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McCarroll21
05-26-2008, 02:09 PM
Braves-Nation.com MLB Poll - 5.26.08


The following poll was developed through a panel of 9 Braves-Nation.com members. The points were derived from the following very scientific system. Each first place team on each poll submitted received 30 points, the second place team received 29 points, etc. all the way down to the last place team on each poll receiving one point.

After all polls were submitted, the total points were tallied and the teams were ranked in descending order. In the event of a tie, we used the team's winning percentage as the tie-breaker.

The numbers you see below correspond with the amount of points each team received, not the order in which they were ranked.

In this week's poll, the Boston Red Sox re-took first place from the <strong>Arizona Diamondbacks</strong> as the two continue to trade the top spot in the poll. The biggest movers from last week's poll were: New York Mets (-7), New York Yankees (+6), Cleveland Indians (-6). The Atlanta Braves moved up four spots in this week's poll.<table class="tborder" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr align="center"><td class="tcat" colspan="3">Braves-Nation.com MLB Poll - 5.26.08</td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="thead" width="165">Team</td><td class="thead" width="100">Total Points</td><td class="thead" width="100">Average Points</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Boston Red Sox (3)</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">258</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">28.7</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Arizona Diamondbacks (2)</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">255</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">28.3</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Tampa Bay Rays (3)</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">252</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">28.0</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Chicago Cubs (1)</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">250</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">27.8</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Los Angeles Angels</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">228</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">25.3</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Florida Marlins</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">222</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">24.7</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">St. Louis Cardinals</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">214</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">23.8</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Chicago White Sox</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">202</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">22.4</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Atlanta Braves</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">197</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">21.9</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Houston Astros</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">190</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">21.1</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Oakland Athletics</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">186</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">20.7</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">184</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">20.4</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Los Angeles Dodgers</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">163</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">18.1</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Toronto Blue Jays</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">152</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">16.9</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Minnesota Twins</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">136</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">15.1</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Texas Rangers</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">129</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">14.3</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">New York Yankees</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">128</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">14.2</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Baltimore Orioles</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">122</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">13.6</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">New York Mets</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">107</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">11.9</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Pittsburgh Pirates</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">100</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">11.1</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Cleveland Indians</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">99</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">11.0</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Milwaukee Brewers</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">86</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">9.6</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Cincinnati Reds</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">70</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">7.8</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Detroit Tigers</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">57</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">6.3</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Kansas City Royals</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">53</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">5.9</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Washington Nationals</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">53</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">5.9</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Colorado Rockies</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">34</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">3.8</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">San Francisco Giants</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">28</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">3.1</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">Seattle Mariners</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">18</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">2.0</td></tr><tr><td class="smallfont" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">San Diego Padres</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">12</td><td class="smallfont" align="center" bgcolor="#d8d8d8">1.3</td></tr></table>Congratulations to bravesfan91 and <strong>vnodnarb</strong> for having submitted the poll with the closest correlation to the poll you see above!

Thank you to the following members for participating in this poll: bravesfan91, Chief Knockahoma, cjones1999, gobravez, jschafer5, JCStone7, lmartin6, McCarroll21, vnodnarb


If you would like to join our panel for next week's poll, send me a PM and we will get you set up to be included in next Monday's poll.

cjones1999
05-26-2008, 03:09 PM
Heh, I had the Rays #1.

gobravez
05-26-2008, 03:39 PM
Heh, I had the Rays #1.
as did I!

McCarroll21
05-26-2008, 04:25 PM
I'm the loser that ranked the Cubs first.

timmy
05-26-2008, 05:46 PM
Haha...we buried those friggin' mets last week.

BF91
05-26-2008, 05:51 PM
And I'm the third first-place vote for the Rays.

GrandMasterB
05-26-2008, 06:56 PM
Didn't get a chance to submit mine this week, but I would have had Boston at the top. I need to see Tampa Bay play at the level they're playing at for a little longer before I put them there.

MSU Bulldog
05-27-2008, 11:10 AM
I like to see the Braves moving up!

Great job guys!

nittanylionfan3
05-27-2008, 08:26 PM
Woot!!! Rays!!!
I love seeing them win. They've had too much losing in their history.

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