Friday, April 29, 2005
American League Playoff Picture
Ok, cubby had his fun, because his picks were obviously a joke...or at least I hope they were! lol. I looked through the remaining matches and sorted out who I thought would win them. It's all educated guess-work but here's what the final standings would look like if all goes as I think it will :P
American League Central Division
American League Atlantic Division
Pool Outlaws: Wins-13 Lost-2 GB---
LavaPoolLounge: Wins 10-Losses-5 GB-3
Madskillz: Wins-9 Losses-6 GB-4
8BallRunners: Wins-7 Losses-8 GB-6
StraightShots: Wins-5 Losses-10 GB-8
ElitePoolers: Wins-5 Losses-10 GB-8
UnitedPool: Wins-5 Losses-10 GB-8
BritPool: Wins 3 Losses-12 GB-10
American League Central Division
Queballz: Wins-13 Losses-2 GB---
Poolfiction: Wins-12 Losses-3 GB-1
DreamPool: Wins-9 Losses-6 GB-4
XPool: Wins-8 Losses-7 GB-5
SuperbPool: Wins-7 Losses-8 GB-6
Cuekeepers: Wins-6 Losses-9 GB-7
HappyPool: Wins-6 Losses-9 GB-7
Wild Angels- Wins-2 Losses-13 GB-11
Ok, I don't know what the playoff format is going to be for sure, all I know is that the top 4 teams from each division will advance. Most likely, the teams will be ranked 1-8 and they will play a bracket-format to determine the champion from the AL. Should this happen, the bracket would look like this and I have highlighted the winning team in BLUE:
Conference Quarter-Finals
(8) 8BallRunners VS (1) Pool Outlaws
(7) Xpool VS (2) Queballz
(6) Madskillz VS (3) Poolfiction
(5) Dreampool VS (4) LavaPoolLounge
Conference Semi-Finals
(4) LavaPoolLounge VS (1) Pool Outlaws
(3) Poolfiction VS (2) Queballz
Conference Championship Match
(2) Queballz VS. (1) Pool Outlaws
Now, should all play out as I believe it will, the Quez will go on to face the champion from the National League. A little fact for you people about Qz's Captain Kevin. Kevin would make his 3rd consecutive World Series appearance should he advance there this time, and he only missed out in Season 2 because of one simple spelling error. BadAssOutlaw (spelt Oultaw in MLP) was DQed after winning Game 6 to clinch it over StraightShots, then the ump/admins at the time actually said, and make sure you're not on laughing gas for this, he would not have been DQed had he not come in and started calling it bullshit after he heard he was DQed. The name couldn't have been fixed due to Cases being down throughout that night, and only came up midway through the match, where at the time THAT'S when the players should have been checked.
You may never hear of another person critized for his captaining styles and ways of motivating his team more then this guy. But lemme tell you this, if he's made it to the World Series that many times, he must be doing something right.
