BBFL Week 16: Mebion Glyndwr, Red Mosquitos Charging

Monday, July 26 2004 @ 01:08 AM EDT

Contributed by: Coach

Another week, another narrow — and fortunate — decision for my front-running Toronto Walrus. Mebion Glyndwr stormed into second place with a strong Sunday and a 9-3 victory over the Moscow Rats. AGF lost 9-2 to Garces_not_on_roids and fell from second to fourth in the standings, as the Red Mosquitos stung the gashouse gorillas 10-2 to take over third.

The Eastern Shore Birds moved up a notch to fifth by edging the SABR Magicians 6-5, and hannibal's cannibals are now sixth, after defeating Baird Brain by the same score. Six other teams are grouped within just five games of that final spot in the championship playoff bracket, so these last six weeks of the regular season will be critical.

The scramble to avoid relegation really heated up this week, as the Thunderbirds, who had been teetering on the brink, bounced back to pound Reykjavik 11-1 and drop the Fish Candy back into a precarious position. Only five and a half games separate six teams from 14th to 19th place, as you can see:

  #  Team                     W-L-T       Pct   GB 
  1  Toronto Walrus         113-66-13    .622   -- 
  2  Mebion Glyndwr         106-80-6     .568   10.5 
  3  Red Mosquitos          105-80-7     .565   11 
  4  AGF                    102-80-10    .557   12.5  
  5  Eastern Shore Birds    100-86-6     .536   16.5 
  6  hannibal's cannibals    96-83-13    .534   17  
  7  Baird Brain             97-87-8     .526   18.5 
  8  gashouse gorillas       96-87-9     .523   19  
  9  Horse Field Hammers     96-89-7     .518   20 
 10  Chatsworth Halos        95-91-6     .510   21.5   
 11  Austin Senators         91-88-13    .508   22  
 12  Moscow Rats             95-92-5     .508   22  
 13  Billie's Bashers        92-95-5     .492   25 
 14  Garces_not_on_roids     88-99-5     .471   29 
 15  SABR Magicians          84-98-10    .464   30.5 
 16  Reykjavik Fish Candy    84-102-6    .453   32.5 
 17  Thunderbirds            83-103-6    .448   33.5 
 18  K-Town Mashers          80-100-12   .448   33.5 
 19  Springfield Isotopes    79-101-12   .443   34.5 
 20  Jick's Rays             53-128-11   .305   61

Rules are rules, and luck is luck. My team got credit for a 7-4 victory over the Bashers, whose decimated pitching staff once again failed to meet the weekly IP requirement, erasing 5 SV and costing R Billie another valuable game in the standings. The score should have been 6-5, but for some reason, Yahoo wipes out counting stats, not just rate stats. I'll gladly accept the gift, which doesn't mean it's fair — I'd turn it down if I could.

Usually this is where I praise my next opponent and say how happy I’ll be with a split. That’s not the case this week — I’m just hoping to avoid getting blown out by Spicol’s juggernaut. If we’d met last week, the final would have been 9-2 for the red hot Skeeters, so unless a few of my hitters get in gear this week, a big chunk of that 10.5 game lead could evaporate in a hurry.

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