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2008 JHML Playoffs



    Best of 5       Best of 7       Best of 7

                 T1 Houston        4
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T2 New York(NL)   1 Dec 8        |  Houston           4
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   Dec 1        |  Washington    | 1              |
                |----------------                 |
T3 Washington   | 3                               |
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                                                  |    HOUSTON
                                        Jan 16    |---------------
C2 San Francisco  1                               | JHML CHAMPION
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   Dec 13       |  San Diego       2              |
                |----------------                 |
C3 San Diego    | 3 Jan 9        |  Pittsburgh    |  3
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                 C1 Pittsburgh   | 4
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2008 JHML World Series
Houston vs Pittsburgh, 4-3
Game 1:     5 - 1, HOUSTON   
Game 2:     7 - 6, HOUSTON   
Game 3:     4 - 3, PITTSBURGH
Game 4:     6 - 5, PITTSBURGH
Game 5:     6 - 0, PITTSBURGH
Game 6:     8 - 1, HOUSTON   
Game 7:     9 - 3, HOUSTON   
Semifinal #1
Houston vs Washington,
4-3
Game 1:    2 - 1, Houston   
Game 2:    5 - 0, Houston   
Game 3:    6 - 2, Houston   
Game 4:    6 - 3, Washington
Game 5:    3 - 2, Houston   
                            
Semifinal #2
Pittsburgh vs San Diego,
4-2
Game 1:    13 - 8, Pittsburgh
Game 2:     9 - 2, San Diego 
Game 3:     5 - 2, Pittsburgh
Game 4:     8 - 0, San Diego 
Game 5:     8 - 3, Pittsburgh
Game 6:     8 - 7, Pittsburgh
Wildcard #1
New York(NL) vs Washington,
3-1
Game 1:     4 - 0,     Washington  
Game 2:     4 - 3,     Washington  
Game 3:     6 - 3,     New York(NL)
Game 4:     3 - 2(11), Washington  
Wildcard #2
San Francisco vs San Diego,
3-1
Game 1:   10 - 2, San Francisco
Game 2:   10 - 4, San Diego    
Game 3:   11 - 4, San Diego    
Game 4:    1 - 0, San Diego    

Final 2008 JHML Standings


  TGML DIVISION           WON  LOST   PCT   GB     ARS   ARO    HOME    AWAY 
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y-Houston Quirks           73 - 29   0.716  ---   6.66  4.50   37-14   36-15
x-New York Monkies         67 - 35   0.657  6.0   5.89  4.16   37-14   30-21
x-Washington Green Badgers 65 - 37   0.637  8.0   5.51  4.27   31-20   34-17
  Boston Revolution        51 - 51   0.500 22.0   4.30  5.09   26-25   25-26
  Oakland A-Sox            48 - 54   0.471 25.0   4.94  4.67   28-23   20-31
  Tampa Bay Phenom         46 - 56   0.451 27.0   4.45  4.81   21-30   25-26
  Kansas City Royals       42 - 60   0.412 31.0   4.69  5.56   20-31   22-29
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                          392 - 322  0.549        5.21  4.72  200-157 192-165


  CBML DIVISION           WON  LOST   PCT   GB     ARS   ARO    HOME    AWAY 
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y-Pittsburgh Pirates       63 - 39   0.618  ---   6.98  5.26   31-20   32-19
x-San Francisco Giants     58 - 44   0.569  5.0   5.07  3.92   30-21   28-23
x-San Diego Zoo            54 - 48   0.529  9.0   4.56  4.89   23-28   31-20
  New York Yawners         44 - 58   0.431 19.0   4.75  6.11   22-29   22-29
  Atlanta Braves           38 - 64   0.373 25.0   3.86  5.56   15-36   23-28
  Florida Marlins          35 - 67   0.343 28.0   3.65  4.79   14-37   21-30
  Baltimore Orioles        30 - 72   0.294 33.0   4.31  6.03   12-39   18-33
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                          322 - 392  0.451        4.74  5.22  147-210 175-182


   AVERAGE RUNS SCORED AND RUNS ALLOWED/GAME:    4.97



ARS   - Average Runs Scored/game
ARO   - Average Runs Opponents scored/game


y - Clinched Division Title and First Round Bye
x - Clinched Playoff Berth

Latest JHML News


Houston Wins World Series Over Pittsburgh in 7 Games

The Houston Quirks came out on top over the Pittsburgh Pirates by winning games 6 and 7 at home. In every game, the home team won as the Quirks defended their 2007 title with a 4 games to 3 series win. The Quirks have now won the last three JHML World Series.


Pittsburgh Defeats San Diego -- Will face Houston in the World Series

The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Zoo faced off again to determine the CBML Championship. The Pirates and Zoo traded victories in the first four games. Pittsburgh won games 1 and 3. San Diego won games 2 and 4. The Pirates won again in game 5. In game 6, the Zoo took a big early lead, but the Pirates inched back, and finally won the game (and the series) 8-7 in 6 games.


Houston Defeats Washington -- Heads to World Series

The Houston Quirks played the Washington Green Badgers in the TGML Divisional Finals. The Quirks won the first three games to take a commanding lead in the series. The Badgers came back to win game 4, but the Quirks won game 5 to win the series, 4 games to 1.


San Diego Wins Over San Francisco

The San Francisco Giants played the San Diego Zoo in the Wild Card series in the CBML Division. In what was expected to be a "pitcher's series", the offense came alive. The Giants won the first game, 10-2. The Zoo came back to win games 2 and 3 by scores of 10-4 and 11-4. Game 4 was scoreless until the bottom of the 6th. The first two San Diego batters were retired. The next batter, Michael Young, struck out, but on a rare play, the catcher let the ball get by him for a passed ball as Young reached first. Young then stole secondbase, and scored on a Jeff Keppinger single. That was the only run of the game to give the Zoo the series, 3 games to 1. The Zoo will play the Pittsburgh Pirates for the CBML Division Championship.


Washington Wins Over New York Monkies

The Washington Green Badgers played the New York Monkies in the Wild Card series in the TGML Division. The Badgers won games 1 and 2 on the road to take a commanding lead. The Monkies won game 3, 6-3, and took the Badgers to extra innings in game 4. But the Badgers came through with a walk-off Chipper Jones single to take the series, 3 games to 1.


Playoff Teams Determined in CBML Division

The Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Zoo and San Francisco Giants have clinched playoff berths in the CBML Division. The Pirates have clinched the division, and will receive a bye in the first round of the playoffs. San Francisco is the #2 seed, and will have home field advantage over #3 seed San Diego.


Playoff Picture is Revealed in TGML Division

The Houston Quirks have clinched the TGML Division Title, and will receive a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The New York Monkies and Washington Green Badgers have clinched playoff berths in the TGML Division. The Monkies will have home field advantage for the first round of the playoffs.


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