This week's games will be very telling. To date, four teams have qualified for the playoffs (NJAIM, Newday, Westrock and Bubba's) while six teams ( Subaba, ValuClean, Merockdim, Evergreen, Major Energy and Rockland Window Covering) are all in contention to grab the remaining four playoff spots. At this juncture, the magic number is "20". Any team that can achieve 20 points will qualify for the playoffs. There are three teams that can still achieve this: Subaba must win two out of their remaining four games while Evergreen has to win their remaining three games. Rockland Window can also make a run for playoff contention with 20 points if they  win three out of their remaining four games and at least tie their fourth game. However, waiting in the wings ready to pounce are the wild-card teams: Major Energy,ValuClean and Merockdim who are waiting to capitalize on any mistakes made by Subaba, Evergreen and Rockland Window.

The 11:15 AM game between 1st place NJAIM and 2nd place Newday will be very illuminating for both teams. If NJAIM easily wins, then the question remains if Newsday's success this season was simply based on a much easier regular season schedule compared to the top ranked teams who consistently battled against each other. If, however, Newday defeats first-place NJAIM, then this would be a horse of a different color reflecting the true depth of Newday and the vulnerability of NJAIM going into the postseason.

As of this writing, Major Energy defeated Chefman in the 9:15 AM Sunday game and are presently residing in sixth place and remain a wildcard selection. Rumor has it that the Campers are having a hard time fielding a team for the 5:45 PM game against Bubbas and may forfeit. But even if they pull together some semblance of a team, Bubbas is in a race with the Champs for securing third place and is looking to put Merockdim away quickly.

The 6 o'clock game matches 9th place Evergreen against the Champs (and then they go on to play Bubbas on Tuesday night). Both games will prove to be difficult competitions and should Evergreen not win one or both of these matches, they will find themselves surrounded by wild-card teams pushing and scratching to get a leg up in the rankings.

The final game for tonight is Valuclean vs. Subaba. As noted above, Subaba only requires two games out of their next four to qualify for the playoffs. Not so for seventh place Valuclean who must continue to win to get a leg up on the Campers and Major Energy in order to get a shot at the playoffs. Captian Ushy will be bringing his team out in full force with no holds barred, promising a passion that should ignite fireworks with every swing of the bat.

But in the meantime...Let's Play Ball!