Taking a stranglehold on second with an 8-4 win over the Sub-Urban Shockers, Baird Brain moved within 8.5 games of first place Gashouse Gorillas, who lost 9-2 to the Eastern Shore Birds. My Toronto Walrus is now six games farther back in third, after falling 8-4 to the Moscow Rats, and fourth place Billies Bashers missed an opportunity to close the gap between us, dropping a 7-4 decision to the K-Town Mashers.
With just three weeks left to determine playoff seedings, it's wide open. Nation Builders beat Geoffs Grumpy Group 6-5 to remain in fifth place, now by a more comfortable 3.5 games. Still holding on to the sixth (and last) spot in the championship bracket despite a 7-4 loss to the Chatsworth Halos, Mebion Glyndwr has a 1.5 game lead on the charging Birds, followed by five more teams grouped within three games. Expect some close photo-finishes. No less than TEN teams are within eight games of playing for the T-shirt, yet three of them won't even make the consolation playoffs.
Here's where we stand after Week 19:
There's still no decision on the offseason trading window, which is my fault. I've been distracted by other stuff, like work, interviewing Sparky and redesigning Da Box, so I've neglected to convene the Rules Committee. This week, for sure. The feedback on having a small league fee next year to get premium service from Yahoo was generally favourable; the objections were mostly to expansion, which would dilute the talent pool. Are there any more comments on that idea? Other suggestions?
With just three weeks left to determine playoff seedings, it's wide open. Nation Builders beat Geoffs Grumpy Group 6-5 to remain in fifth place, now by a more comfortable 3.5 games. Still holding on to the sixth (and last) spot in the championship bracket despite a 7-4 loss to the Chatsworth Halos, Mebion Glyndwr has a 1.5 game lead on the charging Birds, followed by five more teams grouped within three games. Expect some close photo-finishes. No less than TEN teams are within eight games of playing for the T-shirt, yet three of them won't even make the consolation playoffs.
Here's where we stand after Week 19:
# Team W-L-T Win % GBI have no excuses. The Rats pitched very well, the Walrus didn't. My entire outfield, and a few other guys, stopped hitting. I'm hoping it was a brief slump, or it's going to be a long week against Nation Builders. Mostly, after he was scratched again yesterday with a tender elbow, I'm worried about Jason Schmidt. My advice to the Giants is to give him a couple of weeks off right now -- I'm counting on him in September, and they will need him in October.
1 gashouse gorillas 139-77-12 .636 --
2 Baird Brain 130-85-13 .599 8.5
3 Toronto Walrus 126-93-9 .572 14.5
4 Billies Bashers 120-97-11 .550 19.5
5 Nation Builders 117-104-7 .529 24.5
6 Mebion Glyndwr 114-108-6 .513 28
7 Eastern Shore Birds 111-108-9 .507 29.5
8 Chatsworth Halos 109-108-11 .502 30.5
9 Thunderbirds 109-110-9 .498 31.5
10 Springfield Isotopes 107-109-12 .496 32
11 Jicks Rays 106-109-13 .493 32.5
12 Red Mosquitos 106-109-13 .493 32.5
13 K-Town Mashers 107-113-8 .487 34
14 Sub-Urban Shockers 104-110-14 .487 34
15 AGF 105-112-11 .485 34.5
16 Reykjavik Fish Candy 103-113-12 .478 36
17 Moscow Rats 99-115-14 .465 39
18 Garces_not_on_roids 92-124-12 .430 47
19 masssuckage 88-127-13 .414 50.5
20 Geoffs Grumpy Group 78-139-11 .366 61.5
There's still no decision on the offseason trading window, which is my fault. I've been distracted by other stuff, like work, interviewing Sparky and redesigning Da Box, so I've neglected to convene the Rules Committee. This week, for sure. The feedback on having a small league fee next year to get premium service from Yahoo was generally favourable; the objections were mostly to expansion, which would dilute the talent pool. Are there any more comments on that idea? Other suggestions?
