One question I have as we enter the second half of the 2011 season is "Where has all the offense gone?" While the individual leaderboards show no indication of any offensive declines, team totals tell a different story. Last year, 10 teams averaged at least 10 runs per game. This year, only 2 teams can say the same. Last year there was an average of 20.09 runs scored per game. This year that total is down to 17.08. This means over the course of a season there will be approximately 550 fewer runs scored this year than last year. Most likely the difference between the two seasons is just coincidental and can't be attributed to anything. Perhaps this means we're in for a very high scoring second half to make up for the first half.
As we enter the second half of the season, several teams playing double headers are looking to put a mediocre first half behind and show that they're a real threat. Unfortunately for Teams Lapine, Harris, and Feldman they have some tough matchups that will most likely prevent them from sweeping their Sunday games. If I had to pick one of these three teams to win both their games I'd pick Feldman. However, I think they'll come up short against Younger.
So while Sunday doubleheaders provide opportunities for teams to accumulate some momentum, I think we'll have to wait for a middle of the pack team to take a major step up. Here are my complete Sunday predictions(minus my team's games) with the projected winner in bold:
Harris vs. Wallman
Granese vs. Randell
Sarcona vs. Schefkind
Applebaum vs. Peragine
Younger vs. Feldman
Feldman vs. Harris
Spiegel vs. Carlin
Goldfarb vs. Lapine
Lapine vs. Younger
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