The regular season in the 2009 Yankees Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League has come to a close and here is how the standings sit right now:


Rank  Team              W-L-T    Pct    GB
 *1.  Eric (PP)     116-83-11   .579     -
 *2.  Aziz (POTY)   113-84-13   .569     2
 *3   YankeeGM      110-88-12   .552   5.5
 *4.  Patrick (YB)  108-93-9    .536     9
 *5.  Dave (POTY)   104-97-9    .517    13
 *6.  Greg (SIH)    101-100-9   .502    16
 *7.  Dan (PA)      92-102-16   .476  21.5
 *8.  Steve (M2M)   86-112-12   .438  29.5
  9.  Andrew (SPA)  82-114-14   .424  32.5
 10.  Seamus (YB)   78-117-15   .407    36
Congratulations to Eric Schultz of Pending Pinstripes for being our top team heading into the playoffs. The top 8 teams are guaranteed a playoff spot, so congrats to Aziz Nekoukar of Pride of the Yankees, YankeeGM of Yankee GM Blog, Dave Nekoukar of Pride of the Yankees, Greg Cohen of Sliding Into Home, Dan LaTorraca of Pinstripes, Pa. and Steve Schwartz of The Yankees: Minors to Majors on that.

So, wait a second. The only two people not to make the playoffs are my fellow YanksBlog.com blogger Seamus Molloy and Andrew Fletcher of Scott Proctor's Arm, who has been recapping games on Saturday for us as a guest blogger all year? Really?! ... Well, let's just say they were too busy writing to field a good fantasy team? Yeah, let's go with that. I'll have to do enough winning for all of us.

Here are the match-ups for round one of the playoffs:

1. Eric of Pending Pinstripes
vs.
8. Steve of The Yankees: Minors to Majors

4. Patrick of YanksBlog.com
vs.
5. Dave of Pride of the Yankees

3. YankeeGM of Yankee GM Blog
vs.
6. Greg of Sliding Into Home

2. Aziz of Pride of the Yankees
vs.
7. Dan of Pinstripes, Pa.

Good luck everyone!