Power Rankings Update....finally

The current record follows, then in parenthesis, where they were the last power rankins update and the final parenthesis is their record since that power rankings.


1. Detroit FC Dinamo………….83-31………(3)……………..(39-14)
2. Monterrey Cheese…………...80-34……….(2)…………….(34-19)
3. LA Blue Knights…………….78-36………(5)……………..(40-14)
4. Augusta Vacationers………...73-41………(4)……………..(34-20)
5. Baltimore O’s………………..69-45………(7)……………..(33-21)
6. SD Land Sharks……………..72-42……….(1)……………..(26-28)
7. Richmond Spiders……………68-46………(8)……………..(34-19)
8. Milwaukee Brewers………….68-46……….(6)…………….(31-22)
9. Colorado Commodores………66-48………(10)……………(31-23)
10. Toronto Thoroughbreds……66-48……….(16)……………(33-20)
11. Seattle Spartans…………….63-51……….(11)……………(30-24)
12. Arizona Painted Rocks……..61-53……….(14)……………(30-24)
13. Helena Hitters………………60-54……….(13)……………(29-25)
14. San Jose Crabs………………60-54………(9)……………..(25-29)
15. Chicago Bruisers…………….57-57………(20)……………(28-25)
16. Little Rock R’backs…………57-57………(18)……………(27-26)
17. Wash DC Lawmakers………..55-59………(26)……………(30-24)
18. Chicago Prime Movers………56-58………(15)…………….(26-27)
19. New York Mets………………55-59………(12)……………(22-32)
20. New Orleans Nasty…………..55-59……….(17)……………(25-28)
21. Tampa Bay Yankees…………53-61……….(21)……………(26-28)
22. San Juan Slug Diablos………..53-61……….(22)……………(26-28)
23. OKC Farfanoogats……………53-61……….(19)……………(25-28)
24. El Paso Miners………………..52-62………(27)…………….(27-26)
25. New Britain Conn Ghosts…….40-74……….(32)……………(25-29)
26. Tacoma Mist………………….46-68……….(25)……………(20-34)
27. Atlanta Shredders……………..46-68……….(23)……………(19-34)
28. Florida Beach Bums…………..43-71……….(24)……………(18-36)
29. Buffalo Iroquois……………….35-79………(30)……………(18-35)
30. Pittsburgh Great Ones…………35-79………(31)…………….(19-34)
31. Wichita Earps………………….36-78………(28)…………….(13-40)
32. Houston Crackerjacks…………33-81………(29)…………….(13-40)

Updated Power Rankings (After 60/61 Games)

Team...........................Record..... Opening Rank ..................Comment

1. San Diego Land Sharks......46-14........... 6.............Surprising 8-game lead over LA and took 2/3 from Monterrey
2. Monterrey Cheese.............46-15.............1..............Bones-Estalella-Carter will be a tough 3 to face come playoff time
3. Detroit FC Dinamo..............44-17............2.............RED hot, won 10 straight and given up only 24 runs in those 10 games
4. Augusta Vacationers............39-21............3.............23-11 on the road and 6 different pitchers have saved at least 2 games
5. Los Angeles Blue Knights........38-22.........4.............8 consecutive Divisional crowns are in serious danger.
6. Milwaukee Brewers...............37-24...........5..............Terry Williams, 64 hits….33 have been over the fence
7. Baltimore O's.......................36-24.............10..............recovered nicely from sluggish start. Albert Sosa is a force in this lineup
8. Richmond Spiders.................34-27..............8...............11-16 at home, 23-11 on the road. Sup with that?
9. San Jose Crabs......................35-25...............27...............The league's biggest surprise. Franchise never finished better than 82-80.
10. Colorado Commadores............35-25............11.................wow, .321 team BA and 117 HR's in 60 games…mashing the ball
11. Seattle Spartans.....................33-27................9................2 games behind SJ/Col in the league's Best division…the AL West
12. New York Mets...................33-27.................15..................2-8 in their last 10 but no other team is a threat. 11-16 at home.
13. Helena Hitters...................31-29...................16...................buried in the strong NL West but slugger Victor Cordero is making an MVP case
14. Arizona Painted Rocks...........31-29..............13..................last place at 31-29, but just 4 games back, another nice rebound from a poor start
15. Chicago Prime Movers.............30-31............23.................9-9 in 1-run games. 0-4 in extra innings.
16. Toronto Thoroughbreds.............30-31.............7................playing better ball, needs to keep it up to snag their 6th straight wild card
17. New Orleans Nasty....................30-31..............18.................below .500 but in 1st place in the dismal AL South. Craig Rivers, 18 games 0.54 ERA
18. Little Rock Razorbacks.............30-31..............14................David Ross, tough luck ace at 3-8 with a 3.39, closer Juan Berroa has 13 svs and 6.92
19. Oklahoma City Farfanoogats...........28-33..........25.............solid turn around after some moves were made. Building for season 11
20. Chicago Bruisers.....................29-32....................12................5.31 team ERA is disappointing. And a closer with a 7.36 ERA to boot
21. Tampa Bay Yankees.................27-33................21.................do they have it in them to push the Mets? Vet Duke Olson is 7/7 closing games at 40
22. San Juan Slugging Diablos............27-33.............17...............22 1-run games is the most in baseball. Team is 11-11 but an astounding 0-8 in extra innings.
23. Atlanta Shredders....................27-34................24................surprising start is all gone. Juan Nieves is a force. .374-29-73 and 50 bb with only 22 k's
24. Florida Beach Bumbs...............25-35...............30..............5-12 in 1-run games. Still, team is highly improved and very competitive.
25. Tacoma Mist......................26-34.....................26................1-9 in the division. 25-25 vs the rest. Has been a long project but showing signs
26. Washington DC Lawmakers.........25-35..........20...............5.46 team ERA is the reason 10 under. Dan Redman has not pitched well.
27. El Paso Miners..........................25-36..............29................5 game winning streak has them just 5 back in sorry division but 11-26 in home games.
28. Wichita Earps........................23-38...................28................lost 9 of 10 sinking team that was showing signs. Detroit outscored them 34-0 in 2 games
29. Houston Crackerjacks.............20-41...............19.................disappointing first 61 games. This team has a little more talent than that.
30. Buffalo Iroquois.......................17-44.................31................5-15 in 1 run games but 3-1 in extra innings…if they can just get through the 9th
31. Pittsburgh Great Ones............16-45...............32...............Sandy Pederson quietly having a solid year at the plate. .348 with 1.031 OPS.
32. New Britain Connecticut Ghosts...........15-45..........22.............ownership cleaned house and brought in new folks. Lotta work to be done

20% of the Season Completed Update! (after 36 games)

20% Of The Season Gone Awards

First, the playoff seedings would be this:

AL

#1 Seed- Detroit FC Dinamo (24-12)
#2 Seed- Seattle Spartans (23-13)
#3 Seed- Augusta Vacationers (22-14)
#4 Seed- Atlanta Shredders (21-15)
#5 Seed- San Jose Crabs (21-15)
#6 Seed- Chicago Bruisers (20-16)

San Jose @ Atlanta
Chicago @ Augusta

Surprise Team- Atlanta Shredders
Disappointing Team- Toronto Thoroughbreds

NL

#1 Seed- Monterrey Cheese (31-5)
#2 Seed- San Diego Land Sharks (28-8)
#3 Seed- New York Mets (22-14)
#4 Seed- Milwaukee Brewers (21-15)
#5 Seed- Los Angeles Blue Knights (26-10)
#6 Seed- Helena Hitters (19-17)

Helena @ New York
Los Angeles @ Milwaukee

Surprise Team- Helena Hitters
Disappointing Team- Richmond Spiders

AL MVP- Chin Hui Martin, Seattle .347-23-61
AL CY- Guillermo Garza, Chicago 5-1, 2.81 1.04

ALL AL TEAM

C- Felipe Castro, Augusta .303-7-17
1B- Chin Hui Martin, Seattle .347-23-61
2B- Jin Chi Hasegawa, Colorado .325-10-35
SS- Lorenzo Perez, San Juan .366-13-43
3B- Al Whitman, Colorado .397-19-37
LF- Jeremy Meluskey, San Jose .315-15-38
CF- Felipe Flores, Toronto .369-9-25, 19 SB’s
RF- Charlie Gold, Chicago .346-4-22, 13 SB's
DH- Juan Nieves, Atlanta .385-18-49
SP- Guillermo Garza, Chicago 5-1, 2.81
SP- Nigel Lee, Buffalo 4-1, 2.01
RP- Ryan Knotts, Seattle 6-0, 3.78
CL- Lou Crosby, Detroit 13 saves, 2.08 ERA

ALL NL TEAM

NL MVP- Jamie Chang, Monterrey .345-17-37
NL CY- Nash Hyers, San Diego 6-0, 1.88


C- Jose Fuentes, Wash DC .258-9-26
1B- Terry Williams, Milwaukee .279-21-44
2B- Ozzie Chang, San Diego .322-3-21, 34 SB’s
SS- Lee Austin, Los Angeles .333-7-34
3B- Armando Almanza, WashDC .321-15-38
LF- Norm Holmes, San Diego .385-6-37
CF- Jamie Lee, Little Rock .346-7-26
RF- Jamie Chang, Monterrey .345-17-37
UT- Vinny Itou, San Diego .389-4-24, 14 SB's
SP- Nash Hyers, San Diego 6-0, 1.88
SP- Red Carter, Monterrey 5-0, 1.80
RP- Bob Thomson, New York 3-0, 1.13
CL- Jon Roth, Helena 9 svs 1.26