The Turtles busted out of the gate early in the season, when the all-star game rolled around they were 47-31 and top of the West but it was a different story as the fond memories of the All-Star game came to fade, they only just made it to the playoffs by the skin of their teeth as they were able to fight off challenges from the Penguins and Polar Bears. Maybe it was just a regression to the mean, pre-season predictions put them at 69-75 after all.
Maybe they're just not that good.
A team that is beyond the doubt good is the Spice District Roosters. By the end of April, the Roosters had the lead in the East Division and they never gave it up.
The team is stacked. 6 All-Stars make the list, and the player listed at the start of the season as their best (Tommy Glass) didn't even make that cut. Their original starting CF, Johnny Pfiefer was also selected to the All-Star game but a broken kneecap in May (was that really a baseball injury Johnny???) took him out for the rest of the season.
But that parade of All-Stars at the start of the lineup is one designed to destroy pitchers. Each of those first five guys are top-ten in some stat category (except stolen bases, weirdly frowned upon in the Spice District).
And we haven't even started on the pitching. My lord it is beautiful. Wunderkid Max Steel is a wizard of the strikeout. If you get hit with his splitter then you are done. Throughout the season, he struck out 15 or more hitters in 5 different games, and pitched a complete game shutout in 3 other instances.
Then you've got #2 in the rotation, Jared Way is like a mini Max Steel but with much better home run prevention. Hank Reilly is also a very effective man to close the games out.
The bookies have put the Roosters in as heavy favourites for this series.
