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My name is Riley, and I play drums and write music for a band called Thrice.

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In addition to my ramblings here, I write a piece for OC Weekly called "3hree Things" that runs every Tuesday, and I'm also writing over at Flip Collective on occasion.

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The Best Fails of 2011

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No big deal. All I need is 500 yards and six touchdowns from Maurice Jones-Drew. (Due to injuries, and a bad trade, this is the worst Fantasy Football team I’ve ever fielded.)

No big deal. All I need is 500 yards and six touchdowns from Maurice Jones-Drew.

(Due to injuries, and a bad trade, this is the worst Fantasy Football team I’ve ever fielded.)

WHOOPS! A Look Back At My 2011 MLB Predictions

Just as I suspected when I made my picks in March, I pretty much blew it. My picks were mostly horrible, aside from TOTALLY NAILING THE BRAVES RECORD. What do I win?

The most notable bed-shittings were: picking the D’Backs to be horrible (I wasn’t alone there), thinking the Orioles, Marlins & Rockies would be decent (DERP), and thinking the Twins, Brewers & Tigers would be pretty average (Meh-nesota). Oh, and thinking Adam Dunn would be a beast in Chicago and turn them into an AL Central championship team. (WHOOPS.)

I was within two wins on the Rays, Jays, Mariners, Nationals, Braves, Mets, Reds, Pirates, & Dodgers. And I only pessimistically predicted my beloved Angels to finish with three less wins than they did. So I’ve got that going for me. Which is nice.

Here those mostly horrible projected records, followed by the team’s actual record, followed by a +/ (wins) :

AL EAST

  1. Boston 97-65 // 90-71 (+7) 
  2. Tampa Bay 90-72 // 91-71 // (-1)
  3. New York 89-73 // 97-65 // (-8)
  4. Baltimore 83-79 // 69-93 // (+14)
  5. Toronto 80-82 // 81-81 // (-1)

 

AL CENTRAL

  1. Chicago 85-77 // 79-83 // (+6)
  2. Minnesota 84-78 // 63-99 // (+11)
  3. Detroit 83-79 // 95-67 // (-12)
  4. Kansas City 76-86 // 71-91 // (+5)
  5. Cleveland 74-88 // 80-82 // (-6)

  

AL WEST

  1. Texas 90-72 // 96-66 // (-6)
  2. Oakland 84-78 // 74-88 // (+10)
  3. Los Angeles 83-79 // 86-76 // (-3)
  4. Seattle 68-94 // 67-95 // (+1)

 

NL EAST

  1. Philadelphia 94-68 // 102-60 // (-8)
  2. Atlanta 89-73 // 89-73 // (E)
  3. Florida 86-76 // 72-90 // (+14)
  4. Washington 79-83 // 80-81 // (-1)
  5. New York 75-87 // 77-85 // (-2)

 

NL CENTRAL

  1. St. Louis 86-76 // 90-72 // (-4)
  2. Milwaukee 84-78 // 96-66 // (-12)
  3. Cincinnati 81-81 // 79-83 // (+2)
  4. Chicago 80-82 // 71-91 // (+9)
  5. Pittsburgh 74-88 // 72-90 // (+2)
  6. Houston 67-95 // 56-106 // (+11)

 

NL WEST

  1. San Francisco 91-71 // 86-76 // (+5)
  2. Colorado 85-77 // 73-89 // (+12)
  3. Los Angeles 83-79 // 82-79 // (+1)
  4. San Diego 78-84 // 71-91 // (+7)
  5. Arizona 76-86 // 94-68 // (-18)

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This pretty much sums it up.  (via AdamRiff)

This pretty much sums it up. 

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This wins the internet.

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Serene Branson vs. Bruce Almighty

The Steaming Shit Heaps That Are My Fantasy Football Teams

I’m not even going to bother explaining each pick or waiver move I’ve made, but here’s the gist of the situation…

I have two teams and my drafts happened simultaneously. (If you ever want to tie your brain in a meaningless knot, please try this some time. “Wait…who did I draft? For which team? Why does everyone have a bye week in Week 8? Did I really just draft Reggie Bush?”)

I studied for (maybe) two hours before the drafts, and CLEARLY will be ready for Fantasy Baseball by mid-November. Whoops.

Goodbye $100, and whatever fantasy-sports-geek-pride I had.

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