Final Standings Posted

Well, everything that we needed to have happen did. The Breeze swept PubZ. They both split the week before. All the stars were aligned. Well, except for us doing our part.

Had we swept the Dukes, we would have been league champions. Actually we would have been 2007 champions, considering we won the spring league. Oh well.

We could go back and review the few games that would have made the difference. If we had won the two ties, it wouldn't have made that much difference in the standings. In all 5 of our losses we were 10-run-ruled; nothing we could have done there, they weren't heartbreaking losses, we just didn't show up those nights.

All in all a good season. Stay tuned for end-of-season "party".

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Final Fall 2007 Standings

1 Caribbean Breeze 13-4-1
2 CC Clouts 13-5-0
3 Pubz 13-5-0
4 Bad News Beers 12-4-0
5 Stars & Stripes 11-5-2
6 Dukes 11-7-0
7 CC Sember 9-8-1
8 Vox Sox 8-10-0
9 Cobra Kai 5-11-2
10 Ninos 5-13-0
11 Mexicali Blues 3-13-0
12 Sliders 1-17-0

FInal Fall 2007 Results

8/20 Quincy #3
6:30 (A) CC Clouts (RAIN)
7:30 (H) CC Clouts (RAIN)

8/27 Highlands #3
6:00 (H) PubZ (L, 13-3)
7:00 (A) PubZ (L, 13-3)

9/08 Highlands #4 *Make Up
1:00 (A) CC Clouts (W, 7-0*)
2:00 (H) CC Clouts (W, 7-0*)

9/10 Highlands #3
8:00 (H) Sliders (W, 11-9)
9:00 (A) Sliders (RAIN)

9/17 Quincy #3
8:30 (A) Cobra Kai (T, 14-14)
9:30 (H) Cobra Kai (W, 17-7)

9/24 Highlands #3
8:00 (H) CCR/Mexicali (W, 23-10)
9:30 (H) CCR/Mexicali (W, 21-5)

10/1 Barcroft
6:30 (A) Vox Sox (W, 16-6)
7:30 (H) Vox Sox (W, 26-12)

10/8 Barcroft
8:30 (A) Breeze (T, 13-13)
9:30 (H) Breeze (L, 28-4)

10/15 Quincy #3
6:30 (H) Nino's (W, 11-10)
7:30 (A) Nino's (W, 26-6)

10/19 FRIDAY Gunston *Make Up
6:30 (H) Sliders (W, 7-0*)

10/22 Highlands #3
6:00 (A) Dukes (L, 15-2)
7:00 (H) Dukes (L, 23-11)

Sliders Suck

Thanks for wasting our time guys. 7-0 forfeit win, last series Monday.

Monday Review

Monday was much more satisfying than last week, as we were the ones to come back from a big deficit, then hold on to win the first game. In the second game we scored 8 in the first, 7 in the third, 9 in the fourth and two in the fifth to win by a final score of 26-6. That is a bit of redemption from last week's 28-4 pasting at the hands of Caribbean Breeze. Obviously we had a number of great batting performances, but one in particular stands out: Dan batted 8 times in the two games, and they only got him out once. He had two homers, a double, two singles and two walks, drove in 8 runs and scored 7. Pretty special in anyone's book.

In the second game, we were particularly helped out by the last four batters in the lineup, Al Peterson, Al Schneider, Jim Foti and Jeff Donald. Collectively in 16 plate appearances, they had 13 hits and one walk, scored 9 times, and drove in 7 runs. The two outs they made were on hard line drives on which our opponents made excellent defensive plays. Clearly these four guys were the key to us winning so comfortably.

We also had some excellent defensive plays, but none finer than Al Schneider's in the first game, a dive to his right to snare a hard-hit grounder and flip from his back to Jeff Morris at second to force a runner. As a result, the Ninos did not score in the inning. Al Peterson, Jeff Morris and Al Boyd also recorded a critical 1-6-3 double play in the last inning of that same game, which we ended up winning by a score of 11-10.

Next Monday 10/22 will be our last scheduled games of the season. Thanks to all who have contributed this year.

Season-Ending Scenarios

Tried to go through and look at what's left on the schedule of the Breeze, PubZ, and Us. A couple of things:

1) That tie last night hurt. You'll see why below. (forgetting about the beating in Game 2)

2) Our Schedule for the remainder of the season is the easiest. Dukes 7-5, Nino's 5-7, Sliders 0-11.

3) We need to win all of our remaining games. If so we'll be 13-3-2 (equivalent of 14-3)

4) PubZ and Breeze play each other in the last series of the season.

5) PubZ: Including last night, we need them to go 3-3 in their final 6 games (Last night's opponent. If so, that leaves them at 12-6. The minute they win their 4th game, we're done.

Remaining Schedule:
10/8 Sember 7-4-1
10/15 Dukes 7-5
10/22 Breeze

6) Caribbean Breeze: Need them to go 3-1 in the Final 4 games. IF that happens, they'll end up 13-4-1. We actually need them to split next week and sweep the PubZ.

Remaining Schedule:
10/15 Sember 7-4-1
10/22 PubZ

So, had we not tied the first game last night, we'd be in much better shape. But, so be it. We're big fans of Sember and Dukes right now.

Comments?

Uglier Than Kessler's Mug

Last night was a clash of the titans as the #2 Caribbean Breeze met the #3 Stripes.

The Breeze jumped out early on us and we found ourselves playing catch-up for the first half of the game. A few big innings left us up by 3 with 3 minutes left. What turned out to be bad for us, the Breeze went down in order in 5 pitches and actually left enough time to start a new inning.

We didn't score and they scored 3 quickly in the bottom of the inning. With the winning run on base a shot to left center brought Tom around 3rd. A great relay by Morris and great tag by Kessler cut Tom down atome, resulting in a tie, 13-13.

Game 2 was never close. 28-4 is a shellacking. Never got our bats going. Our defense was atrocious. They hit the ball well. According to Buttner, could be our worst loss ever.

Stats posted as soon as Tom gets 'em to me.

Stats, etc.

Sorry Guys, but I've been swamped at work and i don't have the spreadsheets from Tom to do the stats. Mike