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Brown Sox Make it Two-for-Two, win BSL Cup
Playoff Photos
Who's home, who's away in the playoffs?
BSL Cup Playoff Preview
Course Conditions have changed at Shuffleboard table
Victorious Secret in the playoffs after Make-Up Monday
Power Rankings: Week 5
Make-Up Monday Preview
Week 5 Recap: Key wins for Studs put them in the Playoffs
Photos from Week 5
Brown Sox Make it Two-for-Two, win BSL Cup
Posted April 3, 2009
The Brown Sox shocked BarSports Nation last year with their dramatic BSL Cup win. This year, they proved it was no fluke.
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Thanks to Lauren Scheller and Erik Morrison for the photos of last night!
Who's home, who's away in the playoffs?
To clarify what will likely be plenty of confusion, we will attempt to explain who gets to be the home team and the away team in the playoffs, as well as the order of sports and who gets to choose them.
0 commentsBSL Cup Playoff Preview
Now that the teams are set, we preview the playoff matchups and offer predictions.
0 commentsCourse Conditions have changed at Shuffleboard table
Make-Up Monday provided clarification on the brackets for the BSL Cup, but it also gave us a heads up that the Shuffleboard table plays differently than before.
0 commentsVictorious Secret in the playoffs after Make-Up Monday
Posted March 30, 2009
Victorious Secret advanced to the playoffs with a win in Pool, but was lucky to get it as Max De Paola scratched on the 8-ball.
0 commentsMake-Up Monday Preview
Posted March 30, 2009
Make-Up Monday isn't a day for reconciliation with those with whom you've quarrelled in the past. It's a day for annihilation and elimination.
0 commentsWeek 5 Recap: Key wins for Studs put them in the Playoffs
Posted March 27, 2009
The Keystone State Studs made an improbable comeback from a 2-5 start to make the playoffs in Week 5.
0 commentsPhotos from Week 5
Photos from Week 5 appear in the Slideshow below. Click on a photo to view larger versions that you can download in Becka's Picasa Web Album.
0 commentsNIT Consolation Tournament Format
For all the teams that don't make the playoffs, the NIT Consolation Tournament will provide a second chance for glory.
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: Drew Bonessa
Posted March 26, 2009
Drew Bonessa tells us what winning the BSL Cup would mean to the state of Pennsylvania, enlightens us on Pittsburghese, and makes a good short joke at the expense of his teammate in this week's In the Bulls-Eye.
0 commentsMailbag: Alcohol consumption vs performance curve explained
In this week's Mailbag, Erik handles more of your burning questions, such as whether the WFS is as good as they think they are, who was that chick behind Sun on LOST, and what the relationship is between alcohol consumed and performance.
0 commentsScratches and 8-balls: when to take what action
Posted March 25, 2009
This article is an attempt to clarify some confusion regarding cue ball and 8-balls in Pool.
0 commentsWeek 4 Recap: Six Teams Clinch Playoff Spots
Posted March 20, 2009
Another exciting week of action resulted in WFS, DHARMA, Murdered Out, EA Sports, RaiMarkable, and the Brown Sox clinching playoff spots.
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Photos from Week 4 have been posted. Click on any of them in the slideshow below to view full versions in Becka's Picasa account.
Sports Club Stats upgrades our Playoff Odds
Sports Club Stats has provided updated Playoff Odds that give us scenarios based on predicted outcomes of upcoming games.
0 commentsmildly excited replaces Meleney
Posted March 18, 2009
After Carlin Meleney announced his sudden retirement from BSL, team captain Pauline Yu was quick to name George Pradhan as his replacement.
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: Vini Azevedo of TWINS
Posted March 18, 2009
Vini defends his infamous plate-of-cheeseburgers profile pic, trash-talks with some classic Yo Mamma jokes, and shares at least one photo that may be NSFW in our weekly 'In the Bulls-Eye'
0 commentsMailbag: Morrison takes questions from BSL Readers
Because of the building popularity of Erik Morrison's Power Rankings, the editors at BSL.org have decided to try to make him into our very own BarSports Guy personality, like Bill Simmons at ESPN. In addition to his Power Rankings, he's going to take on your questions about a variety of topics in his weekly Mailbag.
To submit a question, email Erik at erik@barsportsleague.org
Power Rankings: WFS Still #1
The Whole Fuckin Show stays on top, EA Sports shows it's in the game, and the Keystone State Studs plummet to 13th in Erik Morrison's Week 3 rankings.
0 commentsWeek 3 Recap: Playoff Picture shaping up
Posted March 14, 2009
One team has already been eliminated from playoff contention, but everyone else is still alive. Several division races are heating up and there will be plenty of exciting action left to come.
0 commentsPhotos: Week 3
Photos from Week 3 have been posted below. Click on any of them to view full versions in Becka's Picasa account.
Week 3 Preview
Team Pokerface tries to prove the "haters" wrong, The Dart Bags have a new headband sponsorship deal, and SnorfaPorcaLorpus tries to channel Dan's "weirdness" into wins in the Week 3 Preview
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: Dan Bailin of Vicious SnorfaPorcaLorpus
Posted March 11, 2009
Dan Bailin delights us with tales of leprechauns, Harry Potter, and SnorfaPorcaLorpuses in this week's In the Bulls-Eye.
0 commentsInjury Report: Week 3
Weekly round-up of who's injured and whether it will affect their play. Send all injury updates to morgan@barsportsleague.org.
0 commentsBarSportsNation Polls added
Similar in concept but not nearly in breadth or depth to ESPN's SportsNation polls, Bar Sports League is introducing BarSportsNation polls to gauge the opinion and sentiment of sports fans on a variety of topics.
0 commentsPlayoff Odds Now Calculated
In a positive development for those stat-heads out there, Bar Sports League now calculates the % chance each team has of making the playoffs.
0 commentsPlayoff Format Un-mythed
So you're starting to take a look at the playoff brackets and you notice there could easily be a scenario where you wind up 8-4 and in second place in your division. And there's another team that's 8-4 and in second place in another division. And you wonder to yourself, who gets the #6 seed as the top 2nd-place team, and who has to play the dreaded one-game play-in?
0 commentsJustice Report: RaiMarkable's No-Show RaiSolved
Posted March 10, 2009
RaiMarkable's punishment for a no-show last week has come down from the Commissioner's office.
0 commentsPower Rankings: The Whole F'in Show is five-and-oh
Erik Morrison is back with his Power Rankings after Week 2. Putting a 5-0 team in first? Whoop-dee-do. Team Pokerface, at 4-1, in seventh and behind a 2-2 team? Now that's stirring up the pot...
0 commentsWeek 2 Recap: Pen!ses Limp, 'Secret' Victorious, and RaiMarkable Absent in Week 2
Posted March 6, 2009
Victorious Secret went 3-1 in their BSL debut to support their claim to the top spot in the Efren Reyes Division and Murdered Out knifed past the impotent S-Shaped Pen!ses in the Bob Miles Division in an exciting Week 2 of action.
0 commentsPhotos from Week 2 Posted
Photos from Week 2 have been posted below. Click on any of them to view full versions in Becka's Picasa account.
Week 2 Preview
Bar Sports League returns for Week 2. Will one team continue its RaiMarkable run? Will "si-thats yes in spanish" say "no más" to losing?
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: Team Pokerface
Posted March 4, 2009
Jeff Rothbard and Cleo Yang say they're the team to beat in the Barney division and Jeff talks about his Jumbo-sized inspiration in this week's 'In the Bulls-Eye'
0 commentsProjected Playoff Bracket Added
If the season ended today, who would be in the playoffs? The updated playoffs page tells you
0 commentsInjury Report: Week 2
Weekly round-up of who's injured and whether it will affect their play. Send all injury updates to morgan@barsportsleague.org.
0 commentsPower Rankings: A RaiMarkable Start to the Season
Erik Morrison offers the first of his weekly Power Rankings. Comments and disagreement are welcome and encouraged.
0 commentsWeek 1 Recap: RaiMarkable rises to the top
Posted February 27, 2009
In an opening week full of exciting play, it was RaiMarkable who jumped out to a 3-0 start in the Phil Taylor division.
0 commentsClarification on Pool rules: 8 ball off break WINS
There was some confusion about whether a team should win or lose when they sink the 8-ball off the break; we hope to clear that up here.
0 commentsShuffleboard Scores adjusted; now max score 15
Some shuffleboard game scores were re-centered after their games were played to accommodate the change in maximum score.
0 commentsPhotos posted from Week 1
Photos have been posted from Week 1. You can view them in the slideshow below. Click on any photo to view and download larger versions.
0 commentsSeaside Tavern ups the Ante: $2 Drafts! $4 Sliders!
Seaside Tavern must be impressed by BSL: they've agreed to close off the game room area and are offering us even better discounts on drinks and food!
0 commentsExcitement Abounds for BSL Opening Day
Posted February 25, 2009
Just one day away, BSL 2009 is generating a ton of excitement and buzz amongst the teams involved.
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: Erik Morrison
Posted February 25, 2009
Erik talks about his experience checking rabbit traps for dinner in college, exposes his partner's weakness in darts, and enlightens us about Australian beer in our second feature of "In the Bulls-Eye"...
0 commentsIn the Bulls-Eye: AJ LeGaye
Posted February 15, 2009
AJ is the lone survivor of last year's finalists, AJ+Brad, who lost to Morgan and Becka in an epic shuffleboard duel in the finals. He has replaced his teammate, Brad Calkins, with newcomer Josh Kernoff, and reveals in our first feature of '09 his hopes for the season as well as why his team is named 'The S-Shaped Pen!ses'...
0 commentsBSL partners with Seaside Tavern to extend happy hour
Bar Sports League Stamford-Norwalk has agreed with Seaside Tavern to extend happy hour pricing ($1 off all drinks) until 8:30pm on Thursdays.
0 commentsBar Sports League is Back!
Bar Sports League will return February 26 at 6:30 pm at Seaside Tavern in Stamford. Sign up today by contacting morgan@barsportsleague.org
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