And here they come down the stretch...
With (almost) every team at or over the 100-game mark, here's a look at how the teams look heading for the playoffs.
In the BUD, the Warpigs have a healthy lead over the DVs, who trail by 24.5 games. The Pigs have 90 wins with 26 games to play (10 vs Buckeyes, 7 vs Rhinos, 5 vs Wahoos, and 4 vs DVs). The DVs, at 56-61, are good enough to win the AWD, but not good enough to earn a wild card spot.
Projected finish: Warpigs 103 wins
In the aforementioned AWD, the SuperGoofs lead the Tweeners by 5.5 games despite being only 2 games over .500. The winner of this division will most likely be the #4 seed, with the runner-up having a lousy spot in the draft. The Goofs have won 57 with 50 games to play (10 vs Drillers and Rhinos, 8 vs Buckeyes, 7 vs Tweeners, 5 vs DVs, Mavs, and Zaps).
Projected finish: SuperGoofs 81 wins
Down in the AWD, the Inmates have a half game lead over the Rhinos. Although not guaranteed, both teams should make the playoffs. The division winner will either earn a bye or get the #3 seed. The Inmates have 68 wins with 47 to play (14 vs Fungoes, 10 vs Bees and Zaps, 7 vs Rhinos, and 6 vs Tweeners). The Rhinos have 64 wins with 54 to play (10 vs Buckeyes, Drillers, Goofs, Zaps and 7 vs Inmates and Warpigs). The Rhinos have a tough road ahead - 44 of the 54 remaining games are against playoff-bound teams. This will be a great race.
Projected finish: Inmates 96 wins, Rhinos 96 wins
The real chaos, however, comes from the MFD. The Mavs have a lead of 2.5 games over the Buckeyes and 3.5 games over the Zaps. It is indeed possible that all three teams make the post season, but it's more likely one of them will be left out. The division winner will probably get a bye, but there's no certainty of that either. The Mavs have 70 wins with 49 games to play (14 vs Buckeyes, 10 vs Nads and Wahoos, 5 vs DVs, Bees, and Goofs). The Buckeyes have 71 wins with 42 to play (14 vs Mavs, 10 vs Rhinos and Warpigs, and 8 vs Goofs). The Zaps have 71 wins with 40 games to play (10 vs Inmates, Rhinos, Nads, and 5 vs Wahoos and Goofs). The Mavs have the most favorable schedule of the 3 teams, while the Buckeyes have 42 very difficult games remaining - all of them against playoff-bound teams. The 14 head to head games between the Mavs and Buckeyes are huge.
Projected finish: Mavs 104 wins, Buckeyes 92 wins, Zaps 95 wins
It should be an interesting couple of final months. Series to watch:
Tweeners vs Goofs (7) - Could be the Tweeners last chance. Seems like yesterday they were a game away from the World Series.
Mavs vs Buckeyes (14) - The two old warriors have a great showdown ahead.
Inmates vs Rhinos (7) - Mano y mano for the HWD title, maybe.
Zaps vs Inmates (10) and Zaps vs Rhinos (10) - Afterwards we can ask the Zapper which of those two teams is harder to beat.
Warpigs vs Rhinos (7) - The Rhinos have a tough finishing stretch (except against the tanking Drillers), so every series is important.
Buckeyes vs Warpigs (10), Buckeyes vs Rhinos (10), Buckeyes vs Goofs (8) - The Buckeyes definitely have their work cot out for them. Do they still have any of that magic left?
Stay tuned...
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Shaping up to be a great NASOMA finish! Good luck all! Fungoes in 2014!
Fear not, our draft position won't be all that bad.
And we would like an article on us
bottom folks, quite a race shaping up there.
The FFT's have set the bar, low as it is for that race.
We are in the club house.
You're in the clubhouse, but the Driller Dude is out on the course knocking ball after ball into the pond and laughing his ass off.
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