Odds for 101 Teams by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 26]. It's Post Time. And there's the bell: they're off and running. Thank you, all, for entering in sufficient numbers (a record 101 teams) to push the odds of our long-shot S.W.A.T. to 10,000 to 1. And to push our favorite Nest of Spies to a mere 20-1 shot. I see that the Omens field has scared off the Nest of Spies from trying to score points in Hannibal. Wise decision (showing why they are the thinking man's team to beat). For those attending Omens, I'll see you in six days. Signing off, this has been your Happy Handicapper, Stuart Tucker.

The usual word of warning to those teams whose members are listed in red below: if you're not pre-registered by July 25th, you're outa the running. There's no walk-ons in the Team Tournament.

Self-Service Scoring: To improve the speed with which the standings are updated, Team Member, whether they score a point or not, should post their point totals on the Team Tournament kiosk Standings Board as soon as they are known. The Point Schedule is listed in the printed program. Those who score points in an event they have never won will receive one bonus point. While the self-service scoring is unofficial and subject to verification, it allows attendees to gain a current sense of where they are in the standings as the week unfolds. Since the results of some events are not known until the very end (and later) of the convention, the official scoring will be done the following week and posted here. The winning team will receive a plaque at the 2009 convention.

2009 Teams [as of July 25, 2009] Click on the graphic to see a larger version - Unofficial team logos courtesy of Dave Dockter
Team #: 49 Rank: 1 Power: 469 Odds: 20:1 James Pei/FTP Stefan Mecay/TWS Chris Byrd/PUG Dave Dockter/POG	Team #: 62 Rank: 2 Power: 333 Odds: 29:1 Bruce Reiff/WPS Jeff Mullet/SJN Nate Hoam/ALH K Wojtasczyk/WOR	Team #: 34 Rank: 3 Power: 232 Odds: 42:1 Gary Dickson/TRC S Dickson/MOV Ray Freeman/TIM Tom Gregorio/BTW	Team #: 19 Rank: 4 Power: 215 Odds: 45:1 Harry Flawd/SSB Devin Flawd/PDT Jordan Flawd/TTA M Yoshikawa/MMS	Team #: 58 Rank: 5 Power: 214 Odds: 46:1 Pete Stein/KRM D Gutermuth/EPB L Gutermuth/CAR K Gutermuth/WPS
Team #: 43 Rank: 6 Power: 211 Odds: 46:1 Doug James/TRC Jim Eliason/VIP Rich Beyma/WAT Rob Beyma/RBS	Team #: 90 Rank: 7 Power: 208 Odds: 47:1 Jason Levine/WPS Arthur Field/DOM Davyd Field/TKL Kate Taillon/BAT	Team #: 3 Rank: 8 Power: 206 Odds: 47:1 Keith Wixson/HRC M Birnbaum/WTP Tom Drueding/PUG Henry Rice/SUC	Team #: 38 Rank: 9 Power: 201 Odds: 49:1 Josh Githens/CMS Bryan Collars/ CBC Bill Beckman/SSB John Emery/UPF	Team #: 29 Rank: 10 Power: 200 Odds: 49:1 K Hunsinger/ATS Paul Risner/B17 Jim Jordan/BRI Bruce Monnin/TWS
Team #: 57 Rank: 11 Power: 199 Odds: 49:1 Tim Hitchings/EPB Vince Meconi/GBG W Rohrbeck/WSM V Hitchings/PRC	Team #: 20 Rank: 12 Power: 191 Odds: 48:1 F Pafenburg/B81 Bob Ryan/ANZ Randy Heller/BWD Phil Evans/TRC	Team #: 11 Rank: 13 Power: 189 Odds: 48:1 Marty Sample/ACS A Applebaum/VIP Dave Finberg/TTN Aaron Fuegi/TT2	Team #: 84 Rank: 14 Power: 188 Odds: 49:1 St Packwood/776 Rich Moyer/SSB Mike Backstrom/SET Sam Packwood/EPB	Team #: 18 Rank: 15 Power: 185 Odds: 49:1 Kevin Youells/ACV Greg Kulp/HWD Jeff Cornett/E&T Doug Galullo/DOM
Team #: 8 Rank: 16 Power: 183 Odds: 53:1 S Koleszar/TTN Luke Koleszar/ALH Dave Platnik/PRO Gerald Lientz/SCT	Team #: 44 Rank: 17 Power: 179 Odds: 55:1 Bill Dyer/FDE Brad Johnson/RRY Joe Abrams/MOV Gl McMaster/DUN	Team #: 53 Rank: 18 Power: 179 Odds: 55:1 John Poniske/812 Rick Young/TWS P Gaberson/WNW Dave Metzger/BCY	Team #: 70 Rank: 19 Power: 170 Odds: 58:1 Tim Dolan/BCY Dan Dolan Sr/ELC Chris Storzillo/ABN Seth Gunar/SCC	Team #: 79 Rank: 20 Power: 169 Odds: 58:1 Chris Moffa/PRO B Flaxington/TKL Eric Freeman/AMR Greg Thatcher/ELG
Team #: 67 Rank: 21 Power: 165 Odds: 59:1 Alex Bove/RA H Hochboim/AMR R Lehrer/GOA A Warszawski/POF	Team #: 46 Rank: 22 Power: 162 Odds: 61:1 Larry Lingle/QGB D Culhane/EOS J Wetherell/AGR C Hickok/AGE	Team #: 13 Rank: 23 Power: 161 Odds: 61:1 Peter Reese/WLL Bill Edwards/ATS Andrew Maly/BAR G Young/WTP	Team #: 63 Rank: 24 Power: 159 Odds: 62:1 Mike Stanley/CMS S McCulloch/QGB S Palenshus/YSP J Thompson/KGM	Team #: 42 Rank: 25 Power: 157 Odds: 62:1 Marty Musella/PZB J Popiden/PGG  K Schoose/TWS Bert Schoose/TRC
Team #: 33 Rank: 26 Power: 156 Odds: 63:1 Bill Morse/BWD Br Sinigaglio/B81 F Sinigaglio/CMS D Greenwood/BKN	Team #: 10 Rank: 27 Power: 150 Odds: 65:1 D Meyaard/ELC Karl Henning/QGB Nick Henning/GSR Jon Gemmell/ADV	Team #: 5 Rank: 28 Power: 149 Odds: 66:1 Justin Rice/HIS Rob Doane/GCA Chris Withers/TWS Riku Riekkinen/FTP	Team #: 25 Rank: 29 Power: 144 Odds: 68:1 John Sharp/VIP Bill Thomson/SQL Bruno Wolff/TT2 Ed Menzel/GBG	Team #: 89 Rank: 30 Power: 144 Odds: 68:1 Geoff Pounder/SJN Nick Page/PRO Robb Effinger/ELG Jason Ley/AGE
Team #: 99 Rank: 31 Power: 135 Odds: 73:1 G Rodgers/EIS John Kilbride/DOM Blair Morgen/TTR K Galbraith/RSK	Team #: 41 Rank: 32 Power: 131 Odds: 75:1 Scott Pfeiffer/BRI Ralph Gleaton/UPF Mike Hazel/ELG Dan Lawall/RRY	Team #: 93 Rank: 33 Power: 131 Odds: 75:1 Charlie Drozd/VIP Ted Drozd/EBG Jenn Drozd/CAR Robert Drozd/WAS	Team #: 69 Rank: 34 Power: 126 Odds: 78:1 Chris Bauch/MMS T Coleman/SSB D Curry/ACS Allen Kaplan/CCA	Team #: 96 Rank: 35 Power: 125 Odds: 79:1 Andy Gardner/VIP P Richardson/WAS T Richardson/GSR  Adam Nolan/ABN
Team #: 35 Rank: 36 Power: 122 Odds: 81:1 Ben Knight/BCY Roy Gibson/ACS M Fitzgerald/DOM Rob Eastman/FDE	Team #: 28 Rank: 37 Power: 112 Odds: 88:1 D Porterfield/AOA Craig Yope/BCY C Trimmer/WOR Robert Frisby/PGG	Team #: 76 Rank: 38 Power: 107 Odds: 92:1 Tom McCorry/TWS Rob Mitchell/CAR M McCorry/FMR Katie McCorry/ING	Team #: 54 Rank: 39 Power: 106 Odds: 937:1 Bill O'Neal/CCA Bill Peeck/WTP Bill Place/ACS Bob Titran/KPR	Team #: 37 Rank: 40 Power: 105 Odds: 94:1 K Engelmann/SLS Carrie Lewis/MMS R Collinson/GSR Eve Secunda/RBN
Team #: 50 Rank: 41 Power: 102 Odds: 97:1 D Nicholson/MMS Richard Curtin/SET Rob Sanchez/TWS H Theodore/EOS	Team #: 7 Rank: 42 Power: 99 Odds: 100:1 Derek Landel/MMS M Ussery/VIP Matt Bacho/FDE Eric Wrobel/MOV	Team #: 95 Rank: 43 Power: 96 Odds: 103:1 Bruce Bernard/STA Bran Bernard/ABN Brit Bernard/TTR Beth Zhao/PRC	Team #: 22 Rank: 44 Power: 93 Odds: 106:1 Andy Latto/T&T Cally Perry/SPG C Brosius/DOM Sam Brosius/LST	Team #: 17 Rank: 45 Power: 91 Odds: 109:1 Eric Brosius/FI5 Rich Meyer/AGR Jeff Meyer/CYL Ian Miller/PGD
Team #: 39 Rank: 46 Power: 87 Odds: 114:1 Bruce Young/UPF Carl Sykes/RRY  Ken Richards/NW5 Tim Rogers/HIS	Team #: 14 Rank: 47 Power: 83 Odds: 119:1 Paul McCarthy/HIS Roger Taylor/WOG Mike Mullins/HWD P Rodrigues/SUC	Team #: 101 Rank: 48 Power: 82 Odds: 121:1 Ric Manns/HOS Scott Moll/POG Joe Pabis/CRX Jason White/WNW	Team #: 21 Rank: 49 Power: 79 Odds: 125:1 Kathy Stroh/RFG Bill Navolis/RRY Cliff Ackman/UNP S Squibb/ACS	Team #: 16 Rank: 50 Power: 76 Odds: 130:1 Ed Beach/GCA Sarah Beach/ING Matt Beach/HWD N Beach/DOM
Team #: 97 Rank: 51 Power: 76 Odds: 130:1 Fred Minard/MED S Shambeda/ACQ Jim Carvin/ELC Chris Gnech/T&T	Team #: 86 Rank: 52 Power: 75 Odds: 132:1 Nick Smith/AUC Chris Hancock/SCT Christa Hancock/MRA Mark Love/GSR	Team #: 78 Rank: 53 Power: 72 Odds: 137:1 S Henrickson/WLL Mark Guttag/CCA Dl Broh-Kahn/TKL K Broh-Kahn/PRO	Team #: 100 Rank: 54 Power: 72 Odds: 137:1 Llew Bardecki/TTR Sarah Sparks/BRI Nick Benedict/KGM Arrin Nash/KRM	Team #: 31 Rank: 55 Power: 71 Odds: 139:1 R McCracken/BAR Rod Coffey/776 Dave Stiffler/FMR Andy Lewis/SSB
Team #: 59 Rank: 56 Power: 71 Odds: 139:1 Ken Lee/GCA Bob Jamelli/TWS J Nordstrom/ACV J Hasay/POG	Team #: 91 Rank: 57 Power: 71 Odds: 139:1 Keith Levy/PGD Jim Sparks/WAW Billy Sparks/QGB Pierre LeBoeuf/SET	Team #: 26 Rank: 58 Power: 67 Odds: 148:1 An Collinson/CMS As Collinson/ADV Alex Henning/RRY Becca Hebner/TTA	Team #: 45 Rank: 59 Power: 65 Odds: 152:1 Rob Kircher/AGR Chad Gormly/LST John Shaheen/PDT Andrea Wicks VSD	Team #: 48 Rank: b Power: 65 Odds: 152:1 S Larose/M44 M Sasseville/AOS Benoit Groulx/DUN JF Gagne/RA
Team #: 51 Rank: 61 Power: 65 Odds: 152:1 Matt Evinger/NVW Tim Evinger/EIS Ruth Evinger/GSR Melissa Oslin/FMR	Team #: 72 Rank: 62 Power: 65 Odds: 152:1 Barry Barnes/RFG M Kyrkos/PRO V Kyrkos/MOV Rob Barnes/IMP	Team #: 81 Rank: 63 Power: 64 Odds: 155:1 R Macinnis/HRC Ken Horan/PRO J Castonguay/PGD Mike Kaltman/CYL	Team #: 2 Rank: 64 Power: 62 Odds: 160:1 Jeff Burdett/HIS Jeremy Martin/PUG N Thompson/BKN Jeff Heidman/POG	Team #: 65 Rank: 65 Power: 61 Odds: 162:1 C Palermo/SFR D Denton/CNS B Stone/ELG J Weintraub/LST
Team #: 15 Rank: 66 Power: 50 Odds: 198:1 Joel Tamburo/KPR John Keating/GXY Tim Keating/LST Shan Keating/TTR	Team #: 71 Rank: 67 Power: 46 Odds: 216:1 Joseph Belyeu/M44 Alex Gregorio/AE3 Danny Lewis/SSB M Wojtaszczyk/CAR	Team #: 85 Rank: 68 Power: 46 Odds: 216:1 Brad Sherwood/RA Kevin Shaud/ACS Al Suszko/960 C Petruzelli/MED	Team #: 6 Rank: 69 Power: 42 Odds: 236:1 John Elliott/ACS J Collinson 3/HWD Bill Morgal/AE3 Matt Morgal/960	Team #: 82 Rank: 70 Power: 41 Odds: 242:1 Rick Cambron/HIS S Fitchett/PRC Robert Sohn/ABN John Karr/PGD
Team #: 1 Rank: 71 Power: 40 Odds: 248:1 E Hitchings/WSM Kyle McCool/B17 P Livingston/CMS Mike Windle/EIS	Team #: 30 Rank: 72 Power: 40 Odds: 248:1 J Hebner/WOR Mark Mitchell/GXY Evan Cagwin/QGB Dan Collinson/PGD	Team #: 55 Rank: 73 Power: 38 Odds: 261:1 Rich M. Shay/SPG Pat Maloney/IMP Rich J. Shay/DOM Joel Feldman/AE3	Team #: 83 Rank: 74 Power: 38 Odds: 261:1 Andy Joy/CCA R Olsson/WLL C Sandifer/AOS Peter Putnam/CYL	Team #: 47 Rank: 75 Power: 37 Odds: 268:1 Ste Dorais/DUN Beauregard/ACQ  Eric Caron/M44 R Jacques/IMP
Team #: 64 Rank: 76 Power: 37 Odds: 268:1 Ellen Hoam/MOA H Palenshus/ALH P Gutermuth/FMR Nicole Reiff/LID	Team #: 98 Rank: 77 Power: 37 Odds: 268:1 Bruce Duboff/TWS Alan Elkner/POF Jay Fox/TTR Yoel Weiss/AE3	Team #: 27 Rank: 78 Power: 36 Odds: 276:1 Ru Harley/SCT C Harley/ACV Ra Harley/HWD V Harley/EPB	Team #: 80 Rank: 79 Power: 35 Odds: 284:1 Rob Stribula/EPB S Cameron/SCC M Brown/RFG Jim Vroom/UPF	Team #: 61 Rank: 80 Power: 32 Odds: 310:1 Marci Morelli/CAR Ayree Rice/TTR L Wojtaszczyk/ING Jamie Tang/CMS
Team #: 23 Rank: 81 Power: 29 Odds: 340:1 Michael Shea/PRO Lynda Shea/TAM Bob Wicks/SFR Terry Wicks/MED	Team #: 52 Rank: 82 Power: 29 Odds: 340:1 E Witkowski/BWD Paul Koenig/8XX J Gottesman/SPG Scott Beall/WAS	Team #: 9 Rank: 83 Power: 28 Odds: 360:1 Marc Houde/ADV T Houde/RRY P Richardson/NVW Mike Mahady/TTN	Team #: 12 Rank: 84 Power: 28 Odds: 360:1 Peter Perla/EOS Mark Herman/ANZ Z Lawrence/FTP Rich Phares/TIM	Team #: 88 Rank: 85 Power: 28 Odds: 360:1 Rob Kilroy E&T Ashley Kilroy TTR Steph Kilroy RA Kathy Kilroy LID
Team #: 68 Rank: 86 Power: 27 Odds: 370:1 M Buccheri/GSR R Buccheri/MAN Phil White/SFR B Stephenson/TWI	Team #: 73 Rank: 87 Power: 27 Odds: 370:1 Jeff Paull/BLR Nathan Paull/MAN Mike Gentile/CBC Alex Maly/FDE	Team #: 74 Rank: 88 Power: 24 Odds: 410:1 Rob Spencer/RFG G Schmittgens/ASK Cath Paull/CAR J Boomer/WLL	Team #: 77 Rank: 89 Power: 24 Odds: 410:1 Kelsey Lee/ACQ S Vasilakos/FMR Shira Levy/TTR Shea Lawson/ADV	Team #: 60 Rank: 90 Power: 23 Odds: 430:1 A Engelmann/ELC Joe Yaure/ING Philip Yaure/CCA Chris Yaure/WOR
Team #: 66 Rank: 91 Power: 22 Odds: 4520:1 John Reiners/AMR AM Amicucci/ACS Chris Kamm/A&A Darren Velez/LST	Team #: 92 Rank: 92 Power: 22 Odds: 460:1 Robert Renaud/RFG Peter Schmitt/SET Colin Davis/AGR Jill Renaud/DOM	Team #: 32 Rank: 93 Power: 21 Odds: 470:1 S Tuch/HOS M Flowers/CAR Carol Caler/ACS Kath McCorry/ING	Team #: 24 Rank: 94 Power: 19 Odds: 500:1 Lexi Shea/LST G Entwistle/MOV P Entwistle/STA Jordan Shea/FMR	Team #: 56 Rank: 95 Power: 16 Odds: 600:1 J Melton/MRA V Melton/SET R Melton/TTA Craig Melton/SUC
Team #: 36 Rank: 96 Power: 14 Odds: 700:1 James Parauda/RA Luke Parauda/FDE Billy Klein/CNS Nico Parauda/TTR	Team #: 94 Rank: 97 Power: 5 Odds: 2000:1 Dave Duncan/AGR Rich Roberts/STA Eric Eshleman/RFG Jeff Senley/SFR	Team #: 75 Rank: 98 Power: 4 Odds: 2500:1 Kirk Harris/HIS Bertha Torres/PGD Manuel Bravo/AE3 Evan Harris/CQP	Team #: 40 Rank: 99 Power: 3 Odds: 3300:1 Henry Pfeiffer/M44 Claire Pfeiffer/MOA D Clinkscales/PRC  Kevin Emery/MAN	Team #: 87 Rank: 100 Power: 2 Odds: 5000:1 Ross Fairgrieve/RFG Pei-Hsin Lin/SET Adam Sigal/TWI Edward Fu/DOM
Team #: 4 Rank: 101 Power: 1 Odds: 10000:1 Bill Ashbaugh/AOA M Rogozinski/TWI John Stevens/AOR Nick Klercker/AGE

Stretch Drive by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 25]. And, DOOOOWWWNNNN the Stretch they come. The field bunches up coming off the turn. From the back charging hard are strong contenders Fields of Glory and St Paul's Rejects. Can the Nest of Spies hold on? We have a new record field of 94 contenders lengthening the odds of the favorite to 19-1—and pushing the odds of the long shots to astronomical heights. Even the M.I.A. have shown up. This should be the toughest August ever for the Champagne Room Gamers in their pursuit of their elusive goal. The Handicapper himself is looking forward to trying once more for that rare Sand that keeps slipping through his hands. Get your bets in fast, folks. It is Post Time and the bell closing down the field is about to ring. See you in a few days!

Handicapper's Latest Line by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 24]. Stop the presses, re-jigger the odds: in a major development, underdog S.W.A.T. has dropped their anchor runner, their linchpin, their ... now the handicapper must scratch his head to give as realistic a probability as possible. Okay, we could say they have NO chance of winning the team tournament, but those kind of odds might be enough to get the Mob involved in rigging the games for profit. So, we'll tender a shaky 8400-1.

Good to see the Eastern Pa teams returning with new blood--provides a little company for the long-shots. We have also a number of spouse teams entering--let's see if they've learned anything from their home game life. The skeptical handicapper will be happy to be proven wrong.

In legal developments, I understand that the Jersey Gaming Commission is holding hearings on the StuRat's Pack team name regarding trademark infringement. This Happy Handicapper had the nice High School experience of having his graduation announcements misprinted by the printer way back when. I'm sure I can dig up hundreds of those little minicards from my keepsake drawer with the name "Sturat" emgraved in gold. And to be sure, this mustang runs in herds, not packs.. ;-)=

Handicap Update by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 22]. It's good to see teams scrambling to put together improved foursomes. Recent entries include some "known quantities" shuffling a few members in search of that elusive team chemistry that will win it all. A strong Team X enters again. The Glorious CABS Ladies are saying that they have game. "Die"ing Chits seem to be multiplying. The graduating teen element is coming of age, with a competitive Next Gen entry. And we have a new "favored challenger" in the second ranked slot: Champagne Room Gamers comes back with a strong new fourth, rated a 22-1 favorite to win it all and helping to lengthen the odds of the favored Nest of Spies, now at 16-1 (and the long shot S.W.A.T., now at 7800-1). Gee, if we keep pushing this field of teams to new records each year, I may start running out of zeros for the long shots. ;-)= The usual word of warning to those teams whose members are listed in red below: if you're not pre-registered by July 25th, you're outa the running. There's no walk-ons in the Team Tournament.

Handicap Update by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 20]. It is good to see that the Greenville and Quebec clans continue to field growing numbers of teams. We also have an encouraging number of young adult teams. Of course, the top ranks continue to house the familiar teams of yesteryear--albeit somewhat renamed in the case of the former All the King's Jesters.  Nest of Spies is the strong favorite with the Band of Fools the likely runnerup. The lower ranks are populated by a fair number of one- or two-horse teams with suspect fillers. We still await teams with heavy hitters like Reiff, Packwood, Field, and Gutermuth to jostle the odds and ranks. And I shudder if those named four got together on one team; the result might just be the formula to knock off the Nest of Spies. Fortunately for the rest of the field, the odds of that happening are even longer than the odds for S.W.A.T. The usual word of warning to those teams whose members are listed in red below: if you're not pre-registered by July 25th, you're outa the running. There's no walk-ons in the Team Tournament.

Early Handicap by Stuart "The Happy Handicapper" Tucker [July 12]. Aaaaand, theeeyyyre outta da gate, wid Da Boys taking the early lead, with Me & 3 Stiffs hanging tight, flanked by The Old Guard, MIT SGS, Central FL Gamers, and Koleszar Lientz Plat ... with S.W.A.T. bringin up da rear.

No, this isn't a horse race, but rather the early call on the Odds for registered Teams. All of the top 10 current favorites certainly have a chance of winning it all in the Team Tournament this year, but this commentator is watching the Tote Board and waiting to go to the Betting Window, because the inside scoop is that the Nest of Spies is darn near unbeatable having established a formula for success that makes them the Team of the Decade. Yes, you heard it here first. They have revenge on their mind and their Power Rating of 462 Points is a very strong reason to expect them to hang together and register again as THE unit to beat.

Despite some back grumbling from other columnists, the facts remain that this Happy Handicapper labeled 24 out of last year's top 25 teams as having better odds than the number of teams entered (that is to say they were the favorites to do well). Only one surprise long shot crept into the top 25 (and that team will have significantly improved odds this year with the Power Rating Points it earned in the last campaign).

In case your are wondering who to recruit, let me say that of those gamers that did not play for a team last year, the ones with the best Baton Rating for your team are:  Michael Sincavage (95), Phil Rennert (76), Andy Gardner (72), William Rohrbeck (67), and George Seary (65). The mighty Finn of 2008 has been snatched up already by Go Flank Yourself. Many eyes will be upon Riku to see if he can stop the Nest again in 2009.

If you are looking to steal a team member (assuming that neither the Nest of Spies, nor the Champagne Room Gamers, nor The Defectors are breaking up), then you might try to steal:  Steve Packwood (124), Arthur Field (100), Rob Beyma (86), Dave Metzger (81) or Andy Latto (71). But I sense that families will stick together, and top-rated players will hang with their buddies. I'm betting that nobody figures out how to beat the Nest of Spies' formula for success.

We'll check in again on registrations later in the month. Go ahead, surprise me, make my day, defect and ruffle some feathers. Play Texas Hold 'Em for team members if you must, but somebody please break up the Nest of Spies dynasty!!!

With all due respect to the very competitive St. Paul's Rejects—I just don't see a repeat in the cards for them with John Pack missing his first WBC this year, though they would certainly be among the favorites between the early bird teams already registered below. The usual word of warning to those teams whose members are listed in red below: if you're not pre-registered by July 25th, you're outa the running. There's no walk-ons in the Team Tournament.