Six Teams in Hall of Shame

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Score Sheet Math Not Like Orbital

Mechanics, Scientists at UNC Claim

Leading authorities at a major local university have conclusively proved that maintaining a BCDL score sheet is something most moderately intelligent peach pits can master with little external assistance. "It's really very simple math," stated Dr. Hideo Gump, O.D., Ph.D. in a news conference late last week.

"Bad News Comes by Threes"

"A dartist who loses a game is constrained by the mathematics of the sport," Dr. Gump continued. "A winning player may have any number of darts thrown for a total, but the loser must have a total evenly divisible by three."

"There can be no exceptions to this immutable rule," he continued, as his research assistant, Barbara Bobo, illustrated his theorem on the whiteboard.

"It's a lot like baseball," Ms. Bobo added. "You take your three strikes and sit down. You don't get four or five strikes, nor are you out after two."

Winner, Loser Related by Numbers

"In addition to this obvious law," Dr. Gump continued," the difference in dart counts between winner and loser will never be more than three darts, plus or minus. A winner (for example) might have 43 darts. The loser will have either 42 or 45 darts. No exceptions. In the case of a winner having a total divisible by three (such as 42), the loser will have 39, 42 or 45 darts. Any other number would be a violation of law and would subject the offender to a most hideous fate."

To emphasize Dr. Gump's postulation, Ms. Bobo excitedly executed a simple X-Y graph showing the legal dart counts for winners and losers. The winner's graph sloped upwards in increments of one while the loser had two graphs, above and below the winner, that incremented by threes.

Ramifications of the Hall of Shame

To qualify for Season awards, a player must participate in at least 60% of relevant games in the award category which are properly recorded. If you play in a game where dart counts are not properly recorded, that game will not count toward your (or your opponent's) 60% minimum requirement.