— New Light Bulbs in the Scoreboards.
— Updated Scoreboard Maintenance in general.
— Leveling of Infields and Warning Tracks (no lips!)
— Post-Season Playoffs
Yes, the postseason tournaments are literally playoff spots starting 2016 Season 1. The Top 4 spots in each league will vie for each season’s League Championship. All other teams will still play a Week 8 double header but are not invited to the dance…
Week 7 finds 9-3 OBI currently in 2nd Place going head-to-head with 3rd Place 7-3-2 Warning Track Power. Both teams are guaranteed a spot in the 4-team playoff and have about a 90% chance to meet in the first round of the playoffs, go figure. The only exception I can find is an OBI Sweep combined with a loss by E-Machine to We Are Not Dead Yet in their DH. Very interesting play in for the 4th seed between three teams as well.
One of the bigger changes at Victory Lane occurred this past week as OBI took two during the split doubleheader. I know, cray cray Right!?!?!!!
In game 1 vs. One Hit Wonders while nursing a 6-5 lead in the top of the 4th, OBI batted around,,, twice, two innings in a row (been a while since that has happened) by scoring 12 and then another 8 in the top of the 5th. Suffice to say that all 10 players made at least one out and had two hits with 5 collecting 4 and everyone scored 2 or more Runs.
Six thru 10 in the order had 7 total Doubles, 3 by Michael. The top of the order outhit the bottom 18-16 with Spillane coming up feet short of the Big Fly he needed for his cycle. Juan Homered Earl Weaver style (3 RBIs), all in all everyone hit and contributed. Excellent Team Play, I think we all should get a participation trophy based upon this game alone… But no, there is more…
Against 1st Place 10-2 E-Machine, OBI jumped out early with 4 in the first and batting around again in the third inning for another 5 spot to take a 9-2 lead. JR, Clint singled followed by Jayse’s RBI Single. Juan went deep for a second time in the DH with another Earl Weaver shot.
In the third, Clint and Jayse started it again, then Spillane, Mando, Michael, Paul, Nuta, and JR all singled to push across 5 runs. We scored but one more in the 5th inning as E-Machine clawed their way back into the game, scoring 4 runs in the 6th to tie it at 10.
The seventh inning would turn interesting and exciting as we held E-Machine scoreless, thus guaranteeing at least a tie. Then, with 2 down Michael started a rally with a Double deep to left. Spillane ran for him and scored easily on Pauls liner to LF that fell in for a loud walk-off Single.
A doubleheader win this week will guarantee 2nd seed and with a single loss by E-Machine (to We Ain’t Dead Yet), the Top Seed in the Playoffs is possible.
See y’all on Thursday !!!
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