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It could not have come at a better time. Last week Uni-Watch had a guest entry entitled "What Can Brown Do For You?", wherein the comments praised heartily the combinations of both brown and yellow and brown and light blue. Now, this week WSEM has our "Battle of the Browns"! Oh, and in case we have forgotten, this is a rivalry series on top of that!
It is true that this is not a "blood rivalry". These two rosters have never played serious games against each other, and this is simply - as coined by commissioner Coffee - "that leftover rivalry". These teams are, however, shaping up to be a great rivalry based on their stats. Let us start where it all starts in Wiffleball: the pitching. Belgian (5-3) has a slight edge in ERA with a 1.00 to the Squirrels 1.14. In turn the Squirrels (10-2, #28) have a slight advantage in WHIP: 1.14 to 1.20. The Squirrels also bring a sizable advantage in K/BB ratio, however Belgian mitigates that with 2.47 KPI to the Squirrels 1.80. What we have here is a great base for a good on-field rivalry: a pitching rotation that is too close to call, a push.
As for comparisons in on-field play, both Belgian and the Squirrels have played the Commandos and Ducks. Both teams have swept their season series with the Commandos and split with the Ducks: losing to Pearson and beating Lewis. A further similarity, both teams won their game against the Ducks by scoring four runs, and outscored the Commandos in their home series by fifteen runs. These teams are evenly matched. Face it, these teams are twins. Need more proof? They are both brown. Identical!
Elsewhere in WSEM: The Mattseals (4-10) coming off their hot, four-win Sunday travel to The Swamp to challenge the Thunder Ducks (5-3, #46). It is a second inter-division series, which the Ducks urgently need to win for Garcia (along with the Squirrels over Belgian). The records and credit given to these two teams may seem drastically different, but both bring good pitching and hitting to the table. Two 1-0 losses to Whiteford prove that the Mattseals can contend with dominant pitching, while the Ducks have split each of their series against teams with wins-not-by-forfeit this season.
| Team Pitching | |||
| ERA | WHIP | K/BB | |
| Belgian | 1.00 | 1.20 | 2.24 |
| Squirrels | 1.14 | 1.14 | 3.22 |
As for comparisons in on-field play, both Belgian and the Squirrels have played the Commandos and Ducks. Both teams have swept their season series with the Commandos and split with the Ducks: losing to Pearson and beating Lewis. A further similarity, both teams won their game against the Ducks by scoring four runs, and outscored the Commandos in their home series by fifteen runs. These teams are evenly matched. Face it, these teams are twins. Need more proof? They are both brown. Identical!Elsewhere in WSEM: The Mattseals (4-10) coming off their hot, four-win Sunday travel to The Swamp to challenge the Thunder Ducks (5-3, #46). It is a second inter-division series, which the Ducks urgently need to win for Garcia (along with the Squirrels over Belgian). The records and credit given to these two teams may seem drastically different, but both bring good pitching and hitting to the table. Two 1-0 losses to Whiteford prove that the Mattseals can contend with dominant pitching, while the Ducks have split each of their series against teams with wins-not-by-forfeit this season.
Unavailable Pitchers:
1 Game: Paquin (JM), Bortmas (MP)*, Linebrink (CC)*, Malloy (DK)*, Castle (BW)
2 Games: Crozier (WA)*
* Team not active this week. Will carry over to next games.
