It's being called the "Storm of the Century."
"The 100-year storm."
"All-Starmageddon."
Hurricane Brian is churning strong and it's reached Category 5 status. Landfall is inevitable and widespread destruction is expected.
This storm may linger on for a while, too. For many years, in fact.
In 2016 alone, the storm has just begun to uproot trees and tear off roofs.
If the JLB followed a different format — one where if you won
the most categories in a one-week matchup, you’d get the win; if you didn’t,
you’d get the loss — the Outs would look even more impressive.
In that format, he would be 18-1-1. (I think the levees start to break at 15-1-1. Watch out, Choo Orleans.)
That’s right, the Outs have lost just one matchup all year, a 14-6-2
setback to Choo in Week 12, and he tied Big Ol’ Country Breakfast 10-10-2 in
Week 9.
Aside from two other matchups that he won by just one
category, the rest of the matchups were won by a lot.
Fourteen of his matchups were won by at least five, and many
of those by more. He dominated a pair of matchups, 17-4-1 and 15-2-5.
It’s just been an amazing year. He leads the National League
by 41 games with one week to go, so it’s safe to say he’s going to have that
first-round bye and wait for the winner of the Cheese Steaks vs. take your
guess matchup.
Vandelay, Steroid and Otto sit in that order for third place
with just 5 games separating third through fifth.
Vandelay needs to hold his three-game lead by making sure
the Outs do not post yet another dominant win, because with Steroid and Otto
playing each other, there’s an opening for one of those two teams to beat up on
the other and steal third place from Vandelay.
The Industries have held on to that third-place spot for a
while so it would be a mighty upset to lose hold of it on the final week of the
season. So batten down the hatches, hold on for dear life and pray that Hurricane Brian spares you in the final week.
MAKE AMERICAN GREAT
AGAIN
It was 2010. That was the last time the American League won
a World Series when the Gamblers claimed his second straight title.
Since then the Slammers won twice, followed by the Outs,
Industries and Cheese Steaks.
The race in the American League has been much more
interesting this year with three teams boasting winning records. For the first
time in a long, long time, that’s something the National League cannot brag
about.
Gamblers, Choo and Crox Sox all have winning records and
they have a close battle to the finish.
At 12.5 games back, the Crox Sox will finish third barring a
miracle, but he’ll still have that winning record and his first ticket to the playoffs.
In fact, it will be the franchise’s first trip.
The Bad News Bears-Coldsmith franchise combo finished in
last place from 2008 to 2014. Finally in 2015, the Chalupa Batman lifted the
franchise to a second-to-last place finish, and now, renamed the Crox Sox, the
organization is about to make its first playoff appearance.
Bandwagon fans are everywhere. It’s like that time Tony
Dungy made the Buccaneers good.
With the No. 3 spot clinched, the Crox Sox just have to
wonder who he will play in the ALDS because for the first time in JLB history,
two teams are tied for the division lead heading into the final week. The
long-time rivals Gameday Gamblers and Big League Choo are knotted at .539
winning percentage.
The Gamblers technically have the lead since he has 211 wins
to Choo’s 210.
Choo is playing the Sex Panthers, who almost kept him out of
the World Series last year, and the Gamblers are playing the NJ Bombers.
All eyes will be on that matchup for sure.
POSTSEASON, ROSTER
CLEANUP, ETC.
This serves as a reminder to all. As soon as the first
Sunday game starts in the last matchup of your season — whether it’s the
regular season or a playoff loss — you cannot make another free-agent move.
Your roster is locked.
Also, do not drop any players to clear your roster until
after the World Series is complete. Once the World Series is over, I will give
everyone a few days to log on and do the following:
1)
Clear out your DL spots by dropping or moving
them to active roster. MUST be completed
by Oct. 1.
2)
Clear out roster spots for any June Draft
players whom you wish to keep the rights to. Every owner will have the option
to either: 1) keep the rights to both drafted players, 2) keep the rights to
just one of the two, 3) or release both from your possession. If you plan to
keep one, you have to clear your roster from 35 players to 34; or if you plan
to keep both, you have to clear your roster form 35 to 33 players. In both
cases, you’d have to be mindful of position eligibility, so if you drafted a
shortstop, your draftee cannot be the fifth SS on your roster. If he’s an SP,
you can’t have 12 SPs on the roster heading into the offseason. MUST be completed by Nov. 1 (and no trades
can be made before you have submitted your decision).
Offseason trade season will open on Oct. 2.
As a reminder, check out the most recent rulebook to remind
yourself of the new keeper rules, as we are going to 19 this year.
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