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Calling the Crabs (repost)

jay — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:39:00 +0000

The geniuses over at Couch Potato Productions have a new video for you. Enjoy!

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Sonny’s Spring Break

jay — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Sonny’s back from his annual Spring Break/Recruiting Trip to South Carolina and we’ll be bringing a whole new batch of Crabs to Poe on Friday March 30th. Which poses a great question- do you go with the ranked Crabs, the number 8s, the 57s, or the 75s? Or do you grab one of the newcomers, which always upset the apple cart during the months of April and May? One thing’s for sure, anybody has a chance to pick up some great prizes at the Hi Ho Again tomorrow night. So be there, I know I will!!

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DOWN TO THE WIRE!!!

jay — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:58:00 +0000

The Aggressive Homoerotic Unicorn Glitter Party strengthened their hold on 1st Place with a 1-2 finish on Thanksgiving Eve. They’ve got a 21 point lead on the 2nd Place Crustacean Sensations with 26 points available in the final 2 weeks of racing. The best hope for the Sensations is to show up this Wednesday early with 6-8 players and hope for a Unicorn shutout. Not impossible, but it’s going to be tough. We may all be singing the Unicorn anthem before the night is out! See you there!!

–Crab Wonk

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Crab Wonk

jay — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:11:00 +0000

Here’s a new feature for all you Crab Wonks wanting a little more analytics in your Crab Choosing just in time for our big Thanksgiving Eve Show. It’s the Crab Ranking Worksheet. It contains results from the most recent races, giving you the ability to “go deep” on your Crab picks. Here’s where it’s at, hover over the top of the “total” column for an explanation of how we rank the Crustaceans. Pick ’em around 7:30, race ’em at 8:00. See you there!!!

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Crab Wonk 9/15

jay — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:33:00 +0000

Hey Gang,
The Crabs return to Folkie’s tomorrow and I thought I’d give them a look to see if there are any trends. I’ll just preface this with a precautionary “none of this may mean anything”!

The big news is that Super Crab moves back to the Number One spot in the rankings after a three week absence from the finals. It’s widely thought that during those three weeks, Supe was forced out of his shell by the Crab that was #41. The Number Two ranked Crab, #41 failed to get to the Semis on Friday in Hoagland but his pattern has been to win in alternate weeks (although, as we said, that may have been Super Crab in the 41 shell).

The Third Ranked Crab, #5, didn’t win a race on the 11th, but has made the Finals in five of the last eight Races. The Number Four Crab, #71, looked strong last week with a Third Place on Wednesday and a win on Friday. I believe that Sonny said that the #84, currently ranked Fifth, is now #89 who took the First Race on Friday. Unfortunately that put him in the same bucket as the evening’s eventual Winner.

One last bit to chew on. In the last five Races, no more than two ranked Crabs have made the finals. Here’s the distribution on their Rankings-

#1- two times in the Finals
#2- zero times in the Finals
#3- one time in the Finals
#4- two times in the Finals
#5- three times in the Finals

I’m not sure if that last listing is a testament to the unpredictability of Racing Crabs or an indictment of the Ranking System itself!

I once asked my Daughter if she could use her Economics degree to figure a way to pick Crabs with some accuracy. Surely four years and sixty thousand dollars would buy me some sort of useful algorithm. She passed. Apparently, switching shells is hard to fit into a formula.

I can’t promise that any of this crap means anything, but I will go out on a limb on one thing- I’ll bet First Place will be worth more than $30 on the 30th. See you tomorrow.

djjj

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