Major League Baseball 2018 Season-Long PEEHS - Page 19 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

I was following along post by post, waiting for my name to show up. Ah, I must have picked freeman. No?. Oh, Aaron Judge for sure. Wait, I got an ace? Who was it? The last person picked Matt Olson? Shoot, I must have missed my name. Huh, I picked Matt Olson. Ok then.

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06-11-2018 , 09:55 AM

#452

MCS

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Aw yiss. Gonna screenshot this.

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06-11-2018 , 02:29 PM

#453

Priptonite

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21 pts... ouch lol

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06-29-2018 , 07:54 PM

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TJ Eckleburg12

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Who's here? It's time for a long overdue Question 8 REVEAL!

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8. Name a team that will have swept a 3- or 4-game series on the road by June 24

Apologies for the late reveal. Poor time management and school kind of all caught up to me at once, and I knew for this reveal it'd take some time to go through each schedule and find out who's correct, so I procrastinated about when I'd sit down and actually do it.

Graduation less than a month away though!

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06-29-2018 , 07:57 PM

#455

TJ Eckleburg12

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For this question, there were 31 correct answers, and 16 incorrect answers.

Of the MLB teams for the question, 21 teams were correct and 9 were incorrect.

As always, but especially for this question, you may want to double-check me, as it's entirely possible I made a mistake on this question.

We'll start by reviewing the incorrects first.

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06-29-2018 , 07:59 PM

#456

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The most popular incorrect answer was played by 9 people. They will not activate the mega-sheep penalty, because there is an even greater correct sheep. The Cleveland Indians lead the division, but haven't swept anyone on the road.

farmslicer7
GeoffRas22
gs3737
JMurder3
mrbaseball
that_pope
TheDarkKnight
tireuw
Zing Zing

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06-29-2018 , 08:01 PM

#457

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Our next most popular SHEEP was played by me and 2 others. Also buying into "The AL Central is gonna be turrible," I guess I thought the Minnesota Twins were turning a corner, but it looks like they're still not very good. They haven't swept anyone on the road.

Brian O'Nolan
Schlitz mmmm
TJ Eckleburg12

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06-29-2018 , 08:03 PM

#458

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Now we're down to the would-be ace hunters. Perhaps our most painful incorrect, AND a semi-homer pick, the Seattle Mariners haven't swept anybody on the road by June 24th. So of course, their first series after the deadline, they take 4 from the Orioles at Camden Yards.

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06-29-2018 , 08:05 PM

#459

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Our next incorrect is another "when homers go wrong" pick. The Chicago White Sox haven't swept anyone on the road.

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06-29-2018 , 08:06 PM

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Our next incorrect is another team that looks to be tearing it all down this year. The Kansas City Royals haven't swept anyone on the road.

bigben241

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06-29-2018 , 08:07 PM

#461

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Our final incorrect is the Toronto Blue Jays, who also haven't swept anyone on the road.

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06-29-2018 , 08:14 PM

#462

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Here are the 8 unplayed correct answers:

Atlanta Braves, swept @ NYM 5/1 - 3
Cincinnati Reds, @ LAD 5/10 - 13
Colorado Rockies, @ NYM 5/4 - 6
Los Angeles Angels, @ TEX 4/9 - 11
New York Mets, @ WAS 4/5 - 8
Oakland Athletics, @ TOR 4/17 - 20
Pittsburgh Pirates, @ DET 3/30 - 4/1
Texas Rangers, @ KC 6/18 - 20

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06-29-2018 , 08:15 PM

#463

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Argh I run bad at this question!

In year 1, I went with the Astros before they became THE ASTROS and they were incorrect, and the Braves were correct. In year 2, I go Braves, and they were wrong while the Astros ranged. And of course this year the Braves are an unplayed ace and I took those bums in Minnesota

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06-29-2018 , 08:17 PM

#464

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The SHEEP answer for this question was played by a whopping 10 contestants. The Washington Nationals didn't make for a lot of suspense on this question, as they swept the first series of the year in Cincinnati, 3/30 - 4/1.

GTBMuckface
Habsfan09
JonnyA
LFC_USA
nails
REDeYeS88
Rex Banner
True North
Vilica
yankeys316

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06-29-2018 , 08:19 PM

#465

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Our next most popular correct was played by 7 contestants. The Chicago Cubs completed the 4-game sweep of the Mets in Flushing on 4/30 - 5/3.

Cruizn63
DrunkIrish05
Gary Wise
NDfan
shaft88
thebigeasy59
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06-29-2018 , 08:20 PM

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Our next corrects are a pair of 4-point answers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sure got off to a cold start, but they've since righted the ship and swept the Padres 4/16 - 18.

Biesterfield
hard2tel
MCS
sixfour

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06-29-2018 , 08:21 PM

#467

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Our other 4-point correct is the reigning champion Houston Astros. They swept the White Sox back on 4/20 - 22.

Outdrawed84
Priptonite
Rococo
txdome

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06-29-2018 , 08:23 PM

#468

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Our next corrects are a trio of 3-point answers. After making a big move to get a bigger bat, the New York Yankees are officially back. They swept the Angels 4/27 - 29.

Bidz
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PunkRockHec

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06-29-2018 , 08:25 PM

#469

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I've been looking forward to this reveal since ... oh about week 1.

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06-29-2018 , 08:26 PM

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Our next 3-point correct is your NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks. They're getting healthier, and will hopefully give us an entertaining race in that division all year. They swept the Rockies at Coors 6/8 - 10

ec_outlaw
SeeTheMirage
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06-29-2018 , 08:27 PM

#471

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Our final 3-point correct is your NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. They also ended the suspense early and swept the Padres on the first series of the year, 3/29 - 31.

GregDC
Shoe
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06-29-2018 , 08:32 PM

#472

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Our next correct is a 2-pointer. The San Francisco Giants came to town and desecrated SunTrust Park, taking 3 from my Braves 4/4 - 6.

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06-29-2018 , 08:34 PM

#473

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Question 8 closes with 5 aces, which I'll reveal from chalkiest to face-meltiest. Congrats to the 1 person who was on the Boston Red Sox for this question, as they've been fantastic all year, and first swept the Angels 4/10 - 12 (and then just swept them again in Fenway).

TeeJayOrTJ