#bcb 2014

Rule III.3

Before the World Series begins, predict the total number of runs scored by both teams.

Rule IV.3

In the event of a tie, use run total predictions (from III.3 above) to decide outcome:

To decide the winner — whoever’s guess is closer.

To decide the loser — whoever’s guess is farther.

If both guesses are equally close, winner and/or loser will be decided by coin toss.

Today, at the end of my sixth class at a reputed Saint Paul elementary school, I decided to give the students my Game Seven pick.

By a vote of fourteen to two, their choice was the Kansas City Royals.

KC 1-0 Guthrie

One for the ages.

Of course this means that Benanav, trailing by five, will need to side with the Giants—and nail the game pick line—in order to force the tiebreaker.

These are the saddest of possible words: "Verlander, Scherzer, and Price" A trio of bear cubs, beaten by birds, "Verlander, Scherzer, and Price" Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Letting those Orioles pile on the doubles— Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble: "Verlander, Scherzer, and Price."

SAINT PAUL—By a margin of two votes to one, The Great Annual Big League Ballcap Bet Council has handed down the severest penalty in the contest's five-year history.

Citing two seasons of "shenanigans," the Council has banned 2012 Bet winner (and de facto loser) and 2013 loser William Riley until the postseason of 2016.

Riley's only option for reinstatement at this point is the little-known "Pizza-and-Beer Clause"—whereby he can issue a formal apology for his actions over the past two seasons, and purchase for the eight current Bet contestants not only pizza, but also some beer (hence the name of the clause).

The council stated that they took this action not to punish Riley, but to "send a clear message" to Bet contestants that "this aggression will not stand."

AL East: Boston Red Sox AL Central: Detroit Tigers AL West: Texas Rangers AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

NL East: Washington Nationals NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers NL Wild Card: Atlanta Braves over San Francisco Giants

ALDS 1: Red Sox over Rays ALDS 2: Tigers over Rangers NLDS 1: Cardinals over Braves NLDS 2: Nationals over Dodgers

ALCS: Red Sox over Tigers NLCS: Nationals over Cardinals

World Series: Washington Nationals over Boston Red Sox