Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
Email me at btimmermann@gmail.com
Select a date:
(Updating with info from late night action):
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Since the Yankees lost today and the Tigers did as well, the stage is now set for three teams to make their departure from postseason contention on Tuesday.
Both the Tigers and Mariners will be eliminated if they lose their games at home. Detroit is playing Minnesota and Seattle is playing Cleveland. If the Yankees win their game at Tampa Bay, that would eliminate both teams.
The Dodgers can be eliminated Tuesday if they lose at home to Colorado and:
1) San Diego wins Tuesday in San Francicso OR
2) Philadelphia wins Tuesday at home against Atlanta
The Dodgers would also be eliminated if the Padres win both tonight and tomorrow.
There are 15 teams out of the running now. Once team #18 goes up, then the contest kicks in, because that's when there are just five teams left.
Detroit and New York start at 4:05 pm PT and 4:10 pm PT respectively. The Mariners get underway at 7:05 pm PT.
I will be watching the clock to see which games end when. If the Yankees were to win their game in Tampa Bay before the game in Detroit ends, Seattle and Detroit would share the #16 spot and everybody else would be in the Final Five.
10 of the 16 entries included St. Louis in the Final Five, which they won't be part of. 15 of the 16 entries include Detroit. Only 2 entries included Seattle.
Atlanta, which could likely hold on for a few days, was not listed by anyone as being in the Final Five.
The Cubs, the NL Central leaders, were the most popular choice to be the last team out.
It's not going to take a high score to win this contest.
Wouldn't the contest kick in after #17? It would seem that 17 will be out, the last 5 are destined to be out, and 8 make the playoffs. Is my math faulty?
I've been counting on my fingers a lot.
Sorry.
Comment status: comments have been closed. Baseball Toaster is now out of business.