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The Max trades in their PS3 for a coin

24 Oct

coin.jpgLoyal readers of The Max recall our coverage of the ALCS where we used our PS3 to predict the outcome of the series. Unfortunately, despite all of our technical advancements (including putting a man on the moon), the PS3 couldn’t predict that the Tampa Bay Rays were going to be good this year. That said, they had the Red Sox topple the young upstarts 4-0. Good job, PS3!

That absurd prediction forced The Max editors to toss their PS3 and dig deep into their pockets to predict the outcome of the World Series. That’s right, we’re using a coin. By the way, this is a complete ripoff of 1050 ESPN Radio’s Max Kellerman Show (gotta give credit when it’s due). Here’s the way our coin, which happens to have the World Series logo on it (yeah, we’re fancy over here), sees the Fall Classic taking place:

Game 1
Phillies (tails)

Game 2
Phillies (tails)

Game 3
Rays (heads)

Game 4
Rays (heads)

Game 5
Rays (heads)

Game 6
Rays (heads)

Rays win 4-2

Okay, so Games 1 and 2 have already been played. But should facts really get in the way here? I mean, come on; we’re using a coin to predict the World Series for goodness sake. Anyway, congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays, your 2008 World Series Champions.

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ALCS, PS3 Style

10 Oct

ortiz.jpgUnlike the NLCS, playing this series out on the PS3 pains us to great lengths. There is no way the computer is going to let the 25th ranked team (Rays) beat the 3rd ranked squad (Red Sox). So with that said, we will simply play out the rest of the series here and now. Because you’re a loyal reader of The Max, you already know that the Sox beat the Rays in Game 1 of this simulated series. Here’s the rest:

Game 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 10 16 1
Rays 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1

Red Sox lead series 2-0

W – Beckett, 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
L – Kazmir, 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

HR: Pedroia, Youkilis, Bay

Red Sox
Drew: 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
Bay: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
Youkilis: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, HR

Rays
Iwamura: 2-5, 1 R
Floyd: 1-4, 2 RBI
Crawford: 0-4

 

Game 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rays 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 1
Red Sox 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 X 9 11 2

Red Sox lead 3-0

W – Lester, 6.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
L – Garza, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K 
S – Okajima, 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

HR: Floyd 

Red Sox
Ellsbury: 3-4, 1 R, 4 RBI
Varitek: 3-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Pedroia: 0-5

Rays
Floyd: 1-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, HR
Iwamura: 0-5, 2 K
Crawford: 1-3, 1 R

 

Game 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rays 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 0
Red Sox 0 2 3 0 0 0 6 1 X 12 13 0

Red Sox win series 4-0

W – Delcarmen, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
L – Wheeler, 2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

HR: Drew, Ortiz, Navarro

Red Sox
Ortiz: 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR
Pedroia: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Youkilis: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI

Rays
Navarro: 1-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, HR
Crawford: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI

If we had any money, we’d send you some just for reading this far into the post. Truth is, we barely got this far ourselves. What a snoozer! Looks like PS3 has the Sox headed to the Series.

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ALCS Game 1, PS3 Style

10 Oct

tampa.jpgIn our continued attempt to bring you the outcome of post-season games before they are even played, we here at The Max world headquarters loaded our PS3 with the lineups for tonight’s game and let the computer do the predicting.

 

 

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Red Sox 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 6 13 0
Rays 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 10 1

 

W – Delcarmen, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
L – Percival, 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
S – Papelbon, 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

HR: Ortiz, Bay, Floyd, Upton

Red Sox
Bay: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
Ortiz: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, HR
Varitek: 2-4

Rays
Floyd: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 3 K, HR
Upton: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K
Iwamura: 0-5, 2 K

To be honest, we didn’t expect much out of the Rays in the PS3 version of the ALCS, seeing as the game ranks Tampa Bay as 25th in the league. But much to our surprise, it was relatively close. In the end, it was the Manny for Bay trade paying big dividends, as the Sox’ new left fielder got the best of Percival (yes, we know that Percival should not be playing in the ALCS, but we needed to make up for the Rays’ horrible ranking in the game. So we decided to keep him on the roster. Looking back, it probably wasn’t a great idea).

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