With the season nearly over, and Durham taking a huge first step to making BPF history with the biggest WS upset, I figure it's a good time to give a State Of The BPF Address.
The State Of The BPF is strong. Once again the NL proved to be the more competitive league. Consistent ownership for several seasons in the NL has produced a league of incredible balance. Though not blessed with the most vocal owners (nj does his best to make up for that, and I often find the NL the less verbose of the two leagues in most worlds), the senior circuit once again is also out classing the AL in re-upmanship. The AL is chock a block with Last-Minute-Larrys (myself included). If an Durham wins the WS, the AL should feel much shame.
To be honest I don't spend much time seeing what's going on in the NL, so I can't comment much on the teams. I have a couple informants who clue me in to anything seemingly, or actually, untoward. But I don't know really have a clue where teams finished, but I can comment on the AL with much more precision.
Right now I'm going to take this chance to review my predictions, so here we go:
Milwaukee
Actual/Predicted/Difference
105-57/110-52/-5
Montreal
107-55/89-73/+18 (I blame the drugs)
Florida
55-107/56-106/-1 (I can spot true crap)
Portland
66-96/72-90/-4
Chicago
104-58/100-62/+4
Trenton
84-78/81-81/+3
New York
78-84/70-92/+8
Burlington
74-88/98-64/-24 (Just the opposite of the season before where I grossly under predicted, so it balances out and makes me right for both seasons!)
Houston
88-74/63-99/+25 (Wow)
Richmond
82-80/94-68/-12
Kansas City
66-96/87-75/-21 (Fags are fickle)
Tampa Bay
64-98/63-99/+1
Vancouver
107-55/"more wins than losses, quick playoff exit"/Dingdingdingdingding.
Honolulu
94-68/81-81/+13 (Congrats shiish, good job)
Scottsdale
62-100/59-103/+3 (After a few seasons of this, would you believe the minors are stacked?)
Salt Lake City
54-108/69-93/-15
Looks like I have established my Senate. The scope of this panel will reviewing owners and/or teams that violate world rules, and admissability of potential new owners. I'm going to go ahead and put in the sub 40 mil payroll/60 minimum wins rule. So next season there better not be teams with marginal NL talent and decent FAs still on the market. I don't sweat records as much as some 9as long as it's not ridiculous), but owners are expected to field the best team possible. I'm not bothered whther Joe Blow has 20 mil more in me in prospect, but it does bother me if he's playing AAers instead of spending a bit more for a legitimate ML worthy FA.I'm fine with rebuilding, I totally agree with the concept and think it's ridiculous to get a stud FA if it won't do much more than give you a couple more wins. I'm not asking teams to spend, spend, spend, but don't play for the first pick. I like that this world allows a bit more reign in how you run your team, but I sometimes see it being abused. This rule should only be an issue to owners that are trying to lose. If the numbers are close the Senate will be convened. As an appeasement to those who favour a minimum win rule, any team winning less than 50 games will result in a Senate review. You might think 50 is too low, maybe so, but with a 43 win team in my history (and I wasn't trying to lose at all) I know it's not always a matter of intention but a mattor or combination of ineptitude and/or franchise damage by previous ownership.
That's it for now. Thanks for another successful season of BPF.
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