Our Sick Game 2014

The start of the 2011 season of Our Sick Game can only mean one thing: the long-awaited announcement of Moneyball selections.

Sweet Valley Death has selected Michael Douglas (66) as their Moneyball for 2011. M-Doug would earn SVD a tidy 68 points upon his death. For their Moneyball selection, Ewing Oil has chosen their first pick of the draft, author Christopher Hitchens (61). His death would earn Ewing Oil 78 big points.

Good luck to Sweet Valley Death, Michael Douglas, Ewing Oil, and Christopher Hitchens in the upcoming season.

A huge fan favorite of Our Sick Game is the Survivor Series. Each team selects 15 players from the other team's roster who they believe will not die in 2011. If each of the selected players remains alive at the end of 1, 15 points will be awarded to the lucky team. No partial credit will be awarded. Mediocrity is frowned upon, not rewarded, here at Our Sick Game.

Ewing Oil:

Kurt Angle
Earl Campbell
Grizz Chapman
Tommy Chong
John Daly
Michael J. Fox
Jon Gosselin
Alexa Ray Joel
Hulk Hogan
Alex Karras
Jason Mewes
Urban Meyer
Snooki Polizzi
Bubba Smith
Steven Tyler

Sweet Valley Death:

Paul Abdul
Pam Anderson
Julian Assange
Bobby Brown
Bill Clinton
Corey Felldman
Lady Gaga
Kate Gosselin
Lindsay Lohan
Courtney Love
Heidi Montag
Nicole Richie
Britney Spears
Mike Tyson
Amy Winehouse

Rounding out the lineup for Ewing Oil and Sweet Valley Death are 10 keepers from the 2010 rosters.

Ewing Oil:

Kareem Abdul-Jabar, 63
Gay Culverhouse, 63
Annette Funicello, 68
Scott Hall, 52
Artie Lange, 43
Courtney Love, 46
Loretta Lynn, 76
Brett Michaels, 48
Mike Tyson, 44
Amy Winehouse, 27

Sweet Valley Death:

Kurt Angle, 42
Earl Campbell, 55
Raul Castro, 79
Grizz Chapman, 36
Peter Falk, 83
Aretha Franklin, 68
Steve Jobs, 55
Mindy McReady, 35
Tracy Morgan, 42
O.J. Simpson, 63

These players have been with the same team for at least three consecutive years, which is the criteria in this game for being "grandfathered," or staying with the same team until death.

Ewing Oil:

Muhammad Ali, 68
Neil Armstrong, 80
Bob Barker, 87
Ray Bradbury, 90
Barbara Bush, 85
Rosalyn Carter, 84
Dick Cheney, 69
Andy Dick, 45
Conrad Dobler, 60
Roger Ebert, 68
Luis Echeverria, 88
Betty Ford, 92
Malcolm Glazer, 82
Larry Hagman, 79
Hugh Hefner, 84
Hal Holbrook, 85
Terry Jones, 68
Ken Kercheval, 75
Jack Kevorkian, 82
Henry Kissinger, 87
Martin Landau, 82
Phil Lesh, 70
Lindsay Lohan, 24
Nelson Mandella, 92
Tom McEwen, 87
Don Pardo, 92
Joe Paterno, 84
Bum Phillips, 87
Pope Benedict XVI, 83
Nancy Reagan, 89
Keith Richards, 67
Nicole Richie, 29
Andy Rooney, 91
Sherwood Schwartz, 94
Ariel Sharon, 82
Britney Spears, 29
Phil Spector, 71
Ron Springs, 54
Harry Dean Stanton, 84
Elizabeth Taylor, 78
Helen Thomas, 90
Eli Wallach, 95

Sweet Valley Death:

Iyad Allawi, 65
Louis Anderson, 57
Ed Asner, 81
Chuck Bednarik, 85
Chuck Berry, 84
Ronnie Biggs, 81
Bobby Bowden, 81
Wilford Brimley, 76
George H.W. Bush, 86
Fidel Castro, 84
Dick Clark, 81
Beverly Cleary, 94
Ruby Dee, 86
Michael J. Fox, 49
Frank Gifford, 80
Mikhail Gorbachev, 79
Andy Griffith, 84
David Hasselhoff, 58
Stephen Hawking, 68
Liza Minelli, 64
Roger Moore, 83
Stan Musial, 90
Leonard Nimoy, 79
Arnold Palmer, 81
Queen Elizabeth II, 84
Carl Reiner, 88
Don Rickles, 84
Mickey Rooney, 90
Pat Summerall, 80
Margaret Thatcher, 85
Vern Troyer, 41
Abe Vigoda, 89
Scott Weiland, 43
Betty White, 88
Gene Wilder, 77
Jonathan Winters, 85
Chuck Yeager, 87

With the second overall pick, Sweet Valley Death selected author Christopher Hitchens. Here are the rest of Ewing Oil's 2011 draft picks, listed alphabetically followed by their age and location drafted.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi, 58 (31)
Paul Abdul, 48 (63)
Buzz Aldrin, 80 (15)
Paul Allen, 57 (18)
Pamela Anderson, 43 (33)
Maya Angelou, 82 (7)
Adam Ant, 56 (4)
Julian Assange, 39 (13)
Lauren Bacall, 86 (55)
F. Lee Bailey, 77 (56)
Conrad Bain, 87 (48)
Yogi Berra, 85 (22)
Rudy Boesch, 82 (71)
Pat Boone, 76 (8)
Ernest Borgnine, 93 (59)
Mel Brooks, 84 (30)
Bobby Brown, 41 (57)
Sid Caesar, 88 (70)
Jimmy Carter, 86 (46)
Richard Chamberlain, 76 (25)
Bill Clinton, 64 (47)
Jeff Conaway, 60 (27)
Bill Cosby, 73 (36)
David Crosby, 69 (17)
Al Davis, 81 (28)
Donna D'Errico, 42 (68)
Phyllis Diller, 93 (64)
Bob Dole, 87 (32)
Pete Domenici, 78 (34)
Kirk Douglas, 94 (50)
Hugh Downs, 89 (51)
Charles Durning, 87 (16)
Clint Eastwood, 80 (37)
Corey Feldman, 39 (14)
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93 (24)
Lady Gaga, 24 (6)
Kate Gosselin, 35 (49)
Billy Graham, 92 (35)
Camille Grammer, 47 (12)
Kelsey Grammer, 55 (29)
Merle Haggard, 73 (38)
Mike Heimerdinger, 58 (3)
Buck Henry, 80 (72)
Christopher Hitchens, 61 (1)
Whitney Houston, 47 (58)
Kathryn Joosten, 71 (20)
George Karl, 60 (19)
Casey Kasem, 78 (21)
George Kennedy, 85 (52)
B.B. King, 85 (23)
Angela Lansbury, 85 (45)
Cloris Leachman, 84 (5)
Stan Lee, 88 (54)
Jerry Lewis, 84 (39)
Jerry Lee Lewis, 75 (40)
Stan Mikita, 70 (69)
Art Modell, 85 (41)
Heidi Montag, 24 (10)
Bob Newhart, 81 (60)
Wayne Newton, 68 (26)
Ferdie Pacheco, 83 (61)
Ross Perot, 80 (44)
Sidney Poitier, 83 (73)
Roman Polanksi, 77 (53)
Randy Quaid, 60 (9)
Charlotte Rae, 84 (66)
Bill Russell, 76 (43)
Buddy Ryan, 76 (67)
Vin Scully, 83 (11)
Joran Van Der Sloot, 23 (2)
Mike Wallace, 92 (42)
Tex Winter, 88 (62)
Paul Zimmerman, 78 (65)

With the first overall pick, Sweet Valley Death selected actor Michael Douglas. Here are the rest of Sweet Valley Death's 2011 draft picks, listed alphabetically followed by their age and location drafted.

Alan Arkin, 76 (29)
David Arquette, 39 (59)
Sevi Ballesteros, 53 (30)
Jason Becker, 41 (15)
Jim Brown, 74 (57)
Gary Busey, 66 (16)
Tommy Chong, 72 (55)
Sean Connery, 80 (22)
John Daly, 44 (17)
Ann B. Davis, 84 (28)
Richard Dawson, 78 (62)
Doris Day, 88 (50)
Pete Doherty, 31 (13)
Michael Douglas, 66 (1)
Bob Dylan, 69 (38)
Louis Farrakhan, 77 (36)
Blake Fielder-Civil, 28 (18)
Teri Garr, 66 (31)
Peaches Geldof, 20 (20)
Mel Gibson, 54 (4)
Jon Gosselin, 33 (49)
Louis Gossett Jr., 74 (12)
Ismail Haniya, 59 (46)
Hulk Hogan, 58 (34)
Joe Jackson, 81 (42)
Keith Jackson, 82 (6)
Al Jaffe, 89 (63)
Alexa Ray Joel, 25 (21)
Alex Karras, 75 (45)
Stacy Keach, 69 (24)
Richard Kiel, 71 (52)
Christopher Lee, 88 (54)
Ursula K. Le Guin, 81 (25)
Sidney Lumet, 86 (53)
Bernie Madoff, 72 (2)
George McGovern, 88 (47)
Jason Mewes, 36 (19)
Urban Meyer, 46 (7)
Walter Mondale, 82 (41)
Connie Needham, 51 (14)
Willie Nelson, 77 (44)
Chuck Noll, 78 (51)
Mary Kate Olsen, 24 (11)
Prince Phillip, 89 (35)
Rowdy Roddy Piper, 56 (23)
Frederick Pohl, 91 (39)
Snooki Polizzi, 23 (48)
David Prowse , 75(60)
Evi Quaid , 47 (10)
Samantha Ronson, 33 (8)
Dwayne Schintzius, 42 (27)
Bubba Smith, 65 (33)
Stephen Stills, 65 (26)
Donald Sutherland, 75 (61)
Orlando Thomas, 38 (3)
Peter Tork, 68 (5)
Steven Tyler, 62 (9)
Dick Van Patten, 82 (58)
Jack Vance, 94 (40)
Ron Wyden, 61 (32)
Burt Young, 70 (43)
Manuel Zeyala, 58 (56)
Don Zimmer, 79 (37)

Ewing Oil picked up 39 critical points today following the death of Elizabeth Edwards, 61. Her points give Ewing Oil a 42-point lead with a little over three weeks left in the season, 193-151.

In a big development, two deaths that have gone unreported so far are about to be added to the game. SVD agreed to waive the 90-day reporting deadline, which allows Ewing Oil to claim the death of Richard Hayward, their 4th pick in the draft. Hayward, 64, was a drummer and founding member of the band Little Feat.
SVD also gets a claim, adding the death of Tony Curtis, 85, in September.
With the addition of 36 points and 15 points respectively, the score now becomes 154-151 in favor of Ewing Oil with less than a month remaining in the game.

This is it! With just one month left in the season, it is coming down to the wire with SVD holding an 18-point lead over defending champion Ewing Oil, 136-118.

Ewing Oil:
January -- Chemical Ali, 32
May -- Ernie Harwell, 8
July -- George Steinbrenner, 20
November -- Pat Burns, 42, Leslie Nielsen, 16

Sweet Valley Death:
April -- John Forsythe, 8
May -- Simon Monjack, 61, Dennis Hopper, 26
June -- Rue McClanahan, 26
October -- Tom Bosley, 17