Many of Mike's fellow owners endorsed the Moffatt Plan of beating Snellville 11-1 last week, but something happened -- they played the games. The Gashouse Gorillas, still on fire, melted down the Reykjavik Fish Candy 8-3 to move 42 games over .500 and extend their lead to a dozen over my Toronto Walrus. Seems like every week, I win my match, only to lose ground in the standings. I'm not complaining; edging AGF 7-5, while Baird Brain and Billie's Bashers suffered rare defeats, gives me a bit of a cushion in second. Both Mebion Glyndwr and Red Mosquitos are charging into contention, with five teams now bunched within 2.5 games of third in the race to make the championship playoff round.
It's far from over; after 11 weeks, we've reached the midway point of the regular season.
# Team W-L-T Win % GBMy team had a weird week. We almost always win SV and K/BB, but Mariano Rivera beat my three-closer staff singlehandedly. Matt Morris, who often gets me two wins and great peripherals, was limited to 2/3 of an inning (54.00 ERA) by the dreaded knot beneath the right shoulder blade. However, I had eleven .300 hitters for the week, with eight OBPs over .400 and eight who slugged .600 or better. Ichiro stole more bases than my entire team, so I didn't sweep the offensive categories, but 5-1 was a pleasant surprise. Some might say a fluke -- I'm dreading the moment when the unconscious Deivi Cruz wakes up to discover he's not Honus Wagner.
1 gashouse gorillas 89-37-6 .697 --
2 Toronto Walrus 77-49-6 .606 12
3 Baird Brain 70-53-9 .564 17.5
4 AGF 72-56-4 .561 18
5 Billies Bashers 70-55-7 .557 18.5
6 Mebion Glyndwr 72-58-2 .553 19
7 Red Mosquitos 68-56-8 .545 20
8 Springfield Isotopes 62-63-7 .496 26.5
9 Nation Builders 62-64-6 .492 27
10 Chatsworth Halos 61-66-5 .481 28.5
11 Sub-Urban Shockers 59-64-9 .481 28.5
12 Jicks Rays 59-65-8 .477 29
13 Reykjavik Fish Candy 59-66-7 .473 29.5
14 K-Town Mashers 60-70-2 .462 31
15 Eastern Shore Birds 59-69-4 .462 31
16 Hannibals Cannibals 56-69-7 .451 32.5
17 Moscow Rats 54-70-8 .439 34
18 Thunderbirds 53-74-5 .420 36.5
19 Geoffs Grumpy Group 53-75-4 .417 37
20 Garces_not_on_roids 44-80-8 .364 44
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