8/08/08 Moving on to the Second Round. What started with six is now down to four, as these remaining teams battle for their chance at the Mullany Cup! Starting Monday August 11th, the Industrials and Wildies will meet up in the ALCS while the Belly Itchers and The Gentlemen meet up in the NLCS.

American League Championship Series Preview 13-8 VS. 18-5 Flyin' Wildebeest vs. Industrials The Wildies defeated the 2nd seed Dutchman and now move on to play the 1st seed Industrials in the Championship Series. A very colorful past exsist between many players of each team, reaching all the way back to the league's conseption in 06'. Best of 5 format will determine who moves on to the Township Series. Flyin' Wildebeest 1-6 versus the Industrials this season.   The Industrials have taken 6 of 7 games against the Wildebeest this season. Wildebeest scored 2.2 runs per game against the Indies. (16 Runs total)     The Indies Scored 5 runs per game against the Wildebeest. (35 Runs total) Andy Ross's career against the Industrials is 2-5 with a 2.12 Era   Brian Meyers is 5-0 with a 0.54 Era when matched up against Andy Ross.

Key Players this series. Don Kern is going to become one of the deciding factors of this upcoming series. Don has powered his way through the AL all season and will need to continue to power up through out this 5 game series. Big hits and timely runs will become a HUGE boost. The Wildebeest will need Andy Ross to figure out a way to finally shut down the Industrials. All though he has never pitch bad against them, he still always seems to find himself on the wrong side of the score. Three shutout games are going to be what the doctor ordered.

National League Championship Series Preview 17-5 VS. 18-5 Belly Itchers vs. The Gentlemen The defending champion Belly Itchers will take on long time Rival the Gentlemen. These two teams met up in last years Township Series and have an intense rivally to boot. Since the Belly Itchers moved from from the AL, this is where the rematch begins! Best of 5 format will determine who moves on to the Township Series.

Belly Itchers are 11-6 all time against the Gentlemen The Gentlemen are 3-2 this season vs. The Belly Itchers. Itchers scored 1.6 runs per game against the Gents. (8 Runs total)     The Gentlemen scored 2.4 runs per game against the Itchers. (12 Runs total) Aj Tate is 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA vs. The Gentlemen this season.   Mike Raber is 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA vs. The Belly Itchers this season.

Key Players this series. Mike Raber's pitching performance may become the biggest key to this series. Aj Tate has proved to be damn near un-hitable all season and if they can get a run, they will certainly need someone to step up and make it stick. For the Belly Itchers, they will need Brian Richardson to step up from the Plate and from the Mound. Brian gave up 7 runs the only time he has faced the Gents this season. His bat has been almost invisible since joining the Itchers late this season.