[JasonC23]

As expected, Huntley slots into the #2 seed in the NC, finishing at 123-39, 8 games behind RealMadrid for the top seed. The Red Raiders will face the Elon BrewBallers in the Division Series; Elon and Huntley shared a league back in 2046 but were in opposite conferences, so this will be the clubs' first playoff matchup. As mentioned earlier in this thread, Huntley won the season series, 5-2, by taking all 4 games at Elon but losing 2 of 3 in Huntley. (More on this trend in a minute.) The Virginia Beach Freaks are heavy favorites in the Wild Card game; they finished 39 games ahead of their opponents, the Long Beach Waves. But, in playoff baseball, especially in a single-elimination game...youneverknow.

In the AC, the Texas Texans emerged from the AC East Division of Doom to claim the #1 AC seed with an impressive 125-37 record. OMGPuppies' OL team, the Aina Haina Parakeets, snagged the #2 seed by virtue of winning the league's closest division by 3 games over the 4-time Perfect League champions Los Angeles Bruins; way to go, OMGPuppies! The Parakeets will face the 90-72 Phoenix Firebirds in the Division Series; let's see which team takes flight! (I'll show myself out.) The AC Wild Card game between the aforementioned Bruins (109-53) and the 7-time Perfect League champs Slumberton Slumlords (107-55) is quite possibly the most highly decorated single-elimination game I've ever seen and is a true tossup.

Huntley's season-long trend of playing better on the road culminated in a 59-22 home record and 64-17 record on the road. It will be interesting to see whether the playoffs trend the same way; if so, it might be a short Sunday for the Red Raiders. Rube Marquard ended up leading P412 with a 2.08 ERA and 214 ERA+; the southpaw also finished third in WHIP (0.98), fifth in FIP (2.77), sixth in WAR (7.5) and third in rWAR (9.3). Luke Appling led the NC in batting average (.340) and the entire league in OBP (.426), finishing fifth in P412 in WAR (6.4).

Final standings and playoff bracket follow...