SPC 2025: Mike Baron [1-44]

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On this page, you will find information about Mike Baron, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 9-22, -1021, and is ranked #52 in Division 1.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Mike Surname(s): Baron Home: Corrales, NM, United States Awards: "Matchups" Hall of Fame (1987), The Wordbook (1988,1994,2004), The Blankbook (1992), SCRABBLE Wordbook (2007) Hobbies: journal writing, traveling, walking, reading Occupation: Psychologist

Round by Round
High score: 547 Average for: 383 Average against: 419
Round 1		Baron played #4 Mack Meller (Lexington, KY) and lost 359 to 379 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-1, -20.
Round 2		Baron played #14 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 357 to 423 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 0-2, -86.
Round 3		Baron played #31 Rahn McKeown (Chester Springs, PA) and won 510 to 282 (a spread of 228). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-2, +142.
Round 4		Baron played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and won 518 to 359 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-2, +301.
Round 5		Baron played #13 Joey Mallick (South Portland, ME) and lost 306 to 462 (a spread of -156). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-3, +145. Baron is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Baron played #19 Andy Hoang (Cary, NC) and lost 379 to 435 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 2-4, +89.
Round 7		Baron played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and lost 396 to 427 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-5, +58.
Round 8		Baron played #53 Dustin Dean (Hanover, MD) and lost 294 to 453 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 2-6, -101.
Round 9		Baron played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and lost 327 to 400 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 2-7, -174.
Round 10		Baron played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and lost 408 to 472 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 2-8, -238.
Round 11		Baron recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 3-8, -188.
Round 12		Baron played #51 Noah Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 356 to 431 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 3-9, -263.
Round 13		Baron played #52 Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX) and won 390 to 340 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 4-9, -213.
Round 14		Baron played #48 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and lost 396 to 437 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 4-10, -254.
Round 15		Baron played #15 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and lost 414 to 423 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-11, -263.
Round 16		Baron played #49 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and won 547 to 370 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 5-11, -86.
Round 17		Baron played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 354 to 346 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 6-11, -78.
Round 18		Baron played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and lost 310 to 431 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-12, -199.
Round 19		Baron played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and lost 359 to 474 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-13, -314.
Round 20		Baron played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and lost 398 to 515 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-14, -431.
Round 21		Baron played #50 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and lost 363 to 395 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-15, -463.
Round 22		Baron played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 385 to 453 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-16, -531.
Round 23		Baron played #40 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and won 368 to 336 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7-16, -499.
Round 24		Baron played #10 Cesar Del Solar (Stamford, CT) and lost 415 to 417 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7-17, -501.
Round 25		Baron played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 440 to 364 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-17, -425.
Round 26		Baron played #21 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and lost 355 to 582 (a spread of -227). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 8-18, -652.
Round 27		Baron played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 403 to 395 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 9-18, -644.
Round 28		Baron played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 350 to 537 (a spread of -187). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-19, -831.
Round 29		Baron played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) again and lost 347 to 429 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-20, -913.
Round 30		Baron played #29 Marlon Hill (Randallstown, MD) and lost 294 to 383 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 9-21, -1002.
Round 31		Baron played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) again and lost 399 to 418 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-22, -1021.

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