Sunday, January 11, 2009

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

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