October 8, 2015
October 2, 2015
Another season gone and past...
As I sat in my living room last night and received a congratulatory text from Chris, I wondered how this season finished the way it did. I got up to an early lead in April and before I knew it, I was down by twelve in mid-May. Whether the California sun altered my choosing ability or the Padres game plan seeped into my brain, it seemed like a rather large hole to climb out of so early.
Then June happened and I found myself on the other end of railroad tracks, going into the 4th of July with a sixteen run lead, a lead that I never imagined myself losing. Chris, the good sport he is, rarely complained about his deficit, just continually picking away and never giving up hope. His persistence paid off as he started July off losing by sixteen and proceeded to win eighteen straight skinz, to take a two run lead by the 24th of July.
Again, I never imagined I would be down again, let alone losing my historic lead all in one month. Though, as skinz has taught us over the years now, it's that nobody is ever out of this thing until it is finally over.
The summer continued and as September approached we both changed leads multiple times, even coming to a head at the end of August being tied 70 a piece. This September was going to one that neither of us would ever soon forget. The month continued with both of us changing leads, hoping against hope that we could finally institute one of our tie-breakers or had a no-holds barred cage match to truly see who the victor of Skinz was this year.
In the end though, it came down to the Cubs and the kid, one team playing above their pay grade for yet another month in this season and a talented youngster, who still can't seem to figure out how to pitch outside of his home park. So even though this season has come to end, an end that saw the first ever appearance by the month of October, we rejoice in the fact that skinz will live on in 2016, a brand new season that cannot get here soon enough.
So when early April approaches and one of us knows we are forgetting something but can't quite put our finger on it, just remember, it's probably Thursday and the Cardinals are playing the Brewers. A day game that is just out of your reach and though you are bummed you can't use them as your DT today, you can take solace in the fact that it's a Thursday in April and Skinz is back in action.
Then June happened and I found myself on the other end of railroad tracks, going into the 4th of July with a sixteen run lead, a lead that I never imagined myself losing. Chris, the good sport he is, rarely complained about his deficit, just continually picking away and never giving up hope. His persistence paid off as he started July off losing by sixteen and proceeded to win eighteen straight skinz, to take a two run lead by the 24th of July.
Again, I never imagined I would be down again, let alone losing my historic lead all in one month. Though, as skinz has taught us over the years now, it's that nobody is ever out of this thing until it is finally over.
The summer continued and as September approached we both changed leads multiple times, even coming to a head at the end of August being tied 70 a piece. This September was going to one that neither of us would ever soon forget. The month continued with both of us changing leads, hoping against hope that we could finally institute one of our tie-breakers or had a no-holds barred cage match to truly see who the victor of Skinz was this year.
In the end though, it came down to the Cubs and the kid, one team playing above their pay grade for yet another month in this season and a talented youngster, who still can't seem to figure out how to pitch outside of his home park. So even though this season has come to end, an end that saw the first ever appearance by the month of October, we rejoice in the fact that skinz will live on in 2016, a brand new season that cannot get here soon enough.
So when early April approaches and one of us knows we are forgetting something but can't quite put our finger on it, just remember, it's probably Thursday and the Cardinals are playing the Brewers. A day game that is just out of your reach and though you are bummed you can't use them as your DT today, you can take solace in the fact that it's a Thursday in April and Skinz is back in action.
October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015
Nick leads 89-84. Double skinz for today. Make your picks for the first ever skinz game to take place in October!
September 30, 2015
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September 25th, 2015
Nick leads 85-83. Single skinz for Friday 9/25. I do not wish you good fortune.
September 24, 2015
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September 7, 2015
Labour Day
Chris leads 77-71. TRIPLE skinz for Monday, 9/7. I don't think I need to stress how critical of a day this is.
September 6, 2015
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July 29th, 2015
Tie ballgame 55-55. Single skinz for today. Make your picks for Opening Day Part II.
July 28, 2015
My New Enemy
The Cubs watched a 7-4 lead dwindle away by giving up 4 runs in the top of the ninth to blow the lead. It looked like Nick and your Humble Narrator were well on their way to the first Quad skinz of the year, keeping my win streak intact for at least another day. The Rockies just need to hold on!
And then, with one swift swing off the righty John Axford, the budding young future of the historic Cubs franchise announced his candidacy by hitting his first (of many to come) walk off home run. And with a unanimous vote of 1-0, I have declared Kris Bryant as my latest enemy. Ending my win streak at a paltry 18 skinz in a row and giving my lead back to my nemesis.
Nice win Nick.
And then, with one swift swing off the righty John Axford, the budding young future of the historic Cubs franchise announced his candidacy by hitting his first (of many to come) walk off home run. And with a unanimous vote of 1-0, I have declared Kris Bryant as my latest enemy. Ending my win streak at a paltry 18 skinz in a row and giving my lead back to my nemesis.
Nice win Nick.
July 27, 2015
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July 21st, 2015
Nicks barely leads 52-50. Single skinz for Chris to win today. Wait till I make my picks and then take the opposite of them to use as your picks.
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July 14, 2015
All Star Game 2015
We here at baseball skinz love the All Star game. Unlike MLB though, we are not going to go out of our way to try and make tonight`s game count for something. So have fun tonight and we will be back on Friday.
July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015
Nick leads 52-45. Single skinz for today. Make your picks for 7/12, the final game before the All Star Break.
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June 10, 2015
Tie game at 32-32. Double skinz for today. Make your picks (even though we already missed four games) for 6/10.
June 9, 2015
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April 30, 2015
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April 27, 2015
Chris leads 12-9. Single skinz for today. Make your very well thought out selections of today`s baseball game.
April 26, 2015
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April 17, 2015
Celebration Picks!
Nick leads 7-4. We are starting with Single Skinz!
Enter your picks here for Friday (4/17) - Tuesday (4/21) (or Wednesday if you want). This way we don't have to mess with this shit in LA.
Enter your picks here for Friday (4/17) - Tuesday (4/21) (or Wednesday if you want). This way we don't have to mess with this shit in LA.
April 16, 2015
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April 10, 2015
2015 Bold Predictions!
Here is where we will make our Bold Predictions for the 2015 season. Add what you want in the comments below. I will put a link to this on the right as well.
Lets start out with trying to pick who will be the division winners this year.
Also pick some other fun stat categories as well.
Lets start out with trying to pick who will be the division winners this year.
Also pick some other fun stat categories as well.
April 9, 2015
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April 6, 2015
Opening Day!
Let's do it baby! Good Luck my friend!
Score tied 0-0. Single skinz for Opening Day. Monday 4/6.
Score tied 0-0. Single skinz for Opening Day. Monday 4/6.
March 20, 2015
2015 Skinz is upon us!
Can you believe it is our 4th year in Skinz. We had a nail-biter in 2014! It came down to the last series of the year with Nick being victorious!
Lets just recap here. The same rules still apply as last year. The exception is number 11. We will make preseason predictions to settle a possible tie breaker situation at the end of the year instead of the cage fight. I also expanded upon rule 6 and added Rule 2.1 (which we talked about toward the end of the year).
The Rules:
Lets just recap here. The same rules still apply as last year. The exception is number 11. We will make preseason predictions to settle a possible tie breaker situation at the end of the year instead of the cage fight. I also expanded upon rule 6 and added Rule 2.1 (which we talked about toward the end of the year).
The Rules:
- No back to back picks unless forced into by rule 5. Plan ahead!!
- Must pick every team at least once per month. Exceptions being March and October.
- If the contest goes past September 15th, You cannot win the contest unless you have selected all teams for September.
- 5 picks per day. 2 AL and 2 NL picks worth 1 point each. 1 Double Trouble (DT) pick can be from either league and is worth 2 points for a correct guess and negative 1 (-1) for an incorrect pick. Max score per day is 6, low score -1. Who ever gets most points in a day wins one (1) skin.
- If score is tied on any day, the skinz up for grabs that day is then carried over to the next day until a clear winner emerges. The winner of that day then wins all accumulated skinz.
- Last Saturday of each month we get to choose a matchup that the other person must decide from.
- Any pick for a game that ends with a rainout or is suspended until a future date counts as ZERO (0) points on the day. This is regardless if they were DT or not. The pick still counts toward rule 2 and does not need to be repeated during the month.
- Picks must be posted by (and can be changed up until) game start time.
- If any day has less than 5 games, no DT is chosen.
- If any day has 2 or fewer AL or NL matchups, That league cannot be your DT. Extra selections from the opposing league are then allowed to fill in any shortages (must pick 5 games).
- Full season runs from April 6th to October 4th. Minus the 4 days off in July that is 178 days. First to 90 skinz is the winner.
- In the unlikely event that we tie 89-89,
a bare knuckle cage fight will be used to determine the winner. Predictions will be made in the next post titled "2015 Tiebreaker Predictions".
Good Luck Friend!
February 28, 2015
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