For the first time ever, we had a Statis-Pro game end due to a ruling. The Cardinals were clinging to a 3-2 lead needing a win for the 8th and final spot in our next round, but The A's had the tying run on 3rd and winning run on 1st with Jo Adell at the plate. If the Angels won then it would be Tampa rather than St. Louis as the 8th team.
And then a Z-play led to the umpire ruling that Adell's bat was illegal and calling him out - leaving the Cardinals in the next round with a 3-2 win.
My best friend and I have been playing Statis-Pro Baseball seasons on and off since the 1970s - and I am still using a 1978 Board and Fast Action Cards in my games though I've posted the dice version for some time.
We rotate leagues with me playing in Milwaukee and him in Montana, and this season my friend has the NL - meaning he takes the top 10 teams and has played a lot of games this year with the Dodgers dominating our "what if" (no injuries) this season.
My Milwaukee league is a bit more experimental. I play each game as a 3-game series, with a winning team that leads by 5+ runs after 8 innings getting credit for a 3-game sweep, and all other games counting as 2 games to 1.
This season I also relegated 5 AL teams, BUT I claimed two of the relegated NL Teams, the Mets and Cardinals. I put the 12 teams in four 3-team pods. Each team played four 2-game series - most against each other but we also let the relegated teams all play one or two series.
At the end of four series, the bottom four teams were dropped and the top 8 teams were set to advance and breakup into an East and West Division to play the 5th and 6th series after which two more teams will be dropped leaving a 6-team playoff.
The Orioles start and 1st in the East and the Astros in the West, but the final 8th spot went down to the last game. The Cardinals needed a 5 game to 1 win over the relegated LA Angeles. They won the first game 6-0 to claim it 3 games to one and then had to just win the final game as described earlier.
Here are the Statis-Pro line-ups and the four starters who will start their 5th and 6th series, as well as the closer.
Here is a grid of the teams records and their wins (across) and losses (down) against each of the remaining teams and then against every other team. The two remaining series for each team are marked with "play" typed to show the match-up.
| East | Balt | NYY | Cleve | NYM | Min | Sea | Hou | StL | Other | Win | Loss | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balt | x | 5 | 3 | 3 | play | play | x | x | 7 | 18 | 8 | 0 | |
| NYY | 1 | x | play | play | x | 4 | 2 | x | 7 | 14 | 13 | 4.5 | |
| Cleve | 3 | play | x | play | 3 | 0 | x | x | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5.5 | |
| NYM | 3 | play | play | x | x | x | x | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1.5 | |
| West | |||||||||||||
| Min | play | x | 3 | x | x | 2 | 5 | play | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1.5 | |
| Sea | play | 2 | 6 | x | 4 | x | play | x | 3 | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Hou | x | 4 | x | x | 1 | play | x | play | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | |
| StL | x | x | x | 2 | play | x | play | x | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |
| Other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Total Loss | 8 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
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