WATBL '08 - Final Standings

A crazy and unprecedented photo finish this year. Final standings:

1. Vitamin D: Annual winner of the WATBL Add-Drop Award (remember, the first step is admitting you have a problem), an underdog roaring from 23.5 games back to squeak by the Honey Nut Ichiros, demolish the Wisconsin Blizzards, and then (apparently) defeat Coliseo de Gallos when (what appears to have been) a zeroth-hour Yahoo recalculation (evidently) dropped his WHIP the last necessary hundredth of a point to eke out a 6-5 victory, well after Coliseo had (seemingly) locked up a 6-6 win via ERA tiebreaker. Instant replays have been inconclusive, as have investigations into the fundamental mathematical principles that underlie our very universe. Perhaps the CERN Large Hadron Collider will provide some answers once they have the helium leak repaired, currently scheduled for spring 2009. The Higgs boson may be implicated. We will keep everyone apprised.
   
2. Coliseo de Gallos: A truly astonishing defeat, for her second consecutive second-place finish. Winner of the She Took First Place in the Other League We Play In by Crushing Your Humble Commissioner in the Final Playoff Round, So Nobody Feel Too Bad Award.
3. Wisconsin Blizzards: Your humble commissioner and last year's victor, finishing the regular season in first place with a commanding 8.5-game lead, eliminated by HIS OWN FATHER in the second playoff round. Whether said father will be receiving a Christmas gift this year remains to be seen.
   
4. Green Man: An excellent overall showing from the fantasy-baseball rookie, finishing the regular season in firm possession of second place. Stocking up on members of the unstoppable 2008 Cubs proved a much better strategy than Vitamin D's and the Obamariners' reliance on 2007 Mariners last year. (Go Cubs!! This is the year!!!) Winner of the For God's Sake, Why Did Nobody Make Me an Offer for CC Sabathia, Leaving Me to Trade Him Away for ERIK FREAKING BEDARD, Who Did Not Pitch a SINGLE Inning for Me, While CC as a Brewer Appeared to Be the Second Coming of Walter Johnson Award.
   
5. Honey Nut Ichiros: Unfortunately found herself in the path of future league winner Vitamin D in the first playoff round. Co-winner of the Best Team Picture Award.
   
6. Obamariners: The other co-winner of the Best Team Picture Award. His hopes now rest on the real Obama finishing above .500 in November.
   
7. Upper Deck: Victor in the consolation playoffs, and winner of the Best Auto-Picked Team Award.
   
8. Glitterbugz: Production of the Wisconsin BlizzardBug continues on schedule. Winner of the This Baby Will NOT Be Born in a World in Which the Cubs Have Not Won a World Series in 100 Years, Go Cubs Go, They've Got the Power, They've Got the Speed, To Be the Best in the National League, And So Forth Award.
   
9. Full Season Fizzlers: A honeymoon trip coinciding with WATBL Draft Day left him hobbled from the start--a mistake he surely will not make next year. Winner of the Most Romantic Ninth-Place Finish Award.
   
10. B.C. Goonies: Someone has to finish last--but he can take pride in his shiny Best Team from Canada Award.
    

Thanks, and see everyone next year! (And, if I haven't made it clear: Go Cubs!!)

Jim, aka Wisconsin Blizzards
WATBL Commissioner