DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RESULTS (BEST OF SEVEN)
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New York def. Philadelphia 4-2
Los Angeles def. Colorado City 4-1

Well, it's a rematch of last year's Daylight Series with the defending champion Gothams taking on the Seraphs from the left coast.

We went 2-1 against them in the regular season for whatever that's worth. Their lineup is pretty potent featuring Mat Johansen, the 21-year old phenom and umm..his 48-year old (yes, I unretired...

OPENING ROUND SERIES RESULTS (BEST OF SEVEN)
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New York def. Eau Claire 4-2
Philadelphia def. Houston 4-2
Colorado City def. Washington 4-3
Los Angeles def. Boston 4-0

(Note: LA went 3-0 against Boston during the regular season, so it seems we just had their number all year. I'm okay with this. After finishing 20 games ahead of Colorado City during the regular season, I hope this one pays off.)

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES...

Well, as expected the regular season was something of a formality. We did, however, end our streak of 117 games in three straight years. This year, we won 120.



1870 Final Standings

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Bottom line, this is the last shot ownership will give me to right the ship here. I considered resigning during the offseason, not sure if I could really get this team where it needed to be, knowing we couldn't really spend a lot of money to get ourselves where should be.

Playoffs? That doesn't worry me that much. It's more about whether we have the horses in the post-season to really get it done.

Because this is a fast-sim dynasty, I make NO moves after the off-season....

MOVE, REALIGNMENT
Sioux Falls will move to Buffalo, New York for the 1870 season after 39 years in South Dakota. They'll retain the Blue Wings name.

Buffalo will transfer to the Eastern Division, Washington to the Central from the East and Shreveport to the West from the Central.

PLAYOFF/TITLE DROUGHTS (as of 1869)
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BANTAM (1865) (1833)
BOULDER (1868) (1828)
BROOKLYN (1847) (1846)
BUFFALO (1867) (1845)
CAROLINA (1866)...