In Season Analysis

WS Wrap Up

And again, a big Congratulations to Ball Busters and Eric for a well-deserved trophy!  Eric has always been a terrific owner, and even though I didn’t win it, it is nice to see him rewardedBall Busters Wins Second Championship 8 years after winning their first World Series, Ball Busters has claimed the top spot in the CPL…

Playoffs Week 2 Review – Week 3 Preview

4 months ago it wasn’t clear if we would get any baseball this year. 2 months ago it wasn’t clear if we would be able to complete even 60 games (and several MLB teams won’t). But, here we are. 1 week to go in the 2020*** season. Week 2 Playoff Review Tom Cat’s V Fajita…

Playoffs Week 1 Review – Week 2 Preview

Playoff Week 1 Review –  Playoffs are freaking weird man. Tom Cat’s V Your Mom This looked for the first 6 days like a classic battle of attrition as both teams were hovering around 0.200 BA and ERA’s over 5.00. It ended up coming down to whichever team hit better on Sunday, and as luck would…

Magic/Tragic Numbers + Week 6 preview

And then there were none. Boy, Week 5 was messy. AL West was razor tight, AL East was only 1/2 blowout and the entire NL was full of lopsided games, 1/2 in the direction you would expect, and 1/2 in major upsets. So, where does that leave us: Team Wins 1 Your Mom 51 2…

Magic/Tragic Numbers Update + Week 5 Preview

Magic/Tragic Numbers: Alright, we are starting to heat up now after an interesting week 4. With some tense ties and impressive blowouts last week, the playoff races haven’t gotten any more clear. After this next week we should see some of our first mathematical eliminations from some of the lower performing teams to finish high…

Half way point projections

We’re half way through, let’s take a look at how the projected standings have changed after 3 weeks of baseball. CPL League Rankings 1 – Your Mom – 60 Wins (up 4.5 wins) 2 – Danimals – 57 wins, 3 GB (up 2.5) 3 – Baby Seals – 55 wins, 5 GB (up 2.5) 4 – Mauling…

Magic/Tragic Numbers: Week 4

One week closer to actual valuable Magic/Tragic numbers. With 48 categories left to be decided for each team, normally we would start to see some teams running away with it. And before last week, that looked like it might still happen. But, with a couple upsets and blowouts, now everything seems closer than ever. Here’s…

Magic/Tragic Numbers Week 2

 1 more week in the books, and 1 more week closer to useful Magic/Tragic Number observations. Recap on the Numbers.  Magic Numbers are the number of  categories a team needs to win combined with the categories the team immediately behind them in the rankings needs to lose for that team to clinch their position. I.e.…