(All BLOGs scheduled for 6am day off)
Thursday September 8th - Deep dive of pool "A"
Friday September 9th - Deep dive of pool "B"
Saturday September 10th - Deep dive pool "C"
Sunday September 11th - Forecast of Day 1's games.
Tuesday September 13th - Day one results, Day two Forecast.
Wednesday September 14th - Day two results, Day three Forecast.
Thursday September 15th - Day three results, Day four Forecast.
Friday September 16th - Day four results, Day five Forecast.
Saturday September 17th - Day five results, Day 6 Forecast.
Sunday September 18th - This is it.
STANDINGS
(UNOFFICIAL)
This is based on the results of the last three games of the season taking place on Tuesday night, September 6th. Dislocated Joints Vs. Banshees; Lucky Stiffs Vs. Hurtin' Units; Lucky Stiffs Vs. Beer Bros.
NOTES:
- Dog Catchers and Brew Jays tied with 28 points. They tied their season series at a game each (1st tie breaker). The Dog Catchers have a greater number of wins (14-13) which is the second tie breaker and that awards them 5th place.
- The Red Dogs have the same number of points as the Rusty Rebels. The Red Dogs won the season series against the Rebels (1 game to none) awarding the Red Dogs 11th place.
- The Beer Bros. and Dislocated Joints tied with 17 points. They split their season series and had the same number of wins. The 3rd tie breaker is runs scored which the Beer Bros. win 346 - 286 and are awarded 13th place.
INTRO
The onslaught of stats (from me) is about to begin. However, I have to wait for tonight's games to take place and have the stats from them updated before I can start really pounding the numbers and putting people to sleep.
But....I think there is one thing that can say almost for certain. Almost.
Barring the Kahuna going 60/60 over his two games tonight, then Scott Barton will win the batting title. Oh, if you think I'm joking about what Roger Burton would have to do to catch Scotty, I'm not. It would take 60 consecutive hits for the guy in SECOND PLACE to catch the guy in first.
In this "year of the Cleats" where SOOO many stories surrounded their play, I think the season that Scott has had needs some attention to not be lost in the shuffle. Lets start with the first week of the season:
Week 1: A number of people started with a number of people having a perfect night. Included in those were Rod Duggan, Bob Pearce, Jason Bowers, Tim Schrank, Dave Fleming, Art Sagert, Paul McCabe, Geoff Keogh and Al Nicholl. The best first week though was shared by Rob McCarron and Scott Barton who were both 6 for 6.
Week 4: This was the first week that published stats. At this point of the season 180 guys were chasing Geoff Keogh's incredible start! He was 12/12 batting 1.000 and Roger Burton was in second place going 17/18 and hitting a lightening hot .944. In 9th place at this point was Scott Barton's 18 for 21 for the 4-0 Cleats, hitting .857 average.
Week 5: In Week 5 neither Keogh nor Burton made outs. Geoff was 19/19 and Roger moved up to .962 going 25/26 on the season. Scott moved up to 5th this week now hitting .875.
Week 6: Well, Roger FINALLY made a couple of outs this week and his average fell to a paltry .903. Poor guy. Geoff didn't, remaining a perfect 24 for 24. Undaunted, Scott Barton was storming ahead...this week moving up to 3rd and hitting .889 on 32 hits in 36 at bats.
Week 7: The top 3 would remain unchanged, but Geoff Keogh finally showed he was human! He would remain number one in average at .906, Roger was tucked right behind at .900 and Scott fell off a bit down to .854. Sitting in fourth and charging hard was Art Sagert at .848.
Week 8: This was the week that set everything on its ear. Geoff fell out of 1st place being passed by Roger. Roger Burton was up to .906 and Geoff fell to .889. Tim Schrank came seemingly out of nowhere to move into 3rd place at .860. Meanwhile a trio of Hot Tub Woody's were suddenly on fire. in 4th through 6th place were Mike Douglas, Phil Glecoff and Art Sagert hitting .853, .838 and .833 respectively. and in 8th was Scott Barton at .820. So here is something interesting. Scott was 41/50 on the season at this point. This is what staggers my mind and remember we're in week 8; he would only end up making 3 more outs for the entire season. That gets a WOW!
Week 9: Kahuna stays in the lead at .894, followed by Keogh at .889, Schrank at .860, Douglas at .853, Glecoff at .838, Barton at .836 and Sagert at .833. Dave McGovern moves into 8th and is the last of the .800 hitters at .821.
Week 10: Geoff Keogh slips a bit this week to .884, but recaptures the lead as the Kahuna has a rare off week and falls to a tie for 5th place at .836. Scott Barton is now in second for the first time at .847. Glecoff, McGovern, Schrank and Sagert are the remaining players over .800.
Week 11: The league still, unbelievably, had 8 hitters at .800 or better. Keogh didn't play this week and his average still held up. Scott went up a point to .848, Kahuna didn't play but managed to move from 5th to 3rd. Glecoff, Sagert, Schrank, Douglas and McGovern were all separated by only 11 points in the batting race.
Week 12: Barton went up another point to .849 and stayed in second behind Keogh's .884. What was becoming obvious was the disparity in at bats. To this point Baron had 73 ABs to Keogh's 43. Of course, the more ABsSagert .828 who was making a huge move; Dave McGovern, .818; Phil Glecoff, .814; Roger Burton, .813; Wil Goodin, .807; and Mike Douglas, .806. Still eight hitters.
Week 13: And this was the week of the big swing for Keogh. He went 5/7 this week, which sounds good; but dropped his average from .884 to .860. Meanwhile, Barton was 6/6 and went to .861 to take over the outright lead in batting for the first time this year! The +.800 club lost one member as Mike Douglas slipped to .797. The order was now Baron, .861; Keogh, .860; Burton, .836; Glecoff, .833; McGovern, .831; Sagert, .811 and Goodin, .807.
Week 14: Scott Barton was 5/5 this week and Geoff Keogh went 3/5. The gap was starting to widen. Barton, .869; Keogh, .836; Burton, .831; Sagert, .821; Goodin, .820; Glecoff, .814 and McGovern .806.
Week 15: Scott made his last out of the season this week. He was sitting at .865 (77/89). GlecoffCragg moved in bringing the total number of hitters there to six. Following Scott were Keogh, .836; Goodin, .831; Sagert, .830; Burton, .815 and Cragg, .810.
Week 16: Will Goodin dropped out of the .800 group and Scott Barton continued to widen the gap. Barton, .878; Keogh, .831; Sagert, .815; Burton, .807 and Cragg, .803.
Week 17: And then there were three. Sagert and Keogh dipped below .800, albeit slightly. Scott Barton led at .878; Chuck Cragg was now in second at .814 and Roger Burton in third at .807.
Week 18: This week would end the season for both Barton and Cragg. Scott's end of season total was 96/108, .889. Chuck is currently in 3rd going 57/70 and hitting .814. Roger has 2 games left to play tonight. He will still need a good night to hold onto 2nd. but going 10/10 wouldn't even put a dent in Scott's lead.
Congrats Scotty! Fantastic year and a well deserved crown!
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