RBI Drinking Game qualifier today!

[Gantry]

Me, Lips and Sperling are fighting for two spots.  Rack and Potsie qualify already by making the final last year.  Just bought 3 18-packs of Lite and Lipitz has arrived...

[Mr. Blubbo]

I hope to drop by around 8pm after work.  I am going back up to Wisconsin so I won't be able to stay long.  But long enough to see who is the most drunk and laugh at you fools.

[TbT]

is this a round robin er something? how does it play out.

i still say round robin fkn sucks.  its fruity.  i prefer round rooster!

[Mr. Blubbo]

Wait a sec...Lips is there already?  What time are you starting?  Will it be over by 8pm?

[Mr. Blubbo]

I miss TBT's smiley's.

[Mr. Blubbo]

Just saw the scroll.  4:30.  Play slow.

[Gantry]

Nobody has heard from Sperling since yesterday, so we may be running late...

We play each other three times, with 6 drinking games total.  I'll let Lips tell you the rules...

[Gantry]

2006 Dee-Nee RBI Qualifier

Today is the day of our 2006 Dee-Nee RBI Qualifier.  Three brave men will be competing for two spots in the 2006 Dee-Nee RBI Baseball Tournament TBD.   We hope to start playing around 5pm. 

There will be updating scores throughout the tourney.  Expect drunken commentary throughout, by both those playing and spectating (maybe Potsie). 

The video camera will also be out.

The Competitors:

   - Lips, aka Jamie
   - Sperling, aka Mark
   - Gantry, aka Gantry

Because Potsie and Rack made the finals last year, they automatically qualify for the Final Four and get to watch the others sweat it out. 

The Format:

With only three people playing, we are going to use a round-robin format with 3 games per series.  The official RBI Drinking Game rules are strictly enforced, making booze a huge factor.  Initial matchups/positions will be chosen out of a hat between 5pm and 6pm.

Schedule (9 games):
Game 1 of each series: 1v2 (#1), then 2v3 (#2), then 1v3 (#3)
Game 2 of each series: 1v2 (#4), then 2v3 (#5), then 1v3 (#6)
Game 3 of each series: 1v2 (#7), then 2v3 (#8), then 1v3 (#9)

Game 3 team/controller determination:
1. Head-to-Head record.  If someone is (2-0) in the head-to-head
series, he gets choice.  Otherwise, goto #2.
2. Total runs in the series.
3. Total homers in the series.

Qualifiers:
Top 2 records go to the Dee-Nee RBI Tourney (aka "the semis").

If there is a 2-way tie for second at (2-4):
The player who won the series between the two, will get choice of
team/controller in a 1-game playoff to determine the final qualifier.

If there is a 3-way tie for second at (3-3):
Game 4 of each series will be played.  The choice of team/controller
will alternate from the choice of Game 3.  If all teams tie again at
(4-4), then the qualifier will be completely replayed at a future
date Game 3 & 4 will be replayed round-by-round, until two qualify.

Feel free to leave any questions or comments you have.  This thread will be sticky and constantly updated as soon as we are close to starting the festivities.  Dee-Nee!!!

[Mr. Blubbo]

Score.  You probably won't start until 730.

Why even break out the video recorder since Lips never puts the material on the internets!

[Sperling]

Video camera has been turned on, names have been picked out of the hat...we are almost there folks.

Results of the first picks in each series:

Series 1:

GANTRY vs Lips

Series 2:

GANTRY vs Sperling

Series 3:

SPERLING vs Lips

Dee-Nee!!!

[Sperling]

Game 1 - Gantry (DET) vs Lips (BOS)

Top 1 - AT HR (first pitch), KG s, Evans s, Nokes s, Sheridan po, Bergman (early sub) GRAND SLAM, Whitaker go, TB go 
5 RUNS, 5-0
Bottom 1 - Armas po, Burks HR, Boggs go, Rice BOP s, Baylor 2-R HR, Evans s, Gedman go.
3 RUNS, 5-3
T2 - Alexander lo, AT fly out, KG HR, Evans po
1 RUN, 6-3
B2 - Hendu fly out, Clemens po, Armas po
0 RUNS, 6-3
T3 - Nokes HR, PS fly out, Bergman lo, Lou deep fly out
1 RUN, 7-3
B3 - Burks go, WB po, Rice go (2nd 1-2-3 inning)
0 RUNS, 7-3
T4 - TB s, Doyle go, Trammel 2-R HR, Gibson HR, Evans HR, Nokes go, HURST in for Clemens, PS go
4 RUNS, 11-3
B4 - Baylor HR, Evans HR, Gedman fly out, Henderson s, Hurst go, Armas go
2 RUNS, 11-5
T5 - Madlock (sub for Bergman) HR, Whitaker HR, Brookens s, Alexander go, AT 2-R HR (Gantry proclaims "he's firing on all cylinders" and I think he looks like Frank the Tank), KG fly ball BOP (demoralizing), Evans sure double play, doesn't throw to 2B - go, Nokes (Heath sub) 2-R HR, PS go
6 RUNS, 17-5
B5 - Burks fo, Hernandez pitching change, Boggs fly out, Morris pitching change, Rice HR, Baylor go
1 RUN, 17-6

SLAUGHTER!

Gantry 17 - 11 HRs,
Lips 6 - 5 HRs
     

[Lips]

I suck.  We are conducting interviews, and then onto Game 2, Sperling (?) vs Gantry (Det).

[Lips]

Had a couple problems there with the laptop.  Sperling's Cali opened with 3 runs, followed by Gantry's 3.  Mark gathered 2 more runs in the top of the 2nd.  Gantry scored 2 runs to tie it at 5 and then...AT homer, followed by KG homer, DE go, Nokes s, Sheridan fo to make the score 7-5, Gantry.

[Lips]

Reggie homer, Bread homer, Jones fo, xfactor go, Hendrick go.  7-7

Lemon go, Whitaker s followed by bop, Brookens fo, Alexander fo.  7-7 end of 3.

[Mr. Blubbo]

I'm jealous I can't be there to watch.

[Lips]

Smutton single, Fong bop force out at 2, DC strikeouts, Joyner go
Trammell homer, Gibby fo, DE go, Nokes homer, Sheridan foul out  9-7 Gantry/Det

[Mr. Blubbo]

Questions for Lips:

1)  "Lips so you get to recover from a game 1 ass whooping and think about your mistakes.  How are you going to better your record in game 2?"

2)  "Sperling was doing a lot of trash talking at the Cubs/Sox game on Friday when you weren't there.  Are you intimidated by his presence and what are you going to do to make him eat his own words?"

[Lips]

Reggie homer, Bread go, Ruperto homer, Scho go, Hendrick homer, Smutton s, Fong s, DC fo.  Mark up 10-9.
Lemon s, Whitaker force out at 2, Brookens force out at 2, King go.  Mark up 10-9 at end of 5.

The Karate Kid Soundtrack, song 2..."Bop bop dee-nee dee-nee"

[Lips]

I don't have time to think...posting all this shit.  "Danger!"  The KK soundtrack is fkn SWEET!!!!  The song when Daniel is running from Johnny in the costume is on.

Alright, back to the game...  Mark added 4 more runs in the top of the 6th.  Smutton reached first for the 4th straight time.  14-9 through 5 and a half.

Trammell fo, KG fo, DE homer, Nokes homer, Sheridan fo.  14-11 Det end of 6.

[Lips]

DC homer, Joyner go, Reggie fo, Bread strikes out.  MARK strikes out...AGAIN!  15-11, mid-6.

Mad Dog (sub) s,  Whitaker 2-run dong, Brookens go, Health (sub) foul out, Trammell Bunyans, Gibby ties it up.  DE fo.  Tie game at 15 with 2 innings to go.