League Updates

Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!

I regret to inform you that the benign and democratic government of the Wolverines has fallen. The EFL standings have been overrun by a horde of fire-breathing reptiles.  Flames engulf the league headquarters; I have just barely escaped.   I had to piece together the standings from scraps of burning paper floating into my secret hiding place.

EFL Standings for 2016
EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Haviland Dragons 54 32 .632 432.1 331.8
Old Detroit Wolverines 53 31 .627 0.7 459.4 351.2
Portland Rosebuds 54 33 .616 1.3 450.2 349.4
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 48 36 .567 5.8 453.9 395.4
Canberra Kangaroos 47 39 .544 7.6 407.1 367.7
Peshastin Pears 45 42 .523 9.4 404.6 378.2
Cottage Cheese 43 41 .509 10.6 428.3 412.6
Flint Hill Tornadoes 42 42 .496 11.7 368.5 371.7
Kaline Drive 35 51 .410 19.2 420.3 498.1
D.C. Balk 29 57 .332 25.8 341.4 490.2
Haviland: L, 6 – 6.
Old Detroit:  L, 2 – 9.
For the first six days of July the Woeverines have averaged 50.67 raw AB per day, including three days with batting averages at or under .200.  It’s not just crummy hitting, it’s crummy hitting on staggeringly massive scale. The Dragons are playing well — they probably would have caught the W’s eventually, and Jake Lamb had another great day with a homer and two walks — but the swiftness of their victory was driven by the utterness of the W’s offensive collapse.  And I do mean “offensive.”
Portland:  W,  7 – 1.   Here come the Rosebuds!  Can they save the league from another reign of reptilian terror?
Pittsburgh:  W, 9 – 6. Aggh! Here come the Alleghenys… again. Sigh.
Canberra:  L,  1 – 4.
Peshastin: L, 3 – 7.
Cottage: W, 5 – 1.
Flint Hill: L, 2 – 6.
Kaline:  L, 1 – 4.
DC: “W”, 7 – 12.
And you thought the aftermath of Brexit was disruptive.  Look at all the teams that suffered from the destruction of the benign Wolverine administration!  With the glaring exception of one opportunist * profiting from disorder, the good citizens of the lower reaches of the EFL saw their retirement savings evaporate in a general market collapse.
I apologize for the W’s failure to maintain good order.I have called a Wolverine team meeting.  That should fix things.  And if it doesn’t… maybe the Rosebuds can ride in on their white horses and save us.
* Cheese is made from milk.  Milk in Spanish is “leche”, which forms the root of the word “lecherous.”  So of course the Cheese are likely to prosper in times of civil disorder.
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Old Detroit Wolverines 53 31 .627
Baltimore Orioles 49 35 .583 3.7
Toronto Blue Jays 48 39 .552 6.2
Boston Red Sox 46 38 .548 6.7
Flint Hill Tornadoes 42 42 .496 11
New York Yankees 41 43 .488 11.7
Tampa Bay Rays 34 50 .405 18.7
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Washington Nationals 51 35 .593
New York Mets 46 38 .548 4
Canberra Kangaroos 47 39 .544 4.2
Miami Marlins 44 41 .518 6.5
Philadelphia Phillies 40 46 .465 11
D.C. Balk 29 57 .332 22.5
Atlanta Braves 28 57 .329 22.5
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Cleveland Indians 51 33 .607
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 48 36 .567 3.4
Detroit Tigers 45 40 .529 6.5
Chicago White Sox 44 41 .518 7.5
Kansas City Royals 43 41 .512 8
Minnesota Twins 29 55 .345 22
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Chicago Cubs 52 32 .619
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 41 .518 8.5
St. Louis Cardinals 43 41 .512 9
Cottage Cheese 43 41 .509 9.2
Milwaukee Brewers 37 47 .440 15
Cincinnati Reds 32 54 .372 21
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Haviland Dragons 54 32 .632
Texas Rangers 53 33 .616 1.4
Houston Astros 46 39 .541 7.9
Seattle Mariners 43 42 .506 10.9
Oakland A’s 36 49 .424 17.9
Los Angeles Angels 35 50 .412 18.9
Kaline Drive 35 51 .410 19.2
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
San Francisco Giants 54 33 .621
Portland Rosebuds 54 33 .616 0.4
Los Angeles Dodgers 48 39 .552 6
Peshastin Pears 45 42 .523 8.5
Colorado Rockies 38 46 .452 14.5
Arizona Diamondbacks 38 49 .437 16
San Diego Padres 37 48 .435 16