2009 Week 22: Weekly Wrapup (8/31/09-9/6/09)
Sept 7, 2009 15:12:41 GMT -5
Post by Lucky on Sept 7, 2009 15:12:41 GMT -5
We've got a new number one but the biggest story of the week is really Lucky and his continued choke. After a horrible loss to Grover all of a sudden with one week left in the season Lucky is almost as closer to 7th as he is to 1st. Mike takes back the 1st place spot in the league and sits a comfortable 6 games ahead of Lucky while Army is 1 G behind guaranteeing a close race in the final week. Lucky falls back into a tie for 3rd with Dev, although Dev is closer to a bye at 5 Gs behind Army's division lead. Solly is 5th place only half a game behind Lucky and Dev while MKid is holding onto the final playoff spot a game behind Solly.
GM has now fallen 6 Gs out of the playoffs and needs a big win to make his huge and costly deadline upgrades pay off. Vols is 7.5 back and may have playoff chances be shot. Everyone else has been mathematically eliminated although there is one minor interesting "race" as Grover's big win puts him 5.5 Gs behind AA and able to climb to 9th in the league. A humble feat but an impressive one considering how his season looked a few months ago.
On the trivial stuff Pun loses another one and if he can't notch a W this week he'll tie the franchise worst losing streak at 8 games. He needs a W to avoid tying the season worst winless streak.
Mikey looks to hold onto his 1st place spot for just 1 more week but he'll have to knock off MKid to do it who is fighting to hold onto the 6th spot. Army's only a game behind Mike but his bigger threat might be his opponent Dev who sits 5 Gs behind him in the Bananas division and threatens to take the league Bye. Lucky has one last chance to end this choke finish against Pun but he already lost to him once during this 10 game slide. Solly has a chance to secure his playoff spot and maybe make a charge at a bye against Moose, but until this season Solly had never defeated Moose. GM is trying to keep his season going and make his deadline trades mean something and he gets a chance to beat up on AA to do it. Vols has a chance to sneak in against Grover, although with Grover having 2 in a row and 5 of his last 7 perhaps its time to take the "pushover" tag off him.
There are NO meaningless matchups in the final week of the season and there's plenty of drama. With Kid and Dev facing tough competition this week GM and Vols have real chances at sneaking into the playoffs against the bottom of the league. Mikey and Army both have tough competition so the race for 1st is real, but if Lucky can end his choke job and take advantage of the schedule he could well steal back the position he held for most of the season. The Bananas division bye is all in the hands of Army and Dev as they face off. And Solly has a real opportunity to climb past both of them and steal back the spot he hasn't had since Week 3.
Longest Winning Streak - Vols, 5 Weeks (W7 - W11); Current: Solly, 3 Weeks (W20 - W22)
Longest Losing Streak - Pun, 7 Weeks (W16 - W22, Current)
Longest Undefeated Streak - Lucky, 8 Weeks (W5 - W12); Current: Solly, 3 Weeks (W20 - W22)
Longest Winless Streak - Grover, 8 Weeks (W1 - W8); Current: - Pun, 7 Weeks (W16 - W22)
GM has now fallen 6 Gs out of the playoffs and needs a big win to make his huge and costly deadline upgrades pay off. Vols is 7.5 back and may have playoff chances be shot. Everyone else has been mathematically eliminated although there is one minor interesting "race" as Grover's big win puts him 5.5 Gs behind AA and able to climb to 9th in the league. A humble feat but an impressive one considering how his season looked a few months ago.
On the trivial stuff Pun loses another one and if he can't notch a W this week he'll tie the franchise worst losing streak at 8 games. He needs a W to avoid tying the season worst winless streak.
Mikey looks to hold onto his 1st place spot for just 1 more week but he'll have to knock off MKid to do it who is fighting to hold onto the 6th spot. Army's only a game behind Mike but his bigger threat might be his opponent Dev who sits 5 Gs behind him in the Bananas division and threatens to take the league Bye. Lucky has one last chance to end this choke finish against Pun but he already lost to him once during this 10 game slide. Solly has a chance to secure his playoff spot and maybe make a charge at a bye against Moose, but until this season Solly had never defeated Moose. GM is trying to keep his season going and make his deadline trades mean something and he gets a chance to beat up on AA to do it. Vols has a chance to sneak in against Grover, although with Grover having 2 in a row and 5 of his last 7 perhaps its time to take the "pushover" tag off him.
There are NO meaningless matchups in the final week of the season and there's plenty of drama. With Kid and Dev facing tough competition this week GM and Vols have real chances at sneaking into the playoffs against the bottom of the league. Mikey and Army both have tough competition so the race for 1st is real, but if Lucky can end his choke job and take advantage of the schedule he could well steal back the position he held for most of the season. The Bananas division bye is all in the hands of Army and Dev as they face off. And Solly has a real opportunity to climb past both of them and steal back the spot he hasn't had since Week 3.
Playoff Standings
| Rank | Team | W | L | T | W% | GB |
| 1st | Mikey's Blue Sox | 164 | 125 | 19 | .563 | --- |
| 2nd | Army's Balad Shithooks | 163 | 126 | 19 | .560 | 1 |
| T-3rd | Lucky's Spreadsheet Studs | 156 | 129 | 23 | .544 | 6 |
| T-3rd | Dev's Jersey ColdFusion | 158 | 131 | 19 | .544 | 6 |
| 4th | Beat Me Solly | 158 | 132 | 18 | .542 | 6.5 |
| 5th | MKid's Dual National Champions | 152 | 128 | 28 | .539 | 7.5 |
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| 7th | GM's Comerica National Park | 152 | 140 | 16 | .519 | 6 |
| 8th | Vols' Schwetty Vols | 151 | 142 | 15 | .515 | 7.5 |
| 9th | AA's 3-Time! 3-Time! 3-Time! | 131 | 155 | 22 | .461 | 24.5 |
| 10th | Grover's New Day Co-Op | 125 | 161 | 22 | .442 | 30 |
| 11th | Moose's OneEyed Jacks | 115 | 175 | 18 | .403 | 42.5 |
| 12th | Pun's It Byrnes When I Peavy | 101 | 182 | 25 | .369 | 52.5 |
Weekly Records
| Team | W | L | T | W% | Division | W | L | T | W% | Interleague | W | L | T | W% |
| Dev | 15 | 5 | 2 | .750 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .750 | ||
| Mike | 14 | 5 | 3 | .737 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .818 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | ||
| Army | 12 | 7 | 3 | .631 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .625 | ||
| Vols | 11 | 7 | 4 | .611 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .545 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .688 | ||
| GM | 11 | 7 | 4 | .611 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .636 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | ||
| MKid | 11 | 7 | 4 | .611 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .727 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | ||
| Lucky | 10 | 7 | 5 | .588 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .545 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .625 | ||
| Solly | 9 | 11 | 2 | .450 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | ||
| AA | 7 | 13 | 2 | .350 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | ||
| Grover | 6 | 14 | 2 | .300 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .167 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | ||
| Moose | 5 | 13 | 4 | .278 | 3 | 8 | 3 | .272 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | ||
| Pun | 4 | 17 | 1 | .190 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .063 |
Season Streaks
Longest Winning Streak - Vols, 5 Weeks (W7 - W11); Current: Solly, 3 Weeks (W20 - W22)
Longest Losing Streak - Pun, 7 Weeks (W16 - W22, Current)
Longest Undefeated Streak - Lucky, 8 Weeks (W5 - W12); Current: Solly, 3 Weeks (W20 - W22)
Longest Winless Streak - Grover, 8 Weeks (W1 - W8); Current: - Pun, 7 Weeks (W16 - W22)
| Owner | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 | W19 | W20 | W21 | W22 | W23 |
| LUCKY | W | W | W | L | W | T | T | W | W | W | T | W | L | T | L | L | T | L | W | L | W | L | |
| MIKEY | W | W | T | W | W | L | T | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | T | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | |
| PUN | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | T | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | |
| MKID | L | T | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | T | W | T | T | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | |
| VOLS | W | T | T | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | T | W | L | T | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | |
| GROVER | L | L | L | L | L | T | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | T | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | |
| SOLLY | W | T | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | T | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | |
| AA | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | T | L | W | T | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | |
| GM | L | T | T | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | T | W | T | L | W | W | L | W | |
| MOOSE | L | T | W | W | T | L | L | W | L | L | T | L | L | W | T | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | |
| ARMY | W | T | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | T | T | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | |
| DEV | L | W | T | W | T | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
