I can't believe how quickly I played through Season 11 of my historical Strat-O-Matic baseball league. We've said farewell to the perennial contenders (the Haymakers) and last year's winners (the Resolutes), so now it's time for the championship series between the Canaries and the Blue Legs. After their scorching start, the Canaries ended up finishing 15-9 with a league-best +17 run differential and 4.88 runs scored per game. Their runs allowed of 4.17 per game, however, ranked third in the four-team league, just a hair's breadth worse than their opponents, the Blue Legs, who allowed 4.13 per game. Those similar figures resulted from wildly different approaches. The Canaries had so-so pitching and were the most successful when their starters could keep the ball on the ground and allow the team's top-ranked defense to make plays; as for the Blue Legs, they relied on strikeouts to limit contact, as their defense was tied with the Resolutes for the league's worst. Both teams hit a lot of home runs (13 for the Legs and 12 for the Birds), so it should be an entertaining series with the potential for some real fireworks!
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