Final Baseball Standings

Now that the San Francisco Giants World Series hysteria has worn off, I have found the time to update the much overdue final California Municipal Baseball Standings for the past Season.

Congratulations to the City of Stockton!  The Ports have won the inaugural season trophy!

Without further adieu - here are the FINAL STANDINGS

City	Team	League	Win. Percent	Previous
Stockton	Ports	A	.614	9
SF	Giants	NL	.568	3
Rancho Cucamonga	Quakes	A	.557	4
San Diego	Padres	NL	.556	2
Sacramento	River Cats	AAA	.549	7
Bakersfield	Blaze	A	.543	1
Adelanto	High Desert Mavericks	A	.543	6
Fresno	Grizzlies	AAA	.521	5
Modesto	Nuts	A	.514	14
Lake Elsinore	Storm	A	.500	8
Oakland	A’s	AL	.500	11
Visalia	Rawhide	A	.500	15
Los Angeles	Dodgers	NL	.494	10
Anaheim	Angeles	AL	.494	12
Lancaster	Jet Hawks	A	.443	13
San Jose	Giants	A	.443	16
San Bernardino	Inland Empire 66’ers	A	.343	17

As we all witnessed this past season, the San Francisco Giants are World Series Champions for the first time in my life and the first time since 1954!  We also want to congratulate the San Jose Giants of the California League Class A Advanced for repeating as League Champions!  The San Francisco Giants AAA affiliate the Fresno Grizzlies came in 2nd place in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Conference South Division. 

You can help the California economy by buying your Giants WS gear  - I did

See you next season. 

California Municipal Baseball Standings - UPDATE

Are we finished trading? Since our last post, the trading deadline has come and gone (but players can still come and go)

Here are the updated CMBS for the games that ended on August 8th.

City	Team	League	Winning %	Last Week
Bakersfield	Blaze	A	0.643	1
San Diego	Padres	NL West	0.582	2
San Francisco	Giants	NL West	0.563	6
Rancho Cucamonga	Quakes	A	0.548	3
Fresno	Grizzlies	AAA	0.548	4
Adelanto	High Desert Mavericks	A	0.548	8
Sacramento	River Cats	AAA	0.539	5
Lake Elsinore	Storm	A	0.524	7
Stockton	Ports	A	0.524	9
Los Angeles	Dodgers	NL West	0.518	10
Oakland	A’s	AL West	0.509	13
Anaheim	Angeles	AL West	0.496	11
Lancaster	Jet Hawks	A	0.476	16
Modesto	Nuts	A	0.465	12
Visalia	Rawhide	A	0.442	14
San Jose	Giants	A	0.429	17
San Bernardino	Inland Empire 66’ers	A	0.405	15

Congratulations to the Bakersfield Blaze for holding on to the lead in the standings, however the top 5 have two MLB teams closing in. The bottom 5 spots (#'s 13 - 17) are pretty much the same with the exception of the Oakland A's and the Modesto Nuts trading places.

MLB Salary Update!

Not to be outdone by the recent press attention given to high paid City Managers, it has been reported that former major leaguer and former Sacramento River Cat Eric Byrne has retired from baseball. Quoting from Wikipedia:

"On May 13, 2010, Byrnes announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. He lives in Half Moon Bay, California, plays slow pitch softball and golf, and reports no regrets. He will earn $11 million in 2010."


Not bad for a guy who was hitting .107 with Seattle and was signed to a $400,000 contract. Speaking of salaries......


So, what can you get for the equivalent salaries the City of Bell was paying their $800,000 City Manager and their $457,000 Police Chief?  It should be noted that the average MLB salary is $3.2 million. 


$800,000 will buy you.... This house in Little Rock Arkansas

or this 1995 Ferrari F50

or San Diego Padres Catcher Yorvit Torrealba

 For $457,000 you can have this antique Patek Philippe Watch

Or this house in Maryland

Or hard hitting 3rd baseman Pedro Sandoval from the San Francisco Giants

Play Ball!