← 2008 standings & weekly recaps
Week 1, settled.
Final scores, weekly indignities, and the standings after the dust cleared.
This recap is rebuilt from the recovered ESPN team-level scoreboard. Scores, opponents, standings, awards, power, luck and all-play are on file; weekly player ownership, starts, optimal lineups and bench decisions begin in 2018 and are intentionally omitted here.
Awards
| Highest score | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 113.0 |
| Lowest score | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 60.0 |
| Biggest blowout | Brightleaf Yuppies | +29.0 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Boston Baked Beans | −4.0 |
Standings after week 1
| 1 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 1-0 | 113.0 |
| 2 | Your Worst Nightmares | 1-0 | 107.0 |
| 3 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 1-0 | 101.0 |
| 4 | New York Bubbs | 1-0 | 91.0 |
| 5 | 99% Domination | 1-0 | 87.0 |
| 6 | Boston Baked Beans | 0-1 | 109.0 |
| 7 | The Penguins | 0-1 | 95.0 |
| 8 | Big Gay Al | 0-1 | 72.0 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0-1 | 70.0 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0-1 | 60.0 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 1
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.9889 | 0.00 | 1.0-0.0 |
| 2 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.8507 | +0.22 | 0.8-0.2 |
| 3 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.7570 | +0.33 | 0.7-0.3 |
| 4 | Boston Baked Beans | 0.7449 | -0.89 | 0.9-0.1 |
| 5 | New York Bubbs | 0.6305 | +0.56 | 0.4-0.6 |
| 6 | 99% Domination | 0.5643 | +0.67 | 0.3-0.7 |
| 7 | The Penguins | 0.5522 | -0.56 | 0.6-0.4 |
| 8 | Big Gay Al | 0.3467 | -0.22 | 0.2-0.8 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0.2747 | -0.11 | 0.1-0.9 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.1926 | 0.00 | 0.0-1.0 |
These are reconstructed from team scores and opponents only. Power uses the same model as every other season; luck compares actual wins with schedule-neutral expected wins; all-play is scaled to the number of games actually played.
Old business
The week’s most-established manager matchup. Through this game, the series stood 3-3 from Seamus McNeill’s side across 6 meetings. In 2008, the teams were Boston Baked Beans and The Penthouse Panda Bear.
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