Well the weekend has come to an end.and so have the playoff dreams for the unofficially defunct Ottawa Fat Cats following Hamilton's victory in game one of their doubleheader against Brantford. Owners in the IBL must be breathing a collective sigh of relief as a playoff schedule against a team 4-6 hours away from the majority of the centers is not good for building excitement or for scheduling.
London and Mississauga might trade places in the final standings while Guelph with back to back losses on Friday (London 7-3) and Brantford (8-5) can't finish any higher than 7th.
Toronto can't finish any lower than 2nd place and Brantford still could finish first if they won both their remaining games.
The Leafs are in Brantford tonight and then the Baycats are in Wednesday night against the Sox as well.
Kitchener locked up 4th place on the weekend and halted their four game tailspin.
Hamilton punched their 8th place finish yesterday and play in Guelph this evening in what is a completely meaningless game so don't expect to see either teams going all at it this evening.
I got to give the Tbirds their props, they played their most consistent baseball during the 2nd half of the season and were rewarded for their play.
Playoff Tree
1st vs. 8th -Hamilton
2nd vs. 7th Guelph
3rd vs. 6th
4th - Kitchener vs. 5th
Time to Rip on the IBL for a bit
Ok for starters whom ever is doing the reporting on the IBL site a few points of reference
1) It's Kyle Langille not Kevin as you reported not once but twice in the past week
Kyle played in Guelph last season. Get your house in order or hire some one compiedent to handle the reporting
2) Absolutely no mention of the Milestones Sean Reilly of the Guelph Royals reached Saturday afternoon. For those of you fans that don't know Reilly hit home run # 76 which tied him for fifth all time in the IBL record books. That homer also put him into third all time in Runs batted In ahead of former Majors great Arden Eddie at 384 .
The League is terrible at drawing attention to these things and pretty much leaves it up to the teams to do anything about it which is TOTAL BUSH LEAGUE. What message does this send to the players in the league? Sorry Sean we don't really care that you are moving up the ranks
Also on this note Kevin Hinton is one Run Batted In behind Randy Curran for the all time league lead and AGAIN NOT A MENTION ANY WHERE ON THE SITE!!!!!!
3) The Website going down twice in the past month ?? The site was hosted in TEXAS? hello last time we were in CANADA what's wrong with a Canadian Hosting Company
Seriously Joe , I know you know jack shit about baseball and this made the league look TERRIBLE. Resign as commish already and fire the promotions and media person while at it. YOU ALL MAKE THE LEAGUE LOOK LIKE A JOKE
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I agree with you on the lack of acknowledgment for milestones. Being the scorer for the Royals Hinton or myself pretty much have to keep track of them ourselves. The media advisory i was handed was literally 3 lines long and makes zero mention of whom they were passing.
ReplyDeleteThe league needs to review this
You nailed it on the head with the lack of information the IBL provides. People shouldn't have to dig around looking for info, or scores. Its pathetic that the IBL didn't even send out a press release on Reilly.
ReplyDeleteAnd to top it off the league has removed the comments off its facebook page about the article you wrote on the Fat Cats. Guess its true
ReplyDeleteAs far as the playoffs go, being a Majors fan I hope Guelph can beat Mississauga on Tuesday night, which would put London in the 5th seed, piting them against Kitchener in the first round...much better than facing Toronto/Barrie/Brantford.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes....the IBL site is pretty awful. They need far more information, and simply making it look like it was made in the 21st century would be a good start.
Have a look at a few of the websites of other leagues..the IBL has a long way to go in that department...
Frontier League - http://www.frontierleague.com/index.php
Can-Am League - http://www.canamleague.com/
Northern League - http://www.northernleague.com/
Get with it, IBL!