First Round Playoff Updates

Brantford vs Hamilton   - Brantford leads series 3-0

The Red Sox have pretty much put it into 2nd gear and have been scoring runs in bunches all series long. The T-birds needed to find a way to prevent the big innings if they want to get back into this series


Barrie vs. Mississauga - Barrie Leads 3-0

The Twins have been playing without three of their better players in the lineup thanks to the World University Championships  Barrie has been playing solid all series long.


Guelph vs. Toronto - Guelph leads 2-1

The Royals managed to get out of Christie Pitts with a victory Wednesday night . If they beat Marek Deska Saturday at home (they haven't beaten him all season) that will be a 3-1 series lead and hopefully enough to motivate them to wrap it up Sunday at the Pitts.

I got a few emails asking were Meleti Melehes so far this series. The answer is Germany for the European Championships.  He pitched in Greece's game last Sunday apparently and may be home in time for Saturday's game.



Kitchener vs. London - London leads 3-2 

When London has won in this series they have scored in bunches.  if they put up another bigh number this evening expect the Panthers to pack up their tents and go home.  Another great performance from Andy St. Gelais last night gave the Majors the series lead again.

Wild Finish at the Pitts

The Royals somehow finally managed to end one of the sloppyiest games i've seen in recent playoff history 12-11 in 10 innings literally minutes ago.

The Royals had leads of 5-0 , 8-4, 10-6 and 11-7 at points in the ball game but the Leafs managed to claw their way back to tie it 11-11 with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. They scored four times with two outs.

A string of wild pitches and 5 errors by the Royals almost cost them the game.   Brett Lawson threw 3 consecutive wild pitches in a row in the 8th inning.  

Rogers TV commentators made serveral inappropriate and derogatory comments including one about Royals Slugger Kevin Hinton "he looks like he's never missed a meal"   I get that they are volunteers but still that's low.

Playoff Notes

So just reading the various media clippings online about the IBL playoffs and a few things come to mind.

1) London and Kitchener almost came to another bench clearing incident Sunday in Kitchener when Craig Bate shoved Luke Baker at the plate.

2) The Royals surprize surprize have once again raised their ticket prices for the playoffs  to $8 from six for adults and $6 for Students and Seniors.   They also class Students as any child attending school. So a 5 year old has to pay to come watch the game?  BRUTAL

Bad enough you charge for your program books and lineup cards which don't even have accurate rosters in them. FIGURE IT OUT guys and gals.

Royals will lose tonight by the way. Ryan Hart is no match for the Leafs bats

 

If I Picked the Winners

Curious to see who the league managers pick as their MVP, and All Star Teams in the coming weeks


So I picked my own. As  always I welcome your comments.  Had a hard time picking a 2nd baseman  so i left it blank. After watching 56 games I still couldn't decide.




First Team


1B  - Danny Gibbons - TOR
2B -
SS - Lee Delfino - BRNT
3B - Tyler Patzelak - BRNT
C -  Damon Topolie - TOR
OF - Cleveland Brownlee - LON
OF - Josh McCurdy - BRNT
OF -Sean Reilly - GUE
DH - Frankie Hare - GUE (* Hare played DH while hurt for 6 games)
LHP - Mel Melehes - GUE
RHP - Andy St. Gelais - LON
MGR - Adam Clarke - BRNT


Rookie of The Year - Andy St. Gelais - LON

MVP - Sean Reilly - GUE