Perennial playoff stalwarts, Gensler and Fox+Fowle (who only had one win combined as the calendar switched to June) have appeared to right the ship as they flexed their muscles on Monday in defeat of another pair of playoff regulars in SOM/Swanke and PCF/HH respectively. In doing so, both GA and FXF climbed their way back to .500 each at 2-2 on the season. RRA/DBB, owners of an already impressive victory over Gensler on their resume, added yet another by defeating the defending champions 2-1 in 9 hard-fought innings of exciting SLAM softball. With the victory, RRA/DBB also climbed up to .500 creating quite the logjam in the standings.Following Monday’s mayhem, PEA rebounded nicely from a loss to Gensler by knocking off KPF—the team which stood 5th in the standings heading into the night. So if you’re keeping score at home, 4 of the top 5 teams in the standings have all lost this week, with the team currently fourth, MGA, set to play on Thursday evening against GSA. If this week’s results are any indication (or if you could wager on SLAM league games), I’d bet the house on Gruzen.
As it stands, there are now five teams at .500 on the season, with three more teams only one game away from reaching .500 (sorry, Ennead. But what you lack in wins this season is made up for tenfold in blog posts!). What it all means—beyond a potential playoff nightmare of tiebreakers for the commissioner’s office—is that things are starting to get VERY interesting in SLAM and should make for quite a competitive summer.
As LeBron said: It's now or never. Oops.
