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Woo!
The Frogs advance to the 4th round of the 128-team "Thursday" Super Cap 1625/Hunt for 100 J.R. Richard. It took a 4-run outburst in the 14th inning of game 6, but I'll take it.
This tourney is probably the most impressive pod of whales I've seen (disclaimer: did not enter Perfect Pedro tourney). Must be breeding season. Although the 1625-cap means many of us have one hand tied behind our back, so to speak.
Teams left include a who's who: Blue Rocks, Trojans, Harvesters, Scorpions, Magpies, Crowns, Cube, Stone Island, Blue Hawks, Christians. Also some plucky upstarts with well-researched/lucky teams lacking the usual whale cards--the Southpaws, Melons, Browns, and Mets fall into this category. And then there are the tweeners like the Fighting Frogs and the Chiba Lotte Marines. The Marines took down the powerful Hillsboro Hops in 7 games in the previous round.
Whale teams that went out already? Quips, Bombers, Dodgers, Dynasty, Oilers, Kongs, Ghosts, Hops, Aqua Sox, 49ers, Glaziers, Colonels, Synthwave, Carnovres, Dolphins, Otters, Texans, and Direwolves. Such a brutal tourney.
My reward for getting to Round 4? A date with the Exeter Blue Hawks. The winner of this will play the winner of Stone Island/Trenton Christians for a ticket to the "final 4."
I'm not feeling tremendously confident because Exeter looks to have a better offense and 100 Cy/Walter/Maddux. Lots of these whale teams are totally punting on the bullpen and I am eager to see how that ends up going.
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