Last week, I looked at the first round of the 4th Annual Minors Monikers Madness Tournament. Now that the first round has passed us by, let’s take a look at how I did and then try to handicap the 2nd round.
In the Icicle Reader bracket I got three wrong. I thought number 11 Qualon Millender would upset number 6 Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg. I also didn’t think 4 Chorye Spoone would lose to number 13 Dock Doyle or number 5 Jetsy Extrano would lose to 12 Brett Butts.
In the second round, I like the following:
1 ZeErika McQueen over 8 Gift Ngoepe
12 Brett Butts over 13 Dock Doyle
6 Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg over 3 Yangevris Solarte
7 Diego Seastrunk over 2 Mark Hamburger
In the Farmer Works Bracket I only got two wrong. I thought number 6 Norris Hopper would defeat number 11 C.J. Riefenhauser and number 13 Josh Smoker would score the upset over number 4 Kila Ka’aihue.
In the second round, I like the following:
1 Sequoyah Stonecipher over 8 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
5 Sharlon Shoope over 4 Kila Ka’aihue
3 Stolmy Pimental over 11 C.J. Riefenhauser
2 Rowdy Hardy over 10 Atahualpa Severino
In the Razor Shines Bracket I also fairly mediocre, again missing two picks. I had number 6 Austin Bibens-Dirkx over number 11 Ben Tootle and number 10 Zechry Zinicola over number 7 Maverick Lasker. Neither one of those happened.
In the second round, I like the following:
1 Al Alburquerque over 8 Bubbie Buzachero
5 Tuffy Gosewisch over 4 Callix Crabbe
3 Didi Gregorius over 11 Ben Tootle
7 Maverick Lasker over 2 Shooter Hunt
Finally, in the Natty Nattress Bracket, I again had three wrong. This was a tough bracket with an extraordinary amount of upsets. For example, only two of the eight favorites won. I thought the 1 seed Forrest Snow would beat 16 Gookie Dawkins, the number 2 Skyler Stromsmoe would take number 15 Seth Schwindenhammer, and number 3 Stosh Wawrzasek would defeat number 14 Beamer Weems. That’s right, numbers one, two, and three all lost, as did four and five. The Natty Nattress Bracket sure was wacky.
In the second round, I like the following:
16 Gookie Dawkins over 8 Boomer Potts
13 Zelous Wheeler over 12 Sugar Ray Marimon
6 Hawkins Gebbers over 14 Beemer Weams
10 Petey Paramore over 15 Seth Schwindenhammer
In the first round I got 22 of 32 right. That’s not very good. I am hoping for at least 12 of 16 in the second round.
What do you folks think?
Al Alburquerque over Bubbie Buzachero? NEW HAMPSHIRE’S Bubbie Buzachero?
I might have to add a note to the beginning of this post – “The claims and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Bus Leagues Baseball, its staff or its advertisers.”
I thought I was part of the staff!
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