It’s Opening Day! – The Official EFL Web Site

Yes, it’s the middle of August. There’s more than one kind of Opening Day, you know. Baseball has an Opening Day. Hunting seasons have Opening Days. Christmas is an Opening Day, considering all the opening happening on that day. And there’s this one, every year on August 15.

Today’s Opening Day festivities are a lot like the one in early April: people will gather in a huge crowd, sit for hours and hours, try to get used to changes in the lineup, and celebrate that this season has returned once again, as it has every year since the 19th century. This year our Opening Day will take place in a squeaky new arena, so there’s that extra excitement.

Also, this Opening Day has ramifications in the EFL. My RPW (readers per word) average will probably go up. You’ll probably get by. Somehow.

EFL Standings for 2016

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Old Detroit Wolverines	74	44	.629	—	627.2	480.6
Portland Rosebuds	73	44	.622	0.9	594.5	457.2
Haviland Dragons	74	45	.619	1.1	592.5	468.2
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	70	45	.612	2.4	617.2	494.1
Canberra Kangaroos	64	52	.556	8.8	556.5	484.8
Peshastin Pears	64	53	.551	9.3	562.3	499.7
Flint Hill Tornadoes	57	61	.486	16.9	502.8	516.6
Kaline Drive	55	64	.464	19.5	582.9	636.8
Cottage Cheese	53	63	.460	19.9	560.3	604.4
D.C. Balk	40	76	.342	33.6	470.6	659.6

Old Detroit: “L”, 7- 6. (.279, .326, .488; no pitching).

Portland: W, 6 – (-1). (.320, .370, .580; 28.3 ip, 11 er).

Haviland: W, 7 – 5. (.263, .282, .658; 3.7 ip, o er).

Pittsburgh: “L”, 6 – 5. (.333, .412, .600; 7 ip, 3 er). Great hitting — but only 17 plate appearances.

Canberra: W, 8 – (-1). (.371, .405, .714; 15.7 ip, 1 er). The ‘Roos are SUPER hot right now. Sometime when I have a chance I’ll track this back to where it started, so we can all learn from the Captain Kangaroo how to do this. Can the Kangaroos haul themselves all the way back into the pennant race? If they keep this up, they sure can.

Peshastin: W, 9 – 2. (.357, .364, .690; 8 ip. 4 er). I am sitting next to Phil right now. He just told me his team had a good day. It did. But not near enough to catch up with the Kangaroos.

Flint Hill: L, 3 – 3. (.200, .238, .400; 1 ip, o er).

Kaline: L, 2 – 3. (.188, .257, .281; 6.3 ip, 1 er).

Cottage: W(-1), L 2; 2- 12. (.188, .257, .281; 6.3 ip, 1 er).

DC: “W”, 3 – 6. (.244, .262, .341; 1.7 ip, 0 er).

AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Old Detroit Wolverines	74	44	.629	—
Baltimore Orioles	67	51	.568	7.3
Toronto Blue Jays	67	51	.568	7.3
Boston Red Sox	64	52	.552	9.3
New York Yankees	60	57	.513	13.8
Flint Hill Tornadoes	57	61	.486	16.9
Tampa Bay Rays	47	69	.405	26.3

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Washington Nationals	69	47	.595	—
Canberra Kangaroos	64	52	.556	4.5
Miami Marlins	61	56	.521	8.5
New York Mets	59	58	.504	10.5
Philadelphia Phillies	56	63	.471	14.5
Atlanta Braves	44	74	.373	26
D.C. Balk	40	76	.342	29.3

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	70	45	.612	—
Cleveland Indians	67	48	.583	3.3
Detroit Tigers	63	54	.538	8.3
Kansas City Royals	57	60	.487	14.3
Chicago White Sox	56	61	.479	15.3
Minnesota Twins	47	71	.398	24.8

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Chicago Cubs	73	43	.629	—
St. Louis Cardinals	62	56	.525	12
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	56	.513	13.5
Cottage Cheese	53	63	.460	19.6
Milwaukee Brewers	52	64	.448	21
Cincinnati Reds	48	68	.414	25

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Haviland Dragons	74	45	.619	—
Texas Rangers	69	50	.580	4.6
Seattle Mariners	62	54	.534	10.1
Houston Astros	61	57	.517	12.1
Kaline Drive	55	64	.464	18.4
Oakland A’s	52	66	.441	21.1
Los Angeles Angels	49	68	.419	23.6

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Portland Rosebuds	73	44	.622	—
San Francisco Giants	66	51	.564	6.8
Los Angeles Dodgers	65	52	.556	7.8
Peshastin Pears	64	53	.551	8.3
Colorado Rockies	56	62	.475	17.3
San Diego Padres	50	67	.427	22.8
Arizona Diamondbacks	48	69	.410	24.8

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