Dynasty league updates 9-10 and Looking for players for A New 1969 Draft League and face to face league UPDATE Several 69 teams taken since posting…

Here is the current state of the online and table top baseball leagues I run and ore are in. All current leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

Since our last update more teams have been taken in online leagues the face to face league is deep into the playoffs and a new online draft league is forming

Postseason Key

Z Clinched home field throughout playoffs
Y Clinched Division Title
X Clinched Wild Card home
W Clinched Wild Card away
V Clinched Playoff spot

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings. This league is nearly finished.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers y	91	68	.572	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox w	85	74	.535	6	No	away
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	75	84	.472	16	Yes	E
2003 Detroit Tigers	59	100	.371	32	No	E

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals v	96	63	.604	_____	Yes	n/a
2012 Minnesota Twins v	93	66	.585	3	No	+8
2008 Seattle Mariners	80	79	.503	14	Yes	E
1973 Texas Rangers	69	90	.434	27	Yes	E

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	79	80	.497	—–	No	N/A
1967 Kansas City A’s	77	82	.484	2	No	E
1957 Washington Senators	73	86	.459	6	No	E
2019 Baltimore Orioles	71	88	.447	8	No	E

AL Leaders: Hitting:

Avg Mauer Min .353, OBP, Mauer Min .463, Slug Huff TB .600 Runs Harper .Mil 139, Hits: Harper Mil 218, 2B Ibanez Sea, 50, 3B Crowe Cle 15, SB Suzuki 54 , BB Mauer Min 118 HR Sievers Wash 46, RBI Sievers Wash 137

Pitching: Wins Hernandez Sea, 22, ERA Diamond Min 2.91, IP John Chi 274 2/3, K’s Hernandez Sea 239, Avg against Krausse KCA .208 WHIP Krause KCA 1.07 HR/9 Hyde Wash 0.27 Saves Yan TB 31

Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos Z	92	62	.610	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals v	90	69	.566	7	Yes	+ 3
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	85	74	.535	12	Yes	2
1998 Florida Marlins	70	89	.440	27	Yes	E

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2000 Philadelphia Phillies Y	80	76	.513	—–	Yes	N/A
2012 Houston Astros	70	86	.449	10	Yes	E
2017 San Francisco Giants	70	86	.449	10	No	E
2015 Atlanta Braves	66	90	.423	14	No	E

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	89	67	.571	_____	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	87	72	.547	3 1/2	No	_____
1974 Chicago Cubs	77	82	.484	13 1/2	No	E
1993 San Diego Padres	70	86	.449	19	No	E

NL Leaders Hitting:

AVG Gwynn SD .361, OBP Giles Pit .450 Slug Giles Pit .623, Runs Giles Pitt 114, Hits Gwynn SD 189 2B Gwynn SD 56, 3B Guerrero Mon 15, SB Morgan Wash 45, BB Giles Pit 101, HR Murray Mets 34, RBI Ramirez Pit 114

Pitching Wins Hermanson Mon 29, ERA Hermanson Mon 1.82, IP Soto Cin 278 1/3, K’s Soto Cin 338, Avg against Soto Cin .197 WHIP Hermanson Mon 1.00 HR/9 Berenyi Cin 0.30, Saves Urbina Mon Zamora ChC 33.

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	82	50	.621	—–	No	n/a
1957 Baltimore	68	64	.515	14	Yes	+2
1973 New York (A)	64	68	.485	18	Yes	2
1967 Washington	59	73	.447	23	Yes	7

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit v	86	46	.652	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	56	76	.424	30	No	10
1973 Minnesota	56	76	.424	30	No	10
1998 Chicago (A)	46	86	.348	40	No	20

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	79	53	.598	—-	Yes	n/a
2018 Los Angeles (A)	66	66	.500	13	Yes	_______
2017 Kansas City	65	67	.492	14	No	1
2005 Toronto	63	69	.477	16	Yes	3

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min .344, OBP Trout LAA .436, SLUG Trout LAA .637, Runs Cabrera Det 116, Hits Carew Min 188, 2B Cabrera Det 45, 3B Durham ChW, 16, SB Carew Min 49 BB Trout LAA 100 HR Howard Wash(A) 41, RBI Cabrera Det 125

Pitching

Wins Verlander Det 20, ERA Clemens Bos 2.39, IP Vernalder Det 256 2/3, K’s Blyleven Min 240, Avg against Cahill Oak .205, WHIP Darwin Bos 0.99, HR/9 Bibby Cle 0.35, Saves Valverde Det Russell Bos 27

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1967 Pittsburgh	82	56	.594	______	No	n/a
2018 Washington	80	55	.593	1/2	No	+12
1957 Philadelphia	60	72	.455	19	Yes	8
1975 New York (N)	55	80	.407	25 1/2	Yes	14

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	72	63	.533	_____	No	n/a
1975 St. Louis	68	64	.515	2 1/2	Yes	_____
2000 Colorado	70	68	.507	3 1/2	Yes	2
1973 Houston	59	73	.447	11 1/2	Yes	9

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	82	50	.621	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	67	65	.508	15	Yes	1
2007 Los Angeles (N )	57	75	.432	25	Yes	11
1982 San Diego	54	81	.400	29 1/2	Yes	15 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

AVG Clemente Pit .372, OBP Mitchell Cin .453, Slug Clemente Pit .604, Runs Larkin Cin 111, Hits Clemente Pit 207, 2B Cirillo Col 60, 3B Clemente Pit 21, SB Pierre LAD 69 BB Larkin Cin 100, HR Helton Col 29, RBI Helton Col 118

Pitching Wins Scherzer Wash 19, ERA Scherzer Wash 2.33, IP Scherzer Wash 262 2/3, K’s Scherzer Wash 309, Avg Against Scherzer Wash .207, WHIP Scherzer Wash 0.96, HR/9 Reed StL 0.34, Saves Face Pitt 32

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings. Two teams have been picked up since the last posting (oddly not the Orioles)

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	65	34	.657	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	56	43	.566	9	No	+6
1961 Yankees	49	47	.510	14 1/2	No	1/2
1999 Boston	41	58	.414	24	No	9

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	56	43	.566	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	50	49	.505	6	No	—–
2006 Detroit	47	55	.461	10 1/2	Yes	4 1/2
1974 Oakland	40	59	.404	16	Yes	10

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	53	46	.535	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	48	48	.500	3 1/2	No	1/2
1924 Washington	42	60	.412	12 1/2	No	9 1/2
1967 Minnesota	39	60	.394	14	Yes	11

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min ,369 , OBP Olerud Tor .466, Slug Mantle NYY61 .659, Runs Jeter NYY09 87, Hits Jeter NYY09 150, 2B Olerud Tor 38, Triples Taylor Wash 16, SB Henderson Tor 54, BB Killebrew Min 79, HR Mantle NYY61 31, RBI Hamilton Tex 81

Pitching Wins Martinez Bos 15, ERA Martinez Bos 2.25, IP Johnson Wash 196 2/3, K’s Martinez Bos 285, Avg against Martinez Bos .201 WHIP Martinez Bos 0.90 HR/9 Martinez Bos .034 Saves Ward Tor 29

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	55	44	.556	—–	No	N/A
2019 Washington Nats	51	48	.515	4	Yes	_____
1998 Atlanta	47	49	.490	6 1/2	No	2 1/2
1955 Brooklyn	45	54	.455	10	Yes	6

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	53	46	.535	_____	No	+2*
1985 St. Louis	53	46	.535	_____	No	+ 2*
1971 Pittsburgh	46	53	.465	7	Yes	5
2003 Cubs	44	55	.444	9	Yes	7

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	79	29	.707	—-	No	n/a
1977 Philadelphia	48	51	.485	22	Yes	3
2001 Arizona	45	54	.455	25	Yes	6
2007 Colorado	42	54	.438	26 1/2	Yes	7 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

Avg Kendrick Wash .369, OBP Morgan Cin .464, Slug Galarraga Atl .627, Runs Morgan Cin 91, Hits Kendrick Wash 146, 2B Kendrick Wash 34, 3B McGee StL 14, SB Morgan Cin 54, BB Morgan Cin 82, HR Campanella Bkyn, Aaron Mil 27, RBI Aaron Mil 89

Pitching Wins Nolan Cin 15, ERA Tudor StL 1.80, IP Tudor StL 174 2/3, K’s Johnson Arizona 226, Avg against Tudor StL .181, WHIP Tudor StL 0.82 HR/9 Buhl Mil 0.28, Saves Chapman Cubs16 27

There will be a new Draft league starting in October beginning in the 1969 season. Each player will select a franchise and one player to protect and the rest of the players will go in the draft.

Out of a max of 24 teams available here are the teams selected with the player they choose to protect all others go into the draft. All unlisted franchises are still available franchise with a * are teams that have been picked but the confirmation email has not yet been received

Players may join up until Sept 30th or until we reach 24 teams The draft is scheduled for the 1st week of October and will last one week. Teams will draft until they have 35 players or until we run out of players to draft.

At the end of the season each team will be able to protect 4-12 players based on their finish plus new rookies (IE Bowa Phi Blyleven Minn) who don’t count toward that total, all others go into the draft, draft order for the 1970 season will be based on the finish.

This league will play twice a week 5-6 games

UPDATE: This list has been updated for several teams now taken since the post went up

Team Selected	Player withheld from Draft
Oakland A’s	Not announced
Chicago White Sox	LHSP Tommy John
Baltimore Orioles	1B Boog Powell
Atlanta Braves	OF Hank Aaron
Cincinnati Reds	C Johnny Bench
Los Angeles Dodgers	RHSP Don Sutton
Montreal Expos	Not Announced
New York Mets	RHSP Tom Seaver
Pittsburgh Pirates	OF Roberto Clemente
St Louis Cardinals	RHSP Bob Gibson
San Francisco Giants	OF Bobby Bonds
New York Yankees	SP Fritz Peterson
Cleveland Indians	LHSP Sam McDowell
Washington Senators	SS Ed Brinkman
Minnesota Twins	2B Rod Carew

If you are interested in this or any other league contact me in comments.

The face to face league in Fitchburg MA has finished its regular season here are the final standings

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	41	19	.683	—-	n/a
San Francisco Giants	35	25	.583	3 1/2	Bye
St. Louis Cardinals	32	28	.533	7	Home
Colorado Rockies	24	36	.400	14 1/2	ELIM

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	39	21	.650	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	28	33	.459	11 1/2	Away
Seattle Mariners	27	34	.442	12	ELIM
San Diego Padres	17	43	.283	21	ELIM

Nationals and Mariners played a 61th game to break a tie for the final wild card spot

Here are the playoff results to date:

Wild Card Playin at St Louis

St. Louis Cardinals 8 Washington Nationals 5

Playoffs round one: best of five

Tampa Bay Rays defeat St. Louis Cardinals 3 games to 1

New York Yankees defeat defending WP champ San Francisco Giants games to one

World Series Best of seven

9/11 NYY at TB

On 9/25 at 1:30 PM at Zeda’s Pizza in Fitchburg MA our face to face draft league which first began playing in 1987 in Fitchburg Massachusetts will have it’s meeting to finalize the plans for our next season (2020) We currently have 8 teams in two divisions and would like to expand to at least nine or possibly 10. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to show up. Issues to be decided

Dues (currently $35 a season)
Number of games (currently 60 but may shrink to let us catch back up with MLB)
Number of weeks per month. (currently playing every other week, considering adding one extra week or more)
Date for draft (and / or expansion draft) and date to begin season.

New players are always welcome

The Agony of Choice Dynasty Protected Player Edition

My Dynasty face to face 2019 face to face league season is over as my Washington Nationals fell to St. Louis in the wild card game 8-5.

So now comes the decision making time. As the Wild Card team that lost the play-in game I am allowed to retain 10 players on my roster who are not subject to next years draft.

That number does not include any new rookies for the Washington Nationals ( my franchise) who have their 1st card this year. All of those players are protected automatically although I do have the right to release them to make room on my 35 man roster or if they are fringe players (% players or limited AB vs LH or RH) can be put on my five man AAA roster)

Any man who was on my roster last year who is a fringe player (as described above) can be retained even if they can’t be used in play. Any player who did not have a card last year due to injury or the COVID opt out who is currently on my roster CAN be retained but again I would have to commit a roster spot to them.

This season is a tad odd in one respoect. Because of the COVID the league was put on hold for a while so we will be starting our 2020 season at a point were we are deep into the actual 2021 season so we know if a player is having a good (or bad) year which will of course affect our decision to keep players.

As of this moment here are the players that will absolutely make my protected list:

Abreu 1b: Clutch Rating Incredible power both sides improved range over the previous season and having a strong year for a team heading to the playoffs

Othani: DH While he had a bad card last year his stats this year plus the potential of filling both a pitching and a batting slot next season demands I keep him here.

Lindor SS While he is having a disappointing season this year his numbers last year combined with excellent defense ratings at a key position guarantee his roster spot

Scherzer RHSP Jam Rating While his 2020 season was below avg he’s still better than a lot out there combine this with a jam rating and a strong 2021 and Scherzer makes the team

Molina C (H & R rating) A -3 arm behind the plate forgives a lot of sins among pitchers combine that with a H & R rating and you’ve got a key position covered.

Hand LHRP Hand led the league in saves last year with a 7-1 K-BB ratio and no HR’s given up he’s a keeper without a jam+ rating which he had the year before.

Rendon 3B Clutch rating: Rendon has a big dropoff over his Washington numbers and led the AL in double plays last year but his defense is still strong and that clutch rating still makes him worth a spot.

Devers 3B: Clutch rating With Rendon at 3B & Devers defense not existent one might think he was worth risking in the draft but his powerful bat at DH will complement Abreu & Rendon in a lineup and if Rendon’s decline continues he might even get the starting job next year.

That leaves me two spots left and here are the players who are fighting for them:

Whit Merrifield 2B. While is 2019 states particularly on defense are down his 2020 starts are still pretty good. the real question is: Do I want to spend a draft pick on a second baseman or would I rather keep Merrifield and save the pick for someone else.

Eddie Rosario OF Rosario was one of the heroes of the team last season after the Mookie Betts trade and it was his bat that put the team into the playoffs. His bat is not as impressive this year and the clutch rating is gone but he still has plenty of pop to play with.

Edwin Diaz RHRP Diaz is a pretty solid reliver but not at Hand’s level. Again his stats were down from 2018 but this year they are back up and running.

Eric Hosmer 1b: Clutch rating. Hosmer as always has solid numbers and if it wasn’t for Abreu he would likely have a spot sewn up. He certainly could make a RH DH to platoon with Devers

Javier Baez SS Baez was my #1 pick last season but while is defense shines his power numbers are down for 2020 even if they have recovered in 2021. He is unlikely to take the SS spot from Lindor in 2020 but if kept might be the man in 2021, but is that worth a roster spot.

Anthony Rizzo 1B A mainstay of my team, Abreu’s improved range means he has no chance to start and the degree of depth at 1st makes keeping him a luxury.

Deshields OF: Speed, defense and the ability to bunt (a rare gift these days) are all in his favor but I’m almost certainly going to find a better outfield in the draft even as last as the 7th or 8th round.

Longshots include Josh Reddick, Sergio Romo Adam Plutko and Wade Miley

I’ve got several weeks to make up my mind as to who to keep and who to toss. If you have any suggestions I’ll be happy to entertain them.= in comments.

Five Reasons Why Jersey’s Jack’s Next Machine Should be The Chosen

Christ about to deliver the Sermon on the Mount from the Chosen Season 2 finale

One of the great bits of fun about Pintastic each year is to see the new machines that are being released. Some are original, some are licensed. The question is to find a game that would not only make a good machine, but would have a good customer base to start with.

The answer of course is the Chosen. Here are five reasons why Jersey Jack Pinball should consider making a Chosen Machine.

5. Mutually beneficial to both parties

One of the goals of the folks at the Chosen is to expose this series and the message of Christ to as many people as possible, particularly those who might not be exposed to it. As a pinball company one of the goals at Jersey Jack is to expand the hobby exposing it to others. A Chosen Pinball machine would accomplish both. The message of Christ would be spread to a hobby base that while having some Christians like myself in it is not known as a faith base, while Jersey Jack with it’s line of G-PG machines would be an excellent entre to the hobby for those who would like the game.

4. Inexpensive licensing:

One of the biggest expenses for a game based on a movie or TV series is the licensing cost. The Wizard of OZ, the Hobbit and Pirates of the Caribbean all involved licensing costs.

The folks at the Chosen have been giving away the show in order to spread it to as many people as possible, that being the case it is likely that the license cost will likely be nominal for the very same reason.

3. Consistent with Jersey Jack Personal Beliefs:

Jack is known as a solid Catholic and a Knight of Columbus. In speeches at Pintastic NE he has talked about how his wife reminded him of this when deciding what games to make and use. You can’t find a product more in tune with those religious believes than a Chosen Pinball machines.

2. Ready Made Customer Base:

The first thing to consider when making a commercial product is “will it sell” “Is there a customer base for it?”

According to the Chosen website 75,346 people raised $10,000,000 to fund season one and 125,346 people (including 86% of those who funded season one) raised the ten million for season two. On the “Pay it forward” page as of this writing the first five episodes of season three are funded while 21,000+ people have kicked in to fund episode six so far. The chosen has managed to crowd fund $11.85 Million of the 18 million they’ve budgeted toward paying for season three. Over 257,000,000 people have watched the series so far and over 2000 fans showed up from all over the country to be part of the “Sermon on the Mount” scene that ended season 2 and will begin season three.

That’s what I call a customer base.

and finally the #1 reason why the Chosen should be Jersey Jack’s next machine.

It’s practically designed for a Pinball machine!

Pinball machines these days are all about progress toward goals. The chosen is made for it.

Imagine a goal of collecting 12 apostles plus Mary Magdalene (most with video clips for them).

Progressive increases for bumpers are there like the size of crowds in Sychar or for the sermon on the mount, the lines in Syria, the fish in Simon’s boat) and we they haven’t even gotten to the potential stuff in season three like multiplication of the loaves and the fishes Those are made for the bumpers to increase.

Point to point goals. From miracles (Driving the demons from Mary, Simon getting the fish, curing the leper, healing Simon the Zealots’ brother) to meetings (Nicodemus meeting Jesus, getting through the crowd to the roof) traveling from city to city Capernaum, Cana, Syria, Caesar Philippi etc etc etc

Several potential mini-games (making Abagail’s toys,, Simon in a fight, preparing Shabbat dinner, finding Jesus in the crowd at Sychar or as a child in Jerusalem, escorting the taxes, plowing the field, even fixing the axel or fishing for food in season two ).

There’s even potential penalties (Roman taxes that subtract point) or arrests (John the Baptist or Jesus) and ducking the Pharisees.

Moreover there is potential for growth. A game that encompasses the first three seasons can potentially be followed by a 2nd doing seasons four and five as the really heavy stuff that might be tougher for such a game (the final arrest, scourging and Crucifixion are many year away.

The chosen is , as of now, the finest example of an excellent television with small non-cooperate control, combine that with Jersey Jack, the best new pinball makers also with the same small non-cooperate model and you have potential for a winner that will sell long after both men are gone.

It would be educational, inspiring, and most of all for a pinball game, fun!

The business of writing

My new book! Get it on Amazon (currently on Kindle and soon to be on paperback)

I’ve written all my life. As a young kid, I would often write letters to the editor for our local paper, typically to fight over points made by some previous ~~idiot~~ other citizen (which hasn’t changed all that much). I wrote plenty of essays and articles in high school and then college. I had to write plenty of manuals, white papers and technical descriptions for work in the Navy. I wrote over 200 pages for my thesis (which the Naval Postgraduate School controls, otherwise I’d give you a link).

It wasn’t until a few years ago I tried my hand at writing for actual money. I went ahead and published a book on Amazon talking about how to travel in the military. I knew it would never be a best seller, since it had a pretty narrow audience. The point in writing it was not to make a lot of money, rather, it was to learn about how to take an idea and compose it into a book that people other than my friends would be interested in reading and actually pay money to read. It did pretty well for being a simple eBook (and its still available if you want to read it).

Writing that book made me learn how to edit. My wife savagely removed every possible passive sentence from my written words. I learned how to edit out the boring parts, shaving sentences until it was all meat and no fat. I realized that readers don’t want long, incoherent run-on sentences (yes, William Faulkner, that means most of your novels suck), they wanted something interesting and meaningful.

But writing took a back seat for a while. In 2016 I spent 54 days in the NICU with our daughter, Rebecca, who struggled to survive from an early emergency birth, multiple heart defects and Down Syndrome. During that time, I found this blog, and since Peter was advertising for new writers, he said I could compete for a spot. So I wrote a piece about breastfeeding in public, which he was surprised hit a strong note with people. Eventually I made the cut and was able to regularly blog about things outside the Navy.

And then tragedy hit. Rebecca died. To add insult to injury, I was supposed to leave in a week to start house hunting for forever home, since the Navy would allow me to homestead to provide consistent medical care for Rebecca. Despite the agony, I went from planning a funeral to hunting for land to build a home. That journey became surprisingly epic in its own right. I learned some hard lessons about home building, the VA loan process, and city government. I nearly lost my house two or three times, yet somehow I was able to overcome those adversities and succeed.

So I decided to get back to my roots and write a book. By now, I realized people wanted to read stories. They wanted a hero to root for, someone who would overcome harrowing obstacles. But they also wanted this person to be relatable, which meant they had flaws that made it hard to succeed in their quest. People that face no challenges are boring and unrealistic.

That’s exactly what you get with my new book, “To Build a House: My surprisingly epic saga in custom home building.” It’s my tale about navigating the world of true custom home building: from picking a blank piece of land to signing forms, fighting the VA, signing builder contracts, sparring with the local city government, nearly pulling all my hair out, and yet in the end making it all work. Like a good movie, it has highs and lows. It doesn’t dwell too long in sad spots, but neither does it celebrate for long before new challenges appear.

The best part is that its all true. I couldn’t have made it up if I tried. I went back and checked timelines and emails to establish when things really happened. I don’t have to exaggerate, because it really was an epic saga to make it all work. Even better, it’ll be part of a series, because I had to stop the book at some point before it got too long. More “To Build” books will be coming.

Writing “To Build a House” taught me much about myself. I’m hoping the finished product will do the same for you.

This post represents the views of the author and not those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or any other government agency. “To Build a House” is available now on Amazon Kindle and will soon have a paper and audio-book version.

A Quick Trip to the Western Massachusetts Pinball Club Three Rivers (Palmer) MA

Was very busy yesterday but the day ended with a drive to the Western Massachusetts Pinball club located in the Village of Three Rivers in Palmer MA. and when I say “three rivers” I mean that literally the old factory in which the club is located is precisely at the point where the three rivers meet.

Like many old factories they have sub-leted sections to various business, the WMPC is one of them and as you enter by the side door of the factory you will see signs like this one directing you to the club within

This was my 2nd visit to the club on the occasion of my 1st visit when they just re-opened when COVID restrictions were lifted I talked to the man in charge.

At the time I did this interview we did a 2nd highlighting the machines but alas I had some equipment issues so the 2nd part was done on my son’s phone but the video never got back to me for upload for some reason. My thought was to do the interior interview again but on this second visit the joint was really jumping so I left the men in charge to do their work while I did a quick look see at the machines myself.

The there were a few more games then the last time but several like the Indiana Jones game were in the back under repair. There was also a Virtual Pinball (the family guy game) which allows you to choose from many existing tables. (I put some high scores on the Doctor Who virtual table).

The club is now open two days a week (Thurs & Friday) and asks for a donation for unlimited play. Additionally they have tournaments during the evening so you can get some competition in along with friendly play. The players are entered in the computer which set up random three’s and foursomes on random games to play each other. The bottom two finishers on each game get a “strike”. Three strikes eliminates you so if you enter you are guaranteed three rounds of play (I finished 5th eliminated in round six). It’s lots of fun.

The only drawback to the place is the bathroom, because of the factory layout you have to go out a back door of the club and follow a set of signs to get to it. It’s a bit of a stroll so I would rethink any plan of downing a six pack just before entering the club.

The nominal hours are 6-10 but if a tournament goes beyond closing time (as last night’s did) the hours will extend until the tourney is over.

All in all this is an inexpensive and child friendly environment for a night out. I highly recommend the Western Mass Pinball Club. Their web site is here and their facebook here.

it.

Dynasty League Updates 7-7-21 Leaders and some Teams no longer available.

Here is the current state of the table top baseball leagues I run. All leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

Since our last update several teams that were previously open in various league have been taken.

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	74	55	.574	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	65	61	.516	7 1/2	No	—-
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	57	69	.452	15 1/2	Yes	8
2003 Detroit Tigers	47	82	.364	27	No	20

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals	77	52	.597	_____	Yes	n/a
2012 Minnesota Twins	74	52	.587	1 1/2	No	+9
2008 Seattle Mariners	66	63	.512	11	Yes	1/2
1973 Texas Rangers	52	77	.403	25	Yes	14 1/2

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	65	61	.516	—–	No	n/a
1957 Washington Senators	62	64	.492	3	No	3
1967 Kansas City A’s	63	66	.488	3 1/2	No	3 1/2
2019 Baltimore Orioles	59	67	.468	6	No	6

AL Leaders: Hitting:

Avg Mauer Min .346, OBP, Mauer Min .455, Huff TB Slug .601 Runs Harper .Mil 119, Hits: Suzuki Sea 181, 2B Ibanez Cle, A Cabrera Cle 42, 3B Cabrera Cle 13, SB Revere Min 65, BB Mauer Min 92 HR Sievers Wash 35, RBI Sievers Wash 113

Pitching: Wins Hernandez Sea, Johnson KCR 18, ERA Butler KCR 2.85, IP John Chi 212, K’s Hernandez Sea 196, Avg against Sosa TB 207 WHIP Krause KCA 1.08 HR/9 Bibby Tex 0.35 Saves Sanders Mil 26

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	80	49	.620	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	76	53	.589	4	Yes	+ 3 1/2
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	70	62	.530	11 1/2	Yes	4
1998 Florida Marlins	58	71	.450	22	Yes	14 1/2

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2015 Atlanta Braves	60	69	.465	—–	No	12 1/2 *
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	60	69	.465	—–	Yes	12 1/2*
2012 Houston Astros	57	72	.442	3	Yes	15 1/2
2017 San Francisco Giants	54	75	.419	6	No	18 1/2

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 New York Mets	73	56	.566	_____	No	n/a
1982 Cincinnati Reds	74	58	.561	1/2	No	______
1974 Chicago Cubs	62	67	.481	11	No	10 1/2
1993 San Diego Padres	52	72	.442	16	Yes	15 1/2

NL Leaders Hitting:

Pitching Wins Hermanson Mon 21, ERA Hermanson Mon 2.06, IP Soto Cin 230, K’s Soto Cin 279, Avg against Soto Cin .199 WHIP Soto Cin 1.02, HR/9 Quintana Mets, Berenyi Cin 0.21, Saves Urbina Mon 29.

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	63	43	.600	—–	No	n/a
1957 Baltimore	52	53	.495	11	Yes	2
1973 New York (A)	51	54	.486	12	Yes	3
1967 Washington	46	59	.438	17	Yes	8

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	69	36	.657	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	47	58	.448	22	No	7
1973 Minnesota	45	57	.441	22 1/2	No	7 1/2
1998 Chicago (A)	38	67	.362	31	No	16

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	60	45	.571	—-	Yes	n/a
2017 Kansas City	53	48	.520	5 1/2	No	+ 1/2
2018 Los Angeles (A)	54	51	.514	6	Yes	—-
2005 Toronto	47	58	.448	13	Yes	7

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Carew Min .359, OBP Trout LAA .443, SLUG Trout LAA .645, Runs Cabrera Det 96, Hits Carew Min 150, 2B Cabrera Det 39, 3B Durham ChW, Jackson Det, Francona Bal 11, SB Carew Min 38 BB Trout LAA 79 HR Trout LAA 30, RBI Cabrera Det 97

Pitching

Wins Verlander Det 16, ERA Halladay Tor 2.11, IP Vernalder Det 205, K’s Verlander Det 185, Avg against Eckersley Cle .199, WHIP Halladay Tor 0.98, HR/9 Bibby Cle 0.21, Saves Valverde Det, Alvaraez LAA 21

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1967 Pittsburgh	65	43	.602	_____	No	n/a
2018 Washington	63	42	.600	1/2	No	+ 7 1/2
1957 Philadelphia	47	58	.448	16 1/2	Yes	8 1/2
1975 New York (N)	45	60	.429	18 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	57	48	.543	_____	No	n/a
2000 Colorado	57	51	.528	1 1/2	Yes	____
1975 St. Louis	53	52	.505	4	Yes	2 1/2
1973 Houston	45	60	.429	12	Yes	10 1/2

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	62	43	.590	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	52	53	.495	10	Yes	3 1/2
2007 Los Angeles (N )	47	58	.448	15	Yes	8 1/2
1982 San Diego	42	63	.400	20	Yes	13 1/2

NL Leaders Batting

AVG Clemente Pit .378, OBP Mitchell Cin .459, Slug Clemente Pit .622, Runs Larkin Cin 93, Hits Clemente Pit 165, 2B Cirillo Col 47, 3B Clemente Pit 19, SB Pierre LAD 58 BB Larkin Cin , Ashburn Phil 58, HR Young Ari 24, RBI Helton Col 95

Pitching Wins Scherzer Wash 14, ERA McBean Pit 1.28, IP Scherzer Wash 208 2/3, K’s Scherzer Wash 247, Avg Against McBean Pit .201, WHIP Scherzer Wash 0.93, HR/9 McBean Pitt 0.08, Saves Brantley Cin 24

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings. Two teams have been picked up since the last posting (oddly not the Orioles)

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	50	22	.694	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	43	29	.597	7	No	+2
1961 Yankees	35	37	.486	15	No	6
1999 Boston	28	44	.389	22	No	13

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	42	30	.583	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	41	31	.569	1	No	—–
2006 Detroit	31	41	.431	11	Yes	10
1974 Oakland	29	43	.403	13	Yes	12

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	38	34	.528	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	36	39	.480	3 1/2	No	6 1/2
1924 Washington	28	47	.373	11 1/2	No	14 1/2
1967 Minnesota	26	46	.361	12	Yes	15

AL Leaders Batting

Avg Howard NYY61 .356, OBP Olerud Tor .472, Slug Mantle NYY61 .655, Runs Mantle NYY61 64, Hits Jeter NYY09 108, 2B Olerud Tor 29, Triples Taylor Wash 13, SB Henderson Tor 42, BB Henderson Tor 62, HR Mantle NYY61 25, RBI Rudi Oak 67

Pitching Wins Leonard KC, Hardin Bal, Cuellar Bal 11, ERA Feller Cle 1.83, IP Johnson Wash 147 2/3, K’s Martinez Bos 217, Avg against Martinez Bos .190 WHIP Martinez Bos 0.86 HR/9 Wilson Tex 0.38 Saves Ward Tor 21

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	38	31	.551	—–	No	N/a
1955 Brooklyn	36	36	.500	3 1/2	Yes	1
2019 Washington Nats	33	39	.458	6 1/2	Yes	4
1998 Atlanta	31	38	.449	7	No	4 1/2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1985 St. Louis	40	32	.556	____	No	N/a
1957 Milwaukee	39	33	.542	1	Yes	+2
1971 Pittsburgh	34	38	.472	6	Yes	3
2003 Cubs	31	41	.431	9	Yes	6

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	49	23	.681	—-	No	n/a
1977 Philadelphia	37	35	.514	12	Yes	___
2001 Arizona	36	36	.500	13	Yes	1
2007 Colorado	33	39	.458	16	Yes	4

NL Leaders Batting

Avg Kendrick Wash .358, OBP Morgan Cin .476, Slug Galarraga Atl .705, Runs Morgan Cin 70, Hits Kendrick Wash 106, 2B Helton Col, Holiday Col, Rendon Wash 27, 3B McGee StL 12, SB Morgan Cin 39, BB Schmidt Phil, Morgan Cin 62, HR Ga;arraga Atl 22, RBI Aaron Mil 69

Pitching Wins Nolan Cin 12, ERA Tudor StL 1.82, IP Tudor StL 133 2/3, K’s Johnson Arizona 166, Avg against Tudor StL .188, WHIP Tudor StL 0.84 HR/9 Buhl Mil 0.18, Saves Chapman Cubs16 19

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of the online leagues teams contact me in comments.

As a bonus here are the standings of our face to face draft league which first began playing in 1987 in Fitchburg Massachusetts. We have two divisions with 4 teams each playing a 60 game season every other Saturday at Zeda’s Pizza in Fitchburg MA. The individual leagues are named for deceased members of the league. Five teams make the playoffs, the best record gets home field throughout and 2nd best record of the division leaders gets a home series against the best non-division winner while the final two teams play a one game playin for the right to face the best division winner in the playoffs.

New players are always welcome

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	31	17	.614	—-	n/a
St. Louis Cardinals	27	21	.563	4	+1
San Francisco Giants	26	22	.542	5	___
Colorado Rockies	22	26	.458	9	4

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	32	16	.667	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	20	28	.417	12	6
Seattle Mariners	20	28	.417	12	6
San Diego Padres	14	36	.280	19	ELIM

the new season and draft will start shortly after this season ends additional teams for expansion are most welcome

Dynasty League Update 5-5-21 with Bonus Face to Face League info

As of this week I am adding the wild cards standings for the play-in game

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	60	42	.588	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	53	49	.520	5 1/2	No	—-
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	46	59	.438	15 1/2	Yes	10
2003 Detroit Tigers	42	63	.400	19 1/2	No	14

This block contains unexpected or invalid content.Attempt Block Recovery

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2012 Minnesota Twins	59	43	.578	____	No	n/a
1970 Kansas City Royals	56	43	.566	1 1/2	No	+4 1/2
2008 Seattle Mariners	53	49	.520	6	Yes	—–
1973 Texas Rangers	37	65	.363	22	Yes	16

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	53	49	.520	—–	No	n/a
1957 Washington Senators	50	52	.490	3	No	3
1967 Kansas City A’s	50	52	.490	3	No	3
2019 Baltimore Orioles	48	51	.485	3 1/2	No	3 1/2

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	64	38	.627	—–	Yes	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	61	41	.598	3	Yes	+ 5
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	53	49	.520	11	Yes	3
1998 Florida Marlins	42	60	.412	22	Yes	13

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2015 Atlanta Braves	51	51	.500	—–	No	n/a
2012 Houston Astros	50	52	.490	1	Yes	6
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	44	58	.431	7	Yes	12
2017 San Francisco Giants	42	57	.424	7 1/2	No	12 1/2

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	59	43	.578	—-	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	56	46	.549	3	No	—–
1974 Chicago Cubs	48	54	.471	11	No	8
1993 San Diego Padres	44	55	.444	13 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	44	34	.564	—–	No	n/a
1973 New York (A)	39	39	.500	5	Yes	—-
1957 Baltimore	36	42	.462	8	Yes	3
1967 Washington	33	45	.423	11	Yes	6

This block contains unexpected or invalid content.Attempt Block Recovery

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	50	28	.641	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	37	41	.474	13	No	2
1973 Minnesota	34	44	.436	16	No	5
1998 Chicago (A)	31	47	.397	19	No	8

This block contains unexpected or invalid content.Attempt Block Recovery

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Oakland	46	32	.590	—-	Yes	n/a
2017 Kansas City	42	36	.538	4	Yes	+3
2018 Los Angeles (A)	39	39	.500	7	Yes	—-
2005 Toronto	35	43	.449	11	Yes	4

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2018 Washington	49	32	.605	—-	No	n/a
1967 Pittsburgh	49	35	.583	1 1/2	No	+7
1975 New York (N)	38	40	.487	9 1/2	Yes	1
1957 Philadelphia	38	40	.487	9 1/2	Yes	1

Division winner skips wild card

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1996 Cincinnati	40	38	.513	_____	No	n/a
1975 St. Louis	39	39	.500	1	Yes	——
2000 Colorado	39	39	.500	1	Yes	——
1973 Houston	34	44	.436	6	Yes	5

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	48	30	.615	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	38	43	.469	11 1/2	Yes	2 1/2
2007 Los Angeles (N )	34	44	.436	14	Yes	5
1982 San Diego	33	51	.393	18	Yes	9

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	32	13	.711	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	29	19	.604	4 1/2	No	+5 1/2
1961 Yankees	22	23	.489	10	No	——
1999 Boston	18	27	.400	14	No	4

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	30	15	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	22	23	.489	8	Yes	—–
2006 Detroit	21	24	.467	9	Yes	1
1974 Oakland	18	27	.400	12	Yes	4

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 New York (A)	23	25	.479	____	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	20	25	.444	1 1/2	Yes	2
1924 Washington	20	28	.417	3	No	3 1/2
1967 Minnesota	16	29	.356	5.5	Yes	6

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	25	20	.556	—–	No	N/a
1955 Brooklyn	23	25	.479	3 1/2	Yes	1/2
1998 Atlanta	21	24	.467	4	No	n/a
2019 Washington Nats	21	24	.467	4	Yes	2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	27	18	.600	—–	Yes	n/a
1985 St. Louis	25	20	.556	2	No	+2
1971 Pittsburgh	23	22	.511	4	Yes	____
2003 Cubs	17	28	.378	10	Yes	6

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	32	13	.711	—-	No	n/a
2001 Arizona	22	23	.489	10	Yes	1
1977 Philadelphia	23	25	.479	10 1/2	Yes	1 1/2
2007 Colorado	19	29	.396	14 1/2	Yes	5

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of the online leagues teams contact me in comments.

New players are always welcome

Lynn Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
Tampa Bay Rays	22	11	.667	—-	n/a
St. Louis Cardinals	19	14	.576	3	+3
San Francisco Giants	15	18	.455	7	+1
Colorado Rockies	13	20	.394	9	1

Dan Division	W	L	PCT	GB	WCGB
New York Yankees	24	9	.727	—-	n/a
Washington Nationals	14	19	.424	10	—–
Seattle Mariners	14	19	.424	10	—–
San Diego Padres	11	22	.333	13	3

Satire: Mafia Families and the Priests that Serve them deride Vatican’s Continued Stance against Murder, Theft & Prostitution

Members of the Cosa Nostra were united in their disappointment that the Vatican has not changed their stance concerning the sinfulness of murder, theft and prostitution.

“It’s a real cultural problem.” said a spokesman for the Bocce crime family. “Don Giuseppe was saying just the other day that the church’s stance unfairly stigmatizes people whose culture, tradition and inclination. has steered them in this direction for centuries.”

“It’s a terrible disappointment.” said Fr. Mel A Stophilies of Angel of Light Parish and the unofficial chaplain to the Polenta family. “Why just the other day Dona Polenta was talking about how Pope Francis’ attacks on the mafia had affected her 14 year old grandson who has dreamed of entering the family business since he was five and has just started his career as a runner: ‘Does the Vatican understand what his can do to a 14 year old just staring in the rackets? It can destroy him'”

At the business of Dino and Luigi Vercotti they echoed this statement noting that on the local level their priest have been more supportive.

“At our parish they have been much more caring toward the women in our business just trying to make a living.” Said Dino Vercotti in between answering calls for appointments, “In fact our parish priest Fr. Heretic has been using a more compassionate translation of scripture where Jesus tells the woman caught in adultery in John 9:11: ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now that’s not sin any more.’ It’s really made both our girls and their customers feel better about themselves.”

In Philadelphia some locals still expressed hope that the Vatican will see the light on these things.

“If the church is going to be part of the world and not hated they need to change with the times and recognize that the acceptance of things like adultery, theft and the occasional murder (as long as it doesn’t cross the wrong racial lines) is where society is.” said Fr. Morty Sine “After all if they took those lessons to heart have spent hours filling in and delivering ballots in the wee hours after election day? If they hadn’t done that Rome would not have been able to celebrate the election of only the 2nd Catholic president of the United States.”

“After all one man’s sin is another’s way of life.” said Fr Terr. I know our parish has greatly benefited from the support we have given the local families and I’m sure eventually the Church will see the advantages of such an arrangement.

Futility league season 2, SD Jones League season 1 and all time great league season 3 standings (With Wild Card) 2/28/21

Here is the state of the table top baseball leagues I run. All leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

As of this week I am adding the wild cards standings for the play-in game

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	42	32	.568	—–	No	N/A
1970 Chicago White Sox	39	36	.520	3 1/2	No	—–
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	32	43	.427	10 1/2	Yes	7
2003 Detroit Tigers	29	46	.387	13 1/2	No	10

Teams AL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Kansas City Royals	44	31	.587	—–	No	N/A
2008 Seattle Mariners	40	35	.533	4	Yes	+1
2012 Minnesota Twins	39	36	.520	5	No	——
1973 Texas Rangers	30	45	.400	14	Yes	9

Teams AL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2009 Cleveland Indians	38	37	.507	—–	No	1*
1957 Washington Senators	38	37	.507	—–	No	1*
2019 Baltimore Orioles	37	37	.500	1/2	No	1 1/2
1967 Kansas City A’s	36	39	.480	2	No	3

*Division Winner automatically makes playoffs

Teams NL Division A	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1998 Montreal Expos	46	26	.639	—–	No	N/A
2009 Washington Nationals	43	32	.573	4 1/2	Yes	+ 1 1/2
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	39	36	.520	8 1/2	Yes	2 1/2
1998 Florida Marlins	33	42	.440	14 1/2	Yes	8 1/2

Teams NL Division B	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2015 Atlanta Braves	35	37	.486	—–	No	n/a
2017 San Francisco Giants	34	41	.454	2 1/2	No	7 1/2
2012 Houston Astros	34	41	.454	2 1/2	Yes	7 1/2
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	30	43	.411	5 1/2	Yes	10 1/2

Teams NL Division C	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1982 Cincinnati Reds	43	30	.589	—-	No	n/a
1993 New York Mets	40	32	.556	2 1/2	No	—–
1974 Chicago Cubs	36	36	.500	6 1/2	No	4
1993 San Diego Padres	34	41	.454	10	Yes	7 1/2

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1993 Boston	29	22	.569	—–	No	n/a
1973 New York (A)	23	25	.479	4 1/2	Yes	1 1/2
1967 Washington	20	28	.417	7 1/2	Yes	4 1/2
1957 Baltimore	21	30	.412	8	Yes	5

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Detroit	29	19	.604	—–	Yes	n/a
1975 Cleveland	24	23	.511	4 1/2	No	—–
1998 Chicago (A)	22	26	.458	7	No	2 1/2
1973 Minnesota	18	30	.375	11	No	5 1/2

Teams AL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2017 Kansas City	32	16	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
2010 Oakland	28	20	.583	4	Yes	+ 3 1/2
2005 Toronto	22	26	.458	10	Yes	2 1/2
2018 Los Angeles (A)	21	37	.438	11	Yes	3 1/2

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2018 Washington	32	19	.627	—-	No	n/a
1967 Pittsburgh	30	21	.588	2	No	+ 3 1/2
1975 New York (N)	25	23	.521	5 1/2	Yes	——
1957 Philadelphia	25	26	.490	7	Yes	1 1/2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 St. Louis	23	25	479	—–	Yes	n/a
1996 Cincinnati	22	25	.468	1/2	No	2 1/2
2000 Colorado	22	26	.458	1	Yes	3
1973 Houston	20	28	.417	3	Yes	5

Teams NL West	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 San Francisco	36	12	.750	—–	Yes	n/a
2012 Arizona	21	27	.438	15	Yes	4
2007 Los Angeles (N )	20	28	.417	16	Yes	5
1982 San Diego	19	32	.373	18 1/2	Yes	7 1/2

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings

Teams AL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1970 Baltimore	15	6	.714	—–	Yes	n/a
1993 Toronto	11	10	.524	4	No	+ 1/2
1999 Boston	7	11	.389	6 1/2	No	2
1961 Yankess	7	11	.389	6 1/2	No	2

Teams AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2010 Texas	12	6	.667	—–	Yes	n/a
1954 Cleveland	8	10	.444	4	Yes	1
1974 Oakland	6	9	.400	4 1/2	Yes	1 1/2
2006 Detroit	6	12	.333	6	Yes	3

Teams AL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1924 Washington	13	8	.619	—–	No	n/a
1977 Kansas City	9	9	.500	2 1/2	Yes	—-
1967 Minnesota	10	11	.476	3	Yes	1/2
2009 New York (A)	5	10	.333	5	No	4

Teams NL East	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1975 Cincinnati	10	8	.556	—–	Yes	n/a
1998 Atlanta	10	11	.476	1 1/2	No	1 1/2
2019 Washington Nats	10	11	.476	1 1/2	Yes	1 1/2
1955 Brooklyn	8	10	.444	2	Yes	2

Teams NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
1957 Milwaukee	11	7	.611	—–	Yes	n/a
1971 Pittsburgh	10	8	.556	1	Yes	—-
1985 St. Louis	8	10	.444	3	No	2
2003 Cubs	7	11	.389	4	Yes	3

Teams NL Other	W	L	PCT	GB	Available	WCGB
2016 Chicago (N)	13	5	722	—-	No	n/a
2001 Arizona	11	7	.611	2	Yes	+1
1977 Philadelphia	9	9	.500	4	Yes	1
2007 Colorado	6	12	.333	7	Yes	4

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of these teams contact me in comments.

Dear AOC: Please Call for a Boycott My Blog and DaTipJar

12/11/2020

To: The Honorable Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

1973 Westchester Ave

The Bronx NY 10462

From DaTechGuy

Fitchburg MA 01420

Subject Boycott Request:

Good Morning:

I understand that you have in the past called for boycotts of business that have expressed support for President Donald Trump in a public way. I would like to formally request that you call for such a boycott of this blog and particularly my TipJar

While many other blogs have openly supported President Trump over the entire terms of his administration unique reasons why this blog in particular should be the subject for such a call.

On two occasions as credentialed Press I have questioned Donald Trump. On both occasions not only did I not make the premise of my questions: “Why do you suck, Why does the GOP suck? or not even “What are you going to do about you and the GOP sucking so badly?” But on both of these occasions I was complemented directly by Donald Trump for said questions. In fact at the top of my blog AND is a direct quote of Donald Trump saying to me after such a question: “It’s nonsense nobody reports that, but you do that’s why I like you.” The constitutes a betrayal of the press credentials that I held for those events .
I endorsed Donald Trump twice during his 1st campaign, the 1st time before the GOP convention even before my candidate of choice at the time (Ted Cruz) had consented to do so but more importantly the 2nd time the day after the Billy Bush tape dropped. Such an act of picking up the flag and moving forward when everyone else was running scared. An unpardonable sin.
Finally I’ve not only supported all the attempts to reverse fraudulent moves by the Democrats in multiple states to steal this election even to the point of being locked out of my twitter account six times since election day for daring to put out statistical evidence of Joe Biden’s “magic ballots” but I’ve not paid off bets on said election yet holding the money aside until the final decision of the courts and the state legislatures thus not acknowledging the legitimacy of the MSM calls.

For all these reasons it is incumbent on you to call for a boycott of DaTechGuyblog.com in general and DaTechGuyblog.com’s Tip Jar in particular for crimes against liberalism much in the same way that you did of GOYA foods, presumably with the same effect.

I will do my best to keep a stiff upper lip as a result of the financial effects of such a boycott and if I suddenly find myself able to purchase a car made in the 21st century to replace my 1999 Buick or am able to pay off my mortgages I’ll do my best to bear that in dignity as well.

Yours

Peter DaTechGuy Ingemi Proprietor of DaTechGuyblog.com

Update: Instalanche thanks Ed If you missed today’s no frills livestream you can watch it here.