Playoff Preview: Top 4 Seeds

The 2010 Playoffs are sure to be exciting and full of surprises.  Last year's #1 seed Dead Money lost in the first round to the 8th seeded Silver Bullets.  This years #1 seed Doublewide was 10 runned in thier first 2 games and knocked out early.  The eventual champions, as most of you remember, defeated Ballz Deep 14-13 in a do-or-die final game that was more intense than 3 game sevens played at once (not sure that makes sense).  Anyway, for a preview of this years playoffs see below...

#1 Seed: Doublewide
2010 Record: 15-1 (Current Streak: 11 Wins)
Scoring: #1   Defense: #2  Diff: +123
10run Wins: 8   10run Losses: 0
Big Wins: 5-3 vs Dead Money, 13-10 vs Dirty Grizzlies
Bad Losses: 9-12 vs Dirty Grizzlies
Doublewide got some sharp new uniforms this year.... apparently they got a new attitude as well since thier record last year was 9-8.  An upgraded roster along with a shift to a 5 man infield has seemed to help there defense immensly.  They are definetly a solid team, and as you can see they have a knack for winning tight games.  My only question is what thier name stands for... I am not positive, but I'm pretty sure one of the girls I dated in high school lived in a doublewide... maybe it has something to do with that.

#2 Seed: Dead Money
2010 Record: 13-3 (Current Streak: 7 Wins)
Scoring: #2   Defense: #1  Diff: +131
10run Wins: 10  10run Losses: 1
Big Wins: 17-2 vs Wild Turkeys, 16-3 vs Dirty Grizzlies
Bad Losses: 10-20 vs Dirty Grizzlies, 8-10 vs Doublewide
Dead Money doesn't hang thier banner on the fence anymore this year... which in my opinion, is the best move they have made in years.  Besides that, there team is very similar to previous years.  Solid defense, deep line-up, lots of power.  Doublewide has shut them down twice this year though, proving that it can be done.   They have been very hot lately though, and that may help them overcome last years let-down at the end of the season.

#3 Seed: Dirty Grizzlies
2010 Record: 13-3 (Current Streak: 2 Wins)
Scoring: #3   Defense: #3  Diff: +93
10run Wins: 8  10run Losses: 1
Big Wins: 20-10 vs Dead Money, 12-9 vs Doublewide
Bad Losses: 3-16 vs Dead Money, 11-18 vs Wild Turkeys
By all accounts we have lost some of our swagger from early in the season... but the playoffs are great chance to regain that. We have some positives going in our favor.. our offense is getting back on track, albeit slowly... our defense has started to tighten back up. We are the only ones who have beaten every team in the league besides the #1 seed. We have won close games and have blown people out. If we play up to our potential there is no reason we can't defend our title.

#4 Seed: Wild Turkeys
2010 Record: 8-8 (Current Streak: 1 Loss)
Scoring: #4   Defense: #4  Diff: +24
10run Wins: 4  10run Losses: 3
Big Wins: 18-11 vs Dirty Grizzlies
Bad Losses: 2-17 vs Dead Money, 4-17 vs Ballz Deep
The Wild Turkeys have always seemed to be one of the better teams in the league, but now poor managing has seemed to affect thier game.  While thier offense has turned it around lately, several negative factors have taken hold in their organization due to apparent lack of leadership.  The most noticable has been thier pre-game drinking, which has resulted in atleast 1 arrest (or citation) and slurred speech during thier trash talking.  But now they have started to completly forget about games, relying on opposing teams to stop them in the parking lot to keep them from driving away.  Lets hope thier front office can get these issues under control in time for a playoff run.