Playoff Contest is Closed

It looks like my chances of winning my own contest are quite good, as only Adam Smoot of Bright Orange Seats and Tom Green of 4th and Fail gave us their playoff picks. You can view everyone's picks and point totals as the playoffs move on here. Some interesting points to note:

• Everyone thinks the Yankees and Angels will win the ALDSes.
• I had the only bracket without the Yankees in the World Series.
• Tom and I like the Cards to win it all, while Ted picked the Rockies and Adam picked the Yankees.
• Adam also gave us an extra-special super-specific prediction: "World Series goes 7 games, Jeter bats .182 with 0 RBI, A-Rod bats .367, with 11 RBI, tying Mantle for 2nd most RBI in a World Series, the universe collapses into itself and life as we know it comes to an end." Not bad...

Good luck guys.


UPDATE: After the divisional series, Adam is in the lead with four points, followed by the field with three points each. Adam is the only entrant left with his World Series choice still in it, but he does not have it locked up yet by any means...

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MLB Playoff Bracket Contest

The Idea

It's a playoff bracket. I think you understand the concept. All Marlins/South Florida sports bloggers are invited to participate, as are commenters. I will mock up a rough bracket as soon as the final playoff spots are secured.

The Rules

• Each competitor will send their picks to davidhill126[at]gmail[dot]com before the start of the first divisional round matchup.
• In addition to selecting the winner of each round, competitors must predict how many games it will take the winner to clinch the series.
• Competitors must also predict MVPs for the ALCS, NLCS, and World Series.
  
• Points will be awarded as follows: For correctly selecting the winner of a divisional round matchup, competitors will be awarded 1 point. Competitors will be awarded 1 extra point if they select the winner of a divisional round matchup and predict the correct number of games necessary to clinch the series. For correctly selecting the winner of an LCS, competitors will be awarded 2 points. Competitors will be awarded 1 extra point if they select the winner of an LCS matchup and predict the correct number of games necessary to clinch the series. For correctly selecting the winner of the World Series, competitors will be awarded 5 points. Competitors will be awarded 2 extra points if they select the winner of the World Series and predict the correct number of games necessary to clinch the series. Finally, competitors will be awarded 1 extra point for each correct series MVP selection.
  
• The maximum total points possible is 24.
  
• Whoever scores the most points wins the contest.

Prizes

The winner of the contest will receive a 12-pack of the beer of his/her choice courtesy of Ted and Dave. If the winner prefers Belgian tripels, we may go with another denomination. If the winner prefers something other than beer, then we can work it out later.

Questions/Clarifications/Comments

Send them to me at davidhill126[at]gmail[dot]com or leave a note in the comments. The first divisional matchup begins on Wednesday, October 7. That gives you a little over a week to figure it all out. Good luck!

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Bulletin

With the hope of making a potentially Marlins-free playoff season interesting to us Fish fans, Ted and I are holding a South Florida/Marlins blogger MLB playoff bracket competition this October. It will function a lot like a March Madness bracket, with a few tweaks thrown in to make things interesting. We will be contacting the bloggers in our Rolodex soon, but readers will be welcome to join in on the action. As with the Trade Pool contest, the winner will receive a 12-pack of sudsy beverages of their choice. Unlike the Trade Pool contest, this time there will be an actual winner.

We will open the competition and provide a full run-down of the rules during the last week of September, so you can wait until then to fill out your brackets.

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