Integration Era Baseball Tournament: GARAINALS ARE CHAMPS!

[Lament]

Billy Pierce's pitching line in his first outing from beyond the grave...

8 earned runs allowed in one-third of an inning.

RIP, Billy.

[Lament]

Also, this ending is gonna be pretty nuts. Last day of the season, and only Garainals are in the playoffs for sure. Paxil Joints and The Chudville Nine at worst will be in play-in games, but one of them could still miss the playoffs if they get swept and SkitchP and Integrated Argos (who are playing Paxil Joints) sweep their matches (and they fail in the play-in games). But The Jerk Stores (who get SkitchP) and Phil City Pritchards are both alive for the final playoff spot as well. We've got six teams playing for three spots.

Reminder: Play-in games only decide the final playoff spot. All spots before that are decided first by head-to-head records, and then by record against the first place team (and then second, and so-on, until the tie is broken). So if four teams finish tied for second, two of them will avoid being in the play-in game via tie-breakers, and the last two will play each other for the final spot. Home field in this game will also be decided by head-to-head record and then record vs. the first place team (and so on).

If three teams end up tied for fourth (with the first three playoff spots already claimed), a mini-play-in tournament will take place. Seeds A and B will play, with the loser playing seed C. The winner of the second game will then face the winner of the first game for the final playoff spot.

ALL PLAY-IN SCENARIOS ARE SUBJECT TO REGULAR SEASON REST RULES. ROTATIONS ARE NOT RESET UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS START.

[@SkitchP]

as of now Im going with
Garver
Feller

but that could change

[Norah]

I'm gonna prepare for the worst case scenario here. Please remove Tiant from the final game and use Bahnsen instead.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Ugh. Tough day.

Good work, Chudster.

[numbers]

Pretty crazy, I scored 20 runs in the 2nd game while only hitting one dong.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Pretty crazy, I scored 20 runs in the 2nd game while only hitting one dong.

Put your dong away, guy.

[Norah]

My team is definitely heating up at the right time.

[Lament]

I didn't realize how good Maloney has been.

[Norah]

He's been my saving grace, really, with Warren Spahn being a bit inconsistent.

[@SkitchP]

If Chud clinches a playoff spot in his first game, can you make sure Johnny Bench starts his 2nd?

[Norah]

I'm ok with that.

[Lament]

I can do that. His matchup is slated to be the final one run of the day as it is.

[Norah]

Just slot him in Smoky's spot in the lineup if it comes to it.

[@SkitchP]

whew. we dodged a bullet there.

[Lament]

Paxil Joints vs. Integrated Argos

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Paxil Joints 6, Integrated Argos 3
W - Drysdale, L - Jenkins
HR - Neal, McAuliffe, Gordon

Integrated Argos 6, Paxil Joints 5 (14 innings)
W - Wood, L - Haddix
HR - Minoso, Allen, Vernon, Keltner

Big Willie Style vs. Rudd Sox

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Rudd Sox 4, Big Willie Style 2
W - Wynn, L - Hunter
HR - Boyer, Berra, Mazeroski, Mays

Big Willie Style 5, Rudd Sox 3
W - Seaver, L - Trucks, S - Radatz
HR - Campanella, Skowron

The Meg Myers Brigade vs. Phil City Pritchards

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Phil City Pritchards 6, The Meg Myers Brigade 4
W - Ford, L - Koufax
HR - Stargell, Harrelson

The Meg Myers Brigade 5, Phil City Pritchards 3
W - McNally, L - Friend, S - Aker
HR - Stargell, Robinson, Torre 2

SkitchP vs. The Jerk Stores

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

SkitchP 5, The Jerk Stores 4
W - Broglio, L - Farrel
HR - Mize, Ashburn, Garver

SkitchP 12, The Jerk Stores 5
W - Feller, L - McDowell
HR - Kiner 2, Mize

The Chudville Nine vs. Garainals

Game 1: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxsco ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

The Chudville Nine 14, Garainals 10
W - Maloney, L - Gibson, S - Aguirre
HR - Aaron, Robinson, DiMaggio, Fregosi

Garainals 5, The Chudville Nine 3
W - Chance, L - Bahnsen, S - Abernathy
HR - Aaron

Standings

Spoiler: show

Garainals 33-21**
The Chudville Nine 30-24*
Paxil Joints 30-24*
SkitchP 29-25*
Integrated Argos 28-26
Phil City Pritchards 27-27
The Jerk Stores 26-28
Big Willie Style 24-30
The Meg Myers Brigade 23-31
Rudd Sox 20-32

**- Clinched Regular Season Title
*- Clinched Playoff Berth

[Lament]

Semifinals matchups are...

(1) Garainals vs. (4) SkitchP

&

(2) The Chudville Nine vs. (3) Paxil Joints.

These series are a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Each team has two chances to start a pitcher on two games' rest. All rotations are reset to full rest at the start of each new round.

[Lament]

For what it's worth The Chudville Nine won the season series with Paxil Joints, 5-1. Garainals won the season series with SkitchP, 4-2.

We'll take tomorrow off and kick off the playoffs on Tuesday. With there being only two games a day now, I may run them in the afternoon instead of the (very) early morning. We'll see though.

[Lament]

The final stats from the abortion that was The Meg Myers Brigade. Pete Rose (my lone holdover from my title team) led my offense in almost everything. Stargell worked his way up to respectability after Cepeda and Oliva got benched, and Horton was a pleasant surprise. Nobody else was good at anything. Oliva and Cepeda were monumentally bad.

Koufax was a pretty big disappointment for the #1 overall pick. McNally was my best pitcher by far, and statistically probably was one of the better pitchers in the league.

I won't miss this team at all. Good riddance.

[@SkitchP]

So many storylines could happen!