This is a minimalist post just so you dads out there would know I was thinking of you. I may get a chance to add daily results for each team, or I may not… depends on the family’s plans for the day.
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Follow-up (about 1:45 pm): i managed to find a bit of time for some slightly less-minimalist contributions.
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EFL Standings for 2017
| EFL | ||||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Haviland Dragons | 47 | 22 | .684 | — | 447.4 | 300.2 |
| Cottage Cheese | 45 | 25 | .642 | 2.8 | 375.9 | 276.5 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 41 | 25 | .625 | 4.5 | 314.1 | 243.1 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 41 | 25 | .623 | 4.6 | 366.5 | 283.3 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 43 | 28 | .607 | 5.1 | 411.7 | 320.8 |
| Kaline Drive | 41 | 28 | .598 | 5.9 | 360.3 | 294.8 |
| Peshastin Pears | 40 | 31 | .558 | 8.6 | 336.9 | 304.4 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 32 | 36 | .472 | 14.6 | 313.7 | 332.2 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 29 | 37 | .435 | 17 | 274.3 | 313.2 |
| D.C. Balk | 25 | 43 | .373 | 21.3 | 322.8 | 420.1 |
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Haviland: W, 3 – 2. (.325, .414, .375; 7.3 ip, 1 er).
Cottage: W, 11 – 4. (.351, .489, .649; 13 ip, 5 er). I’ve always had trouble telling Scooter Gennett from Jonathan Schoop. Schoop’s the little middle infielder who hit two homers yesterday as part of a 4 for 5 day.
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Flint Hill: L, 7 – 5. (.243, .349, .541; 2 ip, 0 er).
Pittsburgh: W 1, L 1; 11- 9. (.239, .271, .478; 13 ip, 4 er). Jose Altuve and Cody Bellinger both ended up with 2.000 OPSes on the day Saturday. Bellinger did it with three hits, including a double and a homer, in 5 AB. Altuve did it with 4 AB and 2 hits (a double and a homer).
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Portland: W, 7 – 4. (.267, .326, .561; 1 ip. 0 er). A nice win led by Yasiel Puig’s 2 homers in two trips. I don’t know: homers seem cheap this year, and that leaves me a little bored by them.
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Kaline: W, 8 – 0. (.345, .367, .552; 29.7 ip, 12 er), The Drive amassed 60 plate appearances Saturday — more than two games’ worth. They also had 29.7 ip, about 4 games’ worth in EFL terms. When all that is good, it is very good of the Drive.
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Peshastin: L, 1 – 6. (.230, .277, .311; 1 ip, 0 er). The Pears got 65 plate appearances — but they weren’t, on average, all that great, so that was extra bad for Peshastin partisans.
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Canberra: W (-1), L 2; 2 – 13. (.194, .194, .361; 16.3 ip, 17 er). A disastrous day for the Kangaroos. Porcello, Perez, and Ryan Merritt pitched poorly, but Dan Altavilla quadruple chulked (1 ip, 4 er) to turn a bad day much worse.
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Old Detroit: W 2, L (-1); 6 – (-2). (.257, .316, .571; 15 ip, 1 er) Wow! Alex Meyer went 6 scoreless innings, David Paulino allowed 1 ER in 6 ip, and Robert Whalen put in 2 scoreless innings of relief. Unfortunately of those 14 innings I was slated to get only 3.6. I upped Meyer’s percentage to 100% so I could get all 6 of his innings but the excellence of Paulino and Whalen is going to waste.
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DC: L, (-1) – 3. (.135, .179, .216; 12.3 ip, 4 er). Wolveritis is rampant in the Balk lineup, so even on a day of excellent pitching the Balk couldn’t manage enough offense to nail down a win.
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Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2017
| AL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 41 | 25 | .625 | — |
| New York Yankees | 38 | 28 | .576 | 3.2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 38 | 30 | .559 | 4.2 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 36 | 35 | .507 | 7.7 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 33 | 34 | .493 | 8.7 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 35 | .478 | 9.7 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 29 | 37 | .435 | 12.5 |
| NL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Washington Nationals | 42 | 26 | .618 | — |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 32 | 36 | .472 | 9.9 |
| Miami Marlins | 30 | 36 | .455 | 11 |
| Atlanta Braves | 30 | 37 | .448 | 11.5 |
| New York Mets | 30 | 37 | .448 | 11.5 |
| D.C. Balk | 25 | 43 | .373 | 16.6 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 22 | 45 | .328 | 19.5 |
| AL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 41 | 25 | .623 | — |
| Cleveland Indians | 35 | 31 | .530 | 6.1 |
| Minnesota Twins | 34 | 32 | .515 | 7.1 |
| Detroit Tigers | 32 | 35 | .478 | 9.6 |
| Kansas City Royals | 32 | 35 | .478 | 9.6 |
| Chicago White Sox | 31 | 36 | .463 | 10.6 |
| NL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Cottage Cheese | 45 | 25 | .642 | — |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 37 | 33 | .529 | 8 |
| Chicago Cubs | 33 | 34 | .493 | 10.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 36 | .463 | 12.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 37 | .456 | 13 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 29 | 38 | .433 | 14.5 |
| AL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Haviland Dragons | 47 | 22 | .684 | — |
| Houston Astros | 46 | 23 | .667 | 1.2 |
| Kaline Drive | 41 | 28 | .598 | 5.9 |
| Texas Rangers | 34 | 33 | .507 | 12.2 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 36 | 36 | .500 | 12.7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 33 | 37 | .471 | 14.7 |
| Oakland A’s | 30 | 38 | .441 | 16.7 |
| NL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Colorado Rockies | 45 | 26 | .634 | — |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 26 | .623 | 1 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 43 | 26 | .623 | 1 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 43 | 28 | .607 | 1.9 |
| Peshastin Pears | 40 | 31 | .558 | 5.4 |
| San Diego Padres | 28 | 41 | .406 | 16 |
| San Francisco Giants | 26 | 44 | .371 | 18.5 |
There are many days when you get only an inning or two from a reliever. But yesterday four starters worked and went 6-7 innings each. And thankfully no chulks, after Paxton’s second disaster in a row. Happy Fathers Day to you all.
Tom