It's prediction time again, and you all know what that means, another chance to embarrass NewBert at RBO pick-em. Yes I have picked Empire/Bombers in every game they have played, but were they really bad picks? (Hybrids,RWNL,FlightNL were the opponents). Anyway, we saw a lot of great action last night and we are now down to four teams looking to take home Rotowire.com subscriptions and some cool sunglasses http://jroptics.com/.
Bombers vs Hybrids
I'm not even sure if it's that sunny in Sweden, but Toyboy will try and win himself some sunglasses nonetheless. Struggling with the stick against Junior03 last night, ToyBoy did not let it effect his defense, as the Swedish Stallion impressed once again in LF. The Hybrids manager needs GAWD to remain consistent. GAWD has shown flashes of becoming a consistent elite hitter but tends to chase and let himself be contained. Look for Toyboy and Gawd to try and hit either IPWN/KMAN of the Bombers. LordSmrf has also quietly been a consistent presence in that lineup. Hybrids will need all hands on deck to defeat Bombers tonight.
SniperX pitched his first solid Elite league game last night against Masters. He struck out 10 masters hitters in 7 innings of work. That performance puts him in the lead for "K/9" in the tournament. How did he do it? While I was interviewing Junior03 last night, the Masters manager, he brought up what the community will call "The SniperX shuffle". Somewhat like icing a hitter, SniperX steps off the mound and runs around after every pitch. Certainly not illegal, but Bombers hitters should not have a problem hitting through SniperX's 2-step. Nevertheless, the Hybrids Ace looks to impress more with a similar performance against Bombers.
Frogger surprised us all by showing up and playing in the 12-1 rout of RWNL, but today, he is definitely not going to be able to make it. It seems as if playing through his injuries made them significantly worse, so Frogger will not be manning RF tonight. Expect Big123 or EduaNYC to take the reigns in his place. SniperX has to hope that TheMan cools of before game time. Arguably one of the streakiest hitters in the game, TheMan has the ability to build on past great games with his incredible power to all fields. Jiraiya, the Dutch God of LF, looks to impressively man LF again. It should be a showdown of two of the best European Left Fielders tonight. Newly acquired D1Nonly2 has fit right in. The slender Dominican born outfielder was recruited for his defense and has surprised Bombers interim manager KMAN with his stick.
KMAN has quite the decision to make. Every manager would love to have this problem. Do you start IPWN (6ip 3 ER vs FlightNL) or yourself (6 IP 1 ER vs RWNL). The game may very well be decided by who takes the mound tonight but this reporter will go out on a limb and guess IPWN will get the start.
Melky's Prediction: Bombers 14 , Hybrids 6
Newbert's Prediction: Bombers 10, Hybrids 5
Melky's Players to Watch: Jiraiya , ToyBoy
Newbert's Players to Watch: TheMan, GAWD
T.Tech vs Carnage - Game of the Day
Spend some time on both of these teams ventrilo servers and you will come out thinking one thing. These teams are identical. Their vent servers are a closed, passworded safe-haven for their members. Not more than 12 people are on at once, and since Rage and Carnage cut ties it was relatively quiet. They laughed and joked with each other but remained a serious and mature demeanor. They gave each other crap and listening to another team communicate is interesting from the eyes of a manager. Both of these teams are incredibly tight-knit groups, and every one of the players who took the field last night was on vent. These two teams both feature a pitcher than can either shut you down, or get hit around. Both of these teams feature streaky offences and solid defense. This is going to be one hell of a game.
Why T.Tech will win:
T.Tech will win because somehow WCKDPERK was able to go 6 innings. He was able to control his stamina and hold Carnage to under 6 runs. In order for T.Tech to win, WCKDPERK can not choke under pressure, he can not falter like most rookie tournament pitchers do. T.Tech will hit, they always do, and after a 27 run outburst that was a league and tournament record, WCKDPERK should feel pretty good about his offense right now. In order for T.Tech to win, WCKDPERK needs to come up big.
Why Carnage will win:
Megatron comes out and pitches a gem as he did against flight. He also homers and helps his team out with his stick. In order for Carnage to win, Majewicz can not be subbed in for Ebola, because that means Ebola is struggling. Ebola needs to show why he is one of the better hitters in tournament play and he can not struggle in order for Carnage to win. bNutz has to continue to hit and hit well and this deep Carnage offense will be just fine.
Interviewing both team managers last night and they were pretty confident about the next round. It should be interesting to see if their players are as confident as they were. I'm going to go with T.Tech. T.Tech has no worries right now and all they need to do is "show up" as their manager suggested last night. Carnage has a lot on their plate. They played a close game with ReJected but clearly have some in-house issues distracting their ace and manager Megatron.
Melky's Prediction: T.Tech 7 , Carnage 4
Newbert's Prediction: Carnage 16, T.Tech 9 (HeadAke runs wild over the T.Tech pitching and knocks 4 HR's in the winning effort)
Melky's Players to Watch: ABSMOKE , Megatron
Newbert's Players to Watch: HeadAke, Baptiste
Good luck to all the final four teams!
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