← 2008 standings & weekly recaps
Week 2, 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 | New York Bubbs | 157.0 |
| Lowest score | 99% Domination | 69.0 |
| Biggest blowout | Brightleaf Yuppies | +53.0 |
| Heartbreaking loss | P RIVERS NAS NAS | −26.0 |
Standings after week 2
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 2-0 | 248.0 |
| 2 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 2-0 | 248.0 |
| 3 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 2-0 | 227.0 |
| 4 | Boston Baked Beans | 1-1 | 227.0 |
| 5 | Your Worst Nightmares | 1-1 | 180.0 |
| 6 | Big Gay Al | 1-1 | 169.0 |
| 7 | 99% Domination | 1-1 | 156.0 |
| 8 | The Penguins | 0-2 | 209.0 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0-2 | 162.0 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0-2 | 152.0 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 2
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.9255 | +0.11 | 1.9-0.1 |
| 2 | New York Bubbs | 0.8255 | +0.56 | 1.4-0.6 |
| 3 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.8024 | +0.56 | 1.4-0.6 |
| 4 | Boston Baked Beans | 0.7388 | -0.56 | 1.6-0.4 |
| 5 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.5594 | +0.11 | 0.9-1.1 |
| 6 | The Penguins | 0.5334 | -1.11 | 1.1-0.9 |
| 7 | Big Gay Al | 0.4822 | +0.33 | 0.7-1.3 |
| 8 | 99% Domination | 0.3779 | +0.67 | 0.3-1.7 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0.3499 | -0.36 | 0.4-1.6 |
| 10 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.2782 | -0.25 | 0.2-1.8 |
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 1-6 from Michael Chepul’s side across 7 meetings. In 2008, the teams were The Penguins and New York Bubbs.
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