B League Picayune
Often in error, never in doubt.
Volume 8, Issue 60 – October 22, 2026
Department of Corrections: I’ve been calling him Rich Brendahl, but his last name is actually Bredahl. I regret being a dumb-ass.
Games of Thursday October 22:
We played at Krieg field 6 again, as sprinkler repairs on field 2 have not been completed.
10:30 a.m.: Purple (5-7) at Gray (7-4):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Purple 1 0 5 3 1 8 18 Gray 1 1 4 0 5 8 19 Pitchers: Purple – Ray Pilgrim; Gray – Trent Peacock. Mercenaries: Purple – George Brindley and Ralph Villela; Gray – Hal Darman, Matt Levitt, Trent Peacock, Alan Phillips, and Jack Spellman; Larry Fiorentino entered for . Umpires: home – David Brown; bases – Daniel Baladez. Perfect at the plate: Purple – George Brindley (3 for 3 with a home run) and Joe Roche and Peter Sundquist (both 4 for 4); Gray – Larry Fiorentino (1 for 1), Alan Phillips (3 for 3), Jack Spellman (4 for 4), and Trent Peacock (4 for 4 with a double – Ohtani Award). Home run: George Brindley (inside the park) (4).
Weather report: 71°, feels like 71°; humidity 45%; wind from the NE at 3 MPH, sunny and clear – it really doesn’t get any nicer than this.
What a game! One of the best of the season, in my opinion, tightly contested beginning to end.
Both teams scored a single run in the first inning. In the top half Rick Kahn lashed a two-out double to right field and scored on Peter Sundquist’s single to left to put Purple on the board. Gray matched that with a run on three straight one-out singles by Clint Fletcher, Daniel Carvajal, and Mike Velaney in the home half. Ray Pilgrim escaped the runners-on-the-corners jam thanks to a bit of problematical Gray base-running: Jim McAnelly hit a humpback liner to first baseman Johnny Lee, and Mike Velaney, moving on contact, was caught off the bag and doubled up to end the inning. Spoiler alert: this was not the last instance of bad Gray base-running.
Purple didn’t score in the second. Joe Roche and Patrick Schmidt knocked one-out singles to right field, but Trent Peacock got both Billy Hill and Ralph Villela to fly out to left fielder Matt Levitt.
Gray got singles from five of its six batters in the bottom of the second, but came away with just one run due to two more base-running outs. Jack Spellman led off with a single. Alan Phillips followed with a base-hit to left-center; Jack McDermott was playing Alan appropriately deep, and I thought I could make third on the hit, but I was very, very wrong, thrown out either 8-5 or 8-6-5 (the throws were behind me, I’m not sure whether Jack relayed to Ralph Villela) – I heard and home umpire David Brown saw the ball land in third baseman Joe Roche’s glove while my foot was about four inches above the line. Singles by Trent Peacock and Matt Levitt loaded the bases. Hal Darman squared up on a pitch, but lined it directly to shortstop Ralph Villela for the second out. Paul Rubin came up and sliced a single to left-center field. Alan scored, and Trent tried to follow him, but was thrown out, I believe 8-6-2 (Jack McDermott to Ralph to catcher Peter Sundquist), and it wasn’t very close – not so much a base-running mistake as an error in judgment by the third-base coach.
Purple broke through in the top of the third, scoring five times and taking the lead, 6-2, on five singles, Mike Malay’s two-run double (crushed to center field), and Rick Jensen’s sacrifice fly to Paul Rubin in right-center field. Joe Roche drove in the fifth run with a two-out single.
Gray tied the score with four runs in the bottom half of the third, on a pair of walks (to Clint Fletcher and Mike Velaney, the first and third hitters of the inning) and four singles. The first out of the inning came at home plate, when Jim McAnelly hit a bases-loaded grounder to third baseman Joe Roche, who threw home to force out Clint. (This wasn’t a base-running mistake, just a plain old force play.) With four runs in, runners on the corners, and still just one out, Ray Pilgrim got out of the jam has he had in the first inning, with an oddball double play. Matt Levitt hit a short fly behind second base that Ralph Villela ranged out and caught, a very good play; Alan Phillips, running from third, tagged up and attempted to score, but was thrown out, Ralph completing the F-6, 6-2 twin killing with a throw home to Peter Sundquist, who caught the one-hopper cleanly.
If you’re counting at home, that’s four outs on dubious base-running decisions over the first three innings. Here they are, all together:
Through three, Gray sent 19 batters to the plate, resulting in 12 hits and two walks, but only six runs.
No base-running gaffes for Gray in the fourth inning, but it didn’t go well. In the top half, Billy Hill and Ralph Villela hit consecutive one-out singles, and George Brindley lined a ball to right-center that initially I thought Alan Phillips had a bead on, only for the ball to sail past him and to the fence, George circling the bases with a three-run inside-the-park home run, his fourth of the season:
Hal Darman led off the bottom of the fourth with a line single to left field, but Ray Pilgrim retired the next three batters, Paul Rubin on a fly to left fielder Patrick Schmidt and Clint Fletcher and Daniel Carvajal on force-out grounders hit to second baseman Rick Jensen and shortstop Ralph Villela.
Purple led 9-6 entering the fifth, but added only one run: Peter Sundquist led off with a single and was forced at second on Ray Pilgrim’s grounder to shortstop; singles by Rick Jensen and Joe Roche brought Ray’s pinch-runner around to score. Patrick Schmidt came up with runners on first and second, one out, and tried to push a ball to the 5-6 hole, but it came up the middle to shortstop Jack Spellman, who stepped on second for the force there, then (knowing I couldn’t double up Patrick) threw to third to put out Rick, for a 6u., 6-5 double play.
Gray’s first five batters in the home half of the fifth singled and scored, but there was still drama. With two runs in and the bases loaded, Matt Levitt drew a walk, forcing in the third run. Hal Darman came up, with Jack Spellman running from home. Hal took Ray Pilgrim’s first pitch, which was about an inch outside, Hal and I thought; plate umpire David Brown disagreed, calling it a strike, and let me tell you, Hal was miffed. Hal channeled his annoyance on the next pitch, rifling a line drive down the third-base side, foul by about six inches, and nailing the runner there, Alan Phillips, just below the knee. It was technically a foul strike three – Alan was in foul territory when he got hit – but, man, I’m sure that left a welt. Alan wound up leaving the game; not sure who ran for him at third, but Larry Fiorentino entered the game in right field for Alan in the following inning. Paul Rubin and Clint Fletcher concluded the rally in the bottom of the fourth with two-out run-scoring singles, Gray taking an 11-10 lead entering the buffet.
Purple came out hitting in the buffet, its first ten batters hitting safely – seven singles for five runs, then a two-run line double to center by Ray Pilgrim, then run-scoring singles by Rick Jensen and Joe Roche, Joe completing a 4-for-4 game, as had Peter Sundquist earlier in the frame. Purple had eight runs in, runners on first and second, none out, and led by seven runs – one more run would cause a flip-flop. Patrick Schmidt flied out to Clint Fletcher in left-center field, Rick advancing to third on the play. But Trent Peacock stranded him, first getting Billy Hill to hit a two-strike foul, then retiring Ralph Villela on a line drive to Clint in deep left-center.
So no flip-flop, but Gray had its work cut out for it, needing seven to tie and eight to win. Daniel Carvajal led off the home half of the buffet with a single to left field, his fourth hit in five trips to the plate. Ray Pilgrim retired the next two batters, getting Mike Velaney to fly out to Patrick Schmidt in left field and Jim McAnelly to ground into a 6-4 force, Ralph Villela to Rick Jensen. From that point, everything broke Gray’s way. Jack Spellman hit a weak grounder to the 5-6 hole, exit velocity of about ten MPH; Ralph got to the ball, but had no chance to get either Spellman at first or Clint Fletcher, running for Jim, at second. Larry Fiorentino, batting in Alan Phillips’ spot in the order, singled to left, loading the bases. Trent Peacock lashed a bases-clearing double to right field, cutting Purple’s lead to 18-14.
Matt Levitt lined a single to left, Trent scoring: 18-15. Hal Darman stepped up and crushed a ball to left-center, over Patrick Schmidt and Jack McDermott, to the fence, Matt scoring easily from first: 18-16. Hal had taken a runner from home, Larry Fiorentino, so this was a very long single.)
That brought up the top of the Gray lineup. Paul Rubin singled to left, Larry stopping at second. Clint Fletcher’s single to left field brought in Larry: 18-17, tying run on third, winning run on first. Daniel Carvajal came up for the second time in the inning and smashed a one-hopper to shortstop Ralph Villela; Clint was off on contact and going hard, and he beat second baseman Rick Jensen to the bag/line at second while Paul scored the tying run. Mike Velaney came up and crushed a ball to right field, over and beyond George Brindley, for a game-winning double, Gray walking off the victory.
Final score: Gray 19, Purple 18
Trent Peacock earned his fourth Ohtani Award of the season, pitching Gray to victory while going 4 for 4 with a double, four RBI, and two runs scored.
11:30 a.m.: Blue (6-6) at Green (5-6):
1 2 3 4 5 BUFFET FINAL Blue 5 0 4 2 5 X 16 Green 1 0 1 0 5 1 8 Pitchers: Blue – Joe Bernal; Green – Spike Davidson. Mercenary: Green – Matt Levitt. Umpires: home – Clint Fletcher; bases – Daniel Carvajal. Perfect at the plate: Blue – Tom Bellavia (3 for 3 with a walk) and David Brown, George Romo, and Larry Young (all 3 for 3); Green – Steve Sandall (3 for 3 with a walk) and Chunky Wright (3 for 3).
Weather update: a bit warmer, to about 77°, the other conditions unchanged.
Shades of Session 2, Blue dominated this game, aided by the return of Ken Mockler. They came out hot, scoring five times in the top of the first on five singles and highly uncharacteristic back-to-back bases-loading walks issued by Spike Davidson following Lawrence Page’s one-out single.
Green got only one run back in the home half. Doc Hobar and Steve Sandall led off with singles, putting runners on the corners for the heart of the Green batting order, but Joe Bernal got Larry Fiorentino to ground sharply to third baseman George Romo, who started a 5-4-3 double play, J.C. Schmeil on the pivot and first baseman Larry Young at the back end, making a very nice scoop of J.C.’s throw in the direct. Doc scored on the play. The inning ended with Mike Garrison grounding out to George also.
Neither team scored in the second. In the top half, Donnie Janac drew a lead-off walk and, after Larry Shupe lined out to shortstop Rex Horvath, took second on J.C. Schmeil’s single down the third-base side. Spike Davidson caught Lawrence Page looking at a called strike three for the second out. Tom Bellavia lined a single to left field; thinking Donnie would score on the hit, J.C. made an aggressive turn around second and was halfway to third before he realized Donnie had held up there. Rex took the throw from left fielder Mike Garrison and snapped it to second baseman Doc Hobar, who applied the tag as J.C. returned to the base.
Green had a chance to get back into the game in the bottom half, but a good defensive play took it away from them. Spike Davidson and Rex Horvath singled to start the inning, Spike’s pinch-runner Mike Garrison taking third on Rex’s hit. Ivan Budiselic made a bid for an opposite-field line-drive hit, but David Brown was able to knock the ball down and throw to J.C. Schmeil for the force at second on Rex; Mike broke late for home, and J.C. threw to catcher Larry Shupe to complete the 6-4-2 double play, ending the inning.
Blue increased its lead to 9-1 with four runs on six singles in the top of the third. With three in, two out, and runners on first (David Brown) and second (Tom Bellavia, running for Daniel Baladez), Blue turned what initially looked like a base-running mistake (theme of the day) into the fourth run. Larry Shupe grounded a ball to shortstop; the ball hopped badly on Rex and into left-center field. David took a wide turn and started toward third, thinking Tom would be heading home, but Tom had run through at third, thinking Rex might have a play there. That left David hung up. David got himself into a rundown between Rex and third baseman Ivan Budiselic, and was put out by Ivan (who effectively faked a throw to second), but not before Tom had raced home.
Green again got only a single run back in the bottom half. Leading off, Matt Levitt beat out a grounder to third base for a single. Doc Hobar lined out to second baseman J.C. Schmeil, who tried to double up Matt, but threw past first baseman Larry Young, Matt racing to second. Steve Sandall walked. Larry Fiorentino grounded a single up the middle, Matt scoring and Steve taking third. Mike Garrison flied out to Tom Bellavia in left-center, and both runners tagged up; Tom made the smart decision to throw to second, and his throw there beat Larry to the base, with the out recorded and the inning completed before Steve had reached the home line.
Blue won the fourth inning, scoring two runs in the top half and shutting out Green in the bottom. J.C. Schmeil tripled to start the frame and scored on Lawrence Page’s sacrifice fly to Larry Fiorentino in right-center. Tom Bellavia singled. Joe Bernal lined out to third baseman Ivan Budiselic. George Romo blooped a Texas League single to center field; running on contact, Tom took third, then scored when the throw in sailed past third base.
In the bottom half, Joe Bernal retired Spike Davidson and Rex Horvath on flies to Tom Bellavia in left-center and Lawrence Page in right-center, allowed singles to Ivan Budiselic and Chunky Wright, then got Boo Resnick to pop out to second baseman J.C. Schmeil.
Both teams scored five times in the fifth inning. Blue got their runs on five singles, Lawrence Page’s double to deep left-center field, and a sacrifice fly by J.C. Schmeil. That put them ahead 16-2. Green scored five runs in the home half on six singles, a walk to Larry Fiorentino, and Mike Garrison’s sacrifice fly to Tom Bellavia in left-center.
Blue still led by nine, so the teams flip-flopped for the buffet. Joe Bernal retired Boo Resnick on a grounder to shortstop David Brown and Matt Levitt on a line drive to Ken Mockler in left field, Ken moving to his right to make a good catch, to start the inning. Doc Hobar singled. Steve Sandall hit a grounder to third baseman George Romo, whose throw to second pulled J.C. Schmeil off the bag at second, Doc safe, Steve recording his third hit of the game (he also walked). Larry Fiorentino lined a double to right-center that brought in Doc. The game ended with Mike Garrison lofting a fly to Ken Mockler, who caught the ball in pretty deep left field for the final out.
Final score: Blue 16, Green 8
12:30 p.m.: Maroon (8-4) at Red (7-6):
1 2 3 4 BUFFET FINAL Maroon 5 1 0 0 3 9 Red 2 0 3 2 3 10 Pitchers: Maroon – Jeff Stone; Red – Trent Peacock. Mercenaries: Maroon – Jack Spellman; Red – Larry Fiorentino, Doc Hobar, Lawrence Page, and Peter Sundquist. Umpires: home – Chunky Wright; bases – Mike Garrison. Perfect at the plate: Maroon – Tony Garcia (3 for 3); Red – Peter Sundquist (3 for 3).
Weather update: warmer yet, to about 80°, still very pleasant.
Another terrific game that came down to the last at bat.
Maroon broke on top, scoring five times in the top of the first on six singles, Fritz Hensel’s walk, and Dale Fugate’s sacrifice fly to Peter Sundquist in left-center – after Steve Browne grounded back to the box to start the game, 2-6 hitters George Brindley, Tony Garcia, Ken Brown, Scott Wright, and Jeff Stone all hit singles to the right side (opposite field for all except Scott), each of the first four runners going first to third on the next hit. It was like a very fast, maroon-colored metronome.
Red got two runs back in the home half. Ralph Villela and Mark Dolan both singled to start the inning, and moved up to second and third on Donald Drummer’s fly to George Brindley in left-center. Jeff Stone struck out Trent Peacock looking for the second out, but line singles by Johnny Lee and Rich Bredahl brought in Ralph and Mark. Larry Fiorentino came up with runners on the corners, but Jeff got him to pop out to second baseman Scott Wright.
More base-running follies in the top of the second. Jack Spellman led off with a single to right-center. Steve Browne lined a single to right field, and Spellman took third; the throw to third got past Rich Bredahl, and I took a couple steps toward home before a chorus of voices from the visitors dugout told me not to – I looked back, and Rich had already retrieved the ball, so I hustled back to the bag, sliding in just ahead of Rich’s throw to (I think) shortstop Ralph Villela. Then I looked up and was very surprised to see Steve chugging into the base as well. I considered and rejected trying for home – it seemed much more likely that I’d run into a weird-ass double play than be safe, not least with sure-handed Doc Hobar at catcher, so I thought it best to cut Maroon’s losses, though that meant hanging Steve out to dry. It was a confusing scene, but I’m pretty certain both Steve and I were tagged; I was on the base, in my possession as the lead runner, so it was Steve who was out, on something like a 10-4-5-6 relay. The next batter, George Brindley, hit a sacrifice fly to Donald Drummer in right field to bring me in with the inning’s only run.
Red did not score in the bottom half, Jeff Stone working around a one-out single by Peter Sundquist that was followed by a walk to Doc Hobar.
Maroon went out quietly in the top of the third, all three outs recorded by Donald Drummer in right field, on flies by Scott Wright and Jeff Stone to start the inning, and, after Fritz Hensel singled through the 5-6 hole, a liner by David Pittard. That was five consecutive outs by Maroon on flies to Donald.
Red got back in the game with three runs on five singles in the bottom of the third, Lawrence Page’s two-out knock driving in the last two runs.
Trent Peacock worked another scoreless inning in the top of the fourth. Dale Fugate led off with a single, but Trent retired the next three batters: Jack Spellman on a two-strike foul, Steve Browne on a 5-4 force, Rich Bredahl to Mark Dolan; and George Brindley on a pop to first baseman Johnny Lee.
Red then took the lead for the first time with two runs in the bottom half. Ralph Villela led off with a single. Mark Dolan then absolutely crushed a ball to left-center, gapping outfielders Steve Browne and George Brindley. It was only because of Steve’s speed in chasing down the ball and getting it back to the infield that Mark was held to a triple, while Ralph scored easily. Mark scored on Donald Drummer’s single. Jeff Stone then retired the next three batters, Trent Peacock and Johnny Lee both hitting into 4-6 forces, good plays by second baseman Scott Wright, and Jeff getting Rich Bredahl to foul off a two-strike pitch.
Time ran out during the fourth and the game proceeded to the buffet, Red leading 7-6. Maroon had the heart of its order due, and it delivered: Tony Garcia, Ken Brown, and Scott Wright each singled (again all to the right side), loading the bases for Jeff Stone, who cleared them with a three-run double, a drive to right-center field that carried over Larry Fiorentino’s head. Steve Browne ran for Jeff at second. Fritz Hensel lined to shortstop Ralph Villela for the first out. David Pittard drew a walk. Dale Fugate made a bid for an opposite-field hit, knocking a humpback liner to the right of second base; shading him that way, second baseman Mark Dolan ranged over, made the catch – the ball rattled in his mitt a little, but he held on – and then saw that Steve had broken for third on contact. Mark flipped to Ralph at second to complete the inning-ending double play, L-4, 4-6.
Red came up needing two to tie, three to win. Larry Fiorentino led off and squared up on a pitch, but lined it directly to George Brindley in left-center for the first out. Lawrence Page and Peter Sundquist lined singles to center field, putting runners on first and second. Doc Hobar popped out to second baseman Scott Wright for the second out. (Nobody called infield fly, so Scott did so after making the catch.) Ralph Villela came up and skied a ball to short left field, directly behind the 5-6 hole. Shading Ralph up the middle, shortstop Jack Spellman raced back and to his right after the ball, discarding his mask along the way; I reached the ball, but it glanced off my mitt and fell in safe. (It’s a catch I should have made, suffice to say.) Lawrence scored, Peter wound up at third, and Ralph at second on the double. Mark Dolan was next, and he cemented himself as Game MVP with a line single to left-center that scored Peter with the tying run and Ralph with the game-winner.
Final score: Red 10, Maroon 9
Session 4 standings:
| Session 4 standings: | Games | Runs | Runs | Run dif- | W/L | |||
| Wins | Losses | Win %: | behind: | for: | allowed: | ferential: | streak: | |
| Gray | 8 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 185 | 173 | 12 | W1 |
| Maroon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 0.5 | 173 | 143 | 30 | L2 |
| Red | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1 | 177 | 178 | -1 | W1 |
| Blue | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.5 | 154 | 124 | 30 | W2 |
| Green | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | 142 | 145 | -3 | L1 |
| Purple | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.5 | 169 | 179 | -10 | L1 |
| Orange | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.5 | 109 | 167 | -58 | L1 |
| Home | Visitor | Walk-off | Extra-inning | Flip-flop | 1-run games | Last 5 | ||
| W-L: | W-L: | wins | W-L: | W-L: | W-L: | games: | ||
| Gray | 5-2 | 3-2 | 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | LWWLW | |
| Maroon | 4-4 | 4-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-1 | WLWLL | |
| Red | 4-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | WLWLW | |
| Blue | 5-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-3 | LWLWW | |
| Green | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | WWLWL | |
| Purple | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | LWLWL | |
| Orange | 2-3 | 2-6 | 1 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-0 | LLLWL |
2026 total victories (read across) and losses (read down):
| Blue | Gray | Green | Maroon | Orange | Purple | Red | TOTAL | |
| Blue | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 32 | |
| Gray | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |
| Green | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |
| Maroon | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 32 | |
| Orange | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |
| Purple | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| Red | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |
| TOTAL: | 19 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 177 |
2026 season home run leaders:
Terry O’Brien – 10
Ralph Villela – 10
Steve Browne – 6
Mike Garrison – 6
Trent Peacock – 5
George Brindley – 4
Tony Garcia – 4
Jack McDermott – 4
David Brown – 3
Tim Coles – 3
Alan Phillips – 3
Pat Scott – 3
Jack Spellman – 3
Scott Wright – 3
Richard Battle – 2
Larry Fiorentino – 2
Tommy Gillis – 2
Rick Kahn – 2
Bobby Miller – 2
Scott Rokita – 2
Paul Rubin – 2
Jimmy Sneed – 2
Peter Atkins – 1
Tom Bellavia – 1
Joe Bernal – 1
Ivan Budiselic – 1
Mark Dolan – 1
Jim Foelker – 1
Anthony Galindo – 1
Doc Hobar – 1
Mike Malay – 1
David Pittard – 1
George Romo – 1
Luis Sanchez – 1
Steve Sandall – 1
Patrick Schmidt – 1
Peter Sundquist – 1
Hit for the cycle:
Ralph Villela – May 26
Ohtani Awards (winning pitcher + perfect at the plate):
Joe Bernal: 8 (March 2, March 19, March 30, April 16, June 22, June 25, June 29, July 9)
Ray Pilgrim: 8 (March 5, March 23, March 26, June 1, July 2, July 9, August 17, August 27)
Spike Davidson: 7 (May 4, July 2, July 20, August 6, August 20, September 17, October 5)
Tommy Deleon: 6 (April 6, April 30, June 11, July 6, July 30, September 24)
Trent Peacock: 4 (March 9, August 3, October 8, October 22)
Jeff Stone: 4 (March 2, July 9, September 8, October 19)
Luis Sanchez: 3 (September 8, September 28, October 8)
Rex Horvath: 1 (March 30)
Jack Kelly: 1 (August 3)
Lawrence Page: 1 (March 26)
David Pittard: 1 (October 15)
Schedule for Monday October 26:
10:00 a.m.: Blue (7-6) at Maroon (8-5), Green umpiring
10:45 a.m.: Green (5-7) at Gray (8-4), Maroon umpiring
11:30 a.m.: Orange (4-9) at Purple (5-8), Gray umpiring
Red has the bye, with priority for its players out of the bucket.
Preview: Reminder that Monday is the annual B and C League banquet. We will play three 45-minute games beginning at 10:00 a.m., with one-pitch rules in effect, adding a bit of chaos to the Session 4 pennant drive, and also the full-season seeding battle. Blue and Maroon at 10:00 will play a game that could well determine who gets the bye on day one of the end-of-season tourney, as Maroon’s lead over Blue is down to just half a game:
Full-season standings: Wins Losses Win % GB Maroon 32 18 .640 0.0 Blue 32 19 .627 0.5 Green 26 25 .510 6.5 Red 24 27 .471 8.5 Gray 22 27 .449 9.5 Orange 22 28 .440 10.0 Purple 19 33 .365 14.0
Should be as spicy as the tortillas. Blue leads the season series 4-3 and has won its last two games, but Maroon will have home-field advantage. Gray can solidify its hold on first place for the session with a win over Green at 10:45. Green leads the season series 4-2 and will be looking to solidify its hold on the #3 seed. At 11:30, Orange and Purple, which trail the field both in Session 4 and for the full season, will face off. The game will determine who wins the season series, currently tied 4-4, and whether Orange can avoid the last seed, which would mean facing either Blue or Maroon on day one of the tourney. Will the sprinkler be fixed, allowing us to move back to Krieg 2 for the league luncheon? And will Town Lake YMCA fix the hot-water issue so Picayune correspondent Skinflint McCheapskate can take his shower there instead of at home? Hydrological infrastructure vexes me, but one thing is certain: Only time will tell.
Keggy’s Korner:
Lisa McDermott found this knee sleeve, now in the protective custody of my cat, in the women’s bathroom at Krieg 6 today. If it belongs to a B or C Leaguer, I don’t want to know what it was doing in the ladies washroom, just let me know if it’s yours and I’ll get it to you.
Late night tonight, I’m going to skip the podcast review. (It’s also my excuse for the relative paucity of AI pictures.)
Reminder that you can buy tickets for the Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area raffle, scheduled for November 5, at: https://forms.gle/