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[Carlos del Vaca]

Har har. If Mary dropped her first name, had gender reassignment surgery, and turned into a polite young man from Alabama who can hit baseballs real far, then yeah, Mary Tyler Moore.

[jaydub]

Funny.  I saw that name and thought of Dana Scully's pseudonym from the X-Files episode "Arcadia".  Not having been a fan of the Dick Van Dyke show, I wasn't aware of its previous usage (although the X-files writers were).  I thought it was some sort of play on Petri dish.

[pmcd9]

I used to dig on the Dick Van Dyke show when I was a wee tot. I also liked the Mary Tyler Moore show, but that was later. Television rocked in the 70s.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Two weeks to go in the regular season for our fantasy baseball league, so how about a review.

Technically, no one has clinched a playoff spot yet, but The Modern Dance, Sumo Shortstops, Owensboro, and Oakey Blues are all pretty much there. It's a question of who will take the 1 and 2 spots and get the first-round bye. Four games separate those four teams so it could well come down to the final week. Numerous head-to-head matchups among those four this week and next.

In the lower half of the bracket, the Mixed Pickles are all but done, and the Petards and Banana Town are trying to hold off the Monkeys for the last two playoff spots. Conveniently, Banana Town has the Petards this week and the Monkeys next week.

History in our leagues has been that just getting in the playoff is the important step. Being the #1 seed or a low seed may not matter much after that. Good luck all.

[AugustWest]

Anything can happen in the playoffs.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Last week's scores:
Banana Town 6, Petards 4
Owensboro 9, Monkeys 1
Dance 7, Pickles 3
Shortstops 6, Blues 4

Top 4 teams all clinch playoff spots. The Dance stay in first; Owensboro vaults the Shortstops for second and the first-round bye.
The Monkeys didn't do much for their cause to take a playoff spot. They pretty well have to sweep Banana Town to get in, or hope the Petards get blanked by the last-place Pickles.
Last week of the regular season. Good luck all y'all.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Final week of regular season scores:
Banana Town 7, Monkeys 3
Pickles 6, Petards 3
Shortstops 5, Dance 4
Blues 6, Oilers 4

The Modern Dance take the regular-season flag. Owensboro hangs on to the #2 seed and the first-round bye.
The Monkeys didn't have enough to get the last playoff spot.

First-round:
4 Blues vs. 5 Banana Town
3 Shortstops vs. 6 Petards

1 Dance and 2 Owensboro await. Good luck every one.

[Carlos del Vaca]

My take on same:

[Carlos del Vaca]

First round play-off results:
Shortstops 7, Petards 2
Banana Town 5 (all pitching), Blues 5 (all hitting). Tiebreaker: regular season head-to-head cumulative results. That goes Banana Town 16, Blues 12.

Semi-finals:
Banana Town vs. the Modern Dance
Shortstops vs. Owensboro

Good luck youse mugs.

[AugustWest]

OK Mayor, that was pretty damn funny and kinda took the sting out of it. Good luck.

Not a good week for you and close games, eh?

[Carlos del Vaca]

DAMMIT but Strasburg is a wuss. Why the hell would you work on a new pitch in September, unless you're completely out of the playoff race?

[Carlos del Vaca]

But he was pitching just fine! It's not like he'd lost movement on his pitches and had gotten shelled recently. W-L record aside, he was pitching like one of the best in the league.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Fuck that noise! I want to win my fantasy baseball playoff game! Strasburg needs to get his ass in there and pitch!

In all seriousness, though, yeah he's probably dedicated to continuous improvement. But given the problems he's had with his mechanics and missing starts already this year, AND the Nats desperately trying to catch a playoff spot, I just don't think this month was a good time to be tinkering.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Semi-final results:
Banana Town 9, The Modern Dance 1
Shorstops 6, Owensboro 4

History in our leagues has been that just getting in the playoff is the important step. Being the #1 seed or a low seed may not matter much after that. Good luck all.

Banana Town vs. Sumo Shortstops in the final, a rematch of the 2008 finals which AW won by the narrowest of margins. The Modern Dance vs. Owensboro for the bronze medal.
Most years the final has been two weeks, but this year it's only one.

Good luck, Egg Man.

[AugustWest]

And to you.

Did The Modern Dance spend the off week doing hookers and blow?  Dang!