We’re down to nine, so off to Springfield we go. In honor of The Simpsons ‘Talking Softball’ episode, each Survivor will pick one of the nine guest stars from the show and we will play a tournament for immunity. No tribes in this challenge.

This challenge will give an edge to those who have done best in the game so far. The nine players will be drafted and you will each choose one team featuring your player. The same starting pitcher can be used as often as you want, but normal relief-pitching rules apply. It will be a single-elimination bracket, with a play-in game for the eighth spot in the tournament. The two owners with the lowest winning percentage in the game will play in that contest, with the winner moving into the tournament and the loser going to Exile Island. Home team for each game will be determined by random.org. The matchups will be seeded 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5 based on Survivor 3 records through the first eight challenges.

The winner of the tournament will get individual immunity, and a Tribal Council will send one of the other eight players home.

The deadline for the first pick will be midnight Tuesday, with a maximum of 12 hours allotted after each pick for the next player to go. Feel free to use proxies (sitemail to me and anyone who has already picked), and please sitemail the players picking behind you to keep things moving along.

Draft order and Survivor 3 record so far:
1 deltagorfers (10-3) .769 Wade Boggs, '96 Yankees
2 nfet (5-4) .556 Darryl Strawberry, '98 Yankees
3 soxyanks (7-6) .538 Ozzie Smith '85 Cardinals
4 acketyack (6-7) .462 Jose Canseco '90 A's
5 The Taint (5-6) .455 Steve Sax '81 Dodgers
6 tropicana (4-5) .444 Ken Griffey Jr. '95 Mariners
7 kneeneighbor (4-6) .400 Mike Scioscia '82 Dodgers
8 bastanredsox (5-9) .357 Roger Clemens '03 Yankees
9 toddleduc (3-6) .333 Don Mattingly '85 Yankees

The Players
Roger Clemens
Wade Boggs
Ken Griffey Jr.
Steve Sax
Ozzie Smith
Jose Canseco
Don Mattingly
Mike Scioscia
Darryl Strawberry

The bracket
Play-in game: toddleduc (home) vs. BastanRedsox BASTAN WINS 6-3

                                                    Semifinals                         Championship
1 deltagorfers (home) W 8-2
8 BastanRedsox
                                                    deltagorfers (home)
                                                    The Taint W 8-2
4 acketyack
5 The Taint (home) W 8-3
                                                                                                  The Taint
                                                                                                  kneeneighbor W 3-2 (10)
3 soxyanks12
6 tropicana (home) W 5-2
                                                      tropicana 
                                                      kneeneighbor W 5-2
2 nfet (home)
7 kneeneighbor W 4-2