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Nothing much

September 25, 2019
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The season is winding down. What’s important?  Nothing much.

EFL Standings for 2019
EFL
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB RS RA
Portland Rosebuds 101 56 .646 — 990.4 733.2
Flint Hill Tornadoes 102 56 .644 0.1 977.1 722.7
Old Detroit Wolverines 92 66 .584 9.6 921.3 774.4
Peshastin Pears 86 71 .551 14.9 828.0 750.4
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 84 73 .538 17 818.7 743.7
Haviland Dragons 81 76 .518 20 885.2 847.7
Canberra Kangaroos 79 79 .500 22.8 882.2 886.1
Kaline Drive 78 79 .495 23.6 760.6 769.3
Cottage Cheese 74 84 .470 27.6 883.9 936.4
Bellingham Cascades 66 91 .417 35.8 708.2 846.3
Brookland Outs 63 95 .401 38.5 737.4 897.8
D.C. Balk 63 95 .399 38.8 679.6 837.7
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Portland: L,  3 – 5. (42 PA, .194, .262, .333; no pitching)
“Nothing much” kind of overestimates the pitching the Rosebuds got — but it’s right on target for  the hitting.  It also suddenly describes the size of Portland’s lead in the EFL pennant race!
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Flint Hill:  W, 5 – 1. (42 PA, .282, .318, .436; 5 ip, 0 er, o.00 ERA)
What did Tornado pitchers allow their opponents to score? Nothing much. What’s keeping the Tornados out of first place?  Apologies to the Rosebuds, but  the anwser is “nothing much.”
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Old Detroit: W, 11 – 4.(69 PA, .339, .435, .678; 12 ip, 5 er, 3.75 ERA)
What is the Commissioner planning to do to commemorate an eventual dramatic Tornado victory in the pennant race, payback to the ‘Buds for what they did to the Wolverines last year? Nothing much.  How much further back of first are the W’s than the Tornados?  Well, the W’s have snuck back under 10 games behind, which makes them possibly less than 100 times as far behind as the T’s. The Tornado deficit is microscopic.  So the W’s deficit isn’t very big, either.  In the grand scale of things, it’s nothing much.
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Peshastin: “L”, 6 – 2. (60 PA, .245, .383, .347;  2.7 ip, 0 er, 0.00 ERA)
A solid day like this, when you have decent hitting and pitching and get a disguised win, is a pleasant thing to behold.  I hope Phil beheld it. Because it did nothing much to change the Pears’ hopes for the postseason, the only way for Phil to derive utility from all that effort is if he can enjoy watching his team do well.
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Pittsburgh: L, 1 – 5. (26 PA, .167, .231, .250; 8 ip, 4 er, 4.50 ERA)
Brian Goodwin (not THAT Brian Goodwin, the one we saw at the baseball clinic at Linfield, Ryan… Not my old student, either) an Mike Moustakas both OPSe 1.267. Every other Allegheny OPSed .500 (2 of them) or 0.000 (4 of them). So that adds up, clearly, to not much.
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Haviland: L, 0 – 4. (40 PA, .171, .275, .257;   2.7 ip,. 0 er, o.00 ERA)
The Dragons only had one batter OPS over .650:  Yasiel Puig. He went 3 for 3 with two doubles and a walk — a perfect day with a not perfect OPS, but 2.667 will do.  What did the other 8 Dragon batters do? A c0mbined .100, .182, .100. The epitome of nothing much.
Canberra:  W, 11 – 4. (47 PA, .359, .468, .846; 4.7 ip 0 er, 0 era)
Kaline: L, (-2) – 3. (47 PA, .149, .196, .213; 12.3 ip, 5 er, 3.65 era)
Canberra and Kaline continued their dance, with the ‘Roos landing right smack dab on the .500 line, and the Drive slipping just off it.  Apparently not even two EFL teams can dance on the head of the .500 pin.  What changes in the lives of the ‘Roos and Drive if they manage the impossible feat?  Probably nothing much.  What would be a better candidate for the third funnest thing happening in the EFL right now?  Probably nothing much.
Cottage:  L, 1 – 1. (29 PA, .185, .241, .296;  11.7 ip, 4 er, 3.09 ERA)
Bellingham:  “W”, 5 – 7. (17 PA, .357, .438, .643;  5 ip, 3 er, 5.40 ERA)
Brookland: L, 2 – 7. (15 PA, .154, .267, .154;  1.7 ip, 2 er, 10.80 ERA)
DC: W, 2- (-6).  (43 PA, .205, .256, .359;  19 ip, 4 er, 1.89 ERA)
One of these teams is not like the others. One of these teams might be about to make a miraculous escape from the cellar — for the second year in a row! What would be cooler than that?
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, Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2014
AL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
New York Yankees 102 56 .646 —
Flint Hill Tornadoes 102 56 .644 0.2
Tampa Bay Rays 94 64 .595 8
Old Detroit Wolverines 92 66 .584 9.8
Boston Red Sox 82 75 .522 19.5
Toronto Blue Jays 64 93 .408 37.5
Baltimore Orioles 52 106 .329 50
NL East
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Atlanta Braves 96 62 .608 —
Washington Nationals 88 69 .561 7.5
New York Mets 82 75 .522 13.5
Philadelphia Phillies 79 78 .503 16.5
Canberra Kangaroos 79 79 .500 16.9
D.C. Balk 63 95 .399 32.9
Miami Marlins 55 102 .350 40.5
AL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Minnesota Twins 97 60 .618 —
Cleveland Indians 93 64 .592 4
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 84 73 .538 12.6
Chicago White Sox 68 88 .436 28.5
Bellingham Cascades 66 91 .417 31.5
Kansas City Royals 58 100 .367 39.5
Detroit Tigers 46 110 .295 50.5
NL Central
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 90 68 .570 —
Milwaukee Brewers 87 70 .554 2.5
Chicago Cubs 82 75 .522 7.5
Cottage Cheese 74 84 .470 15.7
Cincinnati Reds 73 84 .465 16.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 91 .420 23.5
Brookland Outs 63 95 .401 26.6
AL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Houston Astros 103 54 .656 —
Oakland A’s 94 63 .599 9
Haviland Dragons 81 76 .518 21.7
Kaline Drive 78 79 .495 25.2
Texas Rangers 75 82 .478 28
Los Angeles Angels 71 86 .452 32
Seattle Mariners 66 91 .420 37
NL West
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT. GB
Portland Rosebuds 101 56 .646 —
Los Angeles Dodgers 101 56 .643 0.4
Peshastin Pears 86 71 .551 14.9
Arizona Diamondbacks 81 77 .513 20.9
San Francisco Giants 75 82 .478 26.4
San Diego Padres 70 87 .446 31.4
Colorado Rockies 68 89 .433 33.4