Congratulations to Snellville and Jurgen, whose Gashouse Gorillas and Baird Brain are going to receive first-round byes in the championship playoffs, which begin next week.
Billies Bashers took over third place by edging Masssuckage 6-5, and Nation Builders moved into fourth with an 8-4 win over the Moscow Rats. Really, they just watched as my Toronto Walrus continued to collapse, getting humiliated 11-1 by Red Mosquitos. The near-whitewash vaulted Spicol into seventh place, 3.5 games behind Mebion Glyndwr, who maintained sixth with an 8-3 victory over Baird Brain.
The Thunderbirds, hottest BBFL team in the second half, whipped the league leaders 9-3, but time is running out for them to make the top six, where I'm sure they would be more competitive than my stumbling squad. Jicks Rays beat the Springfield Isotopes 8-3 to keep their championship-round hopes alive, while the Sub-Urban Shockers crushed AGF 10-1 and the Chatsworth Halos whipped the Eastern Shore Birds 9-3, solidifying their places in at least the consolation bracket. Jonny German's K-Town team mashed Reykjavik Fish Candy 9-2 to take a 3.5 game lead in the race for the final playoff spot.
Here's how we stand beginning the last week of regular-season play:
# Team W-L-T Win % GBI have only myself to blame for Mike Lowell's 050/095/050 week; I traded Jason Giambi for him. Torii Hunter (091/130/227) and Paul LoDuca (143/182/143) are other pretty good hitters who tanked last week, with Orlando Cabrera (185/267/185) also letting down his team -- and mine -- in the heat of a pennant race. It's shaping up as a very disappointing finish to a pretty good season for the Walrus.
1 gashouse gorillas 148-92-12 .611 --
2 Baird Brain 137-100-15 .573 9.5
3 Billies Bashers 131-108-13 .546 16.5
4 Nation Builders 132-111-9 .542 17.5
5 Toronto Walrus 130-111-11 .538 18.5
6 Mebion Glyndwr 130-115-7 .530 20.5
7 Red Mosquitos 123-115-14 .516 24
8 Thunderbirds 124-118-10 .512 25
9 Jicks Rays 122-116-14 .512 25
10 Sub-Urban Shockers 121-116-15 .510 25.5
11 Chatsworth Halos 122-119-11 .506 26.5
12 K-Town Mashers 122-121-9 .502 27.5
13 Eastern Shore Birds 118-124-10 .488 31
14 Springfield Isotopes 114-125-13 .478 33.5
15 AGF 113-126-13 .474 34.5
16 Reykjavik Fish Candy 112-126-14 .472 35
17 Moscow Rats 108-130-14 .456 39
18 Garces_not_on_roids 102-136-14 .433 45
19 masssuckage 99-139-14 .421 48
20 Geoffs Grumpy Group 89-149-14 .381 58
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