Crox, Outs cruising, Steroid swoops in to steal playoff spot

Now that was fun final week.

Crox Gun
He started his playoff Monday by sending me a text with the intro
theme to Top Gun. I love that song. It was a great way for me to
start my day.

Now, was it a great way for him to start his matchup against Choo?

He's down 10-1 as I type, so maybe not. But hey, Maverick was
down once and we all know how that story ended. 

The American League had a battle for first place that really wasn’t much of a battle because Choo couldn’t beat the Sex Panthers and the Gamblers took care of business to win the first-round bye into the ALCS.

In the National League, the two teams were locks already for the playoffs and there were three other teams fighting for just one spot.

Vandelay had ahold of that third spot for a long time, but sadly, he had quite the rough couple of weeks capped by a hard-luck last matchup against the hands down best team in the JLB.

With the 14-5 loss to the Outs, Vandelay wound up going 57-78 over the final seven weeks to miss the playoffs by two games.

In his stead, Steroid.ERA, who was in a battle with Otto Parts for that final matchup. Otto needed to win by a few, but Steroid wound up taking the matchup 9-8 and that was just enough to keep Otto at bay and squeak by Vandelay.

That was basically the way Steroid made the playoffs, by coasting through the final six weeks. He won or tied the final six matchups by the scores of 9-9, 10-8, 10-10, 10-8, 10-10, 9-8.

Nothing outstanding there, but the big thing was, he didn’t lose a matchup badly. That was what it took to not miss the playoffs in the National League.

There wasn’t such a race in the American League and that’s because the Crox has been on an absolute tear. In the first 15 weeks, Crox only won four matchups.

Over the final six matchups, he went 80-39. … That’s 80 wins and 39 losses. That’s Outs-like.

That also has to leave the three-time defending American League champion Big League Choo a bit scared heading into their ALDS matchup.

Choo does get Clayton Kershaw back in time, but we all know how Kershaw is in the playoffs.

And what a matchup this is. Crox, the Red Sox fan, and Choo, the Yankees fan. This quite possibly could be the start of an amazing rivalry.