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The Fighting Frogs (131-31, +537) had quite the season in P430 this week. They set franchise records in wins, RDiff, runs scored (1037), and batting average (.302). Several double digit winning streaks were had--the longest of which was 22 games. It looks to be quite the haul of individual awards, too, but we'll wait until after the playoffs to get the full measure of that.
These Frogs obtained the #1 overall seed, dispatched the Charlestown Chiefs in 4 games in the DS, and currently hold a 3-2 lead over the Poughkeepsie Singles Club in the AC Sub-League Series. It's a bit of an uncomfortable lead right now after taking the first 3 games and then watching the offense score a grand total of 1 run on 20 hits in the subsequent 2 losses. It'll be my 100 Rube Waddell and 100 Ed Walsh vs their 97 Smoky Joe Wood and 100 Bob Gibson in games 6 and 7. Here's to hoping that a return home will spur the offense back to life. We'll also have to tighten the strategy settings a bit with this specific opponent in mind.
On the other side of the bracket, the Backyard Melonheads (a defense theme team) has surprisingly fought its way through to the PL Series, and will await the winner of La Crosse/Poughkeepsie. First, the Montreal Expos upset the fearsome (but autopiloting) Cottage Grove Tube Sox. Then, the Expos were themselves upset by Backyard in a string of close games that went something like: 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 2-1, 3-0. And this was after the Melonheads rallied from a 2-0 deficit against the Paragon City Heroes in the NC Divisional Series.
No offense to either Poughkeepsie or the Melonheads, but the Frogs have a golden opportunity to add PL title #8 this week if they don't gag it away over the next handful of sims. But if the Frogs do gag it away, it would be a first PL title for Poughkeepsie or Backyard.
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