Running of the Bulls Bodycount: In the Home Stretch!

When last we left The Running of the Bulls Bodycount there were some issues surrounding how to “score” the tragic goring death of Daniel Romero. After consulting with various religious and community leaders, Nate Silver, and a few random drunks with hearts of gold the answer became clear. And so we continue on into the home stretch with the final tallies for this years San Fermin festival presented tomorrow. Will Spain continue its dominance? Can Australia rally from behind? Let’s find out.

DAY FOUR
The main story, obviously, is the death of Romero, but the second headline here is the carnage resulting from the running of the vicious, Jandilla bulls. See, it’s not poor decision making by humans– it’s the bulls! They’re crazy.

Injury reports are all over the place, dominated as they are by Romero’s death, but the most reasonable account seems to be four total gorings with six other injuries. However, nobody (SanFermin.com included) seems to be keeping track of the country of origins for the smaller injuries, so we just have to go with the gorings and those kept overnight in the hospital. Plus an extra, oh, ten points for Mr. Romero for giving the ultimate sacrifice.

Spain - 27 (three gorings and a shoulder fracture)
UK - 5 (one goring)
Argentina - 5 (one goring)
USA - 4 (dislocated elbow and bleeding lung)

DAY FIVE
A quiet day, mournful day at Pamplona with a moment of silence for the fallen.  Then more of the same!  No gorings today and only four minor injuries suffered by two Spaniards, an Irishman and an American. USA! But the Irish guy and one of the Spaniards were kept overnight at the hospital, so they both get an extra point.

Spain - 3
Ireland - 2
USA - 1

DAY SIX
Gorings, gorings everywhere! This is really gonna mix things up, like when Aaron Brooks just starts going nuts, raining down threes from all over the place. Except that nothing’s getting mixed because pretty much everybody injured is from Spain, who jumps way in the lead with four gorings, four serious injuries, and one sprained ankle. The UK and US are hanging in with one British goring and a 61 year old guy from Corpus Christi, TX who was trampled.

Spain - 29
UK - 5
USA - 2

DAY SEVEN
Another speedy, relatively painless running with only three slight injuries.  So rack up another three points for Spain.

The last run came through this morning, so we’ll be posting the final score tomorrow (or later today) whenever the hospitals release country information for the injured. But it probably doesn’t matter at all, unless Ireland flies in a whole bunch of dudes and just forces them all to self-gore out of devout patriotism. This thing’s going to Spain in a landslide:

TOTAL SCORE AFTER SEVEN DAYS
Spain - 73
UK - 8
USA - 8
Argentina - 5
Australia - 2
Ireland - 2
France - 1
Scotland - 1
Switzerland - 1