Sunday, April 26, 2009

April 26, 2009

Three weeks into the season, and it's time for our first proper update. Prior to today's action, it appears the difference between the leaders and the "also-rans" is a pair of Kansas City Royals. Also, it looks like the (so far) correct selections of Jacoby Ellsbury (AL steals) and Johan Santana (NL ERA) are virtually meaningless...with almost half of the pool's entrants picking both, and all but three people having at least one of them.

On the strength of hot starts by Zach Greinke and Joakim Soria, Jim Kushner leads the pack, with Jon Pauley, Mike Orobona and Amy Gill close behind. This, of course, is the only thing these Yankees fans have to be excited about this weekend.

Lastly, I want to give some recognition to the only two unique picks who are "in the money" as of this update: Amy Gill's selection of Chad Billingsley for NL wins, and Gert Quigley's pick of Carlos Pena for AL homers.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Pool Updates

For those of you who have been here before, you're used to receiving emailed standings updates every other week or so. Now that we're using the blog, the standings may be updated more frequently than that, but the commentary should remain on approximately the same schedule. At least for now, I'll continue to send emails, but these may evolve to just being links to the blog. If you get in the habit of visiting here on your own, you will most likely receive the benefit of more up-to-date information.

A nice option to keep up-to-date with the updates (so to speak) is to subscribe to the blog as an RSS feed. There's an option to do so in the right-hand column of the front page here. If you don't know what an RSS feed is, or have any questions regarding setting one up, feel free to shoot me (Dan) an email.

Another option is to sign up for receiving an email each time the blog is updated. We are allowed to set up a limited number of email notifications, so it will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Again, send me an email and I'll add you to the list.

For the first standings updates, scroll down to just below this post. Also, be sure to check out the other information in the right-hand column, including links to spreadsheets showing everyone's picks and—just as important for now—who has paid us so far, plus an injury report listing all players picked in the pool who are currently disabled.

That's all for now. Good luck to everyone!

April 17, 2009


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Welcome to the MLB Predictions Pool!

Welcome to the 2009 MLB Predictions Pool. We received a record total of 33 entries in this, our 5th year running the pool, and our first as a blog. Of course, this means a $330 winner-take-all grand prize.

Last year, Jon Pauley was the pool's equivalent of the Tampa Bay Rays, except he was able to finish the deal and win it all, after finishing 28th out of 32 entrants in 2007.


We'd especially like to welcome our eight brand new participants--Ali Armstrong, Sean Carey, Dan Conti, Tim Farrell, Karen Jost, Rob LaColla, Todd Mathewson and Jason Zelesky--as well as express our appreciation to our 25 returnees.

We'll be posting frequent updates with our top ten here in the body of each post, and links to the complete standings in the columns on the right. In these right-hand columns, you'll also find some other useful information, including the 2009 Complete Pool Picks and 2009 Pool Picks Breakdown, as well as the 2008 Final Standings.


Stay tuned for other new additions to the pool, thanks for entering, and good luck to all!

-Dan & Jud