The trading deadline has passed for the 2002 season. The teams on the field now will be the teams battling it out to the end.
In the Platonic League, Seattle has a 10.5 game over second-place Pittsburgh and a magic number of just 42, which all right thinking people recognize as a significant number. Pittsburgh has opened up a 3.5 game lead over Sylva and 4 games over Maryland for the wild card berth. Should be a battle to the end.
In the Socratic League, Pittsburgh did Brooklyn and Helena a favor, taking the last two games of the series against Jersey City. As a result, Jersey City's lead has been trimmed to a mere 3.5 games over a hard-charging Brooklyn. The Bombers' seven game winning streak has meanwhile propelled them past Helena, who rests one game behind Brooklyn and just 4.5 behind Jersey City.
On a slightly more morbid note, Winnipeg has taken a negative two game "lead" over Cairo for the first pick in next year's draft.
In the upcoming schedule, Jersey City and Helena play two more games head-to-head (Jersey City took the first game of the series to salvage something of the last sim). Seattle and Pittsburgh likewise square off in two more games in a Platonic League showdown as Seattle unsurprisingly took game one of the series.
The monthly awards were handed out for July., In the Platonic League, Seattle's Thomas Holte won the pitcher's award while "Super-Fogy" Bruce Bremer brought the batter's award back to Pittsburgh. Marietta's starting third baseman Constantino Martinez won the Batter of the Month award with Jersey City's Joseph Silas winning the pitching equivalent.
Sylva's first bagger Joseph Wadlington suffered a strained PCL. He is day-to-day (aren't we all), but one wonders if anyone will be able to tell given Wadlington's .641 OPS.
The next sim will be Wednesday, by Nate. We're on to the rush to the playoffs now, so stay tuned!
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Just think it should also be pointed out that Miyatarou Takenao is batting a staggering .406 after 97 games this season. He is also leading the Socratic League in Runs scored with 84 and RBIs with 83. Can we say triple crown?
One truly interesting thing is the pythagorean records of the leaders in the Socratic League.
Actual Standings:
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Helena
But their pythagorean standings (based on run differential):
Helena
Brooklyn
Jersey City
That sucker's going to come down to something wonky like luck in one-run games or something. I don't see anyone running away with it.
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