Monday, February 14, 2011

Promotion, Relegation, and an Old Adage Proves True

All right, for your perusal, the final 2010 Premiership Baseball League tables:

PREMIERSHIP STANDINGS (TRUE)

POSITION TEAM GAMES PLAYED WINS LOSSES RUN DIFF CHAMP RD LAST TIME
#1 Boston Red Sox 94 54 40 57 17 #2
#2 Tampa Bay Rays 86 48 38 45 108 #1
#3 St. Louis Cardinals 62 33 29 40 55 #4
#4 Philadelphia Phillies 84 49 35 40 92 #5
#5 Atlanta Braves 77 40 37 30 79 #3
#6 San Francisco Giants 75 40 35 16 98 #6
#7 Colorado Rockies 80 37 43 6 47 #7
#8 New York Yankees 82 40 42 4 162 #8
#9 Minnesota Twins 54 27 27 -2 112 #9
#10 Los Angeles Angels 77 36 41 -14 -7 #10
#11 Chicago Cubs 58 29 29 -23 -59 #11
#12 Texas Rangers 69 32 37 -35 135 #12
#13 Toronto Blue Jays 94 44 50 -40 67 #13
#14 Los Angeles Dodgers 82 35 47 -60 35 #14
#15 Florida Marlins 76 31 45 -64 66 #15


CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (TRUE)

POSITION TEAM GAMES PLAYED WINS LOSSES RUN DIFF PREM RD LAST TIME
#1 Cincinnati Reds 86 54 32 126 -21 #2
#2 San Diego Padres 65 41 24 103 -19 #1
#3 Oakland Athletics 68 43 25 88 -51 #3
#4 Chicago White Sox 86 49 37 50 -2 #7
#5 Detroit Tigers 90 49 41 37 -29 #9
#6 Milwaukee Brewers 77 41 36 22 -76 #4
#7 New York Mets 66 35 31 13 -9 #5
#8 Arizona Diamondbacks 61 28 33 -6 -117 #10
#9 Washington Nationals 76 35 41 -18 -69 #11
#10 Cleveland Indians 91 42 49 -22 -84 #12
#11 Kansas City Royals 87 41 46 -50 -119 #6
#12 Seattle Mariners 74 32 42 -50 -135 #8
#13 Baltimore Orioles 60 25 35 -51 -121 #14
#14 Houston Astros 78 37 41 -57 -61 #13
#15 Pittsburgh Pirates 86 23 63 -185 -94 #15

So now, the moment we've all been waiting for: the official promotion and relegation for the 2011 Premiership Baseball season! We'll keep this simple, and just like its soccer cousins -- bottom three in PRD get relegated, top three in CRD get promoted. That means that Toronto, Dodgers, and Florida are out, and Cincinnati, San Diego, and Oakland are in!

To the winners, welcome to the big show! To the unlucky demotees, best of luck on a swift return.

Now, there's one more thing I've noticed that I'd like to address. Watch what happens when we line up this year's top ten teams in CRD (run differential against Championship clubs):

YANKEES: 162
TEXAS: 135
CINCINNATI: 126
MINNESOTA: 112
TAMPA: 108
SAN DIEGO: 103
SAN FRANCISCO: 98
PHILADELPHIA: 92
OAKLAND: 88
ATLANTA: 79

Notice anything interesting? What you have there are the eight 2010 MLB playoff teams, San Diego (who lost their spot on the last day of the season), and Oakland. Compare Boston, who won the Premiership but had only a +17 CRD and missed the playoffs. Here might just be proof positive that good teams don't beat themselves.

That's all for 2010. Pitchers and catchers have reported, so it's good luck to all squads in 2011!

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