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American League:

#2 Los Angeles (West) vs #4 Boston (Wild Card)
#3 Chicago (Central) vs #1 Tampa Bay (East)

National League:

#2 New York (East) vs #4 Milwaukee (Wild Card)
#1 Chicago (Central) vs #3 Arizona (West)

2008 Conference Standings (9/4)
National League
Rank Team W L PCT Division
1 Chicago Cubs 85 55 .607 C1
2 New York Mets 79 61 .564 E1
3 Arizona 71 68 .511 W1
4 Milwaukee 80 60 .571 C2
5 Philadelphia 76 64 .543 E2
6 St. Louis 75 65 .536 C3
7 Houston 74 66 .529 C4
8 Florida 71 69 .507 E3
9 Los Angeles Dodgers 70 70 .5 W2
10 Colorado 66 75 .468 W3
11 Cincinnati 62 78 .443 C5
12 Atlanta 61 80 .433 E4
13 San Francisco 60 79 .432 W4
14 Pittsburgh 59 80 .424 C6
15 San Diego 54 86 .386 W5
16 Washington 54 87 .383 E5
American League
Rank Team W L PCT Division
1 Tampa Bay 85 53 .616 E1
2 Los Angeles Angels 85 54 .612 W1
3 Chicago White Sox 78 61 .561 C1
4 Boston 82 57 .59 E2
5 Minnesota 77 63 .55 C2
6 New York Yankees 75 65 .536 E3
7 Toronto 73 66 .525 E4
8 Texas 69 72 .489 W2
9 Cleveland 67 71 .486 C3
10 Detroit 67 73 .479 C4
11 Baltimore 63 76 .453 E5
12 Oakland 63 77 .45 W3
13 Kansas City 60 79 .432 C5
14 Seattle 54 85 .388 W4
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New York
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Mets7961
Yankees75643.5

Baltimore/DC
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Orioles6376
Nationals54869.5

Chicago
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Cubs8555
White Sox78616.5

LA/Orange County
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Angels8454
Dodgers707015

SF/Oakland
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Athletics6375
Giants60793.5

So long and thanks for playing this year

1. Washington (8/31)
2. Seattle (9/1)

The last batter to reach on catcher's interference was ...

Jeff Francouer of Atlanta by Luke Montz of Washington on September 4, 2008

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Weekly Puzzle #15
2008-03-26 09:00
by Bob Timmermann

Weekly Puzzle #14 never appeared because I forgot about it with the NCAA tournament going on.

 
 
 
 
 

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2008-03-26 09:43:46
1.   Josh Wilker
Well, I know that picture three includes 2/4 of the Tom Tom Club. Also, the dudes in picture 4, whoever they are (Boston?) probably had wilder parties than the cerebral former art students in picture three. Is this sort of piecemeal, clueless observing allowed, or are comments to be reserved to full guesses?
2008-03-26 09:47:04
2.   Bob Timmermann
I have more than a feeling that you're on the wrong track.
2008-03-26 10:18:27
3.   DXMachina
Reed Johnson heads for Chicago.

#2 is Ray "You doesn't have to call me" Johnson
#3 is the Talking Heads.

2008-03-26 10:21:58
4.   Bob Timmermann
You are correct, but you need to explain #4.
2008-03-26 10:44:29
5.   RIYank
You mean, explain the FORESTAR logo? Is it that it's NYSE designation is "for"? Or did you mean, explain the last picture, which is the band, Chicago?
2008-03-26 10:55:48
6.   JL25and3
2 More than a feeling? Are you confusing Chicago with Boston? I know I always get those Sox mixed up...
2008-03-26 10:59:33
7.   Bob Timmermann
5
There is the final piece of the puzzle.

6
Josh thought the group was Boston in 1 .

2008-03-26 11:23:35
8.   Sushirabbit
Man, Kath had put on some pounds. He was a guitar genius.
2008-03-26 11:48:57
9.   rpc732
Well, the first picture is of a reed, so we have "Reed Johnson heads for Chicago."
2008-03-26 11:51:07
10.   110phil
#2 made me laugh.
2008-03-26 12:39:13
11.   DXMachina
4 I figured it was the "for" in Forestar.
2008-03-26 12:40:21
12.   JL25and3
7 Yeah, that's the second time in recent weeks that I've made a snippy comment without reading carefully. Way to make yourself look like a moron, JL.
2008-03-26 12:40:47
13.   DXMachina
4 And if you meant the last photo, I saw Peter Cetera there on the left and knew that the band was Chicago.
2008-03-26 16:53:53
14.   Eric Stephen
Bob, I'm not sure where else to put this, but this is from the 1981 SI article on Bill James (and is actually an excerpt from one the 1979 Abstract):

"The argument that what Guidry did is more unusual than what Rice did is specious.... It's an award for the most valuable performance, not the most unusual. The most unusual performance was turned in by Bob Stinson of Seattle, who reached base six times on catcher's interference."

2008-03-26 20:54:50
15.   JL25and3
Rice led the league in home runs and triples in the same year. It doesn't get much more unusual than that.
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