Today I have proof there are baseball demons. And they’re out to get me.
EFL Standings for 2016
EFL | ||||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
Haviland Dragons | 79 | 45 | .636 | — | 642.2 | 483.2 |
Portland Rosebuds | 77 | 46 | .624 | 1.6 | 628.1 | 481.8 |
Old Detritus Woeverines | 76 | 47 | .616 | 2.6 | 645.1 | 508.5 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 72 | 49 | .596 | 5.2 | 649.9 | 537.9 |
Canberra Kangaroos | 70 | 52 | .570 | 8.3 | 604.2 | 505.6 |
Peshastin Pears | 67 | 56 | .546 | 11.2 | 594.8 | 535.2 |
Kaline Drive | 60 | 64 | .484 | 18.8 | 625.0 | 652.0 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 59 | 64 | .477 | 19.7 | 520.7 | 544.3 |
Cottage Cheese | 55 | 67 | .449 | 23 | 582.4 | 644.0 |
D.C. Balk | 42 | 80 | .342 | 36.2 | 497.4 | 697.2 |
Haviland: W, 10 – 4 (.371 .450, .743; 0.7 ip, 0 er) .
Portland:W, 5 – 1. (.259, .328, .517 in 64 plate appearnances! 9 ip, 0 er).
Old Detritus: L, 2- 6. (.143, .167, .172; 12 ip, 5 er plus terrible pitching allocation).
Pittsburgh: W, 7 – 3 (.296, .387, .481; 9.3 ip, 3 er).
Canberra: W, 9 – 3. (.258, .378, .548; 9 ip, 3 er). .
Peshastin: W, 3 – (-2). (.297, .366, .405; 14.0 ip, 4 er).
Kaline: W, 11 – 5. (.395, .410, .816; 2 ip, 1 er).
I’ve made up alternate names for use when EFL teams stink. I don’t use them here because, as you all know, I would never make fun of other people’s teams. Some of them are pretty good, though, like these:
Haventland Drag Ons
Portapotty Nosebuds
Old Detritus Woeverines
Pitsburgh Allegations
Cantbeara Kangabruise
Peshaftin Pares
Alkaline Dribble
I feel clear about mentioning these today because … well, look at the daily results for all seven of these teams. Clearly all (but one) of these mal-monikers are misnomers. Which one does not belong with the others? Which one did not stomp its opponents for a resounding win? Which one did not keep up with the blistering pace set by the Dragons? (Yes – the others are all exactly the same distance behind first place as yesterday, except the Pears and the Drive who each gained 0.1 games.) Correction: which one matched the Dragons’ blistering pace, but in the opposite direction? Only one team fits the description: The One-and-Only True-Blue Genuine Article Old Detritus Woeverines, on pace to be passed by all the others on the list.
Flint Hill: “W”, 4 – 5. (.250, .323, .464; 7.3 ip 3 er).
Cottage: “W”, 5 – 7. (.294, .351, .412; no pitching).
DC: “W”, 6 – 10. (.278, .333, .472; 7.3 ip,7 er).
I haven’t really settled on alternate names for these teams (although in the case of the Cottage Cheese it’s more a matter of indecision than lack of inspiration), but I wouldn’t use them anyway since these teams’ misfortunes are ample already this year. I have no scores to settle with any of them, other than the Cheese’s role in the Jose Altuve debacle. But today it becomes clear just how abused the Woeverines are by the baseball demons: none of the bottom three teams outscored their opponents, yet they were awarded “wins” just to highlight all the more the Woeverines’ humiliation.
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AL East | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Old Detroit Wolverines | 76 | 47 | .616 | — |
Toronto Blue Jays | 70 | 53 | .569 | 5.8 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 53 | .566 | 6.3 |
Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 55 | .549 | 8.3 |
New York Yankees | 63 | 59 | .516 | 12.3 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 59 | 64 | .477 | 17.1 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 51 | 70 | .421 | 23.8 |
NL East | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Washington Nationals | 73 | 49 | .598 | — |
Canberra Kangaroos | 70 | 52 | .570 | 3.4 |
Miami Marlins | 64 | 59 | .520 | 9.5 |
New York Mets | 61 | 62 | .496 | 12.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 66 | .468 | 16 |
Atlanta Braves | 44 | 79 | .358 | 29.5 |
D.C. Balk | 42 | 80 | .342 | 31.3 |
AL Central | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 72 | 49 | .596 | — |
Cleveland Indians | 70 | 51 | .579 | 2.2 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 59 | .520 | 9.2 |
Kansas City Royals | 63 | 60 | .512 | 10.2 |
Chicago White Sox | 58 | 64 | .475 | 14.7 |
Minnesota Twins | 49 | 74 | .398 | 24.2 |
NL Central | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Chicago Cubs | 78 | 44 | .639 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 57 | .533 | 13 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 58 | .517 | 15 |
Cottage Cheese | 55 | 67 | .449 | 23.2 |
Cincinnati Reds | 53 | 69 | .434 | 25 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 52 | 70 | .426 | 26 |
AL West | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Haviland Dragons | 79 | 45 | .636 | — |
Texas Rangers | 73 | 51 | .589 | 5.9 |
Seattle Mariners | 66 | 56 | .541 | 11.9 |
Houston Astros | 63 | 60 | .512 | 15.4 |
Kaline Drive | 60 | 64 | .484 | 18.8 |
Oakland A’s | 53 | 70 | .431 | 25.4 |
Los Angeles Angels | 51 | 72 | .415 | 27.4 |
NL West | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Portland Rosebuds | 77 | 46 | .624 | — |
San Francisco Giants | 68 | 55 | .553 | 8.8 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 67 | 55 | .549 | 9.3 |
Peshastin Pears | 67 | 56 | .546 | 9.6 |
Colorado Rockies | 59 | 64 | .480 | 17.8 |
San Diego Padres | 52 | 71 | .423 | 24.8 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 51 | 72 | .415 | 25.8 |