LetsPlay2 2005 Championship

October 3, 2005... final boxscore
Team R HR RBI SB TB Team W SV K ERA WHIP Score
Naperville MagicCups
61
10 38 9 150 Naperville MagicCups
8
12 86 2.60 1.01 4
Gotham City Golems
77
29 96 2 269 Gotham City Golems
6
11 123 2.67 1.01 5
Naperville MagicCups (104-100-16) Gotham City Golems (107-101-12)
Pos Batters R HR RBI SB TB  Pos Batters R HR RBI SB TB
C
J. Mauer (Min - C) 6 0 2 1 10
C
V. Martínez (Cle - C) 8 1 6 0 29
1B T. Helton (Col - 1B)  16 3 12 0 36 1B D. Ortiz (Bos - 1B)  10 4 16 0 32
2B M. Giles (Atl - 2B) 6 3 7 0 15 2B B. Hall (Mil - 2B,3B,SS) 7 1 5 0 32
3B H. Blalock (Tex - 3B) 3 1 5 0 13 3B B. Inge (Det - C,3B,OF) 3 3 5 0 24
SS R. Furcal (Atl - SS) 10 1 4 4 24 SS É. Rentería (Bos - SS) 11 1 9 0 24
OF C. Crawford (TB - OF)  5 0 1 2 9 OF V. Guerrero (LAA - OF) 5 1 5 0 14
OF I. Suzuki (Sea - OF)  4 0 0 1 21 OF J. Bay (Pit - OF)  7 2 11 2 22
OF S. Green (Ari - 1B,OF) 3 0 0 1 11 OF M. Ramírez (Bos - OF)  13 9 19 0 44
Util J. Giambi (NYY - 1B) 8 2 7 0 11 Util T. Hafner (Cle - 1B)  12 7 18 0 44
BN B. Bonds (SF - OF)  0 0 0 0 0
-- B. Roberts (Bal - 2B)  1 0 2 0 4
Pos Pitchers W SV K ERA WHIP Pos Pitchers W SV K ERA WHIP
SP
R. Johnson (NYY - SP)  3 0 16 1.69 0.80
SP
J. Vázquez (Ari - SP)  1 0 23 1.99 0.79
SP F. Hernández (Sea - SP)  0 0 12 2.81 1.06 SP B. Webb (Ari - SP) 2 0 23 1.66 1.02
RP J. Nathan (Min - RP)  0 5 9 0.00 0.40 RP B. Wickman (Cle - RP)  0 2 5 0.00 0.50
RP B. Lidge (Hou - RP) 0 5 7 3.24 1.08 RP B. Wagner (Phi - RP)  0 4 15 0.93 0.31
P H. Street (Oak - RP) 0 2 2 6.75 1.69 P T. Hoffman (SD - RP) 0 5 2 2.57 1.43
BN J. Peavy (SD - SP)  1 0 9 1.72 1.09 BN J. Suppan (StL - SP)  - - - - -
BN T. Glavine (NYM - SP)  2 0 17 1.06 0.53 BN J. Westbrook (Cle - SP) 0 0 14 3.80 1.31
BN T. Hudson (Atl - SP)  1 0 7 4.30 1.09 BN M. Buehrle (CWS - SP) 1 0 17 2.18 0.92
BN R. Oswalt (Hou - SP)  1 0 6 4.50 1.83 BN J. Towers (Tor - SP) 1 0 6 1.00 1.00
BN P. Martínez (NYM - SP) 0 0 1 3.60 1.60 -- J. Weaver (LAD - SP) 0 0 5 6.00 1.50
-- B. Zito (Oak - SP)  1 0 13 5.12 1.19

LP2 Championship Recap

An impossibly close finale to the 2005 season reached a controversial, implausible end... and a Gotham City victory.

The final pitching stats Sunday evening revealed a  1.006 to 1.012 lead in Whip for the upstart Naperville team.  This result would lead to a 5-5 tie and a Naperville win on the ERA tiebreaker. What was not revealed, however, were the Yahoo rules. This came the following morning.

Official Yahoo results tallied the Whip scores of Naperville and Gotham City a tie at 1.01. Yahoo strictly rounds all final statistics to 2 decimal places. The Whip tie at 1.01 to 1.01... meant a 5-4 Golem victory. The result was verified in an email from Yahoo fantasy headquarters (located in Peoria, oddly) where headmaster "Bruce" confirmed the ruling.

It was a great year. Congrats to the Golem and to the rest of us:

next year... yow, bill