{"id":11849,"date":"2011-08-28T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T17:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=11849"},"modified":"2011-08-29T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T09:17:44","slug":"how-todays-nbl-games-affect-the-play-offs-and-individual-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=11849","title":{"rendered":"How today’s NBL games affect the play-offs and individual titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Statistics\"I was at Hemel Hempstead today, where the Falcons were beaten twice by the Nationals, and have spoken to people present at the double-headers between Essex and Croydon, which the teams split (although Croydon are due another win from an outstanding game that they will claim as a forfeit over the Arrows), and between Lakenheath and Bracknell, which the Diamondbacks swept. And this is how I think the play-offs and individual titles will shape up as a result (but this needs to be confirmed by a league official in the case of the former, and by me — once I have all the stats in — in the case of the latter).<\/p>\n

Play-offs<\/strong>
\nGoing by the ruling in the 2010 BBF League Handbook that states that teams finishing tied in the standings, using games back for the ranking, are split by their head-to-head record, unless one has forfeited more than the other, then I believe teams should finish Richmond #1, Lakenheath #2,\u00c2\u00a0Southampton #3, London #4, Nationals #5, and Croydon #6. If this is indeed correct then Croydon will travel to Southampton this coming Saturday to play for a place against Lakenheath in the first semi-final at the National Baseball Championships the following weekend. Likewise, the Nationals will play London at Finsbury in a showdown for the semi-final spot against Richmond.<\/p>\n

Individual titles<\/strong>
\nThe major titles that were still to be sealed were the batting crown and the home run championship. Edwin Alcantara went 2-for-5 on the day, with one home run, and his team-mates Maikel Azcuy and Jose Perez were both without a home run. So Alcantara will have secured the NBL triple crown, the first since 2005, unless something very strange happened in Croydon or Bracknell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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