In the actual MLB, all 4 series ended in a 2-game sweep. In the ASFBL not a single one of our 5-game series ended in a sweep. Your winners:
Padres upset the division-winning Cubs; after the Cubbies took game one the Padres scored 14 runs in games two and four and survived a 1-0 pitching duel in game three. The ChiCubs had more wins on the season but finished slowly with a 2-8 record over their last 10 games and the Padres rolled in winning 8 of the last 10 and 16 of the last twenty…baseball is about being good over the long season and getting hot at the right time, and Al’s Friars heated up when it counted the most. Gordie is a league stalwart, and his teams have won more than 2200 games over the years…of all owners who have ever won 2000 games his 54% win rate would put him in the top 3 all-time…he’s been in the league since 1994 and has averaged +13 WOR over the past 3 seasons…he won it all in 1994, made it to the LCS in 2019, and last appeared in the wildcard round with his beloved Cubbies in 2021…this marks his 4th playoff appearance in the past 5 years and he’s had a winning record every year since 2006…you are part of a family legacy, Gordie, and it’s been truly great getting to stay in touch with you over the decades.
Brewers out-last the Phillies in five…Philly took games 1 and 4 but in the decisive — and only — 5th game, Freddy Peralta pitched into the 8th and Uribe sealed it down in the 9th…Yelich and Tellez each homered for the Brewers, and Chris Zewiske was able to pull off what the actual Brewers couldn’t, and advanced in the wildcard round…Adam Symonds has been a nonstop force since joining the league in 2003…this year’s 103 wins is a lifetime high and the 6th time he’s skippered a team to 90 wins or more…it’s his 9th playoff appearance, and in 2015 he won it all while finishing 20 games ahead of a middling Seattle club…Adam is a truly terrific Dad, remarkable scholar, and wonderful spouse, and is truly one of the good guys on the planet earth…congrats on another fantastic season, Adam!
Baltimore bests Minnesota in four…the Baltimore team is just deadly dangerous and actually finished the season with one more win that the Twins….in the final game the Twins got to Dean Kremer for 5 runs but Hall and Cano pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen, and the 6 runs they got when they chased Dunning in the 3rd were enough…Tim Walsh has 2,027 wins in the ASFBL, which is 9th all-time…he’s been in the league since 1998 and had the Twins every year but one…while the actual Twins have had epic playoff struggles until this year, Tim had his club in the LCS in 2019 and 2020…he’s been at or head of the actual Twin record for each of the last 3 seasons…Tim is part of that famed spring training photo Leo still has, and he’s brought Pat into the League…Tim is also a great Dad and a good-hearted Minnesotan…can’t believe it’s been 25 years, Tim, but I really look forward to seeing you back in the league every year.
Jays survive the Rangers….Texas took game 1 but some great Blue Jay pitching held the day, with Kikuchi and Gallen turning in strong starts in the last two games and the offense doing just enough to get it done…with an email address like “JohnnyMacLives4Sports” you know he’s always tuned in to the latest player developments…after bouncing around with a number of different franchises John has taken Toronto into the playoffs for 3 of the past 4 seasons…Ben Brockreide hung tough in the most evenly-matched series on the board, as each team had 96 wins…Ben is relatively the most upstart owner in the wildcard round, while Gordie, Adam and Tim have all been in the league for 20 years or more Ben is in his 6th season and playing with the powerhouses; this is his 4th playoff appearance in the past 5 years; after having losing seasons in 3 of his first 4 years he’s won 90 or more games in each of the past 2 years and has never had negative-WOR season, averaging +10.2 for his entire duration in the league…you make bad teams good and good teams better, Ben, and you have really studied the simulation and how to make the details work in your favor…congrats on another great year and we’ll see you next season!
DCS matchups:
Jays at Rays (AL east slugout)
Baltimore at Houston (3 of 4 remaining teams are from the AL East)
Brewers at Braves
Padres at Dodgers (NL west home cooking)
It’s a long season and anything can happen over 7 games…good luck to the DCS teams! Down from 30 to the final eight…Please submit your lineups by Sunday night so we can play the games on Monday morning.
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