Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - BBFL Week 22 Roundup, Part 1

Let the playoffs begin!

ALOMAR DIVISION

Congratulations to Toronto Walrus, winners of the Alomar Division regular season for the second consecutive season. Thunderbirds flew into second place via an Alomar-best record of 90-35-7 during the second half, while the Austin Senators settled for third after leading for the first two-thirds of the season. The Walrus and T-Birds earn a first-round bye. The other four teams fight for their lives.

The Walrus and fifth-place Gashouse Gorillas are the only teams to play for the crown in every season of the league’s existence. Joining the fray are the Horse Field Hammers and new-to-Alomar Ghost Man On Third. This week’s matchups, plus statistical favorites based on a combination of overall record, second-half record, and normalized standings:

#3 Austin Senators vs #6 Ghost Man On Third, pick ‘em.
#4 Horse Field Hammers vs #5 Gashouse Gorillas, Hammers 51% to win.

Playoff Odds:
Thunderbirds (33% chance to win)
Toronto Walrus (27%)
Horse Field Hammers (11%)
Gashouse Gorillas (10%)
Austin Senators (9%)
Ghost Man On Third (9%)

In the Consolation Bracket, Reykjavik Fish Candy and Mebion Glyndwyr will relax this week and observe the following contests:

#9 Eastern Shore Birds vs #12 Homer Jays Simpsons, Birds 53% to win.
#10 Red Mosquitos vs #11 Chatsworth Halos, Halos 61% to win.

The other side of the standings had the most entertainment value and gut-wrenching outcomes. The three bottom-ranked teams must move to Barfield in 2006; #20 Baird Brain had already clinched one spot but the other two were wide open with five teams in the mix. Slippery Pete finished heroically by defeating rival Hannibal’s Cannibals 8-4-0 and avoided relegation by a mere one game. The Cannibals, Moscow Rats and Garces Not On Roids finished tied for the final two relegation slots, but the Cannibals technically rank ahead of the Rats and Roids because of their superior record in the last week of the season (a lazily contrived rule on Yahoo’s part, but there it is).

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	GB
Toronto Walrus______	160	96	8	.621	      -   
Thunderbirds________	150	98	16	.598	    6.0 
Austin Senators_____	146	97	21	.593	    7.5 
Horse Field Hammers_	149	107	8	.580	   11.0 
gashouse gorillas___	143	110	11	.563	   15.5 
Ghost Man on Third__	140	109	15	.559	   16.5 

Reykjavik Fish Candy	140	116	8	.545	   20.0 
Mebion Glyndwr______	135	116	13	.536	   22.5 
Eastern Shore Birds_	134	117	13	.532	   23.5 
Red Mosquitos_______	121	130	13	.483	   36.5 
Chatsworth Halos____	120	129	15	.483	   36.5 
Homer Jays Simpsons_	116	132	16	.470	   40.0 

AGF_________________	117	137	10	.462	   42.0 
Billie's Bashers____	115	135	14	.462	   42.0 
Edmonton Decepticons	107	145	12	.428	   51.0 
Slippery Pete_______	107	146	11	.426	   51.5 
hannibals cannibals_	104	144	16	.424	   52.0 

Moscow Rats_________	102	142	20	.424	   52.0 
Garces_not_on_roids_	107	147	10	.424	   52.0 
Baird Brain_________	93	153	18	.386	   62.0

BARFIELD DIVISION

Kudos to The Mighty Midgets and Jay’s Ehs, who have earned automatic promotion to the Alomar Division in 2006. Their finishes were especially impressive in that neither team was in the top three at the halfway point. WAMCO, Team Junior Felix, Schroedinger’s Bat and Burlington Mazsters will vie for the other promotion spot. The Midgets and Ehs face the winners of this week’s matchups:

#3 WAMCO vs #6 Burlington Mazsters, WAMCO 51% to win.
#4 Team Junior Felix vs #5 Schroedinger’s Bat, Felix 55% to win.

Playoff Odds:
Mighty Midgets (33% to win / 100% to advance to Alomar)
Jay’s Ehs (27% / 100%)
WAMCO (11% / 71%)
Team Junior Felix (11% / 11%)
Burlington Mazsters (10% / 10%)
Schroedinger’s Bat (9% / 9%)

In the Consolation Bracket, Pistol Nine and European (fka Canadian) Wannabe will enjoy pina coladas by the pool as they watch their brethren compete:

#9 Middleclass Elitists vs #12 Jick’s Rays, pick ‘em.
#10 Monkeymen Cubed vs #11 Lubumbashi Posse, Monkey 51% to win.

Freddy Beach Fracas, the Anarchist Archivists and Capers will join the Carter Division next season.

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	GB
the mighty midgets__	161	96	7	.623	  -   
Jay's Ehs___________	155	99	10	.606	  4.5 

team junior felix___	144	112	8	.561	 16.5 
W-A-M-C-O___________	142	110	12	.561	 16.5 
Schroedinger's Bat__	141	111	12	.557	 17.5 
Burlington Mazsters_	140	117	7	.544	 21.0 

European wannabe____	135	121	8	.527	 25.5 
Pistol Nine_________	135	121	8	.527	 25.5 
Middleclass Elitists	129	123	12	.511	 29.5 
Lubumbashi Posse____	128	123	13	.509	 30.0 
MonkeymenCubed______	129	127	8	.504	 31.5 
Jick's Rays_________	125	127	12	.496	 33.5 

K-Town Mashers______	123	126	15	.494	 34.0 
Vancouver Cyphers___	123	127	14	.492	 34.5 
1-Tool Wonders______	123	130	11	.487	 36.0 
Good Sports_________	120	132	12	.477	 38.5 
The Sweaty Guys_____	105	144	15	.426	 52.0 

Capers______________	99	148	17	.407	 57.0 
Anarchist Archivists	96	152	16	.394	 60.5 
Freddy Beach Fracas_	73	180	11	.297	 86.0

CARTER DIVISION

Congratulations to Baseball North and Magic 9, who qualified for automatic promotion to the Barfield Division. Both teams finished exceptionally strong and deserved their top rankings. They will await the winners of the following matchups:

#3 Pohnpei Papayas vs #6 Bodell’s Bashers, Papayas 55% to win.
#4 Dr. Z’s Hot Men vs #5 Three Bucks On A Hun, Hun 55% to win.

Playoff Odds:
Baseball North (30% chance to win / 100% chance for advancement)
Magic 9 (28% / 100%)
Pohnpei Papayas (12%, 70%)
Three Bucks On A Hun (12%, 12%)
Dr. Z’s Hot Men (9%, 9%)
Bodell’s Bashers (9%, 9%)

In the Consolation Bracket, the aforementioned Gnomes and Team Balla will relax this week and play the winners of these contests:

#9 Garth Iorg Gremlins vs #12 Mechanical Brains, Brains 51% to win.
#10 @$$kickers vs #11 New Jersey Stratuses, Kickers 52% to win.

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	GB
Baseball North______	155	91	18	.621	  -   
Magic 9_____________	156	102	6	.602	  5.0 

Pohnpei Papayas_____	147	103	14	.583	 10.0 
Dr. Z's Hot Men_____	138	108	18	.557	 17.0 
Three Bucks on a Hun	136	113	15	.544	 20.5 
Bodell's Bashers____	136	114	14	.542	 21.0 

The Angry Gnomes____	137	115	12	.542	 21.0 
Team Balla__________	135	117	12	.534	 23.0 
Garth Iorg Gremlins_	127	124	13	.506	 30.5 
@$$kickers__________	123	129	12	.489	 35.0 
New Jersey Stratuses	119	131	14	.477	 38.0 
Mechanical Brains___	119	133	12	.473	 39.0 

Hammie's Rollies____	119	133	12	.473	 39.0 
The Brute Squad_____	118	136	10	.466	 41.0 
Blocked Youngsters__	114	137	13	.456	 43.5 
The Baker 5_________	109	140	15	.441	 47.5 
Hee Seop Choi_______	107	143	14	.432	 50.0 
Mad Bashers_________	108	146	10	.428	 51.0 
Pond. Simon Pond.___	104	143	17	.426	 51.5 
Roseneath Rockets___	101	150	13	.407	 56.5

Statistics and Records to come later in the week.

Posted by Lucas on Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 01:08 PM EDT.

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Pistol - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 01:38 PM EDT (#127479) #

In the Consolation Bracket, Pistol Nine and European (fka Canadian) Wannabe will enjoy pina coladas by the pool as they watch their brethren compete

I think I may have set the record for biggest 2nd half fall - from first at the break to seventh!

My team's problem was elbow and shoulder injuries - and that's just the hitters (Bagwell, Rolen, Durazo)!

3RunHomer - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 02:18 PM EDT (#127481) #

Sigh. Next season I should change my team name from Eastern Shore Birds to the Middling Middlemosts. Not an inspiring 3-year record, but I suppose it beats relegation.

I finished first (and received byes) in 2 other Yahoo head-to-head leagues and I'm in first by about 20 points in my Yahoo rotisserie league. In the Alomar division of the BBFL ... 9th. Y'all are way too good at this game.

sweat - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 02:21 PM EDT (#127482) #

I just barely managed to get by capers last week and held him off for the true glory of finishing 4th last. I'd like to thank Bartolo Colon and Julio Lugo. Without them I would have been relegated for sure.

Gwyn - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 02:30 PM EDT (#127483) #

congratulations to the division winners and to those promoted for next season, and of course a big thanks to Lucas for a terrific job as Commish.

R Billie - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 03:36 PM EDT (#127486) #

Props to Coach again.

It is now time for the me to go to sit in the corner and think about what I did wrong.

Jay - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 03:54 PM EDT (#127488) #

Well that was an enjoyable regular season. After spending the first 2 weeks of the season in first, I fell to as low as 16th spot in weeks 6 and 7. Shortly thereafter I received an e-mail from somebody (sorry...can't remember who) stating that their team should be battling mine in the final. I always had faith that I had drafted well but at that point in time was starting to worry that it might be just an off year for my entire squad. I then spent the next 15 weeks somehow battling back into the promotion spot. Oddly enough the Eh's turnaround pretty much coincided with Koskie going on the DL.

If the owner of Garces Not on Roids (I think they finished 19th in Alomar) is reading this, I would be interested in taking a sneak peak at your roster to see who I might have available in the offseason.

Thanks everybody.

Jacko - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 04:04 PM EDT (#127489) #

Last month, I concluded that Three Bucks on a Hun weren't going to make the playoffs in Carter, so I dumped Ichiro and Konerko for Oswalt. So of course I end up making the playoffs.

The Cinderella story ends here though. Sheets is gone for the season and Oswalt looks completely gassed.

Michael - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 08:13 PM EDT (#127504) #

I think a paragraph might be missing from the Carter write up of the 3-way battle for 5th, 6th, and 7th that had me squeek into 6th over the Angry Gnomes due to the yahoo h2h tiebreaking rules. I'm basing this not just because I wanted to remention the race but the sentence:

"In the Consolation Bracket, the aforementioned Gnomes and Team Balla will relax this week and play the winners of these contests"

is the first mention of Gnomes in the article that I could see.

NDG - Tuesday, September 06 2005 @ 10:20 PM EDT (#127506) #

I think I may have set the record for biggest 2nd half fall - from first at the break to seventh!

Uhhh Pistol, are you forgetting someone? The Posse went from 3rd at the halfway point (and as late as week 16) to tenth. The most amazing (in a make me cry kind of way) thing is that my team wasn't horrible down the stretch, my opponents just went Barry Bonds on me. Note that after week 14 my opponents roto score was 87. After week 20 it was 153. No that's not a typo. My last opponent also went crazy so it would be interesting to see what my final opponent roto score was .... Lucas can you oblige?

Lucas - Wednesday, September 07 2005 @ 12:50 AM EDT (#127519) #

I think a paragraph might be missing from the Carter write up of the 3-way battle for 5th, 6th, and 7th that had me squeek into 6th over the Angry Gnomes due to the yahoo h2h tiebreaking rules. I'm basing this not just because I wanted to remention the race but the sentence: "In the Consolation Bracket, the aforementioned Gnomes and Team Balla will relax this week and play the winners of these contests" is the first mention of Gnomes in the article that I could see.

Misplaced modifiers. That's why the Gnomes are so angry.

I think I wrote the Carter bit first (including an explanation of the tie rule and why the Gnomes finished 7th) then wrote the Alomar writeup next. Since the Alomar writeup also referred to the Yahoo rule and comes first in the text, I subsequently deleted the original mention of the Gnomes but forgot to delete the "aforementioned."

Anyway, yes, the Gnomes also fell victim to the bizarre Yahoo rules. I think it's something we can easily correct next year as far as it affects relegation, but I doubt we can change anything affecting the playoffs because Yahoo sets the weekly matchups and the Commish can't change them.

Lucas - Wednesday, September 07 2005 @ 12:59 AM EDT (#127520) #

When I say "next year," I mean beginning next year.

As unfair as it may be that an Alomar team was relegated based on its performance in one particular week, it would be even more unfair to implement a "solution" before voting on an amendment to the BBFL constitution.

superdevin - Wednesday, September 07 2005 @ 11:04 AM EDT (#127538) #

just out of curiousity why does WAMCO get the nod from barfield to alomar if either of top 2 teams win the playoffs as opposed to team junior felix considering that we tied in the regular season? basically, what is the tie breaker system?

superdevin - Wednesday, September 07 2005 @ 11:06 AM EDT (#127539) #

nevermind i just found the answer to that last question in the alomar write. that really stings.

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