League Updates

No Drama

I haven’t found any of the pennant races very engaging this year. For one thing, I’ve been swimming pretty hard with work this year, wave after wave washing over me. For another, none of my MLB teams are in the hunt for playoff spots.  For a third… well, it just seems like the EFL has been very static this year.

These were the standings after Wednesday’s games:

EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Haviland Dragons 96 49 .660 740.2 530.4
Old Detroit Wolverines 90 55 .623 5.4 696.1 538.6
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 90 55 .618 6.1 735.9 573.3
Flint Hill Tornadoes 82 63 .567 13.5 731.6 628.7
Cottage Cheese 78 67 .536 17.9 637.4 594.7
Peshastin Pears 77 68 .532 18.5 627.2 588.7
Canberra Kangaroos 67 79 .458 29.4 736.4 806.5
Kaline Drive 63 82 .436 32.5 585.5 671.1
Portland Rosebuds 60 85 .411 36 604.4 724.9

Here they are this morning after Thursday’s games:

EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Haviland Dragons 96 50 .658 747.0 537.5
Old Detroit Wolverines 91 55 .626 4.7 701.3 539.2
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 90 56 .620 5.6 743.1 576.7
Flint Hill Tornadoes 83 63 .568 13.2 734.9 632.2
Cottage Cheese 78 68 .535 18 642.8 602.3
Peshastin Pears 77 68 .532 18.5 626.6 588.7
Canberra Kangaroos 67 79 .457 29.3 734.6 805.1
Kaline Drive 63 83 .434 32.8 589.7 678.9
Portland Rosebuds 59 86 .409 36.3 601.9 726.1

 

Microscopic differences.  The Wolverines had a GREAT day, the first one of the month that I’ve noticed: .342, .375, .543; 17 ip, 5 er including Matt Moore!  7 ip, 0 er!.  This should be exciting news!

But the standings — well, the W’s did gain 0.7 games on the Dragons. But the W’s aren’t going to have seven more such days in a row.  They aren’t even going to have 7 more the rest of the season, which has only 17 games left.

That 0.7 game move was the biggest in the league. The Pears are only 0.5 back of the Cheese, so they might swap spots, but big whoop. They do that all the time.  Portland seemingly has settled into the 3rd overall pick in next spring’s draft.  Where’s the drama?

It doesn’t get any better if you look at the entirety of MLB/EFL:

Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2015
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Old Detroit Wolverines 91 55 .626
Toronto Blue Jays 84 62 .575 7.4
Flint Hill Tornadoes 83 63 .568 8.5
New York Yankees 80 65 .552 10.9
Baltimore Orioles 72 74 .493 19.4
Tampa Bay Rays 70 76 .479 21.4
Boston Red Sox 69 76 .476 21.9
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
New York Mets 83 63 .568
Washington Nationals 75 71 .514 8
Canberra Kangaroos 67 79 .457 16.2
Miami Marlins 64 83 .435 19.5
Atlanta Braves 57 90 .388 26.5
Philadelphia Phillies 56 91 .381 27.5
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 90 56 .620
Kansas City Royals 86 60 .589 4.5
Minnesota Twins 75 71 .514 15.5
Cleveland Indians 72 73 .497 18
Chicago White Sox 69 76 .476 21
Detroit Tigers 67 78 .462 23
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 92 54 .630
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 59 .596 5
Chicago Cubs 85 61 .582 7
Cottage Cheese 78 68 .535 13.9
Milwaukee Brewers 62 84 .425 30
Cincinnati Reds 61 84 .421 30.5
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Haviland Dragons 96 50 .658
Texas Rangers 79 67 .541 17.1
Houston Astros 77 70 .524 19.6
Los Angeles Angels 74 72 .507 22.1
Seattle Mariners 71 76 .483 25.6
Kaline Drive 63 83 .434 32.8
Oakland A’s 63 84 .429 33.6
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 84 61 .579
Peshastin Pears 77 68 .532 6.9
San Francisco Giants 77 69 .527 7.5
Arizona Diamondbacks 69 77 .473 15.5
San Diego Padres 69 78 .469 16
Colorado Rockies 61 85 .418 23.5
Portland Rosebuds 59 86 .409 24

Without the EFL, there are not many pennant races. The AL West is the best, but it’s two teams in Texas, so who cares? The Blue Jays haven’t quite buried the Yankees yet, but every other division is settled.

Add in the EFL and it only gets a little better. Suddenly the Royals don’t have it all sewed up, and the Pears tighten the NL West a little — but it’s still not really a race.  But the Wolverines ruin the AL East race, and the Dragons obliterate the AL West.

Just no drama.

If you see some drama anywhere in the EFL or the MLB+EFL, let us know.

 

1 Comment

  • Big whoop?? Hey! If the Pears finish ahead of the Cheese, the apocalypse is delayed one more year. Important things are happening down here in the middle of the back.