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STATE OF THE PVBL
Edition 7
September 5, 1997
Greetings & Happy New Year!
It may be 1998, but in baseball we are still in 1997... but no regrets, because the '97 season sure is a good one! For most teams there are only about 30 games left to play. That's approximately two weeks in real time. Then, the playoffs. Who will it be? For some teams, namely the Punxatawney Groundhogs and the Galena Hamsters, a playoff spot is almost a given. But there is still some competition in most other divisions...
[1] PLAYOFF PICTURE
[2] SERIES OF INTEREST
[3] THE RACE FOR FIRST IN THE LEAGUE
[4] RECORDS ON THE LINE?
[5] ERRORS ON TRANSACTIONS PAGE
[1] PLAYOFF PICTURE
Defiant League (DL)
------------------------------------------ Wild Card (DL) Pct. GB
Picard Division W L Pct. GB ---------------------------------
Vero Beach Bums 76 56 .576 --- Binghamton Mets .575 0
Binghamton Mets 77 57 .575 .0 Springfield Panthers .548 3.5
Spokane Paladins 61 72 .459 15.5 Chicago South Siders .537 5.0
Duluth Bjork 58 74 .439 18.0 Washington Sea Dogs .485 12.0
Sacramento Knights 50 82 .379 26.0 Larimer Knights .470 14.0
Data Division W L Pct. GB
Phoenix Gila Monsters 79 55 .590 ---
Springfield Panthers 74 61 .548 5.5
Chicago South Siders 72 62 .537 7.0
Washington Sea Dogs 65 69 .485 14.0
Larimer Knights 63 71 .470 16.0
Riker Division W L Pct. GB
Ponxatawney Groundhogs 88 46 .657 ---
Tampa Bay Mets 61 73 .455 27.0
Calgary North Hosers 57 75 .432 30.0
Houston Hellraisers 53 81 .396 35.0
Enterprise League (EL)
------------------------------------------ Wild Card (EL) Pct. GB
Kirk Division W L Pct. GB ---------------------------------
Motor City Madmen 85 49 .634 --- Brooklyn Flaming Sk's .591 0
Brooklyn Flaming Sk's 78 54 .591 6.0 Deadwood Outlaws .552 5.0
New Diggens Bud. Frogs 62 70 .470 22.0 Cockeysville Crazies .530 8.0
Bellingham Aqua Sox 61 72 .459 23.5 Edmonton Oil Kings .478 15.0
Tucson Border Patrol 52 80 .394 32.0 New Diggens Bud. Frogs .470 16.0
Spock Division W L Pct. GB
Galena Hamsters 90 44 .672 ---
Cockeysville Crazies 71 63 .530 19.0
Laurel Lynx 55 80 .407 35.5
Macon Whoopie 54 80 .403 36.0
Cincinnati Bearcats 53 81 .396 37.0
McCoy Division W L Pct. GB
Hartford Whalers 77 57 .575 ---
Deadwood Outlaws 74 60 .552 3.0
Edmonton Oil Kings 64 70 .478 13.0
Montreal Royals 58 74 .439 18.0
[2] SERIES OF INTEREST
Keep this schedule. It has some crucial playoff-deciding games you probably won't want to miss.
Sept 5-Sept 7 Binghamton at Vero Beach (Picard Division)
Sept 8-Sept 10 Phoenix at Springfield (Data Division)
Sept 15-Sept 17 Vero Beach at Binghamton (Picard Division)
Sept 18-Sept 21 Brooklyn at Motor City (Kirk Division)
Sept 19-Sept 21 Deadwood at Hartford (McCoy Division)
Sept 26-Sept 28 Hartford at Deadwood (McCoy Division)
Sept 29-Oct 1 Motor City at Brooklyn (Kirk Division)
[3] THE RACE FOR FIRST IN THE LEAGUE
The Punxatawney Groundhogs were almost uncontentested team in the peppers just a month ago, but all of a sudden the Galena Hamsters pulled ahead after going on a 10 game win streak. The Hamsters are currently 2 games in front of the Groundhogs.
[4] RECORDS ON THE LINE?
Dante Bichette and Mark McGwire are leading the DL in home runs with 48, only the top competitors are both on the same team! Home run production from both Spokane players has dropped off, leaving 62 home runs almost out of reach. Bichette and McGwire are both on pace to hit 58 home runs, although their rate has dropped in the past month. Meanwhile, Ryan Klesko and Raul Mondesi have 47 and 44 home runs respectively.
In the EL, all eyes are on a different number--.400. Reggie Jefferson is currently batting .394, only 6 points away from the legendary .400.
[5] ERRORS ON TRANSACTIONS PAGE
Since the transactions page was started at the end of July, there have been some unnoticed problems with the files. Team names corresponding to players may not be correct. Although trades between teams generally worked out okay, roster moves will usually show a wrong team name to the left of the player. As of September 5th, the problem has been fixed, although transactions files from previous dates will still show the errors.
--written by Peter Carbonetto
PVBL P.R. Official
