Representing the Adams League is perennial champion Seattle Monarchs, winning the league for the zillionth time in a row, four games to two against the valiant Brooklyn Wolves. The final game was 7-1 for the Monarchs, as the dreams of the Brooklyn nine were vanquished by the arm of Ronald Placencia.
Earlier, in the Zotti League game in River Cities, the home team couldn't defeat the New York juggernaut, as the road team finally won a game in the series. Unfortunately for the defending champions, the road team was the New York Gothams, and they are the new Zotti League champions. They won 8-5 and punched their ticket for their first appearance in the Cecil Cup.
Now that Zev's team was eliminated, I'll give the reins of the league back to him (if he wants).* It's been fun, everyone!
The league file is now up.
* If Zev wants to let me keep running the rest of the postseason, game one of the Cecil Cup will be on Wednesday night.
Well, I tried out the replay feature. The scores were well hidden, but I still knew what happened because of two small problems. First, it jumped to my manager home page where the first email was a scouting report on my upcoming opponent, New York. Second, when I went back to the scores page, the first thing I saw was the matchup for Game 1 with New York.
ReplyDeleteBut, I didn't know the scores, so I went ahead and viewed the replay. Even knowing who won, it was an interesting way to watch the game. Much better feel for the flow of the game then just reading the box score.
In the Brooklyn-Seattle game, Placencia was simply dominant. He struck out four of the first eight hitters, if I remember right, and really set the tone. Brooklyn did have two or three fly balls to the wall, but the game never really seemed very close and the Monarchs offense left a lot of runs on the table.
In the New York-River Cities matchup, there were a couple of striking elements. First, Hukill and Valdes had some key opportunities where they failed to pick up key RBI. Second, New York had the two big three-run home runs by Stelly and Bilbrey. Third and most importantly, the River Cities manager left Wooster in way too long and it was really obvious. He was wobbly all game. Once they got the lead back in the bottom of the seventh, they should have turned the game over to the bullpen and thanked their lucky stars. Heck, they should have pinch hit for Wooster in the bottom of the sixth, but got lucky when he came through with a hit. Then, Wooster was left in to give up FOUR consecutive hits to start the seventh, including the series-winning home run by Bilbrey. Just a bad, bad decision by a manager. (Sorry, Nate.)
Anyway, looks like the Cecil Cup will be headed to a new address as the defending champs are dead.
By the way, I'd nominate Seattle's Carmelo Deleon (.423, 3 HR, 12 RBI) and New York's Chester Cohen (.360, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 8 runs) as series MVPs.
ReplyDeleteTruly amazing Hukill went six games without driving in a run.
Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteBring on the Monarchs!
Not great pitching by either team, and I agree with Mack's analysis of the computer leaving Wooster in too long.
And if I'd have been doing the replay that Mack did, I would have been SCREAMING at the computer to put Cuomo in for the ninth. But it worked out as Eyman got the four out save.
I don't particularly like that the Cecil Cup starts just two games after the first round of the playoffs ended - but at least I can go Diehl and Thomas for games 1 and 2, and I won't see Placencia till game 3. Not that Hester and Nelligan are slouches!
And I do get Kevin Rubio, my starting LF, back.
It's not nearly as important as Rubio's return, but I do get to add Macaluso back to my team, pitching in relief.
ReplyDeleteNow, if only Arant were to magically heal in the next few hours, I'd really be on to something.