Final Regular Season Standings and Post-Season madness: World Series Update

Larry Division
1. x-Giants (47-33), .588, 0.0 GB
2. y-Cardinals (45-35), .563, 2.0 GB
3. Cubs (37-43), .463, 10.0 GB

Curly Division
1. x-Athletics (47-33), .588, 0.0 GB
2. Mets (41-39), .513, 6.0 GB
3. Pirates (30-50), .375, 17.0 GB

Moe Division
1. x-Rockies (40-40), .500, 0.0 GB
2. Reds (38-42), .475, 2.0 GB
3. Yankees (35-45), .438, 5.0 GB

x - clinched divisional championship
y - clinched wild card


The Divisional Playoffs are in the books. The Rockies rocked the Giants' world with a 4-0 sweep to advance to the World Series, where they will face the Athletics, who dispatched the Cardinals four games to one. Rockies versus Athletics in the 2013 World Series!

The Rockies and Athletics split the first four games, with the Rockies winning Games 1 and 3 and the A's prevailing in Games 2 and 4. The Athletics are quite lucky to be tied at this point, as it took a fluky six-run uprising in the eighth inning of Game 2 to avoid what was looking like a 2-games-to-0 Rockies advantage at that point. And in Game 4 they blew a 4-0 lead before squeaking out a win in twelve innings. Meanwhile the Rockies cruised in games 1 and 3. The much-maligned Maddigan Rule again had an impact, as the Athletics ran out of pitchers in Game 4 and were forced to leave Fernando Rodney in the game for six innings, as extra inning after extra inning unfolded. Will Rodney's arm survive the ordeal? Will the Strat Gods punish the Athletics for overusing their best reliever? Stay tuned!

Divisional Playoffs

Giants (number 1 seed) vs. Rockies (number 4 seed)
Rockies win series 4 games to 0

Athletics (number 2 seed) vs. Cardinals (number 3 seed)
Athletics win series 4 games to 1

World Series

Athletics (number 2 seed) vs. Rockies (number 4 seed)
Series tied 2 games to 2.

Game 1: Rockies 5, Athletics 1 (Lohse scatters 6 hits in 7 2/3 innings)
WP-Lohse
LP-Medlen

Game 2: Athletics 6, Rockies 2 (Athletics trail 2-0 before scoring 6 in the eighth inning)
WP-Valdes
LP-League

Game 3: Rockies 2, Athletics 1 (First inning Cano two-run shot holds up as Athletics strand 11 base runners)
WP-Griffin
LP-Lilly

Game 4: Athletics 6, Rockies 4 (12 innings) (Rockies come back from 4-0 deficit to tie but lose in extra innings)
WP-Rodney
LP-Tazawa

2014 Draft Order

1. Pirates

2. Yankees
3. Cubs
4. Reds
5. Mets
6. Cardinals
7. Giants
8-9. TBA

Next action: World Series will conclude Monday, December 9, at the Chateau. Come and get in on that great booth action and watch the Rockies and A's sweat it out!