It's here... the first World Series consisting completely of teams based in ex-US States! That's right, for the eleventy-first time in a row you can root against the Houston Asterisks! Or, you can root against the Atlanta Baseball Team, which won about umpty-ump division championships in a row in the 90s and 00s but has just one (1) World Series win to show for it! Or maybe you are a fan of one of these teams and really want one to win! And depending on negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement, maybe it'll be the last World Series ever played. Or at least the last with pitchers hitting.
HOUSTON ASTROS vs ATLANTA BRAVES
Games 1-4 Oct 26-30
*Game 5 Oct 31
*Game 6 Nov 2
*Game 7 Nov 3
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| Money Value (% Incorrect): | 88 | 99 | 13 | 50 | 88 | 88 | 63 | 75 | 50 | 63 | 99 | 99 | |||
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| 2 | RobinJRichards | 226 | 81 |
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| 3 | KonkelT | 110 | 68 |
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| 4 | CoenM | 93 | 56 |
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| 5 | casketromance | 73 | 43 |
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| 6 | reallydumb4real | 45 | 31 |
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| 7 | DouglasLovesVixey | 28 | 18 |
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| 8 | KinkyIgloos | 15 | 6 |
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π Which team will win the 2021 World Series?
π Which player will be named World Series MVP? (In case of multiple winners, name any.)
βΎ Which team will use more pitchers? (If Jones pitches in Game 1 and Game 2, this counts as two pitchers.) (Clarification: players count for this if and only if they throw a pitch, including position players and excluding e.g.: pitchers who pinch-run in a game but don't pitch.)
β Add up the total strikeouts by both teams and divide by total number of games: What will be the average number of strikeouts per game in the World Series? Answers within 2 of the true number will be marked correct.
π§― Which starting pitcher will get the most outs in his longest start? (In case of a tie, name any.)
For all home run questions, inside-the-park home runs count. Little-league home runs do not. π· Which team will hit more home runs in the Series?
π Add up the total home runs hit by both teams and divide by total number of games: What will be the average number of home runs per game in the World Series? Answers within 1 of the true number will be marked correct.
β What percent of the total runs in the Series will score via home runs? Answers within 5 percentage points of the true number will be marked correct.
1οΈβ£ Which player will hit the first home run in the Series? (Remember that the Astros will be the "home" team in the first two games.)
π¦ΈββοΈ According to Baseball Reference, which player will have the highest cWPA (Championship Win Probability Added) for the World Series?
cWPA - Championship Win Probability Added: Sum of the differences in win expectancies for each play the player is credited with. Can be for a play, game, season, or career. This is displayed in percentage points. It is highly dependent on the context in which a player played. An Elite reliever (due to their high stress innings) on a contending team will have far more opportunities to impact their team's World Series win expectancy than a player on a last place team that is eliminated from posteason contention. Note that it is relative to average, so a 0 cWPA player is an average player.