Friday, July 18, 2008

Computer Rankings - Pre Blackout - Posted July 18th, 2008

These were as of the "blackout".




Underachievers


1. Cleveland Steamers: 5.598

2. Scottsdale T's: 5.338

3. Hartford Defenders: 4.794

4. Richmond Moonshiners II: 4.188

5. Scranton Dunder-Mifflins: 3.888



Overachievers


1. Salem Dodgers: -4.16

2. St. Louis Birdnals: -3.834

3. Cheyenne ChilliPeppers: -3.504

4. New Orleans Breeze: -3.372

5. Texas Tittyballs: -3.258




Computer Rankings



RankTeamRecordComputer Score
1Kansas City Shuffle85-410.6894
2Pawtucket Polythene84-420.6574
3Texas Tittyballs81-450.6274
4Iowa City Kaysons79-470.6258
5Colorado Springs AltiDUDES76-500.6162
6Charleston Rebels76-500.6
7San Francisco Sourdoughs74-520.5852
8San Antonio Border Jumpers74-520.5792
9Norfolk Nomads70-560.5728
10Fresno Fire Dragons71-550.5606
11Fargo Nines71-550.5594
12St. Louis Birdnals72-540.553
13Rochester Raging Rhinos68-580.534
14Memphis Hound Dawgs65-610.525
15New York Moon Shots63-630.5078
16Cheyenne ChilliPeppers66-600.5072
17Jackson Jaspers64-620.4972
18Charlotte knights61-650.4804
19Houston Aggies58-680.4732
20Chicago Smooth Horses59-670.4728
21Cleveland Steamers54-720.4554
22Scottsdale T's53-730.4462
23Tucson Turbocors55-710.4388
24Richmond Moonshiners II51-750.4248
25Little Rock Big Rocks51-750.405
26Hartford Defenders48-780.4038
27Huntington Cousins52-740.4016
28New Orleans Breeze51-750.3888
29Atlanta City Slickers48-780.3852
30Scranton Dunder-Mifflins45-810.3756
31Salem Dodgers47-790.3532
32Detroit Tigers44-820.346

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Nine votes this week. Not bad! Here's hoping we keep hovering around 10, and eventually consistently top 10.

For the first time ever one team received every single first place vote. Three teams received second place votes. Those three teams all got voted 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, and not a single voter had any other team in their top 4.

The race for the final top 5 spot was a crazy mess.

RankLast WeekTeamFirst Place Votesstyle="font-weight: bold;">Points
1.1Pawtucket990
2.3Kansas City-78
3.2Texas-70
4.4Iowa City-68
5.7San Antonio-47
6.10Charleston-37
7.NRColorado Springs-27
8.6St. Louis-24
9.10Fargo-23
10.8Memphis-16


Other's Receiving Votes: San Francisco, Norfolk, Fresno

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Individual Season Records Watch

As we all observe Steve Randolph & Christopher Ramirez possibly have the two greatest seasons in world history, let's take a look at what single season records are within reach to be broken this season.

Sorry there are no links in this post, I'm short on time.

Batting Records

Julio Melendez of New Orleans is on pace for 710 At Bats, which would put him 13 short of Emil Ibarra's season two record.

Steve Randolph of St. Louis is on pace for a .380 batting average, which would put him .013 percentage points short of Roger Mottola's season five record.

Paul Reese of Hartford is on pace for 61 doubles, which puts him on pace to break Bret Kubenka's record of 57, which he set last season.

Woody Key of Scranton is on pace for 244 hits this season, and Darrin Kingland of Fargo is on pace for 240. Nicholas Bryant set the record in season 4 with 240 hits.

Darrin Kingland is on pace to hit 75 home runs, which would beat Troy Harper's season 1 record by 2.

Steve Randolph is on pace to have a .479 on base percentage, which is .002 points higher than Ramon Jang's season 3 record.

Steve Randolph is on pace to have a 1.249 on base + slugging percentage, which would fall 0.013 points short of Troy Harper's season 1 record.

Steve Randolph is set to finish the season with a 16.10 Runs Created per 27 At Bats mark, which would obliterate Ramon Jang's season 3 record of 14.06.

Nicholas Bryant is on pace for 190 Stolen Bases, which would beat the 168 he stole last season.

Nicholas Bryant is on pace for 139 walks, after he was walked a record 142 times last season.

Pitching Records

Chris Ramirez of Pawtucket is on pace for a .193 batting average against mark, which would beat teammate Henry Mackowiaks season 5 mark of .197.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 20 complete games, which would beat Ricardo Velasquez's season one record of 16.

William Hobbes is on pace for a 1.75 ERA, which would beat Henry Mackowiak's season 4 mark of 1.96. Hobbes is on pace for 164 IP this season, which just barely would top the 162.2 required to qualify for the ERA Title.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 314 Innings Pitched, and Dennys Shin is on pace for 302 Innings Pitched, both of which would top Shin's season 4 record of 295 IP.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 32 Quality Starts, and Willie Tapies of Iowa is on pace for 30 Quality Starts, both of which would top the 28 QS record shared by Christopher Ramirez, Dennys Shin, and Erick Appier.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 6 shutouts, which would break his record of 5, set last season.

William Hobbes is on pace for a .241 slugging percentage against, and Chris Ramirez is on pace for a .271, both of which would break Henry Mackowiak's .278 record. Again, Hobbes would fail to set the record if he didn't hit the minimum pitch requirement.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 301 K's, which would break his own record of 277 set last season, and make him the first member of the 300 K Club.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for a 0.96 WHIP, which would fall 0.07 points short of Mackowiak's season 4 record.

Chris Ramirez is on pace for 27 victories, which would tie Orlando Javier's season two record.

Team Records

The Pawtucket Polythene are on pace for a 3.26 team ERA, which would break their season 4 mark of 3.27.



And yes, I realize this looks like a post full of bragging rights. But I actually started off doing this because of Randolph & Ramirez both, who deserve the leagues full attention on their incredible seasons. I just didn't realize Ramirez was on pace to break basically every pitching record ever.

Computer Rankings - July 2nd 2008



Underachievers


1. Cleveland Steamers: +4.316

2. Scranton Dunder-Mifflins: +3.856

3. Norfolk Nomads: +3.053

4. Scottsdale T's: +2.406

5. Richmond Moonshiners II: +2.31



Overachievers


1. St. Louis Birdnals: -3.86

2. Cheyenne ChilliPeppers: -3.592

3. Salem Dodgers: -3.152

4. New Orleans Breeze: -2.148

5. Pawtucket Polythene: -2.119


Computer Rankings



RankTeamRecordComputer Score
1Pawtucket Polythene65-260.7002
2Texas Tittyballs60-310.656
3Kansas City Shuffle58-330.643
4Iowa City Kaysons58-330.634
5San Antonio Border Jumpers53-380.5964
6San Francisco Sourdoughs53-380.5826
7Fresno Fire Dragons52-390.5788
8Charleston Rebels53-380.5778
9Memphis Hound Dawgs53-380.5742
10Norfolk Nomads50-410.5694
11St. Louis Birdnals53-380.5568
12Fargo Nines51-400.5558
13Colorado Springs AltiDUDES50-410.5514
14New York Moon Shots47-440.528
15Rochester Raging Rhinos48-430.5234
16Cheyenne ChilliPeppers48-430.5036
17Houston Aggies44-470.4882
18Jackson Jaspers44-470.481
19Charlotte knights43-480.4778
20Cleveland Steamers39-520.4572
21Scottsdale T's40-510.4556
22Chicago Smooth Horses41-500.4552
23Atlanta City Slickers38-530.4276
24Tucson Turbocors37-540.4094
25Huntington Cousins37-540.4004
26Richmond Moonshiners II35-560.4
27Scranton Dunder-Mifflins34-570.3992
28Detroit Tigers36-550.3948
29Little Rock Big Rocks36-550.393
30New Orleans Breeze36-550.3816
31Hartford Defenders31-600.3488
32Salem Dodgers33-580.342

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

All Star Break Top Ten

Only seven people voted this week, a drop of three from last week. Hopefully we can pick that number up this week.


RankLast WeekTeamFirst Place VotesPoints
1.1Pawtucket Polythene669
2.2Texas Tittyballs163
3.3Kansas City Shuffle-56
4.7Iowa City Kaysons-49
5.NRSan Francisco Sourdoughs-30
6.5St. Louis Birdnals-27
7.10San Antonio Border Jumpers-26
8.8Memphis Hound Dawgs-23
9.6Fresno Fire Dragons-18
10.5Charleston Rebels-8
10.NRFargo Nines-8


Other's Receiving Votes: Colorado Springs AltiDUDES, Cheyenne Chillipeppers, Norfolk Nomads