Season 10 Music Awards

Jane's Addiction Award (Most Caught Stealing w/o a SB)

Rock Hurst Tucson Turbocors Age: 26 B/T: S/R Born: Covert, MI Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Michael Jackson Award (Most Infield Hits)

Turner Rosen Detroit Tigers Age: 23 B/T: S/R Born: Millinocket, ME Position(s): 2B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Whitney Houston Award (Most Times Hit By Pitch)

Ken Hill Scranton Dunder-Mifflins Age: 34 B/T: L/L Born: Fresno, CA Position(s): LF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Bobby Brown Award (Most Times Hitting A Batter)

Trevor Miles Colorado Springs AltiDUDES Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: Baker, WV Position(s): P (SP1) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Beatles Award (Longest Hitting Streak)

Hardball Dynasty's

Mark Abercrombie

U2 Award (Pitcher that deserves a worse record)

Sal Freeman Kansas City Shuffle Age: 32 B/T: L/L Born: Trion, GA Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The Kinks Award (Pitcher that deserves a better record)

Odalis Guzman Huntington Cousins Age: 29 B/T: S/R Born: Los Llanos, DO Position(s): P (SP3) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Paula Abdul Award (Walking Away From Too Much Money)

Steven Flaherty

Terence Trent D'arby Award (Player whose contract demands ensured nobody would sign him)

Bret Grace none none Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: San Diego, TX Position(s): DH/C View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Season 10 First Round Recap

#5 Fresno Fire Dragons (100-62) sweep #4 New York Moon Shots (84-78)
Game One: Fresno 5 @ New York 3
Paul Cooper and Victor Simmons retire the last 18 New York batters; Fresno takes game one 5-3.
Game Two: Fresno 8 @ New York 7
Thanks to Gregg Mabry error in top of 9th, Fresno scores 2 runs, wins 8-7.
Game Three: New York 5 @ Fresno 6
Juan Carrasco's 3 RBI lead Fire Dragons to first round sweep; date with Kansas City.

#3 Jacksonville Juggernauts (97-65) defeat #6 Cheyenne Chillipeppers (98-64) 3-1
Game One: Cheyenne 1 @ Jacksonville 2
Ricardo Diaz avoids the tag at the plate and scores on Roger Stevenson's walk-off RBI single in 9th; Jacksonville wins 2-1.
Game Two: Cheyenne 2 @ Jacksonville 4
Dude Johnson throws six strong innings to give defending champs 2-0 lead.
Game Three: Jacksonville 1 @ Cheyenne 2
Sammy Cordero gives up one run in 8 innings as Cheyenne tries to make a series out of things.
Game Four: Jacksonville 2 @ Cheyenne 1
For 3rd time in series, winning team scores 2 runs; Juggernauts advance to face Charlotte.

#4 Cleveland Steamers (75-97) defeat #5 Salt Lake City Dodgers (96-66) 3-1
Game One: Salt Lake City 1 @ Cleveland 5
Footsie Burnett throws a complete game victory, striking out 11; Cleveland scores 5 in 8th, win 5-1.
Game Two: Salt Lake City 3 @ Cleveland 7
Ruben Estrada's 3-run home run in 8th seals victory for upstart Steamers.
Game Three: Cleveland 7 @ Salt Lake City 8
Back-to-back solo home runs by Vicente Gomez and MVP-candidate Jonathan Cummings in bottom of 9th save SLC season for one more day.
Game Four: Cleveland 11 @ Salt Lake City 1
Footsie Burnett earns second win of series, looks to become Season 10's Max Hernandez; Cleveland advances!

#3 Pawtucket Polythene (94-68) edge #6 New Orleans Breeze (92-70) 3-2
Game One: New Orleans 5 @ Pawtucket 7
September call-up Allie Taylor hits 3-run home run in 6th, Pawtucket beats New Orleans 7-5.
Game Two: New Orleans 6 @ Pawtucket 4
Frank Harris gives up 4 earned runs in 9th, blows first career playoff save; had previously saved all 31 playoff attempts while giving up 5 total runs in 9 seasons.
Game Three: Pawtucket 2 @ New Orleans 3
35-year old Albert Burks earns first career playoff victory, lead Breeze to 2-1 series lead.
Game Four: Pawtucket 4 @ New Orleans 1
Polythene score one run in top of 7th, 8th & 9th innings to put away New Orleans, force decisive 5th game.
Game Five: New Orleans 3 @ Pawtucket 4
New Orleans builds 3 run lead in 4th inning, Pawtucket ties it in 5th, takes lead for good on Paul Reese RBI single in 7th; advance to 9th straight NLDS.

Magic Numbers (as of 7/29 PM)

With 10 games to play...

NL North:
Cleveland- 6
St. Louis- 16
Rochester- 18

NL East:
Pawtucket- 5
Norfolk- 17

NL South:
New Orleans- 9
Memphis- 13
Richmond- 15

NL West:
Colorado Springs clinched division championship, first round bye, #1 seed.

NL Wildcard:
Salt Lake City- 5
Memphis- 10
Richmond- 12
Norfolk- 14
Tuscon- 17

AL North:
New York- 5
Fargo- 17

AL East:
Charlotte clinched division championship.

AL South:
Jacksonville- 3
Housotn- 19

AL West:
Fresno- 10 (playoff berth clinched)
Cheyenne- 12 (playoff berth clinched)
Kansas City- 15

AL Wildcard:
Fresno/Cheyenne- clinched berth
Kansas City- 3

Magic Numbers (As of 7/26 PM)

The regular season ends in just 7 days. 8/1 PM2 cycle is the last day, with the playoffs starting one week from now.

A magic number is the number of combined wins/opponents losses needed to clinch the division (or wilcard). In terms of second & third place teams, their magic number always pertains to the losses needed by the first place team. Also in three-team races, the first place teams magic number always pertains to losses needed by the second place team.

Let's look at each teams magic numbers. Only teams mathematically still alive (MN of 36 or smaller) are listed.

NL North:
Cleveland: 18 (Playoff Berth: 18)
St. Louis: 20
Rochester: 21

NL East:
Pawtucket: 14 (Playoff Berth: 14)
Norfolk: 25

NL South:
New Orleans: 17 (Playoff Berth: 16)
Richmond: 21
Memphis: 22

NL West:
Colorado Springs: 7 (Playoff Berth: 3)
Salt Lake City: 33

NL Wildcard:
Salt Lake City: 16
Richmond: 18
Memphis: 20
Norfolk: 22
Tuscon: 26
Texas: 31


AL North:
New York: 14 (Playoff Berth: 14)
Fargo: 25
Trenton: 31

AL East:
Charlotte: 8 (Playoff Berth: 8)
Atlanta: 31

AL South:
Jacksonville: 10 (Playoff Berth: 10)
Houston: 28
Little Rock: 34

AL West:
Fresno: 19 (Playoff Berth: 6)
Cheyenne: 21
Kansas City: 25

AL Wildcard:
Cheyenne: 7
Kansas City: 11
Houston: 28
Scottsdale: 34
Little Rock: 34
Atlanta: 35

Computer Rankings - 7/21 AM - Season 10

Underachievers

1. Texas Tittyballs: 9.96

2. New York Thunder: 7.344

3. Cheyenne ChilliPeppers: 4.552

4. Detroit Tigers: 4.424

5. Monterrey Cervezas: 4.344

Overachievers

1. Huntington Cousins: -6.792

2. Atlanta City Slickers: -4.864

3. Colorado Springs AltiDUDES: -4.616

4. Scottsdale T's: -4.536

5. Hartford Defenders: -4.384

Computer Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	RPI	Computer Score
1	Colorado Springs AltiDUDES	85-43	0.534	1
2	Cheyenne ChilliPeppers	83-45	0.512	0.991
3	Salt Lake City Dodgers	77-51	0.525	0.977
4	Pawtucket Polythene	78-50	0.531	0.976
5	Fresno Fire Dragons	81-47	0.5	0.961
6	Kansas City Shuffle	78-50	0.506	0.953
7	Jacksonville Juggernauts	80-48	0.495	0.949
8	New Orleans Breeze	76-52	0.512	0.948
9	Memphis Hound Dawgs	75-53	0.508	0.947
10	Charlotte knights	73-55	0.494	0.92
11	Norfolk Nomads	70-58	0.513	0.919
12	Richmond Moonshiners II	72-56	0.509	0.918
13	Tucson Turbocors	68-60	0.502	0.901
14	Houston Aggies	73-55	0.492	0.9
15	Texas Tittyballs	63-65	0.488	0.893
16	Little Rock Big Rocks	66-62	0.478	0.873
17	Scottsdale T's	67-61	0.483	0.863
18	Atlanta City Slickers	64-64	0.486	0.854
19	San Francisco Sourdoughs	58-70	0.482	0.846
20	New York Moon Shots	61-67	0.481	0.837
21	Fargo Nines	60-68	0.477	0.828
22	New York Thunder	50-78	0.475	0.815
23	Cleveland Steamers	53-75	0.48	0.814
24	Rochester Raging Rhinos	53-75	0.478	0.814
25	St. Louis Birdnals	53-75	0.482	0.806
26	Monterrey Cervezas	53-75	0.463	0.804
27	Huntington Cousins	53-75	0.483	0.798
28	Hartford Defenders	52-76	0.466	0.78
29	Indianapolis Racers	44-84	0.462	0.751
30	Scranton Dunder-Mifflins	39-89	0.454	0.732
31	Detroit Tigers	35-93	0.44	0.702
32	Trenton Terror	55-73	0.379	0.701

Computer Rankings - July 13th PM - Season 10

Underachievers

1. Texas Tittyballs: 7.95

2. New York Thunder: 5.866

3. Detroit Tigers: 5.648

4. Monterrey Cervezas: 4.852

5. Cleveland Steamers: 3.99

Overachievers

1. Huntington Cousins: -7.674

2. Scottsdale T's: -5.226

3. Hartford Defenders: -4.72

4. Houston Aggies: -3.912

5. fasdargo Nines: -3.876

Computer Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	RPI	Computer Score
1	Cheyenne ChilliPeppers	72-34	0.535	1
2	Jacksonville Juggernauts	68-38	0.521	0.966
3	Colorado Springs AltiDUDES	66-40	0.529	0.949
4	Pawtucket Polythene	63-43	0.529	0.943
5	Fresno Fire Dragons	65-41	0.518	0.94
6	Salt Lake City Dodgers	62-44	0.521	0.937
7	Kansas City Shuffle	63-43	0.522	0.937
8	Memphis Hound Dawgs	63-43	0.517	0.928
9	New Orleans Breeze	63-43	0.513	0.918
10	Houston Aggies	62-44	0.523	0.917
11	Norfolk Nomads	60-46	0.518	0.911
12	Charlotte knights	59-47	0.515	0.91
13	Richmond Moonshiners II	60-46	0.522	0.909
14	Texas Tittyballs	53-53	0.499	0.883
15	Tucson Turbocors	57-49	0.508	0.883
16	Little Rock Big Rocks	53-53	0.499	0.87
17	Scottsdale T's	56-50	0.507	0.865
18	Atlanta City Slickers	52-54	0.5	0.843
19	Fargo Nines	52-54	0.499	0.84
20	New York Moon Shots	51-55	0.495	0.834
21	Trenton Terror	47-59	0.495	0.828
22	San Francisco Sourdoughs	47-59	0.48	0.814
23	New York Thunder	43-63	0.475	0.8
24	St. Louis Birdnals	46-60	0.484	0.799
25	Monterrey Cervezas	42-64	0.473	0.789
26	Huntington Cousins	47-59	0.486	0.788
27	Hartford Defenders	45-61	0.484	0.786
28	Rochester Raging Rhinos	43-63	0.476	0.784
29	Cleveland Steamers	40-66	0.474	0.777
30	Indianapolis Racers	35-71	0.467	0.732
31	Scranton Dunder-Mifflins	34-72	0.462	0.731
32	Detroit Tigers	27-79	0.455	0.696

Computer Rankings - July 7 (AM) - Season 10

A day late but here goes:

Underachievers

1. Texas Tittyballs: 7.873

2. Detroit Tigers: 5.756

3. New York Thunder: 5.224

4. Jacksonville Juggernauts: 4.334

5. Scranton Dunder-Mifflins: 3.395

Overachievers

1. Huntington Cousins: -7.511

2. Scottsdale T's: -4.59

3. Fargo Nines: -4.506

4. Atlanta City Slickers: -3.597

5. Houston Aggies: -3.495

Computer Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	Computer Score
1	Cheyenne ChilliPeppers	62-29	0.6942
2	Jacksonville Juggernauts	57-34	0.6548
3	Memphis Hound Dawgs	57-34	0.6248
4	Colorado Springs AltiDUDES	57-34	0.6236
5	Fresno Fire Dragons	56-35	0.6126
6	Kansas City Shuffle	55-36	0.6052
7	Salt Lake City Dodgers	53-38	0.5946
8	Houston Aggies	54-37	0.5702
9	Texas Tittyballs	47-44	0.5682
10	New Orleans Breeze	52-39	0.5674
11	Norfolk Nomads	52-39	0.5614
12	Pawtucket Polythene	51-40	0.5612
13	Charlotte knights	50-41	0.5532
14	Tucson Turbocors	51-40	0.551
15	Richmond Moonshiners II	52-39	0.5488
16	Scottsdale T's	51-40	0.53
17	Little Rock Big Rocks	44-47	0.5056
18	Monterrey Cervezas	40-51	0.461
19	New York Moon Shots	43-48	0.458
20	Fargo Nines	44-47	0.454
21	San Francisco Sourdoughs	40-51	0.4502
22	Trenton Terror	41-50	0.4492
23	Atlanta City Slickers	43-48	0.449
24	New York Thunder	37-54	0.4412
25	St. Louis Birdnals	39-52	0.4206
26	Huntington Cousins	42-49	0.4122
27	Rochester Raging Rhinos	36-55	0.4014
28	Cleveland Steamers	33-58	0.3804
29	Hartford Defenders	35-56	0.3622
30	Indianapolis Racers	31-60	0.3446
31	Scranton Dunder-Mifflins	28-63	0.3302
32	Detroit Tigers	23-68	0.2908