Tiebreaker Breakdown.... Grizzlies Dead

Here is the official statement from the Rec Department... 

Softball Managers:
Attached are the final scores and standings for the Tuesday Men’s Softball League, as well as the updated playoff schedule. With three times finishing at 7-3, final standings were determined first by head to head competition, followed by total runs scored for the two teams (Doublewide & Dirty Grizzlies) that did not play each other. Therefore, the 4 teams moving onto the playoff round are: Dead Money, PT General Mortgage , Doublewide & JJ’s Orange. For these teams, please note that the game times have been moved up to 6:15 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.

For those teams not moving on, thank you very much for participating this fall season!

Tonights Recap....

We won all 3 games like we needed to tonight.  We scored lots of runs like we needed to.  We basically did everything we needed to do....except get some help.  We needed the Amish Donkey Mob to knock off JJ's Orange....they didn't, losing by 1 run 8-9.  Then we needed Doublewide to not score a lot of runs.... they did.  Then, as we sat on the picnic table watching the PT / Doublewide game we needed Doublewide to hold onto thier 16-10 lead in the 4th.  This would have put us and PT in a tie and brought the total runs scored  tie-breaker into effect... (which we were comfortably ahead of them at that point).   Unfortunatly, Doublewide fell apart down the stretch, giving up countless hits and making multiple defensive blunders.... including but not limited to launching a ball into the trees from 3B to allow runs in.   It was tough to watch....and to cap it off, with the winning run at the plate in the bottom of the 7th, the Doublewide guy watches his last strike cross the plate and gets called out looking to end the game....  Season Dead.

We played 3 awesome games in a row tonight...and really 5 great games down the stretch with the pressure on us as all were must wins.... but at this point it looks like the BCS is going to keep us out of any meaningful bowl games.  Now we know what Boise State feels like.  There is still hope, my math could be wrong or I could have misinterpreted how the rec deptartment will breakdown the games so there is a chance we still get in.... but no matter what we did all we could do.

I will post something as soon as I hear it from the Rec Dept.  Who knows....maybe they will do a play-in game....  If not...it was a good season guys.  Thanks for playing.

Week 7 Scores

What a fun week of softball.  Its amazing what a few pregame beers will do to bring a team together.  Our mission to make the playoffs is well under way, and it looks like the Wild Turkeys almost did us a huge favor by nearly knocking off JJ's, unfortunatly it didn't happen and now it will be up to the Donkey Mob next week.  Dead Money must have been off thier game last night in a big way, playing a close one to the hapless CPC squad and then getting murdered by the aformentioned Donkey Mob... 31 to 6???  Wow.  Big 10 Silver bounced back from there loss to us to take down the Donkeys in the late game...which basically leaves just us and JJ's as the final 2 teams in the running for the last playoff spot....unless of course we both win out and overtake Doublewide or PT in a tie-break senario.  Also, much props out to the boyz at Mills Church.  The boombox intro music is truly ingenious...and the postgame scrimmage that lasted until 10:30 was fun as well.

Fall Playoff Outlook: Unfinished Business

Ok... as the playoffs approach I thought I should break it down and see if we still have a legit chance of making it into the top 4.  As I see it, Dead Money has locked up a spot as they have 2 winnable games tonight and should end up with atleast a 8-2 record.
1.  Dead Money
2.
3.
4.

PT General Mortgage and Doublewide both are very likely to be in the top 4 as well.  They do play each other however, so one of them will have atleast 3 losses and that would make them vulnerable to a tie-breaker....
1. Dead Money
2. PT General Mortage
3. Doublewide
4.

That means there are 4 teams left fighting for the 4th and final playoff slot.  JJ's, Big 10, Amish Donkeys and the Dirty Grizzlies. Whichever teams can finish with a 7-3 record as well should make it in.  That means all teams need to win out to make it.  Problem is, some of them play each other...
 
JJ's Orange 5-3
vs Wild Turkeys (4-5)
vs Amish Donkeys (3-3)
 
Big 10 Silver 5-3
vs Dirty Grizzlies (2-3)
vs Amish Donkeys (3-3)
 
Amish Donkeys 3-3
vs Dead Money (7-1)
vs Big 10 Silver (5-3)
vs Dirty Grizzlies (2-3)
vs JJ's Orange (5-3)
 
and the last team with a chance....
Dirty Grizzlies 2-3
vs Big 10 Silver (5-3)
vs Mills Church (0-8)
vs Amish Donkeys (3-3)
vs Cargil Dow (1-6)
vs Cargil Dow again (1-6)
 
We have alot of work to do but if we win out we would have a fair chance because of who we play...we would just need JJ's to lose and we would be in for sure with a 7-3 record.  If JJ's wins out, I believe they would be in for sure since they beat us head-to-head.  However, we have not played PT General Mortgage OR Doublewide at all this fall, so our head-to-head record is 0-0 and it would come down to a tie-breaker....most likely largest point differential.  They are at +45 and +33 respectively.  We are at -1.  But we have 5 games to go, they only have 2...and for which ever team loses in there matchup its more like 1 since a loss doesn't really help your differentail.  We on the other hand play the 2 worst teams in the league 3 times down the stretch.  If we can have some large blowouts in a couple of those games we could easly get to a +40 or better.  But again, non of this matters if we lose again, and I would have just wasted the last 15 minutes of my life.... wouldn't have been the first time though.

Week 5 and Week 6 Scores

Here are the scores from the last couple weeks.  It hasn't been the greatest for us, but our schedule is favorable, but if we win out I think we can get the #4 seed and make the playoffs and we would be team that nobody would want to play....  More on this later.

Week 4 Scores

I am in a hurry but lets see what happend here last night.  PT stays hot crushing Cargill Dow to improve to 4-1.... Turkeys bounced back after there loss to us at 6 to knock Big 10 below .500  Doublewide crushes....again.   BMW squad got some new t-shirts, but continues to struggle after a hot start.  Wow...the donkeys shut down Mills Church...oh wait, Mills has yet to come close to winning a game.  JJ's does deserve a wow...winning again and further causing former alliance squad to struggle and drop in the standings.  Last but not least, it looks like Dead Money hasn't stretched themselves too thin as they still have the ability to 10 run people. 

On the Rebound: 2-1

With a fantasy draft weighing on the minds of many of us, we found a way to rebound from last week by jumping out to an early 7 run lead after 2 innings.  The return of Fosmo sure helped, as he was crushing the ball.  Funny, the two ringers Wild Turkeys brought in for the playoffs during the summer were absent, and we cruised to a smooth victory against thier normal lineup.  They did mike a run to close the gap on us, but our attitudes seemed to adjust to a slightly more positive level this week, making it easier to hold them off and also reduced the risk of  injurys from flying bats.
Final Score: 14-8

We all hit the ball better this week, but one guy stood out.  The only time he actually got out was because he crushed another ball over the fence when we were over our limit.

B-Dubs Playa of the Week
Eric Fosmo
3-4 with a 2 HR, single, 3 runs & 5 rbi.
Thank you for protecting this house.