2010 OKBJ Fantasy Baseball League Playoffs

[Lime]

Upper Bracket

5 London Lime Hounds (Lime)
4 I Belieb in Stieb (Darryl)

Bye
1 Team Adam West (Rounding 3rd)


Lower Bracket

6 London Lemon Party (Lemon)
3 Scorpions (Gene Tenace)

Bye
2 Saskatchewan Selects (The Mick)

[woodpecker]

good luck y'all!  we're just happy to have made .500 and 12th!  whew!  whadda season!

[Rounding 3rd]

good luck y'all!  we're just happy to have made .500 and 12th!  whew!  whadda season!

The Mick is gonna love that posting.

[Blacksheep]

The Blacksheep made quite a comeback attempt, going from 17th to 8th place and finishing only 4 games out of the playoffs and more wins than the 6th and 7th place teams, just a few to many losses to cross the line. If my big guns had started a little faster in the first half, another playoff birth would have been assured, but alas they will fight on in the compensation round for the best possible finish.

[The Mick]

good luck y'all!  we're just happy to have made .500 and 12th!  whew!  whadda season!

.... Loser.

Hell of a season gentlemen... But now the men have separated from the boys and some real fantasy baseball can take place. Cant wait to see how this one shakes out.

2010 Post Season Preview and 1st round Matchup Breakdowns (Courtesy ESPN.com):

1. Team Adam West (BYE)

TAW enters the post season with a 7-4-1 second half matchup record. After a hot start TAW cooled off in the second half of the season. Last years defending champion heads into the playoffs with some question marks in his lineup. There is no doubt his offence is powerful... But it is also very streaky... The offence hit a wall in weeks 19 and 20 combing for just 7 homeruns, 34 runs and 40 rbis. The question is which Cargo, A-Rod and Mark Reynolds will show up.. But make no mistake about it, when this offense is rolling it is nearly unstoppable

The pitching staff is very good, arguably the best in the league. With a 19-2 W/L record and just a 3.46 ERA those categories will be hard pressed to win for any opponent.

2. Saskatchewan Selects (BYE)

SSK roll into the playoffs for the third consecutive year after posting a 8-3-1 second half record. This proud franchise has posted a truly incredible .619 winning % over the past 3 regular seasons to take over best win % over a 3 season span. (Previously held by the London Limehounds .606% from 2005-07 seasons) However the Selects Regular season dominance has not carried over to the post season as they have been bounced in the second round for 2 consecutive years. Watch for how they perform early in the week to determine if they have learned or are still dwelling on the disappointment of previous years failures.

Match-up (3) Scorpions vs (6) London Lemon Party

A very intriguing match up as Scorpions boast arguably one of the most powerful offenses this league has ever seen. However in the teams week 13 matchup it was the LLP with the powerful offence sweeping the offensive stat category 6-0. The difference could come in the fact that LLP no longer feature the power combo of Dan Uggla and Jason Bay who combined for 4homeruns and 18rbi's in the week 13 trouncing.

Pick: The underdog by 2.5 points London Lemon Party. Unbeaten in the last 6 weeks and rounding into fine form at the perfect time of the year.

Match-up (5) London Limehounds vs (4) Belieb in Stieb

These two proud 7 year veterans meet in what will surely be an epic battle of the ages for pride, bragging rights and of course a shot at the OKBJ Holy Grail. The two franchises met once this year and it was hardly watchable... The match up saw BIS destroy the Hounds by a score of 10-2. You can bet your bottom dollar LLH will not underestimate there long time rival this time around.

Pick: The 1.5 point underdog London Limehounds. Despite being around since 04 BJW League I, Manager Darryl has yet to raise the Holy Grail. Although they are not the team they once were (Mid 2000 era) the Limehounds are still a dangerous team and there playoff experience cannot be overlooked. (2005 Champions, 2006 Runner-up)

[Rounding 3rd]

Good Summary The Mick, I'm glad i'm not getting Scorpians or LLP to play...LLP has all the momentum right now like you said, very dangerous. Last season i won it on the back of huge momentum....

Nice signature dude, don't get used to it 

[Lime]

A solid preview indeed, but you have the seeds backwards in the LLH/IBS matchup. Technically we're the underdogs, but don't try to tell that to my Hounds [growl, bark bark].

[Rounding 3rd]

A solid preview indeed, but you have the seeds backwards in the LLH/IBS matchup. Technically we're the underdogs, but don't try to tell that to my Hounds [growl, bark bark].

I love when you talk dirty.

Daryl in an early hole i see...man i'm bored tonight, watching other match's scores.

[The Mick]

A solid preview indeed, but you have the seeds backwards in the LLH/IBS matchup. Technically we're the underdogs, but don't try to tell that to my Hounds [growl, bark bark].

Fixed... Damn that ESPN.

I do agree with ESPN on the Party being a very dangerous team... Already off and running with a homerun, win and early lead on one of the fan favorite free swinging Scorpions.

[woodpecker]

.... Loser.

Hell of a season gentlemen... But now the men have separated from the boys and some real fantasy baseball can take place. Cant wait to see how this one shakes out.

isn't the "loser" the 20th team?

[The Mick]

isn't the "loser" the 20th team?

No.

[Rounding 3rd]

isn't the "loser" the 20th team?

It's whoever doesn't win.

[Lime]

Vernon Wells is clutch when it comes to OKBJFL. He's lead the charge as the Lemonaids have practically a week's worth of offensive production over 2 days.

[woodpecker]

It's whoever doesn't win.

oh, its the 2nd place team.  sweet!

[Darryl]

Gotta feeling my match up is going to go right down to the wire this week.

[Lime]

Being down 7-4 tomorrow looks like it's probably my last day of the season, but there is a small chance to break through. First we absolutely have to hang onto the four categories we're leading. K's are locked up but a 4-2 lead in W's isn't safe with IBS having three starters going tomorrow under very favourable W-conditions. My 3-2 H lead doesn't feel safe either with IBS employing a 12-man bullpen and 4-2 in SB can easily change for the worst. If we do manage to keep our leads our window to the semis is via leapfrogging OBP (trailing by .001 at the moment), erasing the 2-RBI deficit and breaking the HR tie. We can't play for the 6-6 draw because ERA is the tiebreaker.

[Lemon]

It's too bad because your commentary will be missed in this thread.

[Scorpion]

Statistically speaking my team was arguably the best offensive team in the league (1st in HR, 1st in RBI, 1st in OBP, 1st in SLG). Coming into the playoffs, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, in the first round I ran into a team which vastly overachieved this week. The LLP was the one team I didn't want to face because I knew they had strong pitching and if their hitters had a good week, I'd be in trouble.

Vernon Wells certainly picked a good time to go on a HR tear (It is late in the season, the Jays are out of it and the games don't really matter so I guess it's not much of a surprise that Wells has decided to start hitting like an all-star). My offense let me down in the R and RBI department and the fact that Miguel Cabrera (injury), Rollins (injury) and Konerko were benched several times and I wasted 2 home runs from Matsui and Crisp certainly didn't help. It's frustrating because looking at the stats of other playoff teams this week, I would have at least beaten both the LLH and I Belieb in Stieb if i was paired up against either of them. Talk about bad luck and unfortunate circumstances. Nevertheless, congrats to the Lemon Party for beating me handily and always trying to make fun of Lime with his fantasy team name. Although a very disappointing season for me, it was still fun and as always, very competitive.

See you next year folks.

[corpusse]

I'm still playing even though I'm just in the consolation but I don't really like the idea of playoffs.  I would rather it just be a regular season.  Especially with the playoffs being when guys are shut down, given extra days off if they want ect. 

[Scorpion]

I'm still playing even though I'm just in the consolation but I don't really like the idea of playoffs.  I would rather it just be a regular season.  Especially with the playoffs being when guys are shut down, given extra days off if they want ect.

That's what I've always thought. The playoffs should begin a couple of weeks earlier.