[Stanley Kuppchaser]

Woodinville ripped off an 11-4 final sim to vault from 5th to their second OL crown. Washington, at 4-2, was the only other leader to post a winning month.


The playoff tree is attached. Frankenthal will be headed to silver next year.


As Edster mentioned in his post, the most interesting game had no OL crown implications.


The Everett Silvertips went to game 163 to try and nail down the second Wild Card spot in the NC. The aggravating funkiness of the PT AI was in full flower during the game.


With Everett leading 4-2 in the top of the 9th, the "manager" lifted Roy Halladay after 109 pitches. That move was typical, as I have seen my 100 Cy Young routinely pulled at around 100 pitches, even with a shutout going, across 11 seasons, despite having the hook slider all the way to the right.



In a curious, but all too common, move, the "manager" elected to start the inning with Charles Nagy, leaving closer Rob Dibble sitting in the bullpen. A single, a walk, and a Miguel Tejada infield single later, the bases were full. Robinson Cano cut the Silvertips' lead to 4-3 with another infield single. Nagy managed to get Kevin McReynolds to ground to third, with the lead runner forced out at home.


The "manager" mercifully pulled Nagy and waved his right hand, signalling the bullpen. As Alice said, things get curiouser and curiouser, when Phil Regan, not Dibble, answered the summons. He managed to record a popout to hold the lead.


Then, predictably, somebody named Jeff McNeil (don't know these new guys) lines a two-run single, before Regan can escape, with Everett now trailing. The other "manager" brings on his closer, Rick Aguilera, and the Silvertips go in order to come up just short.