Time's running out in the playoff races. There were no changes in the standings last week among the top six teams, but fifth place Nation Builders solidified their position (by routing my hapless Walrus 7-3) and Mebion Glyndwr extended their tenuous 1.5 game hold on the final championship-round slot to 4.5 games with an 8-4 win over the Springfield Isotopes.
It's still anybody's guess what will happen in the battle for the consolation round, with ten teams separated by a mere four games; there's room for only six of them in the postseason. Jicks Rays vaulted from 11th to seventh with an 8-4 win over Chatsworth, dropping the Halos from eighth to 11th. The remarkable stretch run by the Thunderbirds continued with a 6-5 win over Billies Bashers, but the T-birds have another tough test this week against the league leaders. AGF made up some ground by defeating second-place Baird Brain 7-4. The Eastern Shore Birds, who dropped a 7-4 decision to the Fish Candy and slipped back to .500, remain in the hunt. All of this week's matchups (a repeat of the Week 2 schedule) are magnified in importance.
It's still anybody's guess what will happen in the battle for the consolation round, with ten teams separated by a mere four games; there's room for only six of them in the postseason. Jicks Rays vaulted from 11th to seventh with an 8-4 win over Chatsworth, dropping the Halos from eighth to 11th. The remarkable stretch run by the Thunderbirds continued with a 6-5 win over Billies Bashers, but the T-birds have another tough test this week against the league leaders. AGF made up some ground by defeating second-place Baird Brain 7-4. The Eastern Shore Birds, who dropped a 7-4 decision to the Fish Candy and slipped back to .500, remain in the hunt. All of this week's matchups (a repeat of the Week 2 schedule) are magnified in importance.
# Team W-L-T Win % GBLast week, I said I had no excuses. This week, I blame my "hitters" for an embarrassing 244/313/350 performance -- Scott Spiezio was my leading "slugger" and Jhonny Peralta had the best OBP, fercryinoutloud. Losing Milton Bradley, quite possibly for the season, was a crushing blow; a few weeks ago I told someone I had a 15% chance of winning the T-shirt, but the Walrus is about a 50-1 shot right now. If it wasn't for that darned minimum-innings requirement, I'd go to a two-man pitching staff of Schilling and Wagner. Everyone else is hurt and/or unreliable.[/whine]
1 gashouse gorillas 145-83-12 .629 --
2 Baird Brain 134-92-14 .588 10
3 Toronto Walrus 129-100-11 .560 16.5
4 Billies Bashers 125-103-12 .546 20
5 Nation Builders 124-107-9 .535 22.5
6 Mebion Glyndwr 122-112-6 .521 26
7 Jicks Rays 114-113-13 .502 30.5
8 Thunderbirds 115-115-10 .500 31
9 Eastern Shore Birds 115-115-10 .500 31
10 Red Mosquitos 112-114-14 .496 32
11 Chatsworth Halos 113-116-11 .494 32.5
12 AGF 112-116-12 .492 33
13 Sub-Urban Shockers 111-115-14 .492 33
14 K-Town Mashers 113-119-8 .488 34
15 Springfield Isotopes 111-117-12 .488 34
16 Reykjavik Fish Candy 110-117-13 .485 34.5
17 Moscow Rats 104-122-14 .463 40
18 Garces_not_on_roids 98-130-12 .433 47
19 masssuckage 94-133-13 .419 50.5
20 Geoffs Grumpy Group 83-145-12 .371 62
