1. Alabama 13-0 (3)
2. Texas 13-0 (2)
3. TCU 12-0 (4)
4. Cincinnati 12-0 (5)
5. Florida 12-1 (1)
6. Boise State 12-0 (6)
7. Ohio State 10-2 (7)
8. Oregon 10-2 (8)
9. Iowa 10-2 (9)
10. Penn St 10-2 (10)
11. BYU 10-2 (11)
12. Georgia Tech 10-2 (13)
13. Virginia Tech 9-3 (14)
14. West Virginia 9-3 (15)
15. Pittsburgh 9-3 (12)
16. LSU 9-3 (20)
17. Oklahoma State 9-3 (19)
18. Nebraska 9-4 (18)
19. Utah 9-3 (21)
20. Miami 9-3 (24)
21. Oregon State 8-4 (22)
22. Mississippi 8-4 (25)
23. Wisconsin 9-3 (26)
24. Arizona 8-4 (30)
25. Stanford 8-4 (31)
26. USC 8-4 (15)
27. Rutgers 8-4 (27)
28. Houston 10-3 (16)
29. Texas Tech 8-4 (29)
30. Central Michigan 11-2 (33)
31. Auburn 7-5 (34)
32. Arkansas 7-5 (35)
33. Northwestern 8-4 (NR)
34. Missouri 8-4 (NR)
35. Clemson 8-5 (NR)
Qualifying and Seeding for the 32 Team Tournament is as follows. Seeding is based on rank in poll. All conference champions receive automatic bids. There is no "buster" rule, every conference is represented. Independents must simply be ranked high enough to qualify, no automatic bid is given. The 4 #1 seeds are the 4 highest ranked conference champions. Home field advantage is given to the higher seeded team. Final Four and National Championship games are on a neutral site.
Conference Champions
ACC - Georgia Tech
Big East - Cincinnati
Big Ten - Ohio State
Big 12 - Texas
Conference USA - East Carolina
MAC - Central Michigan
MWAC - TCU
PAC 10 - Oregon
SEC - Alabama
Sun Belt - Troy
WAC - Boise State
Bracket 1
8 East Carolina 9-4
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1 Alabama 13-0
5 Oklahoma State 9-3
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4 LSU 9-3
6 Arizona 8-4
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3 Iowa 10-2
7 Stanford 8-4
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2 Oregon 10-2
Bracket 2
8 Texas Tech 8-4
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1 Cincinnati 12-0
5 Miami 9-3
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4 Virginia Tech 9-3
6 Oregon State 8-4
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3 Georgia Tech 10-2
7 Houston 10-3
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2 Florida 12-1
Bracket 3
8 Central Michigan 10-2
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1 TCU 12-0
5 Utah 9-3
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4 West Virginia 9-3
6 Mississippi 8-4
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3 BYU 10-3
7 Rutgers 8-4
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2 Boise State 12-0
Bracket 4
8 Troy 9-3
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1 Texas 13-0
5 Nebraska 9-4
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4 Pittsburgh 9-3
6 Wisconsin 9-3
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3 Penn St 10-2
7 USC 8-4
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2 Ohio State 10-2
Oh ya I still need to complete this. The Loser League goes out with a whimper which should have been expected.
1988 Atlanta Braves def. 1988 Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 0
Game 1: Braves 5, ORIOLES 3
Game 2: Braves 11, ORIOLES 1
Game 3: BRAVES 5, Orioles 4
Game 4: BRAVES 5, Orioles 4 10 innings
The series ended on a Gerald Perry RBI single off of Tom Neidenfuer (man never count on this guy in the postseason) to complete the sweep and crown the 1988 Baltimore Orioles as the Worst Team of My Lifetime. Congratulations guys!
I can't post here, at least not for a while. Why? It's a long story. I'll be other places (The Pit) for now at least. I'll miss the place.
*Bows. Walks off.
Yes, Pujols is too low but again I was conservative with players who still have several years left in their career.
#40
Jeff Kent, 2B
#39
Will Clark, 1B
#38
Carlos Beltran, CF
#37
Vladimir Guerrero, RF
#36
John Smoltz, SP/RP
#35
Tom Glavine, SP
#34
Alan Trammell, SS
#33
Jim Edmonds, CF
#32
Curt Schilling, SP
#31
Ozzie Smith, SS
#30
Derek Jeter, SS
#29
Lou Whitaker, 2B
#28
Mike Mussina, SP
#27
Albert Pujols, 1B/LF
#26
Jim Thome, 1B/DH/3B
#25
Paul Molitor, DH/3B/2B
#24
Tim Raines, LF
#23
Craig Biggio, 2B
#22
Ryne Sandberg, 2B
#21
Ivan Rodriguez, C
Where did everybody go?
8:30 p.m.
• So here's some local stuff that's going on in my redneck of the woods.
Now there's a bunch of blahblahblah to this article, but the last two paragraphs caught my attention.
"Fairness." Interesting. You see, in this same county there is some road construction going on due to some hippie EPA order. This construction is going on along a patch of road that's home to a bunch of local businesses, who are understandably pissed off about the whole thing. "No need to worry," the politicians said, "this construction won't affect any of the businesses."
Oh no?
Less than two months into construction a corner store shut its doors. The reason? The road construction turned away many of the customers. The amount of businesses went down so much that this store lost its lottery machine, and the owner decided to call it a day.
Now in the interest of "fairness," I think the State should allow this store owner, who from what I was told had been in business for decades, to keep his lottery machine and stay in business. But wait, this store is in the PRIVATE sector.
Maybe the store owner should have asked for a bailout.
1982 Minnesota Twins def. 1988 Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2
Game 1: Twins 6, ORIOLES 4 10 innings
Game 2: Twins 3, ORIOLES 2
Game 3: TWINS 7, Orioles 1
Game 4: Orioles 7, TWINS 5
Game 5: Orioles 6, TWINS 2
Game 6: Twins 7, ORIOLES 2
After dropping their first six games of the postseason the '88 Orioles made a spirited comeback but all it meant was that they forced their fans to see another home game. Eddie Murray may be in the Hall of Fame but he takes Least Valuable Player honors in this series he scrapes together only 2 hits in 25 at bats.
1981 Chicago Cubs def. 1988 Atlanta Braves 4 games to 2
Game 1: BRAVES 7, Cubs 4
Game 2: Cubs 7, BRAVES 4
Game 3: Braves 5, CUBS 3 12 innings
Game 4: CUBS 2, Braves 1 10 innings
Game 5: CUBS 4, Braves 3
Game 6: Cubs 3, BRAVES 0
The Cubs once again can't even win the big one as they eliminate themselves from the Loser League setting an all 1988 match-up to crown the worst team of my lifetime. After hitting .480 against the Padres in the previous round, Ron Gant takes the LVP by hitting .115 and committing three errors which reminds you why he was moved to the outfield.
It's playoff time for the Loser League and remember it will be loser advances. There's only one Losertober!
1979 Oakland A's def. 1988 Baltimore Orioles 3 games to 0
Game 1: A'S 24, Orioles 4
Game 2: A'S 11, Orioles 3
Game 3: A's 7, ORIOLES 3
That Game 1 score is not a misprint as this series reminds you why Baltimore lost 21 games to start the 1988 season. Baltimore's team ERA for the series was 14.40 as the A's hit .374 as a team. No word yet if Cal Ripken will request to pull himself out of the line up for the next series.
1979 Toronto Blue Jays def. 1982 Minnesota Twins 3 games to 1
Game 1: TWINS 6, Blue Jays 1
Game 2: Blue Jays 3, TWINS 0
Game 3: BLUE JAYS 7, Twins 6
Game 4: BLUE JAYS 5, Twins 4
Do you believe in miracles, eh? The '79 Blue Jays were the only team to top 100 losses in the Loser League and were the runaway favorite to take the title entering the postseason but they shock the world but beating the '82 Twins. The Jays mounted a five run 8th inning comeback in the deciding Game 4 to send the Twins to the Loser Championship Series and many of their players to suicide.
1998 Florida Marlins def. 1981 Chicago Cubs 3 games to 2
Game 1: Marlins 4, CUBS 1
Game 2: CUBS 10, Marlins 6
Game 3: MARLINS 5, Cubs 4 12 innings
Game 4: Cubs 5, MARLINS 1
Game 5: Marlins 6, CUBS 4
Cubs' fans this might be your year! No team was happier that two months of the 1981 season was wiped out by a player's strike than the Cubs and it almost seems cruel to make them keep playing. I don't know if Bartman stole a foul ball from Steve Henderson in the deciding game.
1981 San Diego Padres def. 1988 Atlanta Braves 3 games to 2
Game 1: Braves 4, PADRES 2
Game 2: Braves 6, PADRES 4 11 innings
Game 3: Padres 8, BRAVES 3
Game 4: Padres 4, BRAVES 2
Game 5: PADRES 9, Braves 8 18 innings
Go Braves! After dropping two at home the Padres make a remarkable comeback and in Game 5 defeated the Braves in an 18 inning classic or really 6 hours and 26 minutes of torture if you had watch these two teams play. The game ended on an Ozzie Smith RBI single off rookie Tom Glavine who was forced into the game as a pinch hitter and remained in the game to pitch after the Braves bench and bullpen had been used up. Here's the boxscore:
BOXSCORE: 1988 Atlanta Braves At 1981 San Diego Padres 10/6/2008
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Padres AB R H RBI AVG
R.Gant 3B 7 1 2 1 .480 O.Smith SS 9 2 3 1 .278
D.James LF 9 2 3 2 .304 R.Jones CF 6 0 1 1 .167
G.Perry 1B 7 0 1 1 .167 J.Curtis P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Murphy RF 7 1 1 2 .238 N-S.Swisher PH 1 0 0 0 .000
O.Virgil C 9 2 4 1 .348 S.Mura P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Thomas SS 8 1 2 0 .120 P-D.Gwosdz PH 1 0 1 01.000
M.Lemke 2B 3 0 1 0 .357 C.Welsh P 0 0 0 0 .500
A-J.Blauser PH 1 0 1 1 .286 G.Richards LF 9 2 3 0 .261
B-L.Smith PR 0 1 0 0 .250 T.Kennedy C 8 1 4 2 .346
E-J.Royster 2B 5 0 1 0 .200 B.Perkins 1B 6 0 1 1 .125
T.Blocker CF 7 0 1 0 .222 K-J.Moreno 1B 2 1 1 0 .500
R.Mahler P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Lefebvre RF 7 2 2 0 .188
C-P.Runge PH 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Salazar 3B 7 0 3 2 .476
D-A.Hall PH 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Bonilla 2B 5 0 2 1 .500
G.Jimenez P 0 0 0 0 ---- M-T.Flannery PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .200
F-B.Benedict PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Eichelberger P 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Alvarez P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Boone P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-T.Simmons PH 1 0 0 0 .500 J.Urrea P 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Puleo P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Lollar P 0 0 0 0 ----
P.Assenmacher P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-B.Evans PH 1 0 1 0 .385
L-J.Acker PH,P 1 0 1 01.000 J.Littlefield P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Lucas P 0 0 0 0 ----
O-T.Glavine PH,P 1 0 0 0 .000 I-R.Bass PH 0 0 0 0 .000
J-D.Edwards PH,CF 3 1 2 1 .308
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 70 8 18 8 Totals 71 9 24 9
A-Pinch Hit For Lemke In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Blauser In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mahler In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Runge In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Smith In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Jimenez In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Lollar In 11th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Alvarez In 12th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Lucas In 13th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Bass In 13th Inning
K-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Perkins In 15th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For Assenmacher In 15th Inning
M-Pinch Hit For Bonilla In 15th Inning
N-Pinch Hit For Curtis In 15th Inning
O-Pinch Hit For Sutter In 17th Inning
P-Pinch Hit For Mura In 17th Inning
INJURY: Broderick Perkins INJURED (for 0 more games) in 14th inning
Braves.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 18 1
Padres.......... 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 9 24 2
Braves (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Mahler 7 12 5 4 0 3 0 109 3.75
G.Jimenez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 5.68
J.Alvarez 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 48 4.00
C.Puleo 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 5.40
P.Assenmache 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 2 0 38 0.00
J.Acker 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
B.Sutter 1 1/3 3 1 1 2 2 0 31 3.00
T.Glavine LOSS(0-1) 1 2/3 5 3 3 1 0 0 39 5.40
Totals 17 2/3 24 9 8 8 10 0
Padres (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Eichelberg 7 7 4 4 3 4 1 134 3.75
D.Boone HOLD(2nd) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.86
J.Urrea BS(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 2 0 0 30 0.00
T.Lollar 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 34 0.00
J.Littlefiel 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7.36
G.Lucas 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 0.00
J.Curtis 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 2.45
S.Mura 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 33 4.91
C.Welsh WIN(1-0) 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 21 6.43
Totals 18 18 8 8 5 12 3
ATTENDANCE- 24,996 DATE- Monday, October 6th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 6:26
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:17 Padres:19
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Padres: 1
ERRORS- R.Mahler, O.Smith, L.Salazar
DOUBLES- O.Virgil(2nd), O.Smith(1st), R.Jones(3rd), T.Kennedy(3rd),
J.Moreno(1st), J.Bonilla(3rd)
TRIPLES- D.Edwards(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.James(1st), D.Murphy(1st), O.Virgil(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Gant-2(5th), D.James(2nd), G.Richards(1st), L.Salazar(1st),
D.Edwards(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Richards, J.Bonilla
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gant, L.Salazar
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Gant, D.Murphy, T.Kennedy, L.Salazar
WALKS- G.Perry-2, D.Murphy, A.Thomas, T.Blocker, O.Smith, R.Jones, B.Perkins,
J.Lefebvre-2, J.Bonilla, T.Flannery, D.Edwards
HIT BY PITCH- A.Hall
STRIKE OUTS- R.Gant-2, D.James, G.Perry, D.Murphy-2, O.Virgil-3, A.Thomas,
T.Blocker, R.Mahler, O.Smith, R.Jones, G.Richards, T.Kennedy,
J.Moreno, J.Lefebvre, L.Salazar, J.Eichelberger-2, D.Edwards
GIDP- T.Blocker
I haven't really paid attention to your new solo show weeknights on OMGFAUXNEWSLOL2009~! However, when I heard back in February that Gilbert Gottfried was going to be one of your GREAT AMERICAN PANELISTS, I couldn't resist. Finally got around to looking up a clip on YouTube of this segment to replay one of the highlights.
What also made me laugh was George Allen (to the left) then trying to make a serious douchey statement about roids in baseball. You're not running for office anymore. Lighten up for God's sake.
Here's another clip. The first 0:54 pretty much sums up why I don't bother watching these shows on a regular basis. The rest of the clip is why I watched this particular episode.
When you're good enough to get 63 pages in your "ask" feature, the Best Ending, the Frog Ending, and the Secret Ending, then we'll talk. Until then, keep on digging, Watson.
Man, am I stretching for material now or what? Guess I can comment on President Hussein again. Then again, nothing STRIKES me as worth commenting about this terrorist fucktard. I could make some jokes about his kids, but that would be going in the GUTTER. Perhaps a sex joke about him and Michelle wreslting in the sack -- I bet there's some good PIN ACTION there. Oh look at the time: It's 7:10. I gotta split.
9 p.m.
• Those bitches. How dare they think the Octo-Mom is an unfit parent?
Now here's the big shocker. That feminazi bitch Gloria Allred is finally on the right side of the law.
• So Barney Fwank thinks Scalia is a homophobe.
I swear to Christ you could just burn sound clips of this guy to a CD and it would outsell at least half the comedy albums out there.
