The regular season ends this week. In the Alomar Division, the six Championship bracket teams are virtually carved in stone, whereas ten teams separated by only seven games are fighting for six Consolation bracket spots. The top-level postseason bracket in Barfield is likewise almost fully decided. The Carter Division has the most entertaining battle for the Championship bracket. Both the Alomar and Barfield Divisions have one team guaranteed relegation, one nearly certain, and two other teams struggling to avoid the last demotion spot.
ALOMAR DIVISION:
Both the #1 Edmonton Decepticons and #2 Gashouse Gorillas blew out their competitors and strengthened their holds on the two Championship bracket first-round byes. Barring an extreme collapse by #6 Slippery Pete, the Championship bracket is set. While neither the #7 Chatsworth Halos and #9 Toronto Walrus lost much ground in the standings because of their resounding defeats, they did fall back into a morass of teams jockeying for placement in the Consolation bracket. Yes, morasses can jockey. A full ten teams will battle for the second-division playoffs this week.
At the other end, Jays Ehs’ tenure in Alomar will be limited to one year, and BBFL Original Member Eastern Shore Birds will join them until they make up a formidable eight games on the Thunderbirds. The final relegation spot will come down to either Schroedinger’s Bat, also in Alomar for the first time, or last year’s champion T-birds.
Gashouse Gorillas posted the second best roto week in Alomar history. My Austin Senators’ performance in Week 22 of 2003 still holds the title.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Edmonton Decepticons 152 87 13 .629 - 2 gashouse gorillas___ 150 93 9 .613 4.0The roto stats get the week off in anticipation of next week’s end-of-regular-season stats bonanza.
3 Mebion Glyndwr______ 138 93 21 .589 10.0 4 the mighty midgets__ 135 103 14 .563 16.5 5 W-A-M-C-O___________ 130 106 16 .548 20.5 6 Slippery Pete_______ 131 115 6 .532 24.5
7 Chatsworth Halos____ 119 121 12 .496 33.5
8 Toronto Walrus______ 121 124 7 .494 34.0
9 Homer Jays Simpsons_ 117 120 15 .494 34.0
10 Austin Senators_____ 119 123 10 .492 34.5
11 AGF_________________ 118 124 10 .488 35.5
12 Horse Field Hammers_ 118 124 10 .488 35.5
13 Reykjavik Fish Candy 115 122 15 .486 36.0 14 Billie's Bashers____ 117 126 9 .482 37.0 15 hannibals cannibals_ 115 125 12 .480 37.5 16 Ghost Man on Third__ 115 131 6 .468 40.5 17 Thunderbirds________ 107 134 11 .446 46.0
18 Schroedinger's Bat__ 102 133 17 .438 48.0 19 Eastern Shore Birds_ 100 143 9 .415 54.0 20 Jays Ehs____________ 85 157 10 .357 68.5
BARFIELD DIVISION:
Magic 9 have lapped the field, guaranteeing advancement to Alomar in 2007 and the #1 seed in the Championship playoff bracket with one week to play. The tremendous battle for the other automatic advancement between the #2 Moscow Rats and #3 Pohnpei Papayas will conclude this week. The Rats will play the #15 Jicks Rays, and the Papayas draw last-place Pistol Nine. The loser of this contest will still most likely finish third, which holds the best chance for advancement outside the top two. The 1-Tool Wonders and Cooney Islanders have also assured themselves places in the Championship playoff. Team Junior Felix will join them unless they finish 0-12 and MulReduxMonkeymen shuts out the Angry Gnomes. Highly doubtful.
The Monkeymen, Baseball North, Sweaty Guys, Vancouver Cyphers and Burlington Mazsters are all very likely to make the Consolation playoff. The #12 Angry Gnomes have a smaller margin of error, but #13 Bodell’s Bashers drew the short straw and has to face Magic 9 in their hunt for the postseason. The Middleclass Elitists, Jick’s Rays and Lubumbashi Posse also still hold faint playoff hopes.
Pistol Nine will join the Carter Division next year, and any combination of losses by Dr. Z’s Hot Men and wins by the K-Town Mashers that adds to four will also relegate Dr. Z. The last relegation spot almost certainly will fall to the Mashers or European Wannabe, who placed himself in better position to survive by defeating Magic 9 7-5-0 last week.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Magic 9_____________ 158 80 14 .655 - 2 Moscow Rats_________ 147 94 11 .605 12.5CARTER DIVISION:
3 Pohnpei Papayas_____ 146 97 9 .597 14.5 4 1-Tool Wonders______ 139 101 12 .575 20.0 5 Cooney Islanders_____ 135 103 14 .563 23.0 6 team junior felix___ 135 106 11 .558 24.5
7 MulReduxMonkeymen 121 115 16 .512 36.0 8 Baseball North______ 118 116 18 .504 38.0 9 The Sweaty Guys_____ 118 120 14 .496 40.0 10 Vancouver Cyphers___ 115 123 14 .484 43.0 11 Burlington Mazsters_ 116 125 11 .482 43.5 12 Angry Gnomes________ 112 126 14 .472 46.0
13 Bodell's Bashers____ 114 131 7 .466 47.5 14 Middleclass Elitists 111 130 11 .462 48.5 15 Lubumbashi Posse____ 112 132 8 .460 49.0 16 Jick's Rays_________ 109 129 14 .460 49.0 17 K-Town Mashers______ 108 138 6 .440 54.0
18 European Wannabe____ 104 137 11 .435 55.5 19 Dr. Z's Hot Men______ 93 140 19 .407 62.5 20 Pistol Nine_________ 88 156 8 .365 73.0
The Sexy Underpants have guaranteed placement in the BBFL’s Barfield Division in 2007 with a 9-2-1 victory over the Brock Crackaz. The ‘Pants can finish no worse than second in the regular season. #2 Chico’s Bail Bonds have a strong grip on the #2 spot, which also grants automatic advancement plus a first-round playoff bye. However, this week they must take on the #4 Shining Force, who spanked the @$$kickers 10-2-0. The #3 Wedding Singers must win resoundingly against the #6 BSL Blue Sox and hope for a weak Bonds performance in order to surpass them. The Singers have clinched a Championship playoff spot and will advance if any of the top three teams win the playoff. The Force are also very likely in the top bracket, while the other two spots will be fought over by the Blocked Youngsters, Blue Sox, and #7 New Jersey Stratuses. Three other teams have extremely thin chances for the Championship bracket.
The battle for the Consolation bracket remains remarkably tight, with not even the #7 Stratuses guaranteed postseason play. They will advance barring a disaster, and the Dangercats, Garth Iorg Gremlins and @$$kickers are also odds-on favorites. The final two spots should come down to the Trembling Wilburys, Benji’s Sister, Big Game Hunters, and longshot Hammie’s Rollies. Except for Team Balla, who is technically alive, the rest are playing for pride.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Sexy underpants_____ 160 79 13 .661 - 2 Chico's Bail Bonds__ 152 90 10 .623 9.5
3 The Wedding Singers_ 145 96 11 .597 16.0 4 The Shining Force___ 137 105 10 .563 24.5 5 Blocked Youngsters__ 131 108 13 .546 29.0 6 BSL Blue Sox________ 130 111 11 .538 31.0
7 New Jersey Stratuses 127 113 12 .528 33.5 8 dangercats__________ 121 116 15 .510 38.0 9 Garth Iorg Gremlins_ 121 118 13 .506 39.0 10 @$$kickers__________ 120 120 12 .500 40.5 11 TheTremblingWilburys 117 121 14 .492 42.5 12 Benji's Sister______ 121 126 5 .490 43.0
13 Big Game Hunters____ 113 118 21 .490 43.0 14 Hammie's Rollies____ 109 124 19 .470 48.0 15 Team Balla__________ 109 131 12 .456 51.5 16 Brock Crackaz_______ 103 136 13 .435 57.0 17 Scottish Dunces_____ 104 141 7 .427 59.0 18 Anarchist Archivists 99 142 11 .415 62.0 19 Roseneath Rockets___ 96 145 11 .403 65.0 20 Adjustable Chuck____ 81 156 15 .351 78.0