Playoffs and Season End - Year 7

A playoff preview below with the end of season recap is coming soon!


Season 6
1. Tampa Bay
2. Las Vegas
3. New York Mafia
4. Burlington
5. St Louis
6. Seattle

Season 7
1. New York Mafia
2. Rochester
3. Seattle
4. Tampa Bay
5. Detroit (former Burlington)
6. Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh and Rochester are new playoff teams this year while out goes Las Vegas and St. Louis


Seattle versus Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh and Seattle have identical records. Pitt has the workhorse pitcher Randy Power and the pundits wonder if he has gas left after logging 245 innings. If he can bring them solid outings they have a great chance. Seattle has Jeff MacDougal, the Cy Young winner of years past. Toss a coin and pick who you like, we are going Seattle but only because it came up heads.

Wow, a 2.17 ERA for the playoffs as Seattle comes up big with pitching and never lets Pitt off the mat.


Tampa Bay versus Detroit – Del Hukata. Tampa enters the playoffs with a losing record, which is rare, but hey once you are there you have as much chance as anyone. Del Hukata is the key we think. If he can deliver lights out pitching they can upset Detroit. Detroit went through a mid season ownership change, and will likely use 3-4 SP’s only in the playoffs. They are balanced and we pick them to win in 4 and face the Mafia in Round 2.


Man oh man this was a fun one. Tampa was up 2-0 but could not close the deal. As predicted Del Hukata was the key but he alone could not pull it off. Detroit comes up with some timely pitching and moves on to the next round. Well done Tampa, it was a great fight.


Season 6
1. Los Angeles
2. Trenton
3. Chicago
4. Florida
5. Jacksonville
6. Scranton

Season 7
1. Philadelphia
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. Florida
5. Trenton
6. Tacoma

Philadelphia and Tacoma are the new teams to the playoffs and out goes Scranton and Jacksonville

Los Angeles versus Tacoma – Our staff reports that Tacoma plans to run with it’s big 4 starters and hopes to shut down LA. LA counters with Douglas the 20 game winner and the steady Jim Bush. This one is an uphill battle for Tacoma, and we think it is LA in 4 that will move on to face Chicago.

Clearly the most impressive performance of the first round so far is from Tacoma. They only score 7 runs and they sweep LA with a 1.33 ERA. Just a powerhouse performance from this team.


Florida versus Trenton – Florida is back but so is Trenton. These two teams are used to being int he playoffs and they are not satisfied to just get here. Just when you think Leon Holden has been in this league forever and may be getting old we realize is just 27 years old. Trenton is a solid team every year but we feel an upset is brewing and Florida will find a way to the next round to face the top seeded Philadelphia squad.

Seven run per game will usually get you to the next round and it proved to be the case as Trenton moves on to take on Philadelphia. These cross river rivals will have a nice battle.



ROUND 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Detroit Faith versus New York Mafia
Detroit is coming off of a huge comeback in round 1. They face a balanced team in NY. The Mafia has solid pitching and some serious bats. It is hard to see how the Mafia will be beaten. Last years MVP Alex Gonzalez is the big bat, and he has a trio of 18 game winners in Hearn, Calles, and Boyd. We think NY wins in 4.

Rochester big tunas versus Seattle Rainers
Rochester has been an up and comer with Sakamoto and Blair as a 1-2 punch, but overlooking the bats of Milton and Cook would be a mistake. Seattle had an easy first round and is rested and ready. Jeff MacDougal will try to keep the hitters in check. 2 wins from him would go a long way to helping Seattle. The blog picks Rochester in 5.


Trenton Thunder versus Philadelphia Continentals
Two seriously strong teams go head to head in this neighboring state battle. Philly is pretty tough with the Shuey/Owen combo and the bat of Palacios. Trenton is hot now after scoring 21 runs in 3 games. We still say Philly is able to get this one in 5 games.


Tacoma 2x4's versus Chicago Midway
Tacoma surprised a number of people by dispensing of LA in short fashion in round 1. Chicago brings a team era of 3.45 to this series. This is the 4th straight try by Chicago to get past this round, and this time they get it done in a tough 5 game series.

Detroit versus Rochester
Detroit remains as the only low seed and faces the Rochester squad that has used the Shuey/Owen combo to perfection thus far. Detroit is always coming to play in these playoffs but the end of the road is upon them. Rochester advances to play for the World Series Championship.

Philadelphia versus Chicago
Chicago is trying to get to the WS in the CubsWin league. This is a righteous cause if there ever was one. Philly is tough and balanced. The karma gods are with Chicago and we think they upset Philly and play Rochester for all the marbles.