# 2010 MLB Home Run Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167 "2010-03-29T01:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/21 "2010-04-11T22:56:58Z")
Week 2- Evan Longoria Come on young O’s pitchers… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/22 "2010-04-12T01:29:47Z")
week 2= Jason Kubel ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/23 "2010-04-12T17:31:10Z")
Standings after week 1: ```auto |Season| Week | Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB| ------------------+------+-------------------+ Hawkeyeop | 4 20|N. Cruz 4 20| storyteller0910 | 1 17|C. Pena 1 17| Bootis | 1 26|V. Martinez 1 26| Munch | 8|A. Hill 8| Ambihelical Hexnut| 27|A. Rodriguez 27| wolfman | 28|I. Suzuki 28| Incensed | 29|M. Cuddyer 29| In total, our picks have hit 6 HR in 155 AB (3.87 HR/100 AB) ``` Nelson Cruz turned out to be a fantastic pick for **Hawkeyeop** - more homers than the rest of us combined! ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/24 "2010-04-12T17:47:32Z")
Week 2 - **Jason Bay** , NYM ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/25 "2010-04-12T22:26:42Z")
Week 2: Carlos Peña, Tampa Bay ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/26 "2010-04-18T15:56:22Z")
Well it looks like **Ambihelical Hexnut** is coming to the front, with **Hawkeyeop** holding on to the top spot. My only consolation is that Hawkeye’s already burned Nelson Cruz aka the Hydrogen Bomb of HR streaks. I finally got the skunk out 13 days in, so with eyes toward a rally I’m taking- **Week 3-Miguel Cabrera, Tigers** After a couple of weeks, we’ve got a pretty good idea of the shape of things-anybody else want to put an over/under number on **our winner’s total**? I’ll throw out the Maris number-61. BTW-Great coding OP, and thanks for putting this together. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/27 "2010-04-19T00:00:01Z")
My pick for week 3 is **Dan Uggla (FLA)** ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/28 "2010-04-19T00:19:44Z")
week 3, Jason Heyward. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/29 "2010-04-19T01:22:21Z")
I will go Cabrera as well. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/30 "2010-04-19T02:31:11Z")
Week 3: Chase Utley Kid’s on a roll. I’ll go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/31 "2010-04-19T16:44:28Z")
Standings after week 2: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| ------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop | 6 46|R. Braun 2 26| | Ambihelical Hexnut| 5 48|C. Utley 5 21|Up 3| Bootis | 4 50|C. Pena 3 24| | storyteller0910 | 1 40|J. Bay 23|Dn 2| Incensed | 1 50|E. Longoria 1 21|Up 2| wolfman | 1 51|J. Kubel 1 23| | Munch | 31|P. Fielder 23|Dn 3| In total, our picks have hit 18 HR in 316 AB (5.70 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 12 HR in 161 AB (7.45 HR/100 AB) ``` Things have picked up a bit after a rather slow first week. Only **Munch** is yet to get on the board, and some daylight has emerged between the top 3 and the rest. 5 homers for Chase Utley have catapulted me up from fifth to second place. The bottom half of the leaderboard remains extremely tight; and it may only take one more homer for Chase Utley to move **Munch** up from last place into fourth. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/32 "2010-04-19T19:00:51Z")
Week 3 - Albert Pujols, StL No homers in his last 24 at-bats, he’s too consistent to keep that up. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/33 "2010-04-19T19:38:15Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Week 3 - Albert Pujols, StL > > No homers in his last 24 at-bats, he’s too consistent to keep that up. > [@Munch](#): > > Week 3: Chase Utley > > Kid’s on a roll. I’ll go with it. Nice contrast in strategies. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/34 "2010-04-25T16:26:24Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > I will go Cabrera as well. Why I oughtta…how am I supposed to climb back in this thing? 😉 **Week 4-Mark Reynolds, D-backs** ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/35 "2010-04-25T16:51:45Z")
> [@Incensed](#): > > Why I oughtta…how am I supposed to climb back in this thing? 😉 > > **Week 4-Mark Reynolds, D-backs** Ooh Ari gets to play in Colorado. I’ll take Mark… eh how bout Justin Upton. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/36 "2010-04-25T22:48:40Z")
My pick for week 4 is **Derrek Lee (CHC)** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/37 "2010-04-26T00:32:02Z")
Matt Kemp ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/38 "2010-04-26T04:31:30Z")
OK, doing shitty. Gonna go with the bug guy Week 4: poo holes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/39 "2010-04-26T12:50:51Z")
So how long can I continue to pick power hitters and not get any HRs? I’ll admit - Fielder was a bad choice two weeks ago, he traditionally is a terribly slow starter. Aaron Hill was questionable, but he was raking in Spring Training, and I wanted to ride the hot hand. If I don’t get a dinger by the All-Star break, I’m going to start picking catchers and shortstops, just to see if I can catch lightning in a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/40 "2010-04-26T13:15:04Z")
So obviously, I missed Week Three. Oh, well. Back for Week Four. I’ll take **Nelson Cruz** , OF, Tex [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=3)