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Guess the Score Game: Week Twenty Five Results & Announcement

kevinapps is on a roll. His three Buc's scores last week resulted in his 7th weekly win of the year which ties the single season record. God Loves and Turner Ward Hits the Wall finished tied for second as the week's only other scorers.

kevinapps is also making a run for the all-time season standings. He needs 90 points to make the cut. Given the high variablity of the Pirates games scores this year, that would be an impressive feat.

Announcement:

It has been said, the most professional athletes "know" when it is time to retire, not that I am a professional athlete, but the time has come for me. Actually, the time came in June, but more on that later. You may have noticed how I have struggled with posting games and results in a timely manner. That has mostly to do with my insanely busy work schedule this year (60 hours + per week this summer). But also my heart is just not in it anymore and, for me at least, the "why" requires some explanation. Forgive my indulgence and I hope not to be banned for the following explanation.

Simply put, Bucs Dugout is not what it used to be. It still remains a Pittsburgh Pirates-based fan community, but I no longer feel it is my fan community. There have been trials, disagreements, and changes before, but, in June, something fundamental changed or I finally recoginized how much BD had changed. I am still not sure which.

The February Chiburgh incident really tested my sense of community. For the record, I do agree with her that the communty had gotten meaner and less tolerant since Charlie left. And there was definitely more sexist than the other SB Nation communities I frequent. However, the way she chose to address these issues was wrong.

At the time, I seriously considered cancelling season eight of the Guess the Score Game, but did not because I had made the committment and my sense of honor would not permit otherwise.

I was proud that the staff and community of Bucs Dugout committed to "cleaning up thier act" and did so over the next few months. Less cussing, more tolerance of opposing view, and however reluctantly, less sexism. BD was no longer any different than any other SB Nation website I frequent in terms of tone and tolerance.

In June, out of the blue, came Bloody Saturday. Michael Augustine, the new Sheriff, and Jenna, the BD Angel of Death, came to town with a mandate to clean up the community that had already cleaned itself up. By the end of the day, most of the long time active posters and writing staff were gone.

I felf betrayed.

At the time, I said that I was going to focus on enjoying the rest of the season (the Pirates were winning at the time) and would make a decision on continuing the Guess the Score Game in September.

September has come and my sense of loss for this community has not improved. I still can not bring myself to click on a Michael Augustine-authored post. The game participation numbers, never high, remain significantly down from June. I feel like both myself and the GSG are relics of the BD past. Bucs Dugout is emerging from this latest crisis as new and different community and I wish them the best.

I will be not be leaving Bucs Dugout as my budget will not permit getting my Pirates news elsewhere and the quality of the coverage remains very high. I might even comment some, but I can not continue to run the Guess the Score Game after this season.

Someone else is welcome to continue the game or improve it and make it thier own. I will be happy to give them the magic spreadsheet with the historical data.

To be clear, the game will continue through the end of this season. I will then do my usual end-of-season wrap up and finish with a final All-Time update. After all, good stories must have endings.

Please check your scores!

Thanks sooo much for playing, Good Luck, and Let's Go Buc's!

Season Totals
kevinapps 79
God Loves 69
Turner Ward Hits the Wall 57
Shaw Mines Road 49
JDC1949 49
Pittsburgh_Slim 47
Long John Silver 45
BringBackBonilla 42
BobDH 40
mindovermarte 40
Da Wolf at the Door 36
Clutch22 28
DG Lewis 21
PittsburghPinstripes 21
johnpes 10
Toppers 6
scottre66 2
yinzplosion 2
mark2510 2
Week Twenty Five Results
kevinapps 6
God Loves 2
Turner Ward Hits the Wall 2
Season Week 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
16 mindovermarte & God Loves (2)
17 kevenapps (10) God Loves (4) Tie x 6 (2)
18 Pittsburgh Slim (7) Clutch22 (6) Tie x 3 (4)
19 mindovermarte & kevinapps (6) Pittsburgh Slim (4)
20 mindovermarte, Pittsburgh Slim, Clutch22, and BobDH (4)
21 Shaw Mines Road and BobDH (2) None
22 kevinapps (4) Turner Ward Hits the Wall & Shaw Mines Road (2)
23 Shaw Mines Road (7) kevinapps (6) Tie x 5 (2)
24 God Loves (8) mindoveremarte & JDC 1949 (4)
25 kevinapps (6) God Loves and Turner Ward Hits the Wall (2)
Weekly Wins
kevinapps 7
Shaw Mines Road 5
God Loves 4
JDC1949 3
Pittsburgh Slim 3
mindovermarte 3
BobDH 3
Turner Ward Hits the Wall 2
BringBackBonilla 1
Toppers 1
PittsburghPinstripes 1
Da Wolf at the Door 1
Long John Silver 1
Clutch22 1

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