# 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:** 5
**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 17, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/81 "2010-05-17T16:47:11Z")
Suck it, you hippies! ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/82 "2010-05-18T16:59:55Z")
Damn, Late again. Week 7: Dustin Pedroia, BOS ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/83 "2010-05-23T17:45:58Z")
Wolfman so far 1Ichiro:2Kubel:3Heyward:4Pujols:5MattHolliday6: MCabrera7:Victorino Hmm. Who should I lay the curse on this week, so many players I hate. How about week8: **Vernon Wells** ---
**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 23, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/84 "2010-05-23T19:57:50Z")
Sticking with the Blue Jays, I’ll take Alex Gonzalez for week 8. ---
**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 23, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/85 "2010-05-23T23:18:23Z")
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) **Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS)** ---
**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 24, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/86 "2010-05-24T01:45:33Z")
Week 1: Aaron Hill - 0 Week 2: Prince Fielder - 0 Week 3: Chase Utley - 0 Week 4: Matt Kemp - 0 Week 5: Carlos Pena - 0 Week 6: Mark Teixeira - 2 Week 7: Kendry Morales - 0 Week 8: Justin Morneau ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/87 "2010-05-24T03:02:48Z")
1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds 5 Albert Pujols 6 Dan Uggla 7 Ryan Zimmerman **Week 8, Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay** ---
**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 24, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/88 "2010-05-24T17:32:27Z")
Standings after week 7: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |14 185|R. Howard 2 25| | Ambihelical Hexnut |10 159|P. Fielder 1 24| | Bootis | 7 162|D. Pedroia 25| | Incensed | 7 178|R. Zimmerman 27| | The Other Jeffrey Lebowski| 5 62|J. Bautista 4 22|Up 3| FoieGrasIsEvil | 3 93|A. Pujols 23|Dn 1| Munch | 3 162|K. Morales 1 26| | wolfman | 3 165|S. Victorino 27|Dn 2| storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 53 HR in 1208 AB (4.39 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 8 HR in 201 AB (3.98 HR/100 AB) ``` It was a very good week for **The Other Jeffrey Lebowski** , the first time since week 2 that one of our picks has hit 4 HR. That performance has moved him up from eighth place to fifth, passing **FoieGrasIsEvil** , **Munch** , and **wolfman**. At one point last week **Hawkeyeop** was 5 homers ahead, the biggest his lead has been all season. ---
**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 24, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/89 "2010-05-24T22:40:26Z")
I’ll take Paul Konerko this week. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/90 "2010-05-25T14:19:53Z")
Oops forgot to pick. Let’s go Joey Votto. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/91 "2010-05-25T18:45:36Z")
I got a hunch- **Prince Fielder** is heating up. ---
**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 30, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/92 "2010-05-30T22:22:19Z")
Mark Teixeira ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/93 "2010-05-31T00:54:09Z")
David Ortiz ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/94 "2010-05-31T01:43:35Z")
1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds 5 Albert Pujols 6 Dan Uggla 7 Ryan Zimmerman 8 Ben Zobrist **Week 9, Robinson Cano, NYY** ---
**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 31, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/95 "2010-05-31T02:49:42Z")
Week 1: Aaron Hill - 0 Week 2: Prince Fielder - 0 Week 3: Chase Utley - 0 Week 4: Matt Kemp - 0 Week 5: Carlos Pena - 0 Week 6: Mark Teixeira - 2 Week 7: Kendry Morales - 1 Week 8: Justin Morneau - 0 Week 9: Jay Bruce ---
**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 31, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/96 "2010-05-31T11:03:37Z")
This week I’ll take Ryan Zimmerman. ---
**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 31, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/97 "2010-05-31T16:19:54Z")
My picks: Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS) **Week 9: Mark Teixeira (NYY)** Standings after week 8: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |14 192|J. Votto 7| | Ambihelical Hexnut |11 178|K. Youkilis 1 19| | Incensed | 9 204|B. Zobrist 2 26|Up 1| Bootis | 7 178|P. Fielder 16|Dn 1| The Other Jeffrey Lebowski| 6 85|A. Gonzalez 1 23| | wolfman | 5 189|V. Wells 2 24|Up 2| FoieGrasIsEvil | 3 116|P. Konerko 23|Dn 1| Munch | 3 179|J. Morneau 17|Dn 1| storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 59 HR in 1363 AB (4.33 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 6 HR in 155 AB (3.87 HR/100 AB) ``` Last week saw **wolfman** move ahead of both **FoieGrasIsEvil** and **Munch** into sixth place. **Incensed** also moved up, knocking **Bootis** out of the top 3. Not many at bats last week; our picks seemed to draw an awful lot of walks, and Joey Votto’s neck problem effectively ended **Hawkeyeop** ’s week on Tuesday. In fact, there were exactly the same number of homers and at bats as we had in week 1. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/98 "2010-05-31T18:53:13Z")
[quote=“wolfman, post:83, topic:534167”] Wolfman so far 1Ichiro:2Kubel:3Heyward:4Pujols:5MattHolliday6:MCabrera7:Victorino8:VWells Week 9: Mark Teixeira ---
**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 31, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/99 "2010-05-31T19:41:33Z")
I’ve already taken Tex, **Wolfman**. Apparently **Ambihelical Hexnut** also selected the Yankee first baseman. ---
**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 31, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/100 "2010-05-31T19:44:20Z")
Just realized that **Hawkeyeop** didn’t make his pick for last week until Tuesday so I need to remove Joey Votto’s stats from Monday. Here are the corrected standings after week 8: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |14 189|J. Votto 4| | Ambihelical Hexnut |11 178|K. Youkilis 1 19| | Incensed | 9 204|B. Zobrist 2 26|Up 1| Bootis | 7 178|P. Fielder 16|Dn 1| The Other Jeffrey Lebowski| 6 85|A. Gonzalez 1 23| | wolfman | 5 189|V. Wells 2 24|Up 2| FoieGrasIsEvil | 3 116|P. Konerko 23|Dn 1| Munch | 3 179|J. Morneau 17|Dn 1| storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 59 HR in 1360 AB (4.34 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 6 HR in 152 AB (3.95 HR/100 AB) ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=6)