer aeternus that I am, it still makes me giggle.

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