Pre-Pool Play Numbers

Before the season began, I predicted every team’s record for the first seven games. I correctly predicted ten teams’ results (half of which were in the Carrie A. Nation division). Below you can see how well your team fared against my presumptions. The largest differential between prediction and actual result, surprise, just as wildcard Cody said, was the Bad News Bagels.

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This Guy’s Pre-Season Predictions vs. Actual Results (correct overall team predictions in italics)

John Brown
Basil Ride                             2 – 5                4 – 3
Channel 6                             4 – 3                5 – 2
Happy Shirt                        7 – 0                7 – 0
Chalmersiz                          5 – 2                4 – 3
Murda, Inc.                        3 – 4                3 – 4
Rockets                                6 – 1                4 – 3
Taco Tuesday                    0 – 7                0 – 7
Where’s My Pitches?       1 – 6                1 – 6

Carrie A. Nation
AsteroidHEAD                   3 – 4                2 – 5
Das Boot                               5 – 2                5 – 2
Hurtz D-Holes                    5 – 2                5 – 2
Merchants of Death         3 – 4                1 – 6
Rats                                        5 – 2                5 – 2
Space Pussy                        0 – 7                0 – 7
Terrebonne Po’ Boys       7 – 0                7 – 0
Late Fees                              2 – 5                3 – 4

William S. Burroughs
Bad News Bagels                2 – 5                6 – 1
Brewballers                         2 – 5                0 – 7
Bulletproof Tigers            0 – 7                2 – 5
Hotel Lobby                       6 – 1                5 – 2
Kunt Punts                          3 – 4                2 – 5
Los Matadores                  5 – 2                4 – 3
Screamers                           3 – 4                2 – 5
Wildman Attack Force   7 – 0                7 – 0

Langston Hughes
Free State Growlers         3 – 4                2 – 5
Ghosts                                    2 – 5                0 – 7
Goats                                      4 – 3                3 – 4
Harper Valley PTA           0 – 7                1 – 6
Jazzhaus                               2 – 5                4 – 3
Love Garden                       5 – 2                7 – 0
Red Lyon                              7 – 0                6 – 1
Sacred Sword                      6 – 1                5 – 2

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Below are the top five teams in several categories. I then gave each team a value depending on their ranking (5 points for first place, 4 for second, u.s.w.) and totaled them among the four categories. An incredibly non-scientific way of ranking teams, but a method by which I think does accurately represent the top teams in the league—by the numbers, of course.

Top 5 Defensive Teams (runs allowed)
o1. Happy Shirt            21
o2. Love Garden          25
o3. Channel 6                26
o4. Hotel Lobby           28
o4. Wildman                  28
o5. Bad News Bagels   34

Top 5 Offensive Teams (runs scored)
o1. Terrebonne            127
o2. Wildman                  123
o3. Hurtz                         120
o4. Happy Shirt            116
o5. Bad News Bagels   104

Top 5 Win % (runs scored / runs)
o1. Happy Shirt           84.67%
o2. Wildman                 81.46%
o3. Love Garden         79.51%
o4. Channel 6               78.69%
o5. Terrebonne           76.97%

Top 5 Run Differential Teams (runs scored – runs allowed)
o1. Happy Shirt            95
o1. Wildman                  95
o2. Terrebonne            89
o3. Hurtz D-Holes       82
o4. Love Garden          72
o5. Bad News Bagels  70
o5. Channel 6               70

And finally:

Top 7 Teams that Scored Points Based on my Arbitrary Point System
o1. Happy Shirt            17
o2. Wildman                  15
o3. Terrebonne            10
o4. Love Garden            9
o5. Channel 6                  6
o5. Hurtz                          6
o6. Bad News Bagels    3
o7. Hotel Lobby            2