Merrill Park Superstar

The optimism that came with the establishment of a new year didn’t even last for the first 24 hours of 2008. As it turns out, sometimes the objectivity of a computer is, in fact, superior to the subjectivity of humanity. When we last updated the Christ Dude, Don’t You Have Any Real Friends? Championship Series, man and machine found themselves neck-and-neck. It was established that with only four conflicting picks remaining, a share of a “championship” — at minimum — could be clinched if things worked out perfectly for one of the two parties.

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