Miss Gabrielle Starr, Lead Red Sox Beat Reporter, Boston Herald Newspaper. In winning she denies Mazz a shot at the Double Championship Crown for 2025. Thank you to all the voters. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
Who shall it be? Will Tony take the Tournament Double Crown, despite not being a horse? Oe will Gabby Starr announce her arrival as a local media legend? Voting will remain open until Midnight EDT. Play Ball!
(Oh yes, there’s also the consolation match.)
The votes are all tallied, and its Gabz versus Mazz! Current Herald vs. former Herald! The Baseball Hour vs. Girl at the Game! Youth vs. Experience! See you tomorrow for Championship Monday!
Wow!
Polls. Open until 12 Midnight EDT.
All chalk in the first round, except for the unstoppable object that is ‘Hogdale’. Round Two commences tomorrow Monday July 21st.
Please direct your attention to the seedings for the tournament, listed alphabetically by seed:
Seeded Eighth: Ian Browne, Jon Couture, Tim Healey, Jonny Miller.
Seeded Seventh: Mac Cerullo, Chris Cotillo, Jen McCaffrey, Sean McDonough.
Seeded Sixth: Steve Buckley, ‘Hogdale’, Sean McAdam, Mike Monaco.
Seeded Fifth: Will Middlebrooks, Kevin Millar, Jonathan Papelbon, Jim Rice.
Seeded Fourth: ‘ColeyMick’, ‘JustinMLB’, Tyler Milliken, Steve Perrault.
Seeded Third: Rob Bradford, Will Flemming, Matt McCarthy, Christopher Smith.
Seeded Second: Cooper Boardman, Tom Caron, Chad Finn, Tony Masserotti.
And, now, the Top Seeded competitors:
Pete Abraham, Jared Carrabis, Dave O’Brien, and Gabrielle Starr.
Bracket will drop tomorrow, Tuesday July 15th. Tourney to start Thursday.
We know from experience how much you all enjoy the annual March Sadness Tournament. But due to the calendar, the contestant pool is weighted heavily toward the sports then being played or just having concluded, hockey, basketball, and especially football. So the baseball writers, yakkers, and bloggers don’t receive their full attention. We aim to fix that.
Next week we will pit 32 members of the local baseball media against one another in a single elimination tournament in the style of our March Sadness/Mediot Madness event. Voters will decide who is the worst.
After all, it always comes back to baseball, Danny. The American Pastime. The beautiful game. The sport of kings. So good, so good. so good!
The Immaculate Grid, Boston sports media edition. This week’s theme, people who care way too much about the Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson gossip.
Current media members, local & national, in their present or previous job formats. There may only be one answer, and you can’t use anyone more than once. Best of luck.
In understandably light voting, we get the Felger VS. Mazz matchup. Yay.
Championship tilt Thursday, but for now, it’s Big Ted versus Kid Gas in the consolation match. Polls open until 8:30 EDT.
The Hateable Eight is now The Four You Deplore.
Region C winner: Ted Johnson. Region N winner: Mike Felger.
Region V winner: Christopher Gasper. Region T winner Tony Massarotti.
See you in the polling place come Monday. Enjoy the weekend.
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