The bill came due in the summer. Alex Stewart's World Cup pool managed 76 points, Brazil the deepest run at a modest 24, for a 209th, and the majors added a 197th on 293.5. Those two results alone knocked him down 25 places to a final 31st.
The fall obscured some sharp work. Ole Miss's 75 fronted a 326-point college card and an 18th, his high of the year. The Dodgers returned 63 in a 36th-place October, and four of his five NBA calls hit for 45th.
Stewart's 1590.5 total remained good for 31st. The final rank was respectable; the timing of the collapse made it feel otherwise.