Wood is Playoff Bound - 2011 Wood Playoff Preview

Being back doored has never felt so good

A miraculous win by Blue Claws allows Wood to Sneak into Playoffs

2011 Playoff Preview

Thursday August 11^th, 2011

@San Leandro Ballpark (San Leandro, Ca)

#3 Diablos v. #6 Wood

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Wood 2011 record: 9-11 (2^nd in Ocean East Division)

Diablos 2011 record: 12-7-1 (2^nd in Ocean West Division)

Head to Head record (Diablos lead lifetime series 3-1)

2011 Matchups

May 7^th, 2011: Diablos 11, Wood 6

May 1^st, 2011: Diablos 12, Wood 1

The 2011 season has been more up and down for Wood Baseball Club, than Jevon’s attempt at reciting a show on comedy central he watched. However, they’ve managed to secure a playoff spot in the weak Ocean division. They square off against the ever-menacing and talented Diablos team, who look to avenge last year’s post-season defeat at the hands of Wood.

With Wood's pre-season sights set on winning their division, the season took more twists and turns than Rocky with a pot roast attached to his butt; just barely out of reach of his drooling chops.

After rattling off two wins to start the season, Wood dropped what should have been an easy win to division foes, the Titans 4-3, then fell victim to two consecutive pummelings from the Diablos, before getting back on track when they split a double-header with a good Grays team. From there came a series of splits, games they shoulda, woulda, coulda won, sprinkled in with a few they did win.

Wood’s 2011 Final Results

Schedule
Date	Time	Teams		Location	Official(s)
Sat 4/2/2011	12:00p	Blue Claws 7 at Wood 11		Balboa Park
Sun 4/10/2011	9:30a	Black Sox 2 at Wood 10		San Leandro Ballpark
Sun 4/17/2011	9:30a	Wood 3 at Titans 4		Stenzel Park
	1:00p	Titans 2 at Wood 12 (Short Game)		Stenzel Park
Sun 5/1/2011	4:30p	Diablos 12 at Wood 1 (Short Game)		Stenzel Park
Sat 5/7/2011	12:00p	Wood 6 at Diablos 11		Moscone Park
Sat 5/21/2011	12:00p	Grays 6 at Wood 10		Moscone Park
	3:00p	Wood 7 at Grays 23 (Short Game)		Moscone Park
Sun 6/12/2011	12:00p	Wood 10 at All Blacks 11 (Extra Innings)		Balboa Park
	3:00p	All Blacks 12 at Wood 17 (Short Game)		Balboa Park
Sun 6/19/2011	1:30p	Mad Dogs 13 at Wood 7		Raimondi Field
Sun 6/26/2011	3:00p	Wood 10 at Benders 14		Balboa Park Sweeny
Sun 7/10/2011	12:00p	Phitans 4 at Wood 14		Balboa Park
	3:00p	Wood 6 at Phitans 3		Balboa Park
Sun 7/17/2011	9:45a	Tsunami 10 at Wood 7		Aragon H.S.
Wed 7/27/2011	7:15p	Wood 2 at Baysox 10		Albert Park
Sat 7/30/2011	10:00a	Wood 6 at Blue Claws 3		Redwood H.S. (Larkspur)
Sun 7/31/2011	12:00p	Wood 1 at Blazers 8		Moscone Park
Sat 8/6/2011	9:45a	Isotopes 13 at Wood 3		Aragon H.S.
	1:15p	Wood 9 at Red Giants 8		Aragon H.S.
Thu 8/11/2011	7:15p	(Pla) Wood at Diablos		San Leandro Ballpark

Final Standings

Ocean East
1	All Blacks	10-10-0��(L1)	0.500	20	–	171	178	-7
2	Wood	9-11-0��(W1)	0.450	20	1	152	176	-24
tie*	Phitans	9-11-0��(L1)	0.450	20	1	146	168	-22
4	Blue Claws	5-15-0��(W1)	0.250	20	5	150	182	-32
5	Titans	3-17-0��(L2)	0.150	20	7	70	198	-128

As anyone will tell you, all you have to do is get to the playoffs, and Wood has done just that. Thursday Wood will try to prove that once again they belong. History has shown that the Diablos appear to have Wood’s number, beating them three out of the last four times they’ve faced. Wood fans everywhere are ready to erase the memories of the regular season losses, and looking for history to repeat itself, when Wood eliminated the fiery devils from the playoffs last season.

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