NFL - Top 10 Kickers of the past 30 years

With the upcoming Super Bowl it seemed fitting to provide a few more 30 Year lists to chew on.  Upcoming will be my Top 10 players from the last 30 years at Quarterback, Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End and Kicker.  My apologies to Ronnie Lott, Deion Sanders, Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor for my lack of lists with respect to defense.  When I run out of lists, your time will come.  I will start with the Kickers.

TOP 10 Kickers
10.  Mike Vanderjagt - He may be an idiot kicker, but he is also the 2nd most accurate kicker in NFL history.

9.  John Kasay - One of two southclaws on the list, does anyone even remember that he once kicked for the Seahawks?

8.  Ryan Longwell - Most of his career was spent kicking in far from superior conditions, but he still manages to sit 9th in field goal accuracy all-time.

7.  Jason Hanson - Longevity is likely helping Hanson offset the fact that it has been over 10 years since he has had to make an important kick.  Also a boost for his 44 for 79 from over 50 yards.

6.  Gary Anderson - 2nd all-time in scoring and 20th in accuracy.  I remember Anderson most for missing the most important kick of his career against the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game.  Also, Anderson was just 12 for 40 on kicks over 50 yards.

5.  John Carney - The 13th most accurate kicker in NFL history and 3rd leading scorer started his career with....the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

4.  Jason Elam - Co-holder of the longest FG in NFL history, Elam also made 80.7% of his kicks mostly outdoors.  Elam was also a long-range kicker, making 38 of 63 kicks from beyond 50 yards.

3.  Matt Stover - 4th in scoring, 8th in accuracy - Stover was a model of consistency for the Browns and Ravens.

2.  Morten Andersen - The Great Dane is the NFL's all-time leading scorer, although just 34th in accuracy.  Andersen was 40-84 career from over 50 yards, which is more makes than the more accurate Vinatieri (21), Stover (31), Longwell (34) and Carney (36) attempted in their careers.

1.  Adam Vinatieri - Not the most accurate (12th), not the most points (12th), but definitely the most clutch kicker of the past 30 years.  Vinatieri has the rings (4) and was a huge part of them, going 45 for 54 in 24 career playoff games.

Bracket Revised - January 26, 2011

I like this one a little better.  After doing some analysis, Butler does not have an at-large resume and with a Horizon league schedule, there is really no way to get one from here.  I bumped Washington State into the field instead. 

I also made a few seeding changes based on a formula I am using to calculate a teams strength of wins and severity of losses.  Basically, it takes a teams wins and assigns a point value based on the RPI of the team it beat.  There are 346 teams in D-1, so a victory over the #1 RPI team at home is worth 346 points.  There are diminishing returns as you go down, for example, a victory over the #30 RPI team at home nets you 290.43 points (317*(317/346)).  A team is also awarded 25 bonus for an away win and 12 bonus for a neutral win.  Losses work as subtractions from the total in the same manner.  An away loss to the RPI #1 team costs you 1 point.  An away loss to the #30 RPI team costs you 56.6 points.  A penalty of 12 points is subtracted for a neutral loss and 25 penalty points for a home loss.  The points are totaled and divided by the number of games to get the teams score.  To keep a level playing field, only 16 games are used to this point to keep everyone's average using the same divisor.  All losses are counted, so if a teams has 5 losses, I use only the 11 best RPI wins (essentially, they are evaluated as as 11-5 team).  This seems to eliminate some of the wins against poor RPI teams that are largely ignored by the committee.  The rankings using this method were posted in the previous blog entry.

Bracket Rankings - January 26, 2011

Updated Bracket (Correction of Error)

Here is an updated Field of 68.  I had Texas Southern listed twice in my first bracket, which made one less at-large team in the field.  The seedings have been updated to reflect games of Monday and Tuesday.  Wichita State joins the bracket as the team I forgot.  The only other change is Richmond replacing Virginia Tech, as the Hokies had a bad loss to Georgia Tech they seem to have every season.

Jabe's Bracket - January 24, 2011

Here is my first 2010-11 in-season Bracket.  There is still a lot of games to be played, but it was interesting to start taking a look at team's current resumes and discover which teams have given themselves much work to do in the next 7 weeks. 

Here are some inital observations:

Top Seeds
As it stands right now, San Diego State has earned a #1 seed in my analysis.  They likely have to remain undefeated to stay there, but I have them listed based on what has happened so far.

Last Four In - Play-in Games
Marquette, UCLA, Butler and Kansas State currently sit in this dubious spot, having to win a game to get into the field of 64.  With 7 weeks to play, these teams can either soldify their spot and move-up or remain in this bubble territory.

Last Teams Out
Wichita State, Central Florida, Richmond, Gonzaga, UAB, Miami, VCU, Maryland, Baylor, Penn State, UTEP.  Again, some of these teams will likely get hot and have resume inducing victories, others will fade away.  Central Florida is fading the fastest.

Big East
Currently 11 Big East teams in the field.  It is hard to believe it will end up being that many, but Marquette was not even the last out of my four play-ins, so their inclusion was warranted at this time.

Well, there it is for now.  I will be doing updates as we go along.  Feel free to comment on this, or if you have other blog topics or suggestions, please let me know.

2010 College Football Playoff

WhatifSports finally loaded 2010 college football teams, so it was time to see how my 16 team playoff would come out.  Each game was simulated as a best of seven series with one of the scores picked for display here (usually the last one, some a more representative one of how the series went).  The first round was at the site of the higher seed, with weather adjusted accordingly. The final 3 rounds were played on neutral fields.  The results were surprising.  So I did it again.  And although one first round game changed (Ohio State/LSU), the final four, final, and champion were exactly the same.  Here is how it went down:

Round 1
(1)  Auburn 28  (16)  Connecticut 16
(8)  Oklahoma 45  (9)  Michigan State 27
(5)  Wisconsin 27  (12)  Missouri 20
(13)  Boise State 27  (4)  Stanford 21
(3)  TCU 44  (14)  Oklahoma State 30
(11)  LSU 30  (6)  Ohio State 3
(7)  Arkansas 27  (10)  Virginia Tech 23
(2)  Oregon 35  (15)  Nevada 20

Quarterfinals
(8)  Oklahoma 38  (1)  Auburn 31
(13)  Boise State 31  (5)  Wisconsin 21
(3)  TCU 20  (11)  LSU 10
(2)  Oregon 49  (7)  Arkansas 42

Semifinals
(13)  Boise State  37  (8)  Oklahoma 28
(2)  Oregon 36  (3)  TCU 33

Final
(13)  Boise State 41  (2)  Oregon 21

30 Year Baseball Tournament - CHAMPION: 1990 CINCINNATI REDS

AL First Round

1991 Minnesota Twins (8) defeat 1993 Toronto Blue Jays (9) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  Minnesota 5, Toronto 1    Box
WP:  Jack Morris (1-0)  LP:  Dave Stewart (0-1)  SV:  Rick Aguilera (1)
HR:  Chili Davis (1), Kent Hrbek (1)
Game 2:  Minnesota 10, Toronto 3   Box
WP:  Kevin Tapani (1-0)  LP:  Pat Hentgen (0-1)
HR:  Ed Sprague (1), Chili Davis 3(4)
Game 3:  Minnesota 8, Toronto 3   Box
WP:  Scott Erickson (1-0)  LP:  Juan Guzman (0-1)
HR:  None

2002 Anaheim Angels (4) defeat 2008 Tampa Bay Rays (13) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Tampa Bay 7, Anaheim 4   Box
WP:  James Shields (1-0)  LP:  Al Levine (0-1)  SV:  Troy Percival (1)
HR:  Garrett Anderson (1), Bengie Molina (1)
Game 2:  Anaheim 9, Tampa Bay 0   Box
WP:  Jarrod Washburn (1-0)  LP:  Scott Kazmir (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 3:  Anaheim 8, Tampa Bay 6   Box
WP:  Al Levine (1-1)  LP:  J.P. Howell (0-1)  SV:  Troy Percival (1)
HR:  Darin Erstad (1), Brad Fullmer (1)
Game 4:  Anaheim 7, Tampa Bay 2   Box
WP:  Ramon Ortiz (1-0)  LP:  Edwin Jackson (0-1)
HR:  Garrett Anderson (2), Willie Aybar (1)

1982 Milwaukee Brewers (12) defeat 2005 Chicago White Sox (5) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Milwaukee 3, Chicago 2   Box
WP:  Dwight Bernard (1-0)  LP:  Mark Buehrle (0-1)  SV:  Rollie Fingers (1)
HR:  Charlie Moore (1), Joe Crede (1)
Game 2:  Chicago 4, Milwaukee 2   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (1-0)  LP:  Pete Vuckovich (0-1)
HR:  Ben Oglivie (1)
Game 3:  Milwaukee 5, Chicago 3   Box
WP:  Moose Haas (1-0)  LP:  John Garland (0-1)  SV:  Rollie Fingers (2)
HR:  Gorman Thomas (1), Ben Oglivie (2)
Game 4:  Milwaukee 7, Chicago 2   Box
WP:  Bob McClure (1-0)  LP:  Jose Contreras (0-1)
HR:  Ted Simmons (1)

2004 Boston Red Sox (6) defeat 2010 Texas Rangers (11) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Texas 4, Boston 3   Box
WP:  Cliff Lee (1-0)  LP:  Pedro Martinez (0-1)  SV:  Neftali Feliz (1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Boston 9, Texas 7   Box
WP:  Alan Embree (1-0)  LP:  Darren Oliver (0-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (1)
HR:  Manny Ramirez (1), David Ortiz (1)
Game 3:  Boston 5, Texas 0   Box
WP:  Derek Lowe (1-0)  LP:  Colby Lewis (0-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (2)
HR:  None
Game 4:  Boston 6, Texas 3   Box
WP:  Tim Wakefield (1-0)  LP:  Tommy Hunter (0-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (3)
HR:  Mark Bellhorn (1), Jason Varitek (1), Kevin Millar (1), Josh Hamilton (1), Nelson Cruz (1)

1989 Oakland Athletics (3) defeat 1997 Cleveland Indians (14) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  Oakland 10, Cleveland 0   Box
WP:  Dave Stewart (1-0)  LP:  Charles Nagy (0-1)
HR:  Jose Canseco (1), Mark McGwire 2(2)
Game 2:  Oakland 10, Cleveland 7   Box
WP:  Bob Welch (1-0)  LP:  Orel Hershiser (0-1)  SV:  Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR:  Manny Ramirez (1), Jim Thome (1), Mark McGwire 3(5), Dave Henderson (1)
Game 3:  Oakland 4, Cleveland 3   Box
WP: Mike Moore (1-0) LP: Bartolo Colon (0-1) SV: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: None

1985 Kansas City Royals (10) defeat 1983 Baltimore Orioles (7) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Baltimore 7, Kansas City 6   Box
WP:  Tippy Martinez (1-0)  LP:  Joe Beckwith (0-1)
HR:  George Brett 2(2)
Game 2:  Kansas City 7, Baltimore 2   Box
WP:  Charlie Leibrandt (1-0)  LP:  Scott McGregor (0-1)  SV:  Dan Quisenberry (1)
HR:  John Shelby (1)
Game 3:  Kansas City 10, Baltimore 2   Box
WP:  Bud Black (1-0)  LP:  Mike Flanagan (0-1)
HR:  Frank White (1)
Game 4:  Kansas City 12, Baltimore 3   Box
WP:  Danny Jackson (1-0)  LP:  Jim Palmer (0-1)
HR:  Frank White (2), Steve Balboni (1)

2001 Seattle Mariners (15) defeat 1984 Detroit Tigers (2) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Seattle 7, Detroit 2   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (1-0)  LP:  Jack Morris (0-1)
HR:  David Bell (1)
Game 2:  Seattle 4, Detroit 3   Box
WP:  Jamie Moyer (1-0)  LP:  Dan Petry (0-1)  SV:  Kazuhiro Sasaki (1)
HR:  David Bell (2), Chet Lemon (1)
Game 3:  Detroit 12, Seattle 2   Box
WP:  Milt Wilcox (1-0)  LP:  Aaron Sele (0-1)
HR:  Chet Lemon (2), Lance Parrish 2(2)
Game 4:  Seattle 1, Detroit 0   Box
WP:  Joel Piniero (1-0)  LP:  Juan Berenguer (0-1)  SV:  Kazuhiro Sasaki (2)
HR:  None

NL First Round

1997 Florida Marlins (9) defeat 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers (8) 3 games to 1
Game 1:  Florida 4, Los Angeles 0   Box
WP:  Kevin Brown (1-0)  LP:  Fernando Valenzuela (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Los Angeles 8, Florida 7   Box
WP:  Terry Forster (1-0)  LP:  Robb Nen (0-1)
HR:  Steve Sax (1)
Game 3:  Florida 7, Los Angeles 2   Box
WP:  Alex Fernandez (1-0)  LP:  Jerry Reuss (0-1)
HR:  Edgar Renteria (1), Charles Johnson (1)
Game 4:  Florida 3, Los Angeles 2   Box
WP:  Al Leiter (1-0)  LP:  Bob Welch (0-1)  SV:  Robb Nen (1)
HR:  None

1984 Chicago Cubs (13) defeat 2010 San Francisco Giants (4) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  Chicago 4, San Francisco 3   Box
WP:  Rick Sutcliffe (1-0)  LP:  Tim Lincecum (0-1)  SV:  Lee Smith (1)
HR:  Jody Davis (1)
Game 2:  Chicago 13, San Francisco 8   Box
WP:  Warren Brusstar (1-0)  LP:  Ramon Ramirez (0-1)
HR:  Leon Durham (1)
Game 3:  Chicago 5, San Francisco 3   Box
WP:  Warren Brusstar (2-0)  LP:  Ramon Ramirez (0-2)  SV:  Lee Smith (2)
HR:  Cody Ross (1), Gary Matthews (1), Ron Cey 2(2)

1990 Cincinnati Reds (5) defeat 2007 Colorado Rockies (12) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  Cincinnati 5, Colorado 0   Box
WP:  Jose Rijo (1-0)  LP:  Jeff Francis (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Cincinnati 4, Colorado 3   Box
WP:  Tom Browning (1-0)  LP:  Aaron Cook (0-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (1)
HR:  Ryan Spilborghs (1)
Game 3:  Cincinnati 8, Colorado 5   Box
WP:  Jack Armstrong (1-0)  LP:  Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (2)
HR:  Eric Davis (1), Paul O'Neill (1), Chris Sabo (1), Matt Holliday (1)

2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (6) defeat 2005 Houston Astros (11) 3 games to 2
Game 1:  Houston 10, Arizona 0   Box
WP:  Roger Clemens (1-0)  LP:  Randy Johnson (0-1)
HR:  Chris Burke (1), Jason Lane (1)
Game 2:  Arizona 3, Houston 2   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (1-0)  LP:  Chad Qualls (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 3:  Houston 4, Arizona 3   Box
WP:  Chad Qualls (1-1)  LP:  Troy Brohawn (0-1)  SV:  Brad Lidge (1)
HR:  None
Game 4:  Arizona 5, Houston 4   Box
WP:  Miguel Batista (1-0)  LP:  Brad Lidge (0-1)  SV:  Byung-Hyun Kim (1)
HR:  Reggie Sanders (1), Lance Berkman (1), Jason Lane (2)
Game 5:  Arizona 7, Houston 1   Box
WP:  Randy Johnson (1-1)  LP:  Roger Clemens (1-1)
HR:  Luis Gonzalez (1)

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates (14) defeat 1995 Atlanta Braves (3) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2   Box
WP:  Roger Mason (1-0)  LP:  Pedro Borbon (0-1)  SV:  Stan Belinda (1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 1   Box
WP:  Randy Tomlin (1-0)  LP:  Tom Glavine (0-1)
HR:  Jay Bell (1), Barry Bonds (1)
Game 3:  Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 5   Box
WP:  Roger Mason (2-0)  LP:  Steve Bedrosian (0-1)
HR:  Chipper Jones (1), Fred McGriff (1), David Justice (1), Javy Lopez (1), Barry Bonds (2)

1998 San Diego Padres (10) defeat 2008 Philadelphia Phillies (7) 3 games to 0
Game 1:  San Diego 6, Philadelphia 0   Box
WP:  Kevin Brown (1-0)  LP:  Cole Hamels (0-1)
HR:  Wally Joyner (1), Ken Caminiti (1)
Game 2:  San Diego 8, Philadelphia 5   Box
WP:  Scott Sanders (1-0)  LP:  Brad Lidge (0-1)  SV:  Trevor Hoffman (1)
HR:  Chase Utley (1)
Game 3:  San Diego 9, Philadelphia 6   Box
WP:  Joey Hamilton (1-0)  LP:  Brett Myers (0-1)  SV:  Trevor Hoffman (2)
HR:  Tony Gwynn (1)

1982 St. Louis Cardinals (2) defeat 1994 Montreal Expos (15) 3 games to 2
Game 1:  St. Louis 9, Montreal 7   Box
WP:  Doug Bair (1-0)  LP:  Mel Rojas (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  St. Louis 2, Montreal 1   Box
WP:  Jeff Lahti (1-0)  LP:  Tim Scott (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 3:  Montreal 8, St. Louis 3   Box
WP:  Jeff Fassero (1-0)  LP:  Steve Mura (0-1)
HR:  Cliff Floyd (1)
Game 4:  Montreal 11, St. Louis 4   Box
WP:  Butch Henry (1-0)  LP:  John Stuper (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 5:  St. Louis 3, Montreal 1   Box
WP:  Joaquin Andujar (1-0)  LP:  Ken Hill (0-1)  SV:  Bruce Sutter (1)
HR:  None

AL Round of 16

1998 New York Yankees (1) defeat 1991 Minnesota Twins (8) 4 games to 1
Game 1:  New York 3, Minnesota 2   Box
WP:  Mike Stanton (1-0)  LP:  Jack Morris (1-1)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (1)
HR:  Kent Hrbek (2)
Game 2:  New York 7, Minnesota 2   Box
WP:  David Cone (1-0)  LP:  Kevin Tapani (1-1)
HR:  Paul O'Neill (1)
Game 3:  Minnesota 6, New York 4   Box
WP:  Scott Erickson (2-0)  LP:  Mike Stanton (1-1)  SV:  Rick Aguilera (2)
HR:  Tino Martinez (1), Brian Harper (1), Shane Mack (1)
Game 4:  New York 7, Minnesota 6   Box
WP:  David Wells (1-0)  LP:  David West (0-1)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (2)
HR:  Joe Girardi (1)
Game 5:  New York 8, Minnesota 6   Box
WP:  Andy Pettitte (1-0)  LP:  Jack Morris (1-2)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (3)
HR:  Chili Davis (5), Bernie Williams (1)

1982 Milwaukee Brewers (12) defeat 2002 Anaheim Angels (4) 4 games to 2
Game 1:  Anaheim 3, Milwaukee 2   Box
WP:  Al Levine (2-1)  LP:  Mike Caldwell (0-1)  SV:  Troy Percival (2)
HR:  Troy Glaus (1), Brad Fullmer (2)
Game 2:  Anaheim 6, Milwaukee 5   Box
WP:  Lou Pote (1-0)  LP:  Rollie Fingers (0-1)
HR:  Ted Simmons (2)
Game 3:  Milwaukee 2, Anaheim 0   Box
WP:  Moose Haas (2-0)  LP:  Kevin Appier (0-1)  SV:  Rollie Fingers (3)
HR:  Ted Simmons (3)
Game 4:  Milwaukee 7, Anaheim 5   Box
WP:  Bob McClure (2-0)  LP:  Ramon Ortiz (1-1)  SV:  Rollie Fingers (4)
HR:  Gorman Thomas (2), Ben Oglivie 2(4), Jim Gantner (1)
Game 5:  Milwaukee 14, Anaheim 8   Box
WP:  Jerry Augustine (1-0)  LP:  Scott Schoenweiss (0-1)
HR:  Cecil Cooper (1), Don Money (1)
Game 6:  Milwaukee 10, Anaheim 6   Box
WP:  Moose Haas (3-0)  LP:  Jarrod Washburn (0-1)
HR:  Brad Fullmer (3), Robin Yount (1), Gorman Thomas (3), Mark Brouhard (1)

2004 Boston Red Sox (6) defeat 1989 Oakland Athletics (3) 4 games to 3
Game 1:  Boston 6, Oakland 5   Box
WP:  Pedro Martinez (1-1)  LP:  Dave Stewart (1-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (4)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Oakland 4, Boston 2   Box
WP:  Mike Moore (2-0)  LP:  Derek Lowe (1-1)  SV:  Dennis Eckersley (3)
HR:  Jason Varitek (2)
Game 3:  Boston 4, Oakland 1   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (1-0)  LP:  Bob Welch (1-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (5)
HR:  Jose Canseco (2)
Game 4:  Boston 10, Oakland 5   Box
WP:  Mike Timlin (1-0)  LP:  Gene Nelson (0-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (6)
HR:  Kevin Millar (2), Mark Bellhorn (2)
Game 5:  Oakland 3, Boston 2   Box
WP:  Rick Honeycutt (1-0)  LP:  Pedro Martinez (1-2)  SV:  Dennis Eckersley (4)
HR:  None
Game 6:  Oakland 13, Boston 3   Box
WP:  Mike Moore (3-0)  LP:  Derek Lowe (1-2)  SV:  Gene Nelson (1)
HR:  Jose Canseco (3), Mark McGwire (6), Dave Henderson (2), Jason Varitek (3)
Game 7:  Boston 4, Oakland 2   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (2-0)  LP:  Bob Welch (1-2)  SV:  Keith Foulke (7)
HR:  David Ortiz (2), Dave Parker (1), Dave Henderson (3)

2001 Seattle Mariners (15) defeat 1985 Kansas City Royals (10) 4 games to 1
Game 1:  Seattle 9, Kansas City 0   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (2-0)  LP:  Bret Saberhagen (0-1)
HR:  Ichiro Suzuki (1), Mark McLemore (1)
Game 2:  Seattle 4, Kansas City 3   Box
WP:  Jamie Moyer (2-0)  LP:  Joe Beckwith (0-2)  SV:  Kazuhiro Sasaki (3)
HR:  Frank White (3)
Game 3:  Seattle 9, Kansas City 2   Box
WP:  Aaron Sele (1-1)  LP:  Bud Black (1-1)
HR:  Lonnie Smith (1), Pat Sheridan (1)
Game 4:  Kansas City 5, Seattle 4   Box
WP:  Danny Jackson (2-0)  LP:  Joel Piniero (1-1)  SV:  Joe Beckwith (1)
HR:  Ichiro Suzuki (2), Dan Wilson (1)
Game 5:  Seattle 12, Kansas City 4   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (3-0)  LP:  Bret Saberhagen (0-2)
HR:  Edgar Martinez (1), Mike Cameron (1), Al Martin 2(2)

NL Round of 16

1986 New York Mets (1) defeat 1997 Florida Marlins (9) 4 games to 2
Game 1:  Florida 3, New York 1   Box
WP:  Jay Powell (1-0)  LP:  Roger McDowell (0-1)  SV:  Robb Nen (2)
HR:  None
Game 2:  New York 7, Florida 2   Box
WP:  Bob Ojeda (1-0)  LP:  Alex Fernandez (1-1)  SV:  Roger McDowell (1)
HR:  Mookie Wilson (1)
Game 3:  Florida 3, New York 2   Box
WP:  Robb Nen (1-1)  LP:  Doug Sisk (0-1)
HR:  Charles Johnson (2)
Game 4:  New York 4, Florida 3   Box
WP:  Sid Fernandez (1-0)  LP:  Al Leiter (1-1)  SV:  Roger McDowell (2)
HR:  Darryl Strawberry (1)
Game 5:  New York 6, Florida 5   Box
WP:  Dwight Gooden (1-0)  LP:  Kevin Brown (1-1)  SV:  Roger McDowell (3)
HR:  Ray Knight (1)
Game 6:  New York 9, Florida 1   Box
WP:  Bob Ojeda (2-0)  LP:  Alex Fernandez (1-2)
HR:  Len Dykstra (1), Darryl Strawberry (2), Moises Alou (1)

1990 Cincinnati Reds (5) defeat 1984 Chicago Cubs (13) 4 games to 1
Game 1:  Cincinnati 4, Chicago 3   Box
WP:  Jose Rijo (2-0)  LP:  Rick Sutcliffe (1-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (3)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Cincinnati 6, Chicago 5   Box
WP:  Norm Charlton (1-0)  LP:  George Frazier (0-1)
HR:  Jody Davis 2(3), Chris Sabo (2)
Game 3:  Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2   Box
WP:  Tim Stoddard (1-0)  LP:  Norm Charlton (1-1)  SV:  Lee Smith (3)
HR:  None
Game 4:  Cincinnati 10, Chicago 9   Box
WP:  Jack Armstrong (2-0)  LP:  Lee Smith (0-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (4)
HR:  Eric Davis (2), Ryne Sandberg (2), Ron Cey (3)
Game 5:  Cincinnati 4, Chicago 0   Box
WP:  Jose Rijo (3-0)  LP:  Rick Sutcliffe (1-2)  SV:  Rob Dibble (1)
HR:  Eric Davis (3)

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates (14) defeat 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (6) 4 games to 0
Game 1:  Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2   Box
WP:  Doug Drabek (1-0)  LP:  Randy Johnson (1-2)  SV:  Stan Belinda (2)
HR:  Andy Van Slyke (1), Mark Grace (1)
Game 2:  Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 7   Box
WP:  Randy Tomlin (2-0)  LP:  Curt Schilling (1-1)  SV:  Stan Belinda (3)
HR:  Barry Bonds (3), Orlando Merced (1), Luis Gonzalez 2(3)
Game 3:  Pittsburgh 8, Arizona 5   Box
WP:  Jerry Don Gleaton (1-0)  LP:  Erik Sabel (0-1)  SV:  Stan Belinda (4)
HR:  Mark Grace (2), Jeff King (1)
Game 4:  Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 4   Box
WP:  Bob Walk (1-0)  LP:  Albie Lopez (0-1)  SV:  Roger Mason (1)
HR:  Reggie Sanders (2), Barry Bonds (4), Orlando Merced (2), Mike Lavalliere (1)

1982 St. Louis Cardinals (2) defeat 1998 San Diego Padres (10) 4 games to 2
Game 1:  St. Louis 4, San Diego 3   Box
WP:  Doug Bair (2-0)  LP:  Kevin Brown (1-1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  San Diego 7, St. Louis 6   Box
WP:  Brian Boehringer (1-0)  LP:  Jim Kaat (0-1)  SV:  Trevor Hoffman (3)
HR:  Tony Gwynn (2), Lonnie Smith (1)
Game 3:  St. Louis 8, San Diego 4   Box
WP:  John Stuper (1-1)  LP:  Joey Hamilton (1-1)
HR:  None
Game 4:  San Diego 6, St. Louis 2   Box
WP:  Sterling Hitchcock (1-0)  LP:  Doug Bair (2-1)  SV:  Trevor Hoffman (4)
HR:  Greg Vaughn (1)
Game 5:  St. Louis 2, San Diego 1   Box
WP:  Doug Bair (3-1)  LP:  Dan Miceli (0-1)
HR:  Wally Joyner (2)
Game 6:  St. Louis 3, San Diego 2   Box
WP:  Bob Forsch (1-0)  LP:  Andy Ashby (0-1)  SV:  Bruce Sutter (2)
HR:  None

AL Round of 8

1998 New York Yankees (1) defeat 1982 Milwaukee Brewers (12) 4 games to 2
Game 1:  New York 9, Milwaukee 6   Box
WP:  Andy Pettitte (2-0)  LP:  Mike Caldwell (0-2)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (4)
HR:  Ted Simmons (4), Chuck Knoblauch (1), Bernie Williams (2)
Game 2:  Milwaukee 8, New York 4   Box
WP:  Pete Vuckovich (1-1)  LP:  David Cone (1-1)  SV:  Jim Slaton (1)
HR:  Paul Molitor (1), Ben Oglivie (5), Ted Simmons (5), Don Money (2)
Game 3:  New York 8, Milwaukee 5   Box
WP:  David Wells (2-0)  LP:  Moose Haas (3-1)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (5)
HR:  Cecil Cooper 2(3), Gorman Thomas (4), Ben Oglivie (6)
Game 4:  Milwaukee 8, New York 2   Box
WP:  Bob McClure (3-0)  LP:  Orlando Hernandez (0-1)
HR:  Chuck Knoblauch (2)
Game 5:  New York 9, Milwaukee 8   Box
WP:  Mariano Rivera (1-0)  LP:  Bob McClure (3-1)
HR:  Cecil Cooper (4), Gorman Thomas (5), Ben Oglivie (7), Don Money (3), Charlie Moore (2), Tino Martinez (2), Shane Spencer 2(2)
Game 6:  New York 17, Milwaukee 5   Box
WP:  David Cone (2-1)  LP:  Pete Vuckovich (1-2)
HR:  Chuck Knoblauch (3), Derek Jeter (1), Ben Oglivie (8)

2004 Boston Red Sox (6) defeat 2001 Seattle Mariners (15) 4 games to 3
Game 1:  Seattle 10, Boston 6   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (4-0)  LP:  Pedro Martinez (1-3)
HR:  John Olerud (1), Bret Boone (1), Mike Cameron (2), David Bell (3)
Game 2:  Seattle 9, Boston 3   Box
WP:  Jamie Moyer (3-0)  LP:  Derek Lowe (1-3)
HR:  Mike Cameron (3), David Bell 2(5)
Game 3:  Boston 15, Seattle 0
WP:  Curt Schilling (3-0)  LP:  Aaron Sele (1-2)
HR:  Johnny Damon (1), Kevin Millar 2(4), Trot Nixon (1), Orlando Cabrera 2(2)
Game 4:  Boston 7, Seattle 4   Box
WP:  Tim Wakefield (2-0)  LP:  Joel Piniero (1-2)  SV:  Keith Foulke (8)
HR:  Mark Bellhorn (3), Bret Boone (2)
Game 5:  Seattle 7, Boston 2   Box
WP:  Freddy Garcia (5-0)  LP:  Pedro Martinez (1-4)  SV:  Jeff Nelson (1)
HR:  John Olerud (2), Bert Boone (3), Kevin Youkilis (1)
Game 6:  Boston 8, Seattle 5   Box
WP:  Derek Lowe (2-3)  LP:  Jamie Moyer (3-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (9)
HR:  Edgar Martinez (2), Bret Boone (4)
Game 7:  Boston 9, Seattle 6   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (4-0)  LP:  Aaron Sele (1-3)  SV:  Keith Foulke (10)
HR:  Bret Boone (5), David Bell (6), Johnny Damon (2)

NL Round of 8

1990 Cincinnati Reds (5) defeat 1986 New York Mets (1) 4 games to 3
Game 1:  Cincinnati 5, New York 1   Box
WP:  Jose Rijo (4-0)  LP:  Dwight Gooden (1-1)
HR:  Eric Davis (4)
Game 2:  New York 4, Cincinnati 3   Box
WP:  Jesse Orosco (1-0)  LP:  Rob Dibble (0-1)  SV:  Roger McDowell (4)
HR:  Eric Davis (5), Paul O'Neill (2), Keith Hernandez (1)
Game 3:  New York 12, Cincinnati 5   Box
WP:  Ron Darling (1-0)  LP:  Jack Armstrong (2-1)
HR:  Kevin Mitchell 2(2), Mariano Duncan (1)
Game 4:  New York 4, Cincinnati 2   Box
WP:  Sid Fernandez (2-0)  LP:  Rob Dibble (0-2)  SV:  Roger McDowell (5)
HR:  Chris Sabo (3)
Game 5:  Cincinnati 1, New York 0   Box
WP:  Jose Rijo (5-0)  LP:  Dwight Gooden (1-2)  SV:  Randy Myers (5)
HR:  Paul O'Neill (3)
Game 6:  Cincinnati 9, New York 1   Box
WP:  Tom Browning (2-0)  LP:  Bob Ojeda (2-1)
HR:  Hal Morris (1), Eric Davis 2(7)
Game 7:  Cincinnati 4, New York 2   Box
WP:  Norm Charlton(2-1)  LP:  Doug Sisk (0-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (6)
HR:  Len Dykstra (2), Darryl Strawberry (3)

1982 St. Louis Cardinals (2) defeat 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates (14) 4 games to 1
Game 1:  Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3   Box
WP:  Doug Drabek (2-0)  LP:  Joaquin Andujar (1-1)  SV:  Stan Belinda (5)
HR:  None
Game 2:  St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3   Box
WP:  Bruce Sutter (1-0)  LP:  Roger Mason (2-1)
HR:  Gene Tenace (1)
Game 3:  St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 6   Box
WP:  Dave LaPoint (1-0)  LP:  Tim Wakefield (0-1)
HR:  Willie McGee (1), Keith Hernandez (1), Steve Buechele (1)
Game 4:  St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 2   Box
WP:  Steve Mura (1-1)  LP:  Bob Walk (1-1)
HR:  Darrell Porter (1), Barry Bonds (5)
Game 5:  St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2   Box
WP:  Joaquin Andujar (2-1)  LP:  Doug Drabek (2-1)  SV:  Bruce Sutter (3)
HR:  None

ALCS
2004 Boston Red Sox defeat 1998 New York Yankees 4 games to 3
Game 1:  New York 4, Boston 3   Box
WP:  Mike Stanton (2-1)  LP:  Alan Embree (1-1)  SV:  Mariano Rivera (6)
HR:  Jason Varitek (4), Tino Martinez (3)
Game 2:  New York 3, Boston 2   Box
WP:  Jeff Nelson (1-0)  LP:  Scott Williamson (0-1)
HR:  Manny Ramirez (2)
Game 3:  Boston 4, New York 3   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (5-0)  LP:  David Wells (2-1)  SV:  Keith Foulke (11)
HR:  Jorge Posada (1), Orlando Cabrera (3)
Game 4:  New York 11, Boston 9   Box
WP:  Jeff Nelson (2-0)  LP:  Mike Timlin (1-1)  SV:  Darren Homes (1)
HR:  Bernie Williams (3), Tino Martinez (4), Johnny Damon (3), Kevin Youkilis (2)
Game 5:  Boston 13, New York 7   Box
WP:  Pedro Martinez (2-4)  LP:  Andy Pettitte (2-1)
HR:  Kevin Millar (5), Dave Roberts (1), Derek Jeter (2)
Game 6:  Boston , New York 6   Box
WP:  Ramiro Mendoza (1-0)  LP:  Mike Stanton (2-2)  SV:  Keith Foulke (12)
HR:  Tino Martinez (5), Johnny Damon (4), Manny Ramirez (3)
Game 7:  Boston 5, New York 2   Box
WP:  Curt Schilling (6-0)  LP:  David Wells (2-2)  SV:  Keith Foulke (13)
HR:  Johnny Damon (5), Manny Ramirez (4), Mark Bellhorn (4), Orlando Cabrera (4)

NLCS
1990 Cincinnati Reds defeat 1982 St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2
Game 1:  St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 2   Box
WP:  Joaquin Andujar (3-1)  LP:  Jose Rijo (5-1)
HR:  Darrell Porter (2)
Game 2:  Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 5   Box
WP:  Tom Browning (3-0)  LP:  Bob Forsch (1-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (7)
HR:  Barry Larkin (1), Gene Tenace (2)
Game 3:  Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 4   Box
WP:  Tim Layana (1-0)  LP:  Jeff Lahti (1-1)
HR:  Willie McGee (2)
Game 4:  Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 2   Box
WP:  Danny Jackson (1-0)  LP:  John Stuper (1-1)
HR:  None
Game 5:  St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 3   Box
WP:  Doug Bair (4-1)  LP:  Rob Dibble (0-3)  SV:  Bruce Sutter (4)
HR:  Bill Doran (1)
Game 6:  Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2   Box
WP:  Rob Dibble (1-3)  LP:  Bob Forsch (1-2)  SV:  Randy Myers (8)
HR:  Gene Tenace (3), Hal Morris (2)

Major League Baseball Championship
1990 Cincinnati Reds defeat 2004 Boston Red Sox 4 games to 2
Game 1:  Cincinnati 6, Boston 2   Box
WP:  Rob Dibble (2-3)  LP:  Curtis Leskanic (0-1)
HR:  None
Game 2:  Cincinnati 12, Boston 8   Box
WP:  Norm Charlton (3-1)  LP:  Ramiro Mendoza (1-1)
HR:  Bill Mueller (1), David Ortiz (3), Jason Varitek (5), Orlando Cabrera (5), Eric Davis (8), Paul O'Neill (4), Jeff Reed (1)
Game 3:  Boston 3, Cincinnati 2   Box
WP:  Mike Timlin (2-1)  LP:  Norm Charlton (3-2)
HR:  Joe Oliver (1), Trot Nixon (2)
Game 4:  Cincinnati 23, Boston 13   Box
WP:  Rob Dibble (3-3)  LP:  Bronson Arroyo (0-1)
HR:  Hal Morris (3), Chris Sabo (4), Glenn Braggs (1), Todd Benzinger (1), Kevin Millar (6)
Game 5:  Boston 13, Cincinnati 1   Box
WP:  Pedro Martinez (3-4)  LP:  Jose Rijo (5-2)
HR:  Manny Ramirez 2(6), Orlando Cabrera (6)
Game 6:  Cincinnati 13, Boston 11   Box
WP:  Rob Dibble (4-3)  LP:  Keith Foulke (0-1)  SV:  Randy Myers (9)
HR:  Paul O'Neill (5), Manny Ramirez (7), Kevin Millar (7), Jason Varitek (6)

Will be back

Jabesblog will be back from his holiday/busy work schedule break soon with more blogs for 2011.  Bracketology is coming, the culmination of the MLB playoffs, and more lists and random thoughts.