We had a great year 5 with Las Vegas taking home their 2nd title. LA tried to go back to back but they did not quite have enough to get it done. Still to get to the series twice is a great accomplishment.
We have 7 spots to fill and some excellent teams are available. We look forward to getting started.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
End of Year on the way.....
The Blog messed up the second round of the playoffs. The season is coming to and end and it has been another fun one. Two former champs are battling for the title, including the defending champs from LA(Scottsdale last year). As of tonight they are tied one apiece.
Awards were handed out and the only repeat winner was Jeff MacDougal of the Seattle Rainers winning a second Cy Young (season 3 and 5). Tony Andrews (Las Vegas) picks up the MVP which comes as no surprise. In the NL Louis Cook dominated all year and cruises to his first MVP. His Trenton teammate Patsy Linden won the Cy Young.
Syracuse and Arizona claim the 6 seeds . It was predicted that Toronto would be there but they fell just shy of the playoffs. florida was picked to make the playoffs but Jax got hot and Florida didn't. Fargo and Philly had a shot but they closed poorly to end their respective seasons.
Trenton, Los Angeles and Las Vegas all went over 100 wins. That does not guarantee playoff sucess but those teams are heavy favorites due to pitching prowess. Houston plans to hit their way to the series!
AL -
Las Vegas and Houston will rest up an wait
New York vs Syracuse - This one seems pretty even to me. Syracuse may have had to play to the last day to get in, but they play in a good division. I will not go so far as to pick the upset and expect New York to hold off a tough Syracuse squad. New York ends up having no problems in sweeping out Syracuse, 3-0!
Rochester vs Tucson - A fairly classic fbattle of pitching against hitting. Tucson can mash and they hope to win home games with power and runs. Rochester will rely heavily on Sakamoto and Blair and hope they can pitch early and often. I am picking Rochester in a series that goes to the final game and outs... In a surprise to us, Tucson roughs up Rochester and moves on to the next round!
NL -
Trenton and Los Angeles will wait for the first round survivors
Chicago vs Arizona - A statistical look shows that these two teams look pretty darn even. I don't have much coming from the magic 8 ball to tell me who wins. I flipped a coin and it came up Arizona in a mini upset. Chicago leads 2-1, let's see if they can move on this afternoon. I was wrong and went 2-2 in the first round. I knew this would be close and Chicago played really well!
Jacksonville vs Scranton - Another hitting versus pitching matchup. I give the nod to Scranton as they can get 2 starts out of DeShields and he should carry them to round 2. As expected Scranton marches on, although it was a bit easier than expected...
Awards were handed out and the only repeat winner was Jeff MacDougal of the Seattle Rainers winning a second Cy Young (season 3 and 5). Tony Andrews (Las Vegas) picks up the MVP which comes as no surprise. In the NL Louis Cook dominated all year and cruises to his first MVP. His Trenton teammate Patsy Linden won the Cy Young.
Syracuse and Arizona claim the 6 seeds . It was predicted that Toronto would be there but they fell just shy of the playoffs. florida was picked to make the playoffs but Jax got hot and Florida didn't. Fargo and Philly had a shot but they closed poorly to end their respective seasons.
Trenton, Los Angeles and Las Vegas all went over 100 wins. That does not guarantee playoff sucess but those teams are heavy favorites due to pitching prowess. Houston plans to hit their way to the series!
AL -
Las Vegas and Houston will rest up an wait
New York vs Syracuse - This one seems pretty even to me. Syracuse may have had to play to the last day to get in, but they play in a good division. I will not go so far as to pick the upset and expect New York to hold off a tough Syracuse squad. New York ends up having no problems in sweeping out Syracuse, 3-0!
Rochester vs Tucson - A fairly classic fbattle of pitching against hitting. Tucson can mash and they hope to win home games with power and runs. Rochester will rely heavily on Sakamoto and Blair and hope they can pitch early and often. I am picking Rochester in a series that goes to the final game and outs... In a surprise to us, Tucson roughs up Rochester and moves on to the next round!
NL -
Trenton and Los Angeles will wait for the first round survivors
Chicago vs Arizona - A statistical look shows that these two teams look pretty darn even. I don't have much coming from the magic 8 ball to tell me who wins. I flipped a coin and it came up Arizona in a mini upset. Chicago leads 2-1, let's see if they can move on this afternoon. I was wrong and went 2-2 in the first round. I knew this would be close and Chicago played really well!
Jacksonville vs Scranton - Another hitting versus pitching matchup. I give the nod to Scranton as they can get 2 starts out of DeShields and he should carry them to round 2. As expected Scranton marches on, although it was a bit easier than expected...
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