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09/23/2047
California comes on strong with a 6-1 week as the end of the season draws nigh. The Kodiaks should finish with 100 wins, will make the playoffs for the 13th straight year, and there won't be any angry 'Tweet Storms' by their GM! Could this be the buildup to their 3rd Bresmasters Cup since 2036? Other nice weeks were had by Carolina who went 5-1 and Indy who went 5-2. Both teams are long out of the playoff race but playing for pride is never a bad thing. On the flip side Seattle went 0-7 while Santo Domingo went 0-6. Alas the Pilots made a late run to make things interesting (thanks to Baltimore), but it just doesn't appear to be in the cards this season.
Power Rankings
1) California Kodiaks (126.1, +)
2) Pawtucket Patriots (108.8, ++)
3) Washington Bats (107.9, -)
4) Syracuse Snappers (107.2, o)
5) Dallas Drillers (104.4, ++)
6) Los Angeles Dinos (104.4, -)
7) Pittsburgh Millers (104.0, +)
8) New Orleans Voodoo (103.4, --)
9) Phoenix Roadrunners (102.5, --)
10) Montreal Exports (100.5, -)
11) Denver Bulls (96.9, o)
12) Indianapolis Racers (90.2, +)
13) Philadelphia Freedom (89.7, +)
14) Baltimore Bulldogs (87.8, ++)
15) New York Knights (86.9, ++)
16) Wilmington Clowns (81.4, --)
17) Toronto Canadians (79.7, +)
18) Carolina Tobs (76.4, ++)
19) Batavia Red Jackets (72.9, --)
20) Windy City Blues (72.4, +)
21) Maine Guides (69.1, +)
22) Seattle Pilots (68.9, --)
23) Santo Domingo Rum Runners (57.2, --)
24) Hartford Whalers (54.1, o)
Performance of the Week
P Cordarius Gomez - It's been a while since we had a top pitching performance but Gomez turned in the 2nd best outing of the season on September 21st against New Orleans. Over the course of the game he allowed no runs on two hits with nine K's as the Millers won 3-0. Gomez is now 17-4 with a 2.72 ERA and 5.0 WAR this season.
Five Things We Think We Think
1. It was a week for the young guns to show off. Four BLBers hit their first big league home run. Taishwan Tra, acquired in a trade at the start of the season by California, went yard off Jason Davidson. Victor Weast, acquired in the Omar Jones trade by Philadelphia, knocked his big fly off Avery Lindsey. Brad Stewart, acquired in the off-season by Dallas, hit his dong off Okaro Emiliani. Lastly, Daryl Mills, a former third round pick, rapped his four bagger off Austyn Endicott. What an exciting week for these young players.
2. The DL playoffs are decided. The only thing left to figure out is the seeding of the six teams that remain standing. In the Ale, Pawtucket has a slim three game lead over Syracuse. Both have an easy slate of games left, so it looks like Pawtucket will be taking home the crown. In the Lager, there is a dead heat, as New Orleans and Dallas are both tied at 89 wins. Based on their respective strength of schedules both team might win out and force a Lonny Coleman game. As for the rest of the DL playoffs teams it is likely time to rest and lineup pitching for all-important Wild Card round.
3. The IL playoffs are still undecided. Washington has clinched, and is running away from everyone in the Stout, as they currently have a 17 game lead over second place Baltimore. California still looks like the favorite in the Bock, as they go into their final nine games with a 7 1/2 game lead over Los Angeles. The real fun in the IL is in the Wild Card race though. Denver, with a magic number of 2, is almost certainly in, but Baltimore holds a narrow 2 1/2 game lead over New York for the last Wild Card spot. What makes this extra exciting is the fact that New York and Baltimore start out this week with a three game set, which will either tighten the race, or likely end it. Seattle, Batavia, and Philadelphia are all back of those two, and would need a mathematical miracle to catch either of them.
4. The race for the Stout Slugger is also going to come down to the wire. In the Domestic, Dominique Graham (.325 AVG, 37 HR, and 96 RBI) appears to be the front-runner with only a week and a half to go. Colby Hullinger (another 40/40 season in the bag), Stuart Beale (also closing in on 40/40), and Darryl Walken (.361 AVG, 23 HR, 85 RBI) are also running neck in neck. The final few games may decide this race. In the IL, the race is just as close, with Preston Capps (.340 AVG, 21 HR, 103 RBI) seemingly out in front of Neel Bennarivo (.367 AVG, 22 HR, and 67 RBI) and Kyle (having a huge bounce back year) Olmstead.
5. Poor Wilmington. The preseason predictions pegged the Clowns as the class of the BLB with their predicted 99 wins. Not much went right for the Clowns this year though, as they have missed the playoffs and will struggle just to get back to 0.500. The team battled hard all year, but just couldn't overcome the laundry list of injuries that seemingly piled up all season. They lead the entire BLB with a whopping $14.02 million dollars committed to injured players throughout the year. To say nothing of the fact that they spent almost the entire season without Josiah Foust, one of the BLB's great young superstars. With health, and a little better luck, the Clowns will be right back in the mix next season.
Stat of the Week
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