As we begin Season 2 here in Hardball Stitches, let's take a second to take the temperature of the room...I mean league! A full explanation of the methodology can be found here, but the quick recap is that you add points for a winning season, add even more for winning 95+ games and then get bonuses for playoff victories, pennants and World Series Rings. Teams with losing records don't earn any points and everyone, regardless of success last season, starts off a little cooler than they ended the previous season because the players spent a little while resting, recovering and getting a little rusty in the process. This is where everyone stands heading into our sophomore season:
Boiling Hot (Above 212*F/100*C or better)
Steamy (Above 100*F/37.8*C)
Warm (Above Room Temperature, aka 72*F/?*C)
- St. Louis +8 for 110 win season, +25 for WS win ended at 105*F *.9085 = 95.4*F
- Texas +5 for 94 win season, +15 for Pennant, ended at 92*F *.9085 = 83.6*F
- Boston +8 for 95 win season, +8 playoff wins ended at 88*F *.9085 = 79.9*F
- Trenton +8 for 113 wins, +4 playoff wins ended at 84*F *.9085 = 76.3*F
- New Orleans +8 for 96 wins, +2 playoff wins ended at 82*F * .9085 = 74.5*F
- Buffalo +5 for 90 wins, +5 playoff wins ended at 82*F *.9085 = 74.5*F
- Indianapolis +5 for 89 wins +5 playoffs wins ended at 82*F *.9085 = 74.5*F
- Syracuse +8 for 103 wins, +1 playoff win ended at 81*F *.9085 = 73.6*F
Cool (Below Room Temperature, aka 72*F/?*C)
- Scottsdale +5 for 89 wins +2 playoff wins ended at 79*F *.9085 = 71.8*F
- Tacoma +5 for 88 wins +1 playoff win ended at 78*F *.9085 = 70.9*F
- Charlotte +5 for 88 wins +1 playoff win ended at 78*F *.9085 = 70.9*F
- Salt Lake City +5 for 88 wins +1 playoff win ended at 78*F *.9085 = 70.9*F
- Fresno +5 for 87 win season but no playoffs = 77*F * .9085 = 70.0*F
- Baltimore +5 for 87 win season but no playoffs = 77*F * .9085 = 70.0*F
- Chicago +5 for 85 win season but no playoffs = 77*F * .9085 = 70.0*F
- Montgomery losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Arizona losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Tucson losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Durham losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Fargo losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Philadelphia losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Mexico City losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- New York losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Vancouver losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Colorado Springs losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Helena losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Cleveland losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Scranton losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Cincinnati losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Nashville losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F
- Los Angeles losing season earned no points and ended @ 72*F * .9085 = 65.4*F