September 24, 2013
THE (supplemental) CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!
Congrats to Nick for winning first place in the losers bracket! Another great season of skinz is in the books. Can't wait to watch the Tigers lose the wild card play-in game in a week.
September 23, 2013
September 23rd, 2013
Nick leads 11-6 on Double skin Monday, 9/23. Nick can win the supplemental skinz contest with a victory today. Good luck homo.
September 22, 2013
September 21, 2013
September 20, 2013
September 19, 2013
September 18, 2013
September 17, 2013
September 15, 2013
September 14, 2013
September 13, 2013
September 12, 2013
September 11, 2013
September 11, 2013
Nick leads 5-1. (Moment of Silence)
Single Skinz today. (Moment of Silence)
Make your picks for 9/11. (MOS)
Single Skinz today. (Moment of Silence)
Make your picks for 9/11. (MOS)
September 10, 2013
September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013
Nick still leads 1-0 even though it is Day 5 of Extra Skinz. The reason for that of course is that today is going to be a QUAD SKINZ EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Choose your picks wisely for your skinz life may very well depend on it. Happy Hunting!
September 8, 2013
September 7, 2013
September 6, 2013
September 5, 2013
Supplemental Skinz 2013
This is an added bonus for the 2013 season. The goal is to be the first one to get to 13. The same rules apply as in regular skinz, meaning you must not pick the same team on back to back days and all 30 teams must be used by the end of the time period. Though just as a reminder, these rules can be subject to change if either myself or Mr. Artrip decides we want to.
September 4, 2013
Fin
I went to bed last night with a vision. Hope was flowing from my heart. My picks from Tuesday had already been decided. The AL let me down but my NL picks came through and the Marlins played like true champions, knowing I had them as my DT. The day finished for me and I had a strong 4 points, I looked at your matchups. The Cubs had once again failed you in a big way. The Dodgers of course came through and the Indians bested the O's leaving you at 3 points with still the Giants/Padres game to be decided.
Oh. Of course. You had selected the world champs, who have played like anything but this year. So all my hope rested on the Padres. The Fucking Padres. They have taken joy this season, along with the Mets, in taking skinz away from me. As I checked my phone in bed, with the score tied 2-2 going into the 7th, I needed the Padres on MY side tonight.
So I prayed. I prayed harder than I have ever prayed before. My knuckles were white and my brow began to bead with the sweat that flowed from my mind as fast as my words did to our savior. I wept like Jesus and I began to scream to the sky, speaking in foreign tongues asking our maker for one last miracle. I had 2 and a half innings for the Padres to net just one... tiny... run.
The night was restless. I had nightmares of Giants chasing me with large spiked clubs while monks in cloaks tried to protect me from the dark images my mind and soul were tormenting me with. I woke up in a panic. It was 3 am and my night terrors had continued now for hours. But I was awake now; Awake and confused. The bed was soaked with sweat and urine, the sheets drank my fluids as I slumbered like Sith blood spilling on the hot sands of Tatooine. In a fury of desperation I ripped the phone from its charger and refreshed the MLB scoreboard....
Now I don't know if the lord spoke directly to Chris Denorfia or if he just guided his bat on his sharp line drive RBI single to left field in the bottom of the 7th. But I do know that last night, a boys dreams got answered. A boy... became a champion.
Oh. Of course. You had selected the world champs, who have played like anything but this year. So all my hope rested on the Padres. The Fucking Padres. They have taken joy this season, along with the Mets, in taking skinz away from me. As I checked my phone in bed, with the score tied 2-2 going into the 7th, I needed the Padres on MY side tonight.
So I prayed. I prayed harder than I have ever prayed before. My knuckles were white and my brow began to bead with the sweat that flowed from my mind as fast as my words did to our savior. I wept like Jesus and I began to scream to the sky, speaking in foreign tongues asking our maker for one last miracle. I had 2 and a half innings for the Padres to net just one... tiny... run.
The night was restless. I had nightmares of Giants chasing me with large spiked clubs while monks in cloaks tried to protect me from the dark images my mind and soul were tormenting me with. I woke up in a panic. It was 3 am and my night terrors had continued now for hours. But I was awake now; Awake and confused. The bed was soaked with sweat and urine, the sheets drank my fluids as I slumbered like Sith blood spilling on the hot sands of Tatooine. In a fury of desperation I ripped the phone from its charger and refreshed the MLB scoreboard....
Now I don't know if the lord spoke directly to Chris Denorfia or if he just guided his bat on his sharp line drive RBI single to left field in the bottom of the 7th. But I do know that last night, a boys dreams got answered. A boy... became a champion.
2013 Baseball Skinz Champion: Christopher "Brian" Artrip
September 3, 2013
September 2, 2013
September 1, 2013
August 31, 2013
August 31st, 2013
Chris leads 87-61. Single skinz for Saturday 8/31.
Last Saturday of the month. Please select one matchup the others must choose from.
Last Saturday of the month. Please select one matchup the others must choose from.
August 30, 2013
August 29, 2013
August 28, 2013
August 27, 2013
August 26, 2013
August 25, 2013
August 24, 2013
August 23, 2013
August 22, 2013
August 21, 2013
August 20, 2013
August 19, 2013
August 18, 2013
August 17, 2013
August 16, 2013
August 15, 2013
August 14, 2013
August 13, 2013
August 12, 2013
August 11, 2013
August 10, 2013
August 9, 2013
August 8, 2013
August 7, 2013
August 6, 2013
August 5, 2013
August 4, 2013
August 3, 2013
August 2, 2013
August 1, 2013
July 31, 2013
July 31, 2013
Chris leads 69(Haha 69)-48. Single skinz for the day. Make your picks for 7/31.
Final day of the month so make sure all your teams are in.
Final day of the month so make sure all your teams are in.
July 30, 2013
Reds Hire New GM
Breaking news from the bowels of Ohio. The Cincinnati Reds have hired Darren Baker, the son of head coach Dusty Baker, as their new GM and President of Baseball Operations. Darren was first employed by MLB at the age of 3 when he was a stupid little boy trying to get trampled in the World Series.
When asked what immediate plans he had for the team, Darren hinted that a possible trade might be made for Aroldis Chapman after his horrific game losing blown save last night. Baker is considering all offers but is leaning toward a deal with the Pirates for recently released player Brandon Inge. Some think this may still be too high of a price since Chapman is more worthless than used toilet paper.
My interview was cut short with Darren Baker as he had serious new GM type shit to do. Also, it was nap time.
When asked what immediate plans he had for the team, Darren hinted that a possible trade might be made for Aroldis Chapman after his horrific game losing blown save last night. Baker is considering all offers but is leaning toward a deal with the Pirates for recently released player Brandon Inge. Some think this may still be too high of a price since Chapman is more worthless than used toilet paper.
My interview was cut short with Darren Baker as he had serious new GM type shit to do. Also, it was nap time.
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| Darren Baker - Hired yesterday as GM and President of Baseball Operations for the Reds. |
My New Enemy
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| Aroldis Chumpman - Blowin's saves like they are dudes |
1-0 lead. Gives up the 2 run walk-off. Maybe quit worrying about throwing 105 mph and control your pitches.
July 30, 2013
Chris leads 67-48. Double Skinz for today. Choose your picks for 7/30...and choose them wisely.
July 29, 2013
July 28, 2013
July 27, 2013
July 27th, 2013
Chris leads 66-47. Single Skinz for Saturday 7/27.
Last Saturday - Select one matchup that the other must choose from.
Last Saturday - Select one matchup that the other must choose from.
July 26, 2013
July 25, 2013
July 25, 2013
Chris leads 64-47. Single skinz. Make picks for 7/25.
Can Chris make it four days in a row? We will just have to wait and see!
July 24, 2013
July 23, 2013
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013
Chris leads 61-47. Single Skinz for this fine day. Make your well thought out and researched picks for 7/22.
July 21, 2013
July 20, 2013
July 19, 2013
July 18, 2013
All Star Break
Now I know I have done a piss poor job of doing the detailed stats but I was just curious about our record and took a look back. Not trying to be a dick but just wanted to know when my luck all turned around. It appears I made big strides in the last half of May and also for the last month. Lots of time left and I look forward to a great second half.
Here are the standings for every 15 days of the contest so far:
April 15 - Nick lead 8-6
May 1 - Tied 15-15
May 15 - Nick lead 22-21 (double skin day)
June 1 - Chris lead 34-27
June 15 - Chris lead 40-35
July 1 - Chris lead 50-41
Break - Chris leads 59-46
Here are the standings for every 15 days of the contest so far:
April 15 - Nick lead 8-6
May 1 - Tied 15-15
May 15 - Nick lead 22-21 (double skin day)
June 1 - Chris lead 34-27
June 15 - Chris lead 40-35
July 1 - Chris lead 50-41
Break - Chris leads 59-46
July 14, 2013
July 14, 2013
Score is 59-45 in favor of Fizzle. Single skinz today.
Make your picks for Sunday, 7-14.
Last day before the All Star break.
July 13, 2013
July 12, 2013
July 11, 2013
July 11, 2013
Chris leads 58-43. Single skinz. Thursday 7/11.
Go get a free slurpee and wish Ryan and Amy a happy anniversary.
Go get a free slurpee and wish Ryan and Amy a happy anniversary.
July 10, 2013
July 9, 2013
July 8, 2013
July 8th, 2013
Chris leads 55-43. Single Skinz. Monday is the day. Eighth is the date. July is the Month. It has been Two Thousand and Thirteen years since Jesus was born.
July 7, 2013
July 6, 2013
July 5, 2013
July 5th, 2013
Chris leads 52-43. Single skinz. Enter your picks for Friday, Tom Cruise's birthday, 7/5
July 4, 2013
'MURICA!! Woooo!
Chris leads 52-42. Single Skinz.
Enter picks for Thursday 7/4
Happy Birthday America. I weep for the future of the nation. I pray we are not invaded by aliens tomorrow.
Enter picks for Thursday 7/4
Happy Birthday America. I weep for the future of the nation. I pray we are not invaded by aliens tomorrow.
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| The president of the United States of America |
July 3, 2013
July 2, 2013
July 1, 2013
The Day.. The Laughter... Died...
Chris leads 50-41. Single skinz.
New Month! Enter your picks for Monday, Kurt's Day, 7/1.
New Month! Enter your picks for Monday, Kurt's Day, 7/1.
June 30, 2013
Last Day of June
Chris leads 50-40. Single skinz.
Enter picks for Sunday 6/30.
Guess I should make sure I picked every team.
Enter picks for Sunday 6/30.
Guess I should make sure I picked every team.
June 29, 2013
June 29th, 2013
Chris leads 49-40. Single skinz.
Last Saturday of the month. Choose one matchup that the other must select from.
Last Saturday of the month. Choose one matchup that the other must select from.
June 28, 2013
June 27, 2013
June 26, 2013
June 25, 2013
June 24, 2013
June 24, 2013
Chris leads 47-37. Single Skinz Today.
Make your picks for Monday, June 24, 2013
Special no Double Trouble pick today due to there only being four games scheduled.
Good luck on this strange venture into the unknown.
Make your picks for Monday, June 24, 2013
Special no Double Trouble pick today due to there only being four games scheduled.
Good luck on this strange venture into the unknown.
June 23, 2013
June 23, 2013
Tie ballgame means...Double Skinz for Sunday.
Make you picks for Sunday, June 23, 2013 to get a chance at not one, but two skinzzzzzzz.
June 22, 2013
June 21, 2013
First Day of Summer
Happy Solstice!
The score is 44-37, Chris is still leading.
The skin value sits at one (1).
The day is Friday, 6/21.
Good luck with your picks today.
The score is 44-37, Chris is still leading.
The skin value sits at one (1).
The day is Friday, 6/21.
Good luck with your picks today.
June 20, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013
June 16, 2013
June 16th, 2013
Chris leads 40-35. Double skinzz.
If you are back from Egypt, then please enter your picks for Sunday, Father's Day, 6/16.
If you are back from Egypt, then please enter your picks for Sunday, Father's Day, 6/16.
June 15, 2013
June 14, 2013
June 13, 2013
My New Hero
Nevermind all the strikeouts. Rob Deer 2.0 is here. 93 Ks on the year but hit his 13th HR to take the lead for the 'Stros on Wednesday night.
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| Vernon Christopher Carter. Belting a home run against another sellout crowd in Seattle. |
June 12, 2013
June 11, 2013
June 10, 2013
June 9, 2013
June 8, 2013
June 7, 2013
June 6, 2013
June 5, 2013
June 4, 2013
June 3, 2013
June 2, 2013
June 1, 2013
May 31, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 29, 2013
May 28, 2013
May 26, 2013
May 25, 2013
May 25th, 2013
Chris leads 27-24. QUAD Skinz for Saturday 5/25.
Last Saturday of the Month. We get to choose one matchup for the other person as well.
Good Luck, Pal!
Last Saturday of the Month. We get to choose one matchup for the other person as well.
Good Luck, Pal!
May 24, 2013
May 23, 2013
May 23rd, 2013
Chris leads 27-24. Double Skinz for Thursday 5/23.
Only 5 games are being played today so you must pick a winner of each matchup. Back to back rules still apply. DT can be any of the 4 AL matchups or the NL matchup.
Only 5 games are being played today so you must pick a winner of each matchup. Back to back rules still apply. DT can be any of the 4 AL matchups or the NL matchup.
May 22, 2013
My New Enemy
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| Darvish, Butt Ranger |
May 21, 2013
May 20, 2013
May 19, 2013
May 18, 2013
May 17, 2013
May 16, 2013
May 15, 2013
Beware the Ides of May
Double Skinzzzzzzzzzz!!!!
Nick leads 22-21. Enter your picks carefully for Wednesday 5/15.
Nick leads 22-21. Enter your picks carefully for Wednesday 5/15.
May 14, 2013
May 13, 2013
May 12, 2013
Motherfuckers Day
Nick Leads 22-19. Single skin. Enter your picks just like I entered your mom last night.
Sunday 5/12/2013.
Sunday 5/12/2013.
My New Enemies
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| José Miguel Cabrera Torres & Justin Brooks Verlander. One didn't earn his paycheck in the first, the other didn't earn it in the ninth. |
May 11, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 8, 2013
May 7, 2013
May 6, 2013
May 5, 2013
May 4, 2013
May The Fourth Be With You.
Happy Star Wars Day.
Nick Leads 17-16. Single skinzzzz.
Enter picks for Saturday 5-4.
Nick Leads 17-16. Single skinzzzz.
Enter picks for Saturday 5-4.
May 3, 2013
May 2, 2013
Bold Predictions
Enter your bold predictions for a Team, a Month, a Player, or the Season.
A link to this post will be added over on the right for easy reference.
A link to this post will be added over on the right for easy reference.
May 2nd, 2013
Nick Leads 16-15. Single Skinz
Enter picks for Thursday, 5-2.
Txt Julie and tell her Happy Birthday.
Enter picks for Thursday, 5-2.
Txt Julie and tell her Happy Birthday.
May 1, 2013
May 1st, 2013
Score is tied 15-15. aka 0-0.
Single skinz. New month of picks.
Enter selections for Wednesday, May 1st.
Single skinz. New month of picks.
Enter selections for Wednesday, May 1st.
My New Enemy
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| Edwin Elpidio Encarnacion - Carrying 2 Invisible Trees |
Triple E launched a pair of 2 run home runs, one bomb landing in the 500 level of the Rogers Centre, and lifted the Jays over the red hot Red Sox on April 30th. It took the nearest fan twenty minutes to recover the souvenir.
April 30, 2013
April 29, 2013
April 28, 2013
April 27, 2013
April 27th, 2013
Nick Leads 14-12. Single Skins.
Enter picks for Saturday 4-27.
Please also select one matchup today that your opponent must decide a winner on.
Enter picks for Saturday 4-27.
Please also select one matchup today that your opponent must decide a winner on.
April 26, 2013
April 25, 2013
April 25th, 2013
Nick Leads 13-11.
Kindly submit your selections for Thursday 4-25.
A victory today will net you one solitary skin.
Kindly submit your selections for Thursday 4-25.
A victory today will net you one solitary skin.
April 24, 2013
April 23, 2013
April 22, 2013
April 21, 2013
April 20, 2013
April 19, 2013
April 18, 2013
New Enemy
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| Clayton Edward Kershaw. Serving up beach balls to the Padres |
Kershaw's Line from Wednesday's failure:
5.1 IP, 7 Hits, 5 runs (3 Earned), 4 BB, 5 K, 3 Home Runs.
April 17, 2013
April 16, 2013
My New Enemy
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| Eric William Stults. Occupation: Asshole |
A masterful performance on the mound and a 3 run jack at the plate to beat the Dodgers on Jackie Robinson day thus ruining my picks and costing me yesterday's skin.
April 15, 2013
April 15th, 2013
Nick 8-6. Solo Skins. Enter picks for Monday, 4-15.
Uncle Sam is the only real winner today.
Uncle Sam is the only real winner today.
April 13, 2013
April 12, 2013
New Rule!
Since this is our game, we can makeup new rules whenever we want. Here are the details of the new rule we discussed today and comment below if I messed anything up.
- On the last Saturday of each month, we get to select one MLB matchup that the other combatant must choose a winner.
- This will count as one of your daily picks (ie, this will be one of your AL, NL, or DT picks)
- You can select either team to win this matchup regardless if you selected that team the day before. (Normal back to back rules will apply after this matchup)
- First day of new rule will take effect April 27th.
April 12th, 2013
The race tightens as Nick has lost back to back double skinz days!
Nick still leads 6-5.
Victory will garner only a single skin this day.
Enter your picks for Friday, 4-12.
Nick still leads 6-5.
Victory will garner only a single skin this day.
Enter your picks for Friday, 4-12.
April 11, 2013
April 10, 2013
April 9, 2013
April 8, 2013
April 7, 2013
April 6, 2013
April 5, 2013
April 4, 2013
April 3, 2013
April 2, 2013
MLB Team Salary Infographic
March 31, 2013
March 30, 2013
Astros Baby!
Astros are going to kick the Rangers ass tomorrow night and announce their presence in the AL with a vengence.
March 28, 2013
Rules for 2013 season
Everything will stay pretty much the same.
- Pick 2 AL and 2 NL teams to win that day. Score 1 point for each correct pick.
- Pick any other team to win as your Double Trouble (DT). Scores 2 points for correct, -1 if incorrect.
- Maximum daily score of 6 points, minimum score of -1.
- Must pick every team at least one time each month.
- Cannot pick the same team to win on consecutive days.
- Season will start with the games on April 1st.
- Who ever scores the most points that day wins one skin.
- If we tie on any day, the skin carries over to the next day and the skins accumulate until one person is victorious and they receive all the skins that accumulated during the days that we tied. It resets back to one skin after someone wins.
- On days that the MLB has 5 or less games scheduled, you must pick a winner from each of those games. So plan ahead because the other rules still apply this day (no 2 in a row).
- If there are only 2 AL or NL teams playing in a day - this shouldn't be an issue because of interleague play happening every day this year. If it does we can discuss because it would be stupid to if we were forced to just pick those teams since we would both have made the same picks.
- Winner receives a free dinner (food and alcohol) all expenses paid by the loser.
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