CFBL 2015, Year #26

Crushers Hold on for Second Title in Three Years

No new rules; no new teams.  

     DRAFT (1st round pick)

     Clubbers:   Trout

     Casuals:   Kershaw

     CRUSHERS:   Stanton

     dRays:   Goldschmidt

     Saints:   McCutchen

     Oakies:   Miguel Cabrera

     Rats:   Scherzer

     Dogs:  J Abreu

Regular season:  After starting 3-11, the Crushers went on a 63-32 run to out-distance the Clubbers, who finished five games behind, but also five games ahead of the Oakies.  

Standings:

      Crushers:  69-43

      Clubbers:   64-48

      Oakies:   59-53

      Casuals:  56-56

      Rats:   55-57

      dRays:  53-59

      Dogs:   53-59

      Saints:   39-73

2015 playoffs:  The Oakies & Casuals moved into the Final Five after the first week; the 5th seeded Rats took an extra week to oust their years-long rival Dogs.  

The Crushers started the Finals with a 4-0 record; the Casuals' 1-3 started came back to haunt them.  As good as the Casuals were the last two weeks — 221.25 & 222.25 points — it wasn't enough to overcome their start (thanks to their RP Jansen blowing a save and an SPW for their SP Kershaw).  Instead, the team that dominated most of the regular season, the Crushers, held on thanks to a Sunday night gem by SP Gerritt Cole.

Final playoff standings:

     10-2  Crushers

       9-3  Casuals

       5-7  Rats

       3-9  Oakies & Clubbers

AT&T Park, San Francisco