Career Matchups Week 4

After a long, tedious process I have finally compiled all of our head to head records over the past 11 years. While the findings are terrific, I will only be rolling out a small portion of data each week. We will have match up previews with career head to head records (sorry mams, great work on yesterday's, though!), as well as a new section titled: Random Matchup Stats of the Week! So, let's dive in:

Alex vs Kurt:

Alex leads the lifetime series 116 - 103-ties are for pussies. (Note: Ties were not recorded, as ties are for pussies) This matchup oddly features one of the smallest sample sizes, as the two have only faced eachother more than twice in two seasons. In 2006, Alex won the series 20-5, and in 2011 Kurt won the series 18-9. The years in which these teams played twice were often very close, with the exception of last year when a tanking Kurt lost 14-4. That 2006 season that Alex dominated featured the smallest shutout in league history, as Alex won a bizarre 6-0 matchup, a feat never repeated.

Colin vs TJ:

In one of the league's closest battles, Colin leads the lifetime series 121 - 118. Colin has won the head to head matchup in 6 of 11 years, with the largest margin of victory being 21-9 Colin in 2012. This came two years after TJ held Colin to the lowest win total in matchup history, when Colin won only 4 in 2010. In 2007 TJ shut Colin out 10-0, but they split the remainder of that season series 9-9.

Richie vs Jarrett:

Jarrett holds the all time lead in this series at 128 - 121. In Richie's championship season Jarrett was one of only two teams with a winning record against him. (James being the other) However, this matchup is consistently close, and despite a 9-0 shutout for Richie in 2008, Jarrett managed to go 10-9 in the remaining two matchups.

James vs Ben:

The KML Two have the most lopsided lifetime matchup of the week, as Ben used his private school education to get a 127 – 113 lead on New Mampshire. In 2010, Ben won the season series 15 – 2 behind a 7-0 shutout. This is tied for the lowest win total against an opponent in a season with Drew's 2008 output against Ben. Yup. You heard it hear first. James and Drew are tied for the single season fewest wins against one opponent in a season with 2, both against Ben.

Adrian vs Tim:

The lifetime series is tied 0-0. So, this brings us to everyone's new favorite segment... How did you fare against the retired managers!?!?!

Adrian went a combined 142-103 against the Tim franchise. (Drew, Chuck, Kyle) He posted a lifetime 117 – 82 record against Drew, a 14 – 4 record against Chuck, yet Adrian had a losing record against Kyle, going 11 – 17. Adrian wasn't the only one with a losing record against Kyle, as James, Richie and Jarrett all posted losing marks to him in his one Diamond Dynasty season.

As for the non-Tim's-franchise retirees, Adrian snuck by Jason 10 - 8 and brushed Paul aside 13 – 5. Just wait until you found out who posted the only losing record against Paul. Don't look it up, it will ruin the surprise of that matchup article.

Random Findings!

First off, I'm sure you're all wondering who has the record for what, and stuff. The manager with the most wins vs. one opponent is...

Kurt! With 151 vs Adrian and 151 vs TJ. Adrian is losing the lifetime series 151 – 117 and I could not be happier typing that sentence out. TJ has 129 wins vs. Kurt. Not Great, but better than Adrian. This does not include last weeks 7-3 victory over TJ, as I want to clearly state the records preseason, and they will be integrated into this column as they continue to build.

Coming in at second place is TJ with 150 wins vs. Jarrett, leading that series 150 – 100.

Adrian's 95 wins vs. Jarrett is the lowest total between Core9 members. That series sits at 119 – 95, proving that joining the league earlier means fewer games against Jarrett. Alex's 96 wins against TJ are the second fewest in league history, as TJ boasts 128 career W's over the Godfather of the DD.

Here is a bizarre stat: In documented history (2004-Present) there have been 5 occasions where a season series was split 15-15. As you all know, we do not all play eachother 3 times so in a typical season each team plays four other teams three times, and the remainder of the teams twice. Divisions could fix this imbalance and make the schedules aligned perfectly so no one can have a complaint about the scheduling, which was a bigger issue with Drew in the league, but Alex is too much of a pussy and is afraid that it will cost him a playoff spot because even he doesn't believe in his team. What was I talking about? Oh yeah, 15-15 games..

So, five season matchups have ended 15 - 15 in the history of the DD. There were 0 from 2004 to 2010. From 2011 to 2014 there were five. Talk about parity! Am I right? On a stranger note, the 2013 season saw Richie and Drew tie 5-5 in all three of their matchups, the only time in league history that has happened.