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Pittsburgh and Maine are tied at 90-53. They have very similar schedules the rest of the way. They both play New York, and the rest of their division once. The only difference, Pittsburgh plays Indy and Denver, while Maine plays New Orleans and Dallas. Nothing should be decided here until the final week. Sept 28-30th, Pittsburgh plays @ Maine.
Los Angeles has a three game lead over Toronto at 70-73. If I'm not mistaken, we have never had a sub .500 division winner, correct? I know in 1984 I stumbled down the finish line to win the Stout at 82-80. Has anyone won a division at 81-81 even? Lucky for the Dinos they are tied with Denver to have the easiest remaining schedule in baseball...and it's by a LOT. They only have three games left against teams over .500, this week against 75-68 Cleveland. Toronto's schedule isn't that much harder though as they only have to play one north of .500 team as well in 82-61 Dallas. Only separated by four games, and Toronto hosts LA the final week of the season.
Dallas...Sorry Sully. Very tough two weeks coming up: Maine, Cleveland, Toronto and Denver. If Dallas can somehow close the Wild Card gap to 3-4 over the next two weeks, they might have a chance. Their final week is against doormats Indy and Syracuse. It's unfortunate, but it looks like the Snappers might finish 10 games better than the Lager winner and miss the playoffs. Silver lining...the team is on pace to finish with 93 wins, their highest mark since 2000 and 4th highest win total in franchise history!
Denver is a near lock to not only win the division but even if Dallas was to make a miraculous comeback from 8 games, Denver would likely sneak into the Wild Card spot. However, like mentioned earlier, they have the easiest remaining schedule and you can bet Carlos is trying his hardest to reach the post-season. And in the very unlikely event they need to win down the stretch, their final week is against Indy/Syracuse.
Here is where it gets interesting...Maine, Pittsburgh and Denver are currently in a three-way tie for the #1 seed. Now, if I'm correct, our playoff system does not allow two teams to face one another from the same division in the opening round, right? As in, if Maine wins the Ale as the #1 seed and Pittsburgh is the Wild Card, they won't play each other. Maine would then play the winner of the Lager. Therefore, even if Denver were to be the best team in the DL this year, they unfortunately will not be hosting LAD/TOR.
Predictions:
#1 Denver vs. #4 Pittsburgh
#2 Maine vs. #3 Los Angeles
Pittsburgh and Maine are tied at 90-53. They have very similar schedules the rest of the way. They both play New York, and the rest of their division once. The only difference, Pittsburgh plays Indy and Denver, while Maine plays New Orleans and Dallas. Nothing should be decided here until the final week. Sept 28-30th, Pittsburgh plays @ Maine.
Los Angeles has a three game lead over Toronto at 70-73. If I'm not mistaken, we have never had a sub .500 division winner, correct? I know in 1984 I stumbled down the finish line to win the Stout at 82-80. Has anyone won a division at 81-81 even? Lucky for the Dinos they are tied with Denver to have the easiest remaining schedule in baseball...and it's by a LOT. They only have three games left against teams over .500, this week against 75-68 Cleveland. Toronto's schedule isn't that much harder though as they only have to play one north of .500 team as well in 82-61 Dallas. Only separated by four games, and Toronto hosts LA the final week of the season.
Dallas...Sorry Sully. Very tough two weeks coming up: Maine, Cleveland, Toronto and Denver. If Dallas can somehow close the Wild Card gap to 3-4 over the next two weeks, they might have a chance. Their final week is against doormats Indy and Syracuse. It's unfortunate, but it looks like the Snappers might finish 10 games better than the Lager winner and miss the playoffs. Silver lining...the team is on pace to finish with 93 wins, their highest mark since 2000 and 4th highest win total in franchise history!
Denver is a near lock to not only win the division but even if Dallas was to make a miraculous comeback from 8 games, Denver would likely sneak into the Wild Card spot. However, like mentioned earlier, they have the easiest remaining schedule and you can bet Carlos is trying his hardest to reach the post-season. And in the very unlikely event they need to win down the stretch, their final week is against Indy/Syracuse.
Here is where it gets interesting...Maine, Pittsburgh and Denver are currently in a three-way tie for the #1 seed. Now, if I'm correct, our playoff system does not allow two teams to face one another from the same division in the opening round, right? As in, if Maine wins the Ale as the #1 seed and Pittsburgh is the Wild Card, they won't play each other. Maine would then play the winner of the Lager. Therefore, even if Denver were to be the best team in the DL this year, they unfortunately will not be hosting LAD/TOR.
Predictions:
#1 Denver vs. #4 Pittsburgh
#2 Maine vs. #3 Los Angeles
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