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Old 07-10-2008, 03:15 PM   #15 (permalink)
Craig Costello
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1982 Final Standings

September 26th 1982 - Another regular season is in the books.

Code:
WL North Sea                EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                    W   L  GB
Brussels   89  73   -       Berlin      89  73   -
Amsterdam  87  75   2       Hamburg     82  80   7
Dublin     82  80   7       Stockholm   82  80   7
Glasgow    82  80   7       Copenhagen  80  82   9
Paris      81  81   8       Helsinki    79  83  10
London     78  84  11       Oslo        78  84  11

WL Meditteranean            EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                    W   L  GB
Milan     104  58   -       Budapest    89  73   -
Madrid     84  78  20       Athens      88  74   1
Vienna     78  84  26       Prague      83  79   6
Lisbon     72  90  32       Moscow      78  84  11
Zurich     71  91  33       Warsaw      75  87  14
Barcelona  64  98  40       Sofia       69  93  20
Notes -

Milan were dominant - leading the EBL in runs scored and finishing second in runs allowed.
Budapest had a 16-4 run in July to move into the lead of the Black Sea division. Also in July, Stockholm had a 3-15 run and Warsaw lost 12 in a row.
On August 4th there were a total of 22 runs scored in the 6 EL games.
Amsterdam caught Brussels at the end of August but couldn't overtake them. In early September the top 5 teams in the Baltic division were separated by just 2 games, but Berlin won 13 of 17 to take control of the division.
Budapest beat Stockholm on the final day of the season to clinch their division and to also allow Prague into the playoffs despite a 2-0 loss to Hamburg.

Player Notes -

There were 12 different monthly award winners over the second half of the season. The hitters were - Constantino Deodato (Glasgow), Lukas Stoger (Zurich), Max Sabin (Milan), Nicodemo 'Pop' Annoni (Athens), Dolf Pellenaars (Hamburg) and Vilfred Krak (Berlin). The pitchers were - Jonas Poderbrady (Barcelona), Nike Rousakis (Milan), Stuart Seaward (Dublin), Bart Taft (Oslo), Robert Wood (Stockholm) and Adrian Sandrakos (Budapest).
Zurich starter Zihni Gurcan had the worst start in league history against Amsterdam on 8th July. He faced 9 batters, not retiring any of them, allowing 3 hits and 6 walks, with all 9 going on to score as Amsterdam score 10 runs in the 1st inning of a 17-6 win.
Brussels allowed two 3 HR games in the space of a week. Niall McKee (Dublin) on 29th July and Jani Peltola (Glasgow) were the successful hitters.
Prague RF Kyle MacKillop hit a 2 out walk off Grand Slam in the 15th inning against Moscow on 11th August.

Significant Injuries-

Max Beuchlan (Budapest) missed 6 weeks with a rib injury. He was hitting .343 with a .921 OPS at the time.
Milan pitcher Nenad Jevtic will miss a year with a torn rotator cuff. The WL's pitcher of the month for April and May suffered the injury on 23rd August, when his record stood at 17-4 with a 2.83 ERA.

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