Scooter Chronicles

The last part of the answers, after some late questions.

My friend Brian asked the following:

How do you think the new expansion clubs are going to affect the AFL over the next couple of seasons and beyond?

I think overall, it will be good to have more teams. However, I think they will reach a limit where expansion beyond that would be silly. It’s obvious that the sport is doing well outside of Victoria, it’s “homeland” so to speak. Some of those teams have even won championships and rather quickly (if comparing them to St. Kilda, at least). But if they continue to push too far, they could start seeing more failures.

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I won!

In some respects it was anti-climatic. My team was doing very well and the Bombers were missing key players due to injuries. But I still wondered if for some reason my team would all of a sudden have a bad week. Glad they didn’t!

The second part of the questions are as follows ……

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From our friend John:

What do you think the Blackhawks chances of a second (back to back) cup are?

I think they are very slim. That’s not to say that the Hawks aren’t a formidable team. They are and will be for the prolonged future. But they had to let so many character guys go, plus Niemi, due to the salary cap, that I think this hurts them in the short term. The new faces will have to get acquainted with each other and it will take some time to build that chemistry with the core of Toews, Kane, Keith, and Seabrook. So I don’t think...

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Here are the answers to the questions from Roger:

Who will be the participants and winners of the next World Series, Super Bowl, and Stanley Cup.

Wow! These are tough. Especially the Super Bowl. The season hasn’t started and I’m not what you would call a huge, knowledgeable fan. But I’ll take a crack at them.

World Series: I’m going out on a limb and saying it will be a repeat of 2008 – Philadelphia Phillies v. Tampa Bay Rays. Betting against the Yankees is probably dumb, but what the heck. I just think the Rays are better managed, and that’s saying something since the Yanks’...

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For the first time in the history of my team, I won a playoff game!! My team has had a habit of being one of the perennial powerhouses during the regular season, but had always choked in the postseason. Now my team heads to the Grand Final (championship game)! We beat the Los Angeles Highwaymen this past week. They were the champs in 2008. However, we will be facing the Edmonton Bombers in the Grand Final. The Bombers will be making their sixth appearance in the Grand Final. (By the way, that’s every single one!)

Should be a good game.

I’m not one to really make a note of famous people passing away, but I have made a few exceptions. I have only seen two movies that James Gammon was in, but his performance/character were priceless in those two. That was of Lou Brown, manager of the Cleveland Indians in “Major League” and “Major League II”. He had the perfect delivery for such a position for these two movies. He left a real lasting impression on me. I don’t know why, but he just did.

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Just in case you are interested in knowing what this is all about (Roger …..?), this is what is going on.

Like any sports “fantasy” league, in particular American football, people have a roster of players and need to choose a line-up every week. Based on the stats of those players, they score points for your team. The fantasy league has a schedule to set up what team play against each other, and based on your points it is determined who “won” the game/match.

Our league is based on the players and stats of the Australian Football League, or AFL. The AFL, like the NFL, has games every weekend. Unlike the NFL, every team plays every week except for the AFL’s Split Week in the middle of the...

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Today’s the day.

Typically, the day after baseball’s All-Star Game is. Not that it really bothers me. With all the typical hype of whether Brett Favre is coming back to play again, or just how much Vegas says that Miami Heat will be the favorites now that LeBron, D-Wade, and Bosh signed on together, or the obligatory ramblings of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, I’m sure the boys at ESPN will find something to talk about.

And now I’m in first place all by myself. After a convincing 941-725 victory over Casey this past weekend. Big, big game against the Milwaukee Robins this week. This will be a good test for my team. Tony’s team is always fighting, and has been one of the better ones for a few years now.

Here is the ladder:

We had a two week round this time. At this point the AFL will have all sixteen teams play one game, but spread them over two weeks. Our league does the same (obviously) so that we can have a chance for all our players to score. And my team came up with the most points this week in our 1040-839 win over Berlin.

With the win, it put my team in first place. We are tied with Philadelphia due to our records, but have the edge in point differential by almost 3%.

Next week we take on Casey. Hopefully we can not only win, but try to put more distance in our point differential.

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