Commish's Corner

Playoffs Round #2

Round two of the playoffs saw one series sweep, while the other came down to the very last player before it was decided. The Blackjacks advance to the finals after a sweep of the X-Men, as they scored 175 points for the week. The defending champs Connection were taken to the very last player, and LoDuca came through as they slip by the Creeping Death by a single point. The Blackjacks and Connection face off this week for the League Championship. The owners involved have already decided that if MLB is to go on strike on Friday, that the league will have Co-Champs this year, and they will split the top 2 place prize money evenly.

Here is a look at how the games were decided:

Blackjacks 5 X-Men 0
Bill's team had no trouble with the X-Men this week, as the series was just about over after Friday's games. The Blackjacks won 52-49 in the M-Th games, and then had a huge Friday, defeating the X-Men 55-7. As is the X-Men's work to come back was tough enough at that point, the Blackjacks followed up the big Friday game with a 42-35 win to clinch a spot in the finals. Sunday was the same results, as the Blackjacks complete the sweep with a 26-24 win. Vladi led the way for the Blackjacks with an amazingly consistent week, as he posted scores of 8-9-9-10 to lead the team with 36 points for the week. Fellow stud OF Green helped out with 25, and Houston pitching had an impressive 34. The Blackjacks have one week to go, but will have their work cut out for them with the defending champs up next for Bill's team. The X-Men had a banner week in round one, but Al/Mike couldn't follow it up with an equally impressive week. Chipper remained hot as he led the team with 28, but the X-Men OF's could only manage 19 as a group. That was just much for Al/Mike to overcome. A solid season for the X-Men, as Al takes his usual spot near the top of the league.

Connection 3 Creeping Death 2
An exciting finish to an exciting week for these two teams, as Scott/Chris come back to win by 1 point and move on to try and repeat as league champs against the Blackjacks. The Connection jumped out to the early lead with a 69-56 win on the M-TH games. The Death bounce back and win Friday 38-31, and then take a nice 17 point lead in totals thanks to their 32-9 win on Saturday. The Death needed to win either the Sunday game, or lose by no more than 16. The Death were struggling Sunday to score, and also hurt by getting two DNP's from their starting OF's Hunter and Matthews. The red hot Oakland pitching staff also cooled off with a zero point game. The Connection were not doing much better, as they also got 2 DNP's from their 1B's, and the rest of the team was also struggling. Then the Connection heated up with the later games. Anderson goes yard, and posts a 9. Dye also goes yard in the 9th inning of his game, to post a 11. Klesko has a solid game with a 5. So as we approached the final game of the week, the Connection were leading Sunday's game 32-17. The Connection still had LoDuca to play in the Sunday night game. LoDuca comes through with a 3, to give the Connection a 144-143 win in total points. Doesn't get much closer than that!!!!!! The Connection were led by Dye's 25, and Pujols and Nomar each chipped in 19. Scott/Chris have one last hurdle to go over as they try and repeat as league champs. The Death bow out after a great battle, but the Commish and Mr. Tom Brady were quite disappointed with the outcome of the week. Durham led the Death with 36, while the Oakland pitching staff remained consistent with 32. Good year for the Death, as they had struggled and battled back to be competitive come playoff time.

Week #20 Awards:

Player of the Week: Guerrero, Blackjacks & Durham, Death 36 Points
Vladi was the leader for the Blackjacks, as they advance on to the finals. Durham had 3 triples over the weekend to almost help the Death overcome the Connection.

Pitching Staff of the Week: Houston, Blackjacks 34 Points
Top player and top pitching staff for the Blackjacks this week as they sweep the X-Men.

Good luck to the Blackjacks and Connection! Hopefully we can get a full week of games in. I am outta here!

The Commish