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Your Championship Finalists:

Alomar Division: Thunderbirds vs. Horse Field Hammers
Barfield Division: Jay's Ehs vs Schroedinger's Bat
Carter Division: Baseball North vs Pohnpei Papayas


ALOMAR DIVISION

In the Championship Semifinals, the #2 Thunderbirds defeated the #3 Austin Senators 6-5-1. The Senators lead 8-2-2 going into Sunday but lost several close calls on the final day. The Thunderbirds won runs by one, RBI by 3, batting average by .004, slugging percentage by .001, and innings pitched by 1.1. (Do I feel sorry for myself? Yes I do.) In the other semifinal, the #4 Horse Field Hammers pounded the top-seeded Toronto Walrus 11-1-0. The Walrus got dreadful performances from Randy Johnson, Matt Clement and Todd Jones, while the Hammers enjoyed strong efforts from John Patterson and Carlos Zambrano. The Thunderbirds and Hammers face off in a two-week battle for the Alomar Division Championship, while the Walrus and Senators vie for third and fourth. Ghost Man On Third defeated the Gashouse Gorillas 7-5-0 to take fifth place.

In the Consolation Semifinals, both top seeds found that a week of rest did not good. The #11 Chatsworth Halos defeated the #7 Reykjavik Fish Candy 9-3-0, and the #9 Eastern Shore Birds thumped #8 Mebion Glyndwyr 10-1-1. The Halos and Birds will play for the Consolation Championship, with Candy and Glyndwyr fighting for 9th. Homer Jays Simpsons defeated the Red Mosquitos 7-4-1 to take 11th place.

BARFIELD DIVISION

The #2 Jay’s Ehs stomped on #3 WAMCO 9-3-0 to take one of the Championship semifinals. WAMCO amassed a ridiculous 124 innings pitched with eight wins and seven saves but could not take any other category. In the other semifinal, #5 Schroedinger’s Bat knocked off the #1 Mighty Midgets 7-5-0. The Bat combined a well-rounded offensive performance with just enough pitching, while the Midgets’ offense didn’t do much beyond stealing eleven bases. With the victory, Schroedinger’s Bat will play Jay’s Ehs for the Championship and has the opportunity to advance to the Alomar Division. WAMCO will play the Midgets for third and will advance to Alomar only if Jay’s Ehs win. The #6 Burlington Mazsters defeated #4 Team Junior Felix for fifth place.

In the Consolation Bracket, the top-seeded European Wannabe will face the Pistol Nine. #7 European Wannabe won a tight 7-5-0 decision over the #12 Jick’s Rays, and the #8 Nine squeaked by #11 Monkeymen Cubed 6-5-1. Another pitching win or a couple of strikeouts would have given the Men the win. The Monkeymen will battle the Rays for ninth. The #10 Lubumbashi Posse defeated the #9 Middleclass Elitists 11-0-1 for eleventh place.

CARTER DIVISION

The Championship bracket featured two exceptionally close contests. #1 Baseball North slid by #5 Three Bucks On A Hun 6-5-1. Either one more run or .001 in OBP would have given the Hun the victory. On the other side, #3 Pohnpei Papayas tied #2 Magic 9 5-5-2 and advanced by virtue of a better ERA. The teams finished separated by one run, two RBI, 0.39 of ERA and 0.04 of K/BB. The Papayas have assured advancement to the Barfield Division regardless of how they perform against Baseball North in the Championship. Magic 9 and Three Bucks will settle for a fight over third place. #4 Dr. Z’s Hot Men defeated #6 Bodell’s Bashers for fifth place.

The rested #7 Angry Gnomes torched the #10 @$$kickers 11-1-0 to reach the finals of the Consolation bracket. #9 Garth Iorg Gremlins defeated #8 Team Balla by the unusual score of 5-4-3. The Gremlins and Balla finished tied in steals, wins and batting average. The Gremlins and Gnomes will play for the Championship, while the Kickers and Balla play for ninth. The #11 New Jersey Stratuses beat the #12 Mechanical Brains 7-4-0 to take eleventh place.

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Jabes - Monday, September 19 2005 @ 10:27 PM EDT (#128341) #
Any chance of getting the final roto stats?
Lucas - Monday, September 19 2005 @ 10:31 PM EDT (#128344) #
I suspect next Monday, which is the midweek of the championship playoffs. I've just been overwhelmed at work, and it's all I can do to post the playoff updates.
Pistol - Monday, September 19 2005 @ 11:42 PM EDT (#128361) #
The Nine turned a 8-4 deficit Sunday morning into a 6-5-1 win by Sunday night behind some fluke performances, including getting two wins from relievers on Sunday.

The dream of 7th place is now that much closer....
Gitz - Tuesday, September 20 2005 @ 12:53 AM EDT (#128366) #
Ah, Pistol, we share the same dream, you and me.

We're talking about that collection of vintage Alf pogs, right?
JackFoley - Tuesday, September 20 2005 @ 03:44 AM EDT (#128381) #
Aki Otsuka and Mike Gonzalez will be the bain of my fantasy baseball existence for some time, Pistol! The Monkeymen will not be repeating Consolation Bracket Champions this year, and with some of the moves I made this year they didn't deserve to.

Great job Lucas, thanks for all the volunteer time you put into the BBFL.
JackFoley - Tuesday, September 20 2005 @ 03:59 AM EDT (#128382) #
Bane, even.

Lesson learned: The preview button is here for a reason.
Pistol - Tuesday, September 20 2005 @ 09:17 AM EDT (#128387) #
"Aki Otsuka and Mike Gonzalez will be the bain of my fantasy baseball existence for some time"

And the funny part is that I happened to pick both up at the beginning of the week.

And I concur, great job with the weekly summaries Scott.
Justin (T-Birds) - Tuesday, September 20 2005 @ 04:29 PM EDT (#128430) #
In the Championship Semifinals, the #2 Thunderbirds defeated the #3 Austin Senators 6-5-1. The Senators lead 8-2-2 going into Sunday but lost several close calls on the final day. The Thunderbirds won runs by one, RBI by 3, batting average by .004, slugging percentage by .001, and innings pitched by 1.1. (Do I feel sorry for myself? Yes I do.)

I definitely lucked out this week. If you hadn't sat down Lawton on Sunday in favour of Ensberg, you would've tied up runs after Lawton pinch-ran and scored. Since ERA is the tie-breaker in the playoffs (I think), you would've won the week. Can't get much closer than that. Granderson's 5/5 on Sunday was huge, and pretty unexpected. Tough match-up in the finals (boy would Halladay look good right now!). Good luck this week, Geoff.

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