A cornered Moscow Rat fought off the Toronto Walrus for a victory, but the 6-5-1 margin couldn’t propel him any higher in the standings. The Rats remain outside the consolation bracket, hungrily eyeing the Shore Birds and Magicians just ahead of him. The Walrus still holds first but lost ground on his three closest opponents, all of whom had decisive victories.
In the other notable matchups previewed in last week’s post, Mebion Glyndwyr claimed second place for himself with a 9-3 win over Baird Brain, who remains 10th despite the defeat. The Red Mosquitoes and Horse Field Hammers fought to a virtual draw, but the Hammers gained one slot in the standings. Hannibal’s Cannibals were down 12-0 to the Austin Senators at midweek but eked out a 6-5-1 victory and maintain the final spot in the championship bracket.
The teams in the championship and consolation brackets did not change during the week, but the Walrus now holds a mere 3.5-game lead over Mebion with AGF only 4.5 games back. Just as taut is the battle to avoid relegation, as the Thunderbirds propelled themselves into the clear for the moment with a 7-4-1 victory while his competitors faltered. Four teams are within 7.5 games of the The Jicks Rays clinched relegation to Barfield after being mauled by a Gorilla.
This week, the only matchup against high-ranking teams involves #2 Mebion Glyndwyr and #6 Hannibal’s Cannibals. In fact, most of the matchups for the final two weeks involve upper division vs. lower division teams.
ALOMAR DIVISION Standings
In the Barfield Division, Slippery Pete will advance to Alomar in 2005 barring an amazing collapse and an equally amazing end-run by the Decepticons or Simpsons. Pete plays the 4th-place Decepticons in this week’s marquee matchup, and just 2.5 wins will guaranteee advancement. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, their hopes for advancement depend on a victory against the division’s runaway leader.
The 2nd-place Ghost Man On Third play the 14th-place Anarchist Activists, who are 2.5 games out of the consolation bracket. Third-place Good Sports face off against the 10th-place Vancouver Cyphers, who hope for a big win that would move them within reach of the championship bracket.
BARFIELD DIVISION Standings
Next week, I will post best and worst-case scenarios for all teams and post daily standings on the BBFL website.
In the other notable matchups previewed in last week’s post, Mebion Glyndwyr claimed second place for himself with a 9-3 win over Baird Brain, who remains 10th despite the defeat. The Red Mosquitoes and Horse Field Hammers fought to a virtual draw, but the Hammers gained one slot in the standings. Hannibal’s Cannibals were down 12-0 to the Austin Senators at midweek but eked out a 6-5-1 victory and maintain the final spot in the championship bracket.
The teams in the championship and consolation brackets did not change during the week, but the Walrus now holds a mere 3.5-game lead over Mebion with AGF only 4.5 games back. Just as taut is the battle to avoid relegation, as the Thunderbirds propelled themselves into the clear for the moment with a 7-4-1 victory while his competitors faltered. Four teams are within 7.5 games of the The Jicks Rays clinched relegation to Barfield after being mauled by a Gorilla.
This week, the only matchup against high-ranking teams involves #2 Mebion Glyndwyr and #6 Hannibal’s Cannibals. In fact, most of the matchups for the final two weeks involve upper division vs. lower division teams.
ALOMAR DIVISION Standings
TEAM……………. W L T PCT GB
Toronto Walrus…… 140 85 15 .615 -
Mebion Glyndwr…… 140 92 8 .600 3.5
AGF…………… 136 90 14 .596 4.5
gashouse gorillas… 133 98 9 .573 10.0
Red Mosquitos……. 130 100 10 .563 12.5
hannibal's cannibals 123 101 16 .546 16.5
Chatsworth Halos…. 126 107 7 .540 18.0
Horse Field Hammers. 121 110 9 .523 22.0
Austin Senators….. 117 108 15 .519 23.0
Baird Brain……… 115 114 11 .502 27.0
Eastern Shore Birds. 114 118 8 .492 29.5
SABR Magicians…… 107 117 16 .479 32.5
Reykjavik Fish Candy 110 122 8 .475 33.5
Moscow Rats……… 108 123 9 .469 35.0
Billie's Bashers…. 106 127 7 .456 38.0
Garces_not_on_roids. 105 129 6 .450 39.5
Thunderbirds…….. 102 130 8 .442 41.5
K-Town Mashers…… 98 128 14 .438 42.5
Springfield Isotopes 96 129 15 .431 44.0
Jick's Rays……… 63 162 15 .294 77.0
In the Barfield Division, Slippery Pete will advance to Alomar in 2005 barring an amazing collapse and an equally amazing end-run by the Decepticons or Simpsons. Pete plays the 4th-place Decepticons in this week’s marquee matchup, and just 2.5 wins will guaranteee advancement. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, their hopes for advancement depend on a victory against the division’s runaway leader.
The 2nd-place Ghost Man On Third play the 14th-place Anarchist Activists, who are 2.5 games out of the consolation bracket. Third-place Good Sports face off against the 10th-place Vancouver Cyphers, who hope for a big win that would move them within reach of the championship bracket.
BARFIELD DIVISION Standings
TEAM……………. W L T PCT GB
Slippery Pete……. 149 80 11 .644 -
Ghost Man On Third.. 139 93 8 .596 11.5
Good Sports……… 134 100 6 .571 17.5
Edmonton Decepticons 129 100 11 .560 20.0
HOMER JAYS Simpsons. 126 101 13 .552 22.0
team junior felix… 124 104 12 .542 24.5
Pistol Nine……… 123 106 11 .535 26.0
MonkeymenCubed…… 119 108 13 .523 29.0
TMG Eh's………… 115 107 18 .517 30.5
Vancouver Cyphers… 117 114 9 .506 33.0
Freddy Beach Fracas. 111 118 11 .485 38.0
Capers………….. 112 121 7 .481 39.0
Middleclass Elitists 106 119 15 .473 41.0
Anarchist Archivists 108 122 10 .471 41.5
1-Tool Wonders…… 107 122 11 .469 42.0
Canadian wannabe…. 109 124 7 .469 42.0
W-A-M-C-O……….. 103 127 10 .450 46.5
The Sweaty Guys….. 94 137 9 .410 56.0
Schroedingers Bat… 86 142 12 .383 62.5
Ben's Men……….. 82 148 10 .363 67.5
Next week, I will post best and worst-case scenarios for all teams and post daily standings on the BBFL website.
