← 2008 standings & weekly recaps
Week 5, 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 | Your Worst Nightmares | 127.0 |
| Lowest score | 99% Domination | 67.0 |
| Biggest blowout | Your Worst Nightmares | +31.0 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Big Gay Al | −1.0 |
Standings after week 5
| 1 | New York Bubbs | 4-1 | 565.0 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 4-1 | 503.0 |
| 3 | Boston Baked Beans | 3-2 | 581.0 |
| 4 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 3-2 | 553.0 |
| 5 | 99% Domination | 3-2 | 424.0 |
| 6 | Run and Hide | 3-2 | 388.0 |
| 7 | Your Worst Nightmares | 2-3 | 503.0 |
| 8 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 2-3 | 460.0 |
| 9 | Big Gay Al | 1-4 | 384.0 |
| 10 | The Penguins | 0-5 | 450.0 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 5
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Baked Beans | 0.7846 | -0.89 | 3.9-1.1 |
| 2 | New York Bubbs | 0.7827 | +0.44 | 3.6-1.4 |
| 3 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.7396 | -0.56 | 3.6-1.4 |
| 4 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.6873 | +1.22 | 2.8-2.2 |
| 5 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.6433 | -1.11 | 3.1-1.9 |
| 6 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.5558 | -0.25 | 2.3-2.7 |
| 7 | 99% Domination | 0.4934 | +1.56 | 1.4-3.6 |
| 8 | The Penguins | 0.4501 | -2.00 | 2.0-3.0 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0.4269 | +2.31 | 0.7-4.3 |
| 10 | Big Gay Al | 0.4159 | -0.67 | 1.7-3.3 |
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 5-3 from Ryan Mindell’s side across 8 meetings. In 2008, the teams were New York Bubbs and Your Worst Nightmares.
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