Ordinarily, a post like this would not be necessary for those who wish to follow such things on Don Denton's excellent stats site. However, this year one of the top teams split its time between two locations and thus missed out on some of the Denton rankings, which are by site alone. For the record, then (and to give The Ragged Rascals their due), here are the top five Showdown teams in the four main categories with the Albuquerque group's stats aggregated into single team scores:
WINS 1. The Fellowship (BWW-Kent, OH): 11 2. Danny K's (Orange, CA): 6 2. Houlihan's-Westbury, NY: 6 2. Teaser's (Chicago, IL): 6 5. Big Guy's (Winnipeg, MB): 3 5. Tailgate (Minneapolis, MN): 3
Average Rank 1. The Fellowship (BWW-Kent, OH): 8.20 2. The Ragged Rascals (Albuquerque, NM): 12.27 3. Tailgate (Minneapolis, MN): 14.10 4. Danny K's (Orange, CA): 15.14 5. Mad River, New York, NY: 16.30
Average Score 1. The Fellowship (BWW-Kent, OH): 51,138 2. The Ragged Rascals (Albuquerque, NM): 48,587 3. Tailgate (Minneapolis, MN): 47,524 4. Danny K's (Orange, CA): 47,264 (5. BWW-Middletown, OH: 46,518--computer-assisted) 5. Houlihan's-Westbury, NY: 45,941
Place Points 1. The Fellowship (BWW-Kent, OH): 4,547 2. The Ragged Rascals (Albuquerque, NM): 4,525 3. Tailgate (Minneapolis, MN): 4,432 4. Danny K's (Orange, CA): 4,380 5. Mad River, New York, NY: 4,235
First of all, congrats to Tailgate for cracking the top three for what I believe is the first time ever. As for the Ragged Rascals, they are no strangers to the top three, but I'd like to draw attention to the margin between them and The Fellowship in Place Points: a mere 22 points. As near as I can tell, it is the second-closest margin ever, behind only the legendary A&M Roadhouse/Grand Slam duel of 2005, in which the New York team took the Place Points title by a single point.
Thanks to everyone for a great 2017 in Showdown, and for more great competition in 2018!
_________________ Anon "He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."
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