The Beer Cup
Well, well, well...the Beer Cup is moving again. But I think it might rest here for a while. Just a feeling. I'm not sure how many of you remember the pre-season predictions for the top 6 teams. As of now I have 4 right, Doyle has 5, Radar has 3, Peters has 3, and Keogh 5.
4 isn't great. But I'm the only one of the bunch to have the Brew Jays in my top 6. Here is what I wrote on April 13th, "For the 'known' content, its a great combination of good character and good athletes. Beatty's bat is a beast. Hardy, Sullivan and Osmond are all 'speed and full effort' type guys. McCullough is a proven tournament pitcher who should adjust well and quickly to pitching regularly in the league. The captains are good to play with & against, they 'get it'. Might be a different year for the Jays who are used to contending for 1st, but when this team does gel, and they will, watch out!"
Yep, I'll stand by that. I remember saying that they'll be a better second half team than first. Well according to my standings they are nestled nicely into 3rd at the half way point 1 1/4 behind the most Gruesome Devils. The League standings have them in 2nd place 2 points from the lead. Either way, nice 1st half of the year! And to boot, they're now holding the Beer Cup.
Next week the Brew Jays will try to keep the Joints from stealing back the prize! If they're successful, they'll next defend against the Gruesome Devils on Wednesday.
Teams that have held the Beer Cup(6)
- Beer Bros.
- Hot Tub Woody's
- Dislocated Joints
- Dodge City Rounders
- Red Dogs
- Brew Jays
Teams that have defended the Beer Cup(1)
- Dislocated Joints (4)
Teams that have yet to play for the Cup(6)
- Blues Brothers
- Dog Catchers
- Dusty Cleats
- Draft Kings
- Rusty Rebels
- Tap Masters
Well it started with a threat of rain that thankfully held off. The Hurtin' Units and Blues Brothers won game against the Beer Bros. and the Dodge City Rounders. The teams and opponents were pretty evenly ranked in the standings but the Units were unstoppable scoring machines. Meanwhile the Jays edged out the Rebels to move 3 games over .500
Tuesday, 5 games, more threats of rain and another bullet thankfully dodged. If you were to predict games by the standings you would have had the Gruesome Devils over the Tap Masters, but you probably would have expected something closer than 25-2. You probably would have had the Brew Jays over the Red Dogs too, but would have expected a bigger score than 7-3? The Dusty Cleats over the Beer Bros. probably would have been a coin flip, but the Beer Bros. giving up 50 runs in a the week wouldn't have been in the tea leaves. Then, the "you're lying if you predicted it" games: Dislocated Joints over the Draft Kings 14-11 and Grisslies over the Dog Catchers 14-11.
Wednesday saw a well played game between the Hurtin' Units and the Hot Tub Woody's finish 7-6 in favour of the Units.
Thursday, The Gruesome Devils took ownership of 1st place overall in beating the Rusty Rebels 15-10. The Blues Brothers and Dusty Cleats were both playing for their second win of the week and they were both playing like they wanted this one. The Cleats would escape with a 16-15 decision. The week would end as the Tap Masters would join the Rebels in the 2 loss week category when they dropped a 20-14 game to the Joints to close things out.
Looking forward quickly to this week, here are some notable game.
- Brew Jays Vs. Dislocated Joints, Tuesday - Winner moves into tie for 1st
- Hot Tub Woody's Vs. Tap Masters, Tuesday - Game will break a tie in the standings
- Red Dog Vs. Grisslies, Tuesday - The "Toilet Bowl", Loser has sole possession of last place!
- Brew Jays Vs. Gruesome Devils, Wednesday - Potentially a battle for 1st place
Now....who has hit in every game you ask? The list is dwindling but we still have 38 remaining. When we get under 20 I'll list them.
And our list of players who have scored in every games lost Anicete Goncalves, Scott Barton and Terry Doucet. We're now down to the final 3!.
- Brad Young, Dog Catchers (12)
- Chuck Cragg, Draft Kings (11
- Will Goodin, Hot Tub Woody's (11)
TeamStats
Oh, lets do my standings first this week. 10 of 15 teams are .500 or better! How is this possible? Well, when the bottom two teams account for nearly a 1/4 of the entire leagues losses you're going to see some strange numbers indeed.
Next week we'll break out the 2nd half standings. Everyone gets a do over. Put your hand up if you had the Cleats in your top 6?
Speaking of good coaching, can you believe that our Tragic Number didn't fall this week? I guess that's what happens you win occasionally. When we hit "0" (it will happen) then I'll start the possible order of finish chart. Right now, 15 teams could finish in 15 possible positions.
IndividualStats
Five guys over .800. Blows me away. Do you realize that the only way these guys can raise their average is go 5 for 5. (something I haven't done since 2011)
Everyone get this now? As we'll have teams playing the 13th game this week we'll be starting the 3rd quarter rankings next weekend, but the 2nd quarter will remain open until the Blues Brothers get to their 12th game. Scotty Barton might be looking over his shoulder at "For Those About To Rock....Bill Sallustio". And two Grisslies on the list? Has hell frozen over?
Not quite the run away that it used to be. And now the sure fire bet to beat Scotty anymore. Things are starting to tighten up.
Again, bunching up and it'll take some effort to reach last years number.
Things you may have missed this week.
For the Grisslies Game twelve BLOG, Beechey Vs. Squirrel click HERE
For the All Star BLOG, click HERE
For the Hurtin' Units BLOG, click HERE
For the Donini 3 stars, click HERE
For the League Website, click HERE
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