It's the last day of the regular season...maybe. All six playoff spots are secured, but in what order? Only Marietta knows their spot for sure. Bridgewater currently sits atop the Morris Division, but by only one game. If Vancouver and/or Philadelphia win their games today and the Mallers lose thiers, there could be a three way tie for first place. Yikes. And the Morris Division winner might not even have the second best record in the league. Sardine City is currently tied with the Mallers with 91 wins, making it likely that the Sardines will be the top wild card. Which leaves the Sugar Bears as the 6th team with 89 wins, right? Well...if the Sugar Bears win and Vancouver and/or Philly lose, well there are all sorts of tiebreakers to sort through. Let's take a look at some.
If there is a tie for the Morris Division lead, there will be a one (or possibly two) game play-in game on Saturday. Sardine City has winning records against Vancouver (8-3), Philadelphia(9-3), and Bridgewater(7-5), so they have the 3rd spot locked up. Amazingly, the Sardines only have a losing record against one playoff team - the Mighty Men (4-9). They are 7-6 against Newark.
Bridgewater already has at least a tie for the division locked up, so we won't really have to go into any tiebreakers with them, unless there's a 3-way tie. Bridgewater has a winning record against both rivals so will probably only have to play one play-in game in that unlikely scenario. Philly is 8-5 against Vancouver this year, so the Iron Fist need a lot to go right to get a good seed. Newark has a losing record against Philly and split their season series against Vancouver. Newark has a better run differential than Vancouver, so they'd probably win that tiebreakers, but the Sugar Bears first have to win their final game.
We have a few other little races of note as well. Blue Ridge and Hillsborough are all tied up at 82-79 with Las Vegas sitting at 81-80. Conceivably all three could end up tied up, but Las Vegas would probably like to sew up that 82nd win to get over the .500 mark. If that does happen, then we'll end the season with 9 teams with a winning record!
And at the other end of the spectrum, Carolina has already sewn up last place, but New Jersey and Arkansas both have identical records and both teams will try to avoid losing their 100th game - Arkansas for the first time in franchise history.
As for Hoboken and Amityville - well nobody cares about them today, sorry guys!
Friday, September 10, 2010
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