S32 AL Playoff Capsules

#4 Chicago Thugs (89-73) vs. #5 Anaheim Skywalkers (91-71)
Season Series: Tied 5-5

Chicago		Anaheim
Owner: wyvern737		Owner: mysticrain
Recent Playoff Appearances		Recent Playoff Appearances
S31: no appearance		S31: #5 seed - lost in DPIS
S30: no appearance		S30: #5 seed - lost in DCS
AL Team Rankings		AL Team Rankings
Runs Scored: 912 (3rd)		Runs Scored: 814 (6th)
Team ERA: 5.19 (11th)		Team ERA: 3.97 (3rd)
Fielding %: .983 (11th)		Fielding %: .984 (10th)
Award Nominees/All-Stars		Award Nominees/All-Stars
RF - Roger Byrne: MVP Finalist, All-Star		P - Yoshinori Zhou: Cy Young Finalist, All-Star
C - Junior Shigetoshi: All-Star		P - Mike Franklin: All-Star
3B - Ricardo Sosa: ROY Finalist

Winner Faces #1 Nashville Merchants (119-43)
Season Series: Beat Chicago 7-3, Beat Anaheim 8-2

Nashville

Owner: blapo21

Recent Playoff Appearances

S31: #3 seed - lost in DCS

S30: #2 seed - lost in DCS

AL Team Rankings

Runs Scored: 1089 (1st)

Team ERA: 4.18 (5th)

Fielding %: .986 (7th)

Award Nominees/All-Stars

DH - Phil Yamamoto: MVP Finalist

P - Alex James: Cy Young Finalist, Fireman of Year, All-Star

2B - Abraham Logan: All-Star

SS - Wendell Werth: All-Star

CF - Sidney Zagone: All-Star P - Sticky Farquhar: All-Star (NL)

P - Dick Kohlmeier: ROY Finalist

#3 Milwaukee Magnitude (102-60) vs. #6 El Paso Arfydillos (86-76) Season Series: Tied 5-5 Milwaukee El Paso Owner: horvie78 Owner: buffalo_rob Recent Playoff Appearances Recent Playoff Appearances S31: #2 seed - lost in ALCS S31: no appearance S30: #4 seed - lost in DPIS S30: no appearance AL Team Rankings AL Team Rankings Runs Scored: 873 (4th) Runs Scored: 756 (12th) Team ERA: 3.79 (2nd) Team ERA: 4.03 (4th) Fielding %: .989 (3rd) Fielding %: .983 (12th) Award Nominees/All-Stars Award Nominees/All-Stars 3B - Buddy Berry: MVP Finalist, All-Star 1B - Vic Ward: MVP Finalist P - Julio Valdivia: Cy Young Finalist, All-Star P - Hades Phillips: All-Star P - Jed Carter: All-Star RF - Michael Chong: All-Star DH - Vince Tollberg: ROY Finalist Winner Faces #2 Salem Volcanoes (112-50) Season Series: Tied Milwaukee 5-5, Beat El Paso 6-4 Salem Owner: jkenned Recent Playoff Appearances S31: #1 seed - lost in World Series S30: #1 seed - World Series Champs AL Team Rankings Runs Scored: 1000 (2nd) Team ERA: 3.79 (1st) Fielding %: .989 (2nd) Award Nominees/All-Stars P - Lonny Gonzalez: Cy Young Finalist, All-Star P - Rymer Tavarez: All-Star P - Aurelio Osuna: All-Star C - Harry Gibson: All-Star 1B - Brian Woolf: All-Star 3B - Cristobal Izquierdo: All-Star LF - Michel Pena: All-Star