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Mob Rule

What a great day in the EFL!  Nine teams either Won outright, or “Won”, or “Lost” — they won in some form or other.  Only one team suffered an outright loss.  I’ll try not to make too bald an example of that one losing team.  But I will say that losing team spoiled our perfect day.

EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Canberra Kangaroos 28 14 .676 231.0 159.6
Old Detroit Wolverines 26 14 .655 1.2 236.8 171.7
Haviland Dragons 27 14 .649 1.3 192.7 142.1
Portland Rosebuds 25 19 .569 4.4 200.0 173.1
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 24 18 .562 4.8 220.3 193.2
Flint Hill Tornadoes 21 19 .522 6.5 169.8 164.2
Peshastin Pears 21 23 .469 8.8 183.9 196.6
Kaline Drive 17 24 .425 10.5 188.1 221.8
Cottage Cheese 16 24 .404 11.2 160.1 195.8
D.C. Balk 11 31 .271 17 160.5 263.6

Canberra: W, 8 – 4. (.297, .350, .730;  8 ip, 3 er ).  Christian Bethancourt hit a pinch-hit homer (5.000 OPS), leading a mob of 7 Kangaroos with OPSes of 1.000 or more.  Steven Matz pitched 7 strong innings (2 er).  I am not saying the Kangaroos were unruly.  It’s just that groups of Kangaroos are called “mobs” by the Canberran locals.  So while we are suffering from mob rule, as mob rule goes, it probably doesn’t get any better than this.

Old Detroit: W, 6 – 3. (.316, .381, .658; 8.7 ip, 3 er). Dae-Ho Lee came off the bench, hit a tie-breaking single, and later in the game poked a home run just over the fence to highlight a fine day of Wolverine offense. Corey Kluber’s up-and-down season went up this time: 7 ip, 2 er.  There apparently is no word for a group Wolverines, since they are solitary. I suppose a collection of wolverines in nature would have to be called a “coincidence of wolverines” which would, by the way, describe how most Wolverine rosters come together.  So if Old Detroit ever visits first place again, we can say we are under “coincidental rule.”
Haviland:  W, 5 – 4.  (.286, .362, .405; 9.7 ip, 4 er).  It wasn’t a bad day at all in Haviland — solid offense, competent pitching, a real win. Steven Souza led the hitters with 2 for 3, a homer and a walk. Carlos Martinez made a bit of a mess with his start — 5 ip, 4 er — but a flight (or possibly a weyr, a clan, or a thunder — the internet is not of one mind) of Dragon relievers cleaned things up nicely. I
Portland: W, 5 – 4.
Pittsburgh: “W”, 2 – 3.
Flint Hill: W, 7 – 4.
Peshastin: “W”, 7 – 8.
Kaline:  W, 6 – (-2).
Cottage:  “L”, 6 – 5.
DC: L, 1 – 3.
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Old Detroit Wolverines 26 14 .655
Baltimore Orioles 25 15 .625 1.2
Boston Red Sox 25 17 .595 2.2
Flint Hill Tornadoes 21 19 .522 5.3
Tampa Bay Rays 20 19 .513 5.7
Toronto Blue Jays 21 23 .477 7.2
New York Yankees 19 22 .463 7.7
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Canberra Kangaroos 28 14 .676
Washington Nationals 26 16 .619 2.4
Philadelphia Phillies 24 18 .571 4.4
New York Mets 23 18 .561 4.9
Miami Marlins 21 20 .512 6.9
Atlanta Braves 11 30 .268 16.9
D.C. Balk 11 31 .271 17
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Chicago White Sox 25 17 .595
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 24 18 .562 1.4
Cleveland Indians 22 17 .564 1.5
Kansas City Royals 21 20 .512 3.5
Detroit Tigers 19 22 .463 5.5
Minnesota Twins 10 31 .244 14.5
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Chicago Cubs 29 11 .725
Pittsburgh Pirates 23 18 .561 6.5
St. Louis Cardinals 22 20 .524 8
Milwaukee Brewers 18 24 .429 12
Cottage Cheese 16 24 .404 12.8
Cincinnati Reds 15 27 .357 15
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Haviland Dragons 27 14 .649
Seattle Mariners 24 17 .585 2.6
Texas Rangers 23 19 .548 4.1
Los Angeles Angels 19 23 .452 8.1
Oakland A’s 19 24 .442 8.6
Kaline Drive 17 24 .425 9.2
Houston Astros 17 26 .395 10.6
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Portland Rosebuds 25 19 .569
San Francisco Giants 25 19 .568
Los Angeles Dodgers 21 22 .488 3.5
Colorado Rockies 20 21 .488 3.5
Peshastin Pears 21 23 .469 4.4
Arizona Diamondbacks 20 24 .455 5
San Diego Padres 18 25 .419 6.5

 

 

 

 

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  • I don’t know what the collective word is for multiple Cheeses in proximity to one another, but based on our performance this year it should be “stink” or some derivative thereof.