Dee-Nee RBI Tourney today

[Gantry]

We are about 8 months late on our RBI tourney for 2009, so we are doing it today.  Gonna be a five man tourney as we have no time for a qualifier.  The entrants:

1) Gantry
2) Lips
3) Potsie
4) Sperling
5) Rack

Should be very interesting, but can't figure out a good format.  May have to do a one-game round robing or something - any ideas?

[ultimate7]

Pool play (each player plays everyone else, either once or twice).  Top two records in pool play for the championship

[Lips]

Alright, the festivities have begun.  The abbreviated 3-man qualifier is between Mark, Potsie, and Jason.  They will play each other two times.  The two best records move onto the real tourney.  If everyone is tied at (2-2), then the player with the biggest run differential will move on, while the other two play off in a 1 player tourney with team choice going to the winner of the one-on-one series.  Second tie-breaker is HRs/inning.

Mark (Det) and Pots (Bos) are up...

[ultimate7]

Holy shit, the qualifier is going to be at a huge inebriation disadvantage.

[Lips]

That second tie-breaker is for the automatic qualifier, if three teams tie at (2-2) and tie at run differential.

To determine the choice of team (if needed), run differential is determined by the one-on-one series run differential and then HRs.

[Lips]

Yeah, we are being nice...because we have been so bad in getting the 2009 tourney going.

So the qualifier tourney doesn't have drinking rules, but all three currently have a beer near.

[Darky]

2 SP tourney? This tourney sounds exciting, I'll be following it.

Early lines to win this Dee-Nee tourney...

Gantry -170
Potsie - 150
Lips  - 110
Rack +125
Sperling +135

[Lips]

Potsie is already 2/3 beers and 2/3 shots in...

[Lips]

2 or 3 (not 2/3rds)

[ultimate7]

2 SP tourney? This tourney sounds exciting, I'll be following it.

Early lines to win this Dee-Nee tourney...

Gantry -170
Potsie - 150
Lips  - 110
Rack +125
Sperling +135

the house is sure taking a lot of juice

[Gantry]

I'm winning this shit, Pots showed up half drunk and has the qualifier - he'll be 10-12 drinks in before the drinking rules start.  If he qualifiers, he's in for a world of hurt. 

Lips sucks, Rack sucks and Sperling is my boy but he can't beat me.  Therefore, I win

[Darky]

2 SP tourney? This tourney sounds exciting, I'll be following it.

Early lines to win this Dee-Nee tourney...

Gantry -170
Potsie - 150
Lips  - 110
Rack +125
Sperling +135

the house is sure taking a lot of juice

The lines will change as the drinking progresses...

[Lips]

Mark (dt) 13, 7 hr
Pots (bo) 8, 8 hr

[Re-Peat]

Pots showed up half drunk

I refuse to believe this.

[Lips]

Alright, late reply here as we had to move cars because of the snow and fear of getting towed.

Mark comes from behind to score 9 in the 7th and 8th to win 19-18.

Mark (dt) 19, 12 hr
Jason (bo) 18, 13 hr

[Lips]

Mark (2-0), +6 rd, 19 hr
Jason (0-1), -1 rd, 13 hr
Pots (0-1), -5 rd, 8 hr

[Gantry]

Potsie climbed to an early lead  off Rack thanks to 2 hits and 2 runs with LARRY HERNDON in his first two ABs.  May be the first time in tourney history Herndon got a hit in an official game.  3rd AB with Herndon up, runner on first and Pots puts in Sheridan.  Lips starts yelling at him that it was a mistake.  Sheridan fouls out (double play) and Lips hasn't let him heard the end of it.  Since that sub Potsie lost all momentum and Rack has the lead...

[Gantry]

Pots mounted a comeback in the 9th but it was too late:

Jason (Bo) - 15, 11 HRs
Pots (Dt) - 13, 9 HRs

Standings

Mark (2-0), +6 rd, 19 hr
Jason (1-1), +1 rd, 24 hr
Pots (0-2), -7 rd, 17 hr

[Lips]

Official Tourney song...

[Lips]

Dt (Pots) 18, 16 hr
Ca (Mark) 13, 8 hr

Mark (2-1), +1 rd, 27 hr
Jason (1-1), +1 rd, 24 hr
Pots (1-2), -2 rd, 33 hr