There's a wild finish ahead. With ten weeks left in our regular season, no team is a cinch to make the championship playoff round, not even my Toronto Walrus, still the front-runner after a narrow 6-5 decision over second-place AGF. Baird Brain, by defeating Jick's Rays 7-4, moved into a third place tie with Moscow Rats, who split 6-6 with hannibal's cannibals. Mebion Glyndwr edged Billie's Bashers 6-5, so they remain in fifth and sixth. Five other teams are bunched within five games of playing for the jersey.
The biggest move this week was by Garces_not_on_roids, whose 10-2 rout of the K-Town Mashers was enough to pass three teams. The lopsided loss dropped K-Town into the relegation danger zone, but right now, the difference between 19th place and making the consolation playoffs is slight -- with nine teams bunched within nine games, and 120 remaining to be played, absolutely anything can happen.
The standings through 12 weeks:
# Team W-L-T Pct GBProving that youneverknow, I was hoping to win four or five hitting points this week and maybe steal a pitching category. Instead, my opponent suffered through several no-decisions, Rich Harden's rotten luck and just one save opportunity for Rivera, so the Walrus staff, thanks to two Schilling wins, managed to earn five of six points. Good thing, too, as my hitting went south. It took a 2-run single by Miguel Cairo at about 11:15 last night to secure the RBI category, which I rarely win. Call me relieved that it's over, and nervous about my next matchup — the gashouse gorillas just whipped Horse Field Hammers 8-4, putting up some scary hitting numbers. I notice that Snellville, unconcerned about passed balls, is playing without a catcher, so I'm giving my guys the green light.
1 Toronto Walrus 84-51-9 .615 --
2 AGF 81-54-9 .594 3
3 Baird Brain 80-58-6 .576 5.5
4 Moscow Rats 81-59-4 .576 5.5
5 Mebion Glyndwr 78-60-6 .563 7.5
6 Billie's Bashers 77-63-4 .549 9.5
7 Red Mosquitos 74-63-7 .538 11
8 Eastern Shore Birds 76-65-3 .538 11
9 gashouse gorillas 73-64-7 .531 12
10 hannibal's cannibals 70-63-11 .524 13
11 Chatsworth Halos 72-67-5 .517 14
12 Horse Field Hammers 67-70-7 .490 18
13 Springfield Isotopes 64-71-9 .476 20
14 SABR Magicians 64-72-8 .472 20.5
15 Garces_not_on_roids 64-77-3 .455 23
16 Austin Senators 58-75-11 .441 25
17 K-Town Mashers 58-78-8 .431 26.5
18 Reykjavik Fish Candy 60-81-3 .427 27
19 Thunderbirds 59-80-5 .427 27
20 Jick's Rays 34-103-7 .260 51
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