Playoff Taxis and Rotations

Everything here is tentative.


DiamondVision

Rotation:
1. Sanchez
2. Kazmir
3. Clemens
4. Martinez

Taxi: Scutaro, Saunders, Lowe, B.Sweeney, R.Lugo


Oilers

Rotation:
1. Myers
2. J.Johnson
3. Carrasco
4. Contreras

Taxi: Varitek, Ohka, Ledezma, Correia, Borowski


Fungoes

Rotation:
1. Sampson
2. Washburn
3. Halladay
4. Penny

Taxi: Borkowski, Chacin, Cormier, Napoli, Wakefield


Sidewinders

Rotation:
1. Mussina
2. Willis
3. Zambrano

Taxi: C.Young, Lilly, Villone, Linebrink, Ju.Rincon


Warpigs

Rotation:
1. Lackey
2. E.Santana
3. Vazquez

Taxi: K.Johnson, Cl.Lee, Hensley, R.Sweeney, Ad.Jones


Mavs

Rotation:
1. Moe Howard
2. Curly Howard
3. Shemp Howard
4. Larry Fine

Taxi: Derek Jeter, Jermaine Dye, Nick Johnson, Chris Carpenter, Lou Gehrig

Trade

The Buckeyes trade Jonny Gomes, Greg Norton, and Javier Valentin to the FFTs for Scott Podsednik, Jason Kubel, and Brian Schneider.

Standings Update 10/21/07

B.U.D.	W	L	%	GB		Remaining Games	Last Update
Warpigs	111	51	.685	--		0	9/29/07
Oilers	85	77	.525	26		0	8/18/07
Rhinos	64	78	.451	37		20	10/19/07
Wahoos	65	97	.401	46		0	10/20/07
M.F.D.	W	L	%	GB
Mavs	89	73	.549	--		0	10/21/07
Buckeyes	82	80	.506	7		0	10/21/07
Nads	60	70	.462	13		32	10/17/06
Inmates	66	77	.462	14		19	10/21/07
A.W.D.	W	L	%	GB
Sidewinders	94	58	.618	--		10	10/21/07
Tweeners	70	78	.473	22		14	10/21/07
Zaps	49	87	.360	37		26	9/29/07
Killer Bees	48	99	.327	44		15	10/18/07
N.E.R.D.D.	W	L	%	GB
Fungoes	99	63	.611	--		0	9/29/07
DVs	95	67	.586	4		0	10/19/07
FFTs	81	81	.500	18		0	9/9/07
Drillers	70	92	.432	29		0	10/21/07

Playoff Seeding Update

The few remaining games of the 2007 NASOMA regular season should be played soon. The playoffs will take place on Saturday, November 3rd. Here are the participants...

The Warpigs won the BUD and will have the #1 seed.
The Sidewinders won the AWD. They have 10 games to play. If they win 5 or more of them, they will be the #2 seed and get a first round bye.
The defending NASOMA champion Fungoes won the NERD. They will be the #2 seed if the Snakes fail to win 5 of their last 10 games. Otherwise, the Fungoes will be the #3 seed and host the #6 seed in the first round.
The Mavs won the MFD and will be the #4 seed.
The DVs were the runners-up in the NERD and will be the #5 seed.
The Oilers have not quite clinched the #6 seed, but some really weird stuff would have to happen for them NOT to be. The only teams with a mathematical chance to catch them are the Inmates and Nads, but both need Colorado Rockie-like finishes. I don't see it happening.

The only sure thing about the first round is that the Mavs will play the DVs. The DVs had a better season record, but the Mavs will have home field advantage as a result of winning the MFD.

An updated standings page will be posted shortly.

You look like you could use some baseball

Thanks to MLB.com, you can experience great League Championship Games of the past with full-length streaming archives of selected LCS games. Among the choices are...

• Oct. 15, 1976, ALCS Game 5: Yankees 7, Royals 6 (Chris Chambliss game)
  
• Oct. 19, 1981, NLCS Game 5: Dodgers 2, Expos 1
• Oct. 7, 1984, NLCS Game 5: Padres 6, Cubs 3
• Oct. 8, 1986, NLCS Game 1: Astros 1, Mets 0 (Mike Scott dominates)
  
• Oct. 15, 1986, NLCS Game 6: Mets 7, Astros 6 (16 innings)
  
• Oct. 12, 1986, ALCS Game 5: Red Sox 7, Angels 6
• Oct. 14, 1992, NLCS Game 7: Braves 3, Pirates 2
• Oct. 9, 1996, ALCS Game 1: Yankees 5, Orioles 4 (Jeter's controversial homer)
  

There are several others. I have an MLB account, but it didn't ask me to sign in, so it is apparently free. I'm watching the Dodgers and Expos right now. What a great, nostalgic lineup for the Dodgers: Lopes, Russell, Baker, Garvey, Cey, Monday, Guerrero, Scioscia, Valenzuela. And the Expos had Raines, Dawson, Carter... Fun to watch (despite the ugly stadium).

Check it out.

Two Trades

The Warpigs trade Omar Vizquel to the DVs for Marcus Thames.

The Warpigs trade Manny Ramirez to the FFTs for Cody Ross and Jake Westbrook.

Standings Update 10/10/07

B.U.D.	W	L	%	GB		Remaining Games	Last Update
Warpigs	111	51	.685	--		0	9/29/07
Oilers	85	77	.525	26		0	8/18/07
Rhinos	48	59	.449	36		55	7/21/07
Wahoos	58	86	.403	44		18	10/7/07
M.F.D.	W	L	%	GB
Mavs	71	59	.546	--		32	10/8/07
Buckeyes	74	74	.500	6		14	9/27/07
Inmates	55	63	.466	10		44	8/19/07
Nads	44	64	.407	16		54	10/17/06
A.W.D.	W	L	%	GB
Sidewinders	82	51	.617	--		29	9/30/07
Tweeners	55	66	.455	21		41	10/5/07
Zaps	32	57	.360	28		73	9/29/07
Killer Bees	28	73	.277	38		61	9/27/07
N.E.R.D.D.	W	L	%	GB
Fungoes	99	63	.611	--		0	9/29/07
DVs	91	63	.591	4		8	10/8/07
FFTs	81	81	.500	18		0	9/9/07
Drillers	50	77	.394	32		35	10/2/07

Separated at Birth?

Separated at Birth?

Separated at Birth?

Trade

The Buckeyes trade Jason Frasor to the Warpigs for Cory Sullivan.