# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/41 "2010-04-26T17:27:44Z")
May be too late, but I think **Adrian Gonzalez** , Padres, can give me 2 more this week. ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/42 "2010-04-26T18:12:47Z")
Standings after week 3: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| ------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop | 7 75|M. Cabrera 1 29| | Ambihelical Hexnut| 6 67|D. Uggla 1 19| | Bootis | 6 74|A. Pujols 2 24| | wolfman | 2 69|J. Heyward 1 18|Up 2| Incensed | 2 79|M. Cabrera 1 29| | storyteller0910 | 1 40| |Dn 2| Munch | 55|C. Utley 24| | In total, our picks have hit 24 HR in 459 AB (5.23 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 6 HR in 143 AB (4.20 HR/100 AB) ``` Not much change in the leaderboard after another fairly slow week. **storyteller0910** and **wolfman** have switched places; with **wolfman** moving ahead of **Incensed** due to having fewer at bats. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/43 "2010-04-26T20:30:55Z")
I’ll take **Scott Rolen** , Cincinnati for this week. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/44 "2010-05-02T21:03:30Z")
Disregard the first 4 below; I’m going to keep a running list instead of guys I’ve used instead of having to scroll through the thread each week. 1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds **Week 5, Albert Pujols, Cards** ---
**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:** [May 2, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/45 "2010-05-02T21:38:24Z")
My pick for week 5 is **Adam Dunn (WSH)** ---
**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:** [May 3, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/46 "2010-05-03T17:45:39Z")
Standings after week 4: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| ------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop | 8 104|J. Upton 1 29| | Ambihelical Hexnut| 6 96|D. Lee 29| | Bootis | 6 96|A. Gonzalez 22|Up 1| Incensed | 4 103|M. Reynolds 2 24|Up 1| wolfman | 2 90|A. Pujols 21|Dn 1| storyteller0910 | 1 42|N. Cruz 2| | FoieGrasIsEvil | 23|S. Rolen 23| | Munch | 83|M. Kemp 28|Dn 1| In total, our picks have hit 27 HR in 637 AB (4.24 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 3 HR in 178 AB (1.69 HR/100 AB) ``` What a lousy week for most of us - no dingers at all except for Upton and Reynolds in Saturday’s game, and Nelson Cruz going on the DL meant \*\*storyteller0910 \*\* only got half a game out of him. **Bootis** moves up into a tie for second place, whilst **Incensed** moves above **wolfman** into fourth ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/47 "2010-05-03T18:10:30Z")
This week I’ll try Joey Votto, Cincinnati 1B. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/48 "2010-05-03T19:05:48Z")
Carlos Pena ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/49 "2010-05-03T20:16:08Z")
Chase Utley, PHI Woo hoo! You know, I strategically was looking to get no homers, but less at bats last week, and it gained me a tie for 2nd! ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/50 "2010-05-03T20:39:00Z")
Andruw Jones for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/51 "2010-05-03T21:34:07Z")
Paul Konerko ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/52 "2010-05-03T22:17:22Z")
wolfman week 5: Matt Holliday ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/53 "2010-05-04T00:22:07Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > Andruw Jones for me. I haven’t looked, and haven’t heard his name called this year…for some reason, after the spectacularly bad season he had last year, I thought he’d retired or something. Is he doing 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:** [May 4, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/54 "2010-05-04T00:59:41Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I haven’t looked, and haven’t heard his name called this year…for some reason, after the spectacularly bad season he had last year, I thought he’d retired or something. Is he doing well? He’s lighting it up. Had a really good April. Unlike me. STILL no HRs?! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/55 "2010-05-06T17:58:07Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Carlos Pena Carlos is currently 0-20 for the last week. I think I can do this! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/56 "2010-05-08T20:51:46Z")
Cabrera hit one last night but the game was rained out before the 4th inning. Does his homer count? He hit one. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/57 "2010-05-08T23:45:50Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Cabrera hit one last night but the game was rained out before the 4th inning. Does his homer count? He hit one. Nobody’s picked Cabrera (or anybody else that played in that game) this week, so the fact that that game was rained out is irrelevant. If, however, somebody’s pick plays in a rained out game, then I will go by the official stats. Since the stats for last night’s rain out were scrubbed out, that homer wouldn’t have counted. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/58 "2010-05-09T01:56:14Z")
> [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](#): > > Nobody’s picked Cabrera (or anybody else that played in that game) this week, so the fact that that game was rained out is irrelevant. > > If, however, somebody’s pick plays in a rained out game, then I will go by the official stats. Since the stats for last night’s rain out were scrubbed out, that homer wouldn’t have counted. Actually they aren’t. As of a couple years ago they just continue a suspended game. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/59 "2010-05-09T15:41:16Z")
Mark Teixeira ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/60 "2010-05-09T16:26:47Z")
Wolfman so far 1Ichiro:2Kubel:3Heyward:4Pujols:5MattHolliday week 6: Miguel Cabrera [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=4)