An early and abbreviated report this week, as I am about to take my B.C.-bound son to the airport, then there's work to be done. I was surprised this morning to find my slumping Toronto Walrus still in first place, by the narrowest of margins, despite losing 6-5 to Mebion Glyndwr. AGF defeated Horse Field Hammers 6-4 to move within a mere half-game of top spot, and the Moscow Rats, after thumping the Thunderbirds 9-3, are just two games out. Baird Brain made a big move into fourth with a 9-2 rout of the Eastern Shore Birds, who remain in sixth. A dozen teams are over .500 and bunched within 13 games, as we approach the halfway point of the regular season.
Here are the Alomar standings through 10 weeks:
# Team W-L-T Pct GBThe last nine weeks at the top have been fun, but even facing the SABR Magicians, who disappeared last week, I don't have much confidence in my team. My pitching has been dreadful lately, and just as Wagner gets back, Schilling is limping. At least the hitters were respectable for a change, especially my Phillies. Almost every time through the order, at least one of Polanco-Abreu-Thome did something good. Here's hoping Delgado comes back healthy; not only will that inspire the Blue Jays, it will let me trade a bat for an arm.
1 Toronto Walrus 70-42-8 .617 --
2 AGF 70-43-7 .613 0.5
3 Moscow Rats 70-46-4 .600 2
4 Baird Brain 66-49-5 .571 5.5
5 Mebion Glyndwr 64-51-5 .554 7.5
6 Eastern Shore Birds 65-52-3 .554 7.5
7 Red Mosquitos 63-51-6 .550 8
8 Chatsworth Halos 64-53-3 .546 8.5
9 Billie's Bashers 62-55-3 .529 10.5
10 gashouse gorillas 60-54-6 .525 11
11 hannibal's cannibals 57-52-11 .521 11.5
12 Horse Field Hammers 58-56-6 .508 13
13 SABR Magicians 54-60-6 .475 17
14 Austin Senators 51-59-10 .467 18
15 Springfield Isotopes 51-62-7 .454 19.5
16 K-Town Mashers 49-63-8 .442 21
17 Reykjavik Fish Candy 51-66-3 .438 21.5
18 Thunderbirds 45-71-4 .392 27
19 Garces_not_on_roids 45-72-3 .388 27.5
20 Jick's Rays 28-86-6 .258 43
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