League Updates

The World Turned Upside Down

The All-Knowing, All-Hearing Commissioner heard the lament of the Dragon-master, about the miseries of being low in the standings.  And The Commissioner had pity on those poor Dragons who have gone almost two years now without winning an EFL championship — longer than everyone in the league except Canberra, Peshastin, Kaline, Portland, Cottage, Flint Hill, D.C., and Old Detroit.

So the Commissioner ordered the world to be turned upside down, so the spotlight could shine on the seventh-place Dragons, who are lower in the standings than everyone except DC, Peshastin, Kaline and Cottage.

We are not sure this addresses the “what it’s like” the Dragons were referring to, but the Commissioner also ordered other measures to be taken, too, like putting AJ Ellis on the Haviland BP roster for August, an oversight that had not been caught by the EFL error correction process until just yesterday.  (Reminder: there is no more reliable error correction agent than you are!  Please check your EFL stats for indications of any errors ASAP so problems can be fixed before we reach the end of August, when flaws become permanent.)

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EFL Standings for 2018
EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Old Detroit Wolverines 84 48 .638 651.5 480.4
Portland Rosebuds 81 49 .625 2 680.7 519.5
Brookland Outs 76 53 .586 7.2 686.9 580.0
Canberra Kangaroos 70 60 .540 13 601.0 558.0
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 70 60 .535 13.7 685.9 643.9
Flint Hill Tornadoes 67 65 .509 17.1 590.7 577.0
Haviland Dragons 66 64 .505 17.6 597.0 587.5
Cottage Cheese 65 64 .500 18.3 634.1 633.4
Kaline Drive 65 65 .497 18.7 577.5 578.7
Peshastin Pears 60 70 .465 22.8 552.4 595.2
D.C. Balk 55 75 .420 28.7 552.2 649.4
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DC:  “W”, 5 – 6. (36 PA, .294, .333, .588; 5 ip. 4 er, 7.20 ERA).  A day to savor the offense, led by MVP candidate Matt Chapman:  3 for 5 with two homers. Dylan Bundy ruined the party, mostly, since he was entirely responsible for the dismal pitching line.
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Peshastin: “L”, 4 – 4. (31 PA, .241, .290, .448; 1 ip 0 er). 
Kaline: “W”, 4 – 5.  (43 PA, .237 .302, .447; 8.7 ip, 5 er, 5.19 ERA)
Cottage: W, 7 – 4. (31 PA, .357, .419, .571 — Happy Edgar Martinez Day!; 6 ip. 2 er. 3.00 ERA). 
Haviland; W, 4 – (-1).  (32 PA, .207, .281, .276; 12.3 ip, 8 er, 5.84 ERA).  
Flint Hill: L, 2 – 3. (34 PA, .207, 200, .345;  10 ip, 3 er, 2.70 ERA).  
Pittsburgh: L, 11 – 15. (48 PA, .350, .438, .750;  6 ip, 10 er, 15.00 ERA).  Alas!  A great day at the plate ruined by sloppy pitching from Eovaldi and Estrada.
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Canberra: W, 10 – (-2). (46 PA, .359, .435, .667; 15 ip, 2 er, 1.20 ERA). 
What a great day for the Kangaroos!  If only they’d had a few more days like this this season. Hoskins, Eaton, and Bote homered. Blake Snell and Steven Matz both dominated from the mound.  There’s no reason these players couldn’t have been doing this all along. Right?
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Brookland: W, 6 – 1. (48 PA, .244, .292, .489; 10.3 ip, 1 er, 0.87 ERA)  The Outs also had a great day, with homers from Machado, Polanco and Schoop.
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Portland: “L”,  7 – 6. (35 PA, .333, .371, .567;  11.3 ip, 7 er, 5.56 ERA)
Old Detroit: “L”, 4 – 3. (35 PA, .219, .286, .375; 1 ip, 0 er, 0.00 ERA)
Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2018
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Boston Red Sox 90 42 .682
Old Detroit Wolverines 84 48 .638 5.7
New York Yankees 83 47 .638 6
Flint Hill Tornadoes 67 65 .509 22.8
Tampa Bay Rays 60 61 .496 24.5
Toronto Blue Jays 60 70 .462 29
Baltimore Orioles 37 94 .282 52.5
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Atlanta Braves 73 57 .562
Canberra Kangaroos 70 60 .540 2.8
Philadelphia Phillies 70 60 .538 3
Washington Nationals 65 66 .496 8.5
New York Mets 58 72 .446 15
D.C. Balk 55 75 .420 18.4
Miami Marlins 53 79 .402 21
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Cleveland Indians 74 56 .569
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 70 60 .535 4.4
Minnesota Twins 61 69 .469 13
Detroit Tigers 53 78 .405 21.5
Chicago White Sox 51 79 .392 23
Kansas City Royals 40 91 .305 34.5
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Chicago Cubs 76 53 .589
Brookland Outs 76 53 .586 0.4
St. Louis Cardinals 73 58 .557 4
Milwaukee Brewers 73 59 .553 4.5
Cottage Cheese 65 64 .500 11.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 67 .489 13
Cincinnati Reds 56 75 .427 21
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Houston Astros 80 50 .615
Oakland A’s 79 52 .603 1.5
Seattle Mariners 74 57 .565 6.5
Haviland Dragons 66 64 .505 14.4
Kaline Drive 65 65 .497 15.4
Los Angeles Angels 63 68 .481 17.5
Texas Rangers 58 74 .439 23
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Portland Rosebuds 81 49 .625
Arizona Diamondbacks 72 58 .554 9.3
Colorado Rockies 71 59 .546 10.3
Los Angeles Dodgers 70 61 .534 11.8
San Francisco Giants 65 67 .492 17.3
Peshastin Pears 60 70 .465 20.8
San Diego Padres 50 83 .376 32.8