CINCINNATI, OH (McC.COM) - Listed below are the first Power Rankings of season 31. The rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.
| TOP 10 | ||||
| Rank |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | slurie2001 | 56 | 25 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Reds | cpintens | 48 | 33 |
| 3 | Washington D.C. Nationals | Saffron | 50 | 30 |
| 4 | Atlanta Braves | merott | 51 | 30 |
| 5 | Houston Astros | bballer2117 | 52 | 28 |
| 6 | Milwaukee Brewers | brentcnb | 45 | 36 |
| 7 | San Diego Padres | jgarron | 49 | 32 |
| 8 | Arizona Diamondbacks | yoker70 | 42 | 38 |
| 9 | Minnesota Twins | optistrat | 44 | 36 |
| 10 | Baltimore Orioles | GuerillaZen1 | 43 | 37 |
| THE NEXT 5 | ||||
| Rank |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 11 | New York Yankees | tomcecil | 49 | 32 |
| 12 | Cleveland Indians | bbwinksdaddy | 46 | 35 |
| 13 | Oakland Athletics | troutis | 40 | 40 |
| 14 | Seattle Mariners | mark3313 | 42 | 39 |
| 15 | Kansas City Royals | TenaciousTYT | 44 | 37 |
| THE BEST of the REST | ||||
| Rank |
Franchise
|
Owner | W | L |
| 16 | New York Mets | basebalguru | 41 | 39 |
| 17 | Toronto Blue Jays | dimestoregin | 39 | 42 |
| 18 | Detroit Tigers | patrickkm | 40 | 41 |
| 19 | Richmond Virginians | spintens | 38 | 42 |
| 20 | Florida Marlins | lido9613 | 38 | 42 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh Pirates | sportbanker | 33 | 47 |
| 22 | Texas Rangers | goldenbaer88 | 30 | 50 |
| 23 | Anaheim Angels | captain10a | 36 | 44 |
| 24 | Chicago Cubs | mikemiele | 40 | 40 |
| 25 | Colorado Rockies | axtell | 37 | 43 |
WHERE ARE THEY NOW
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Clarence Finley is the McCabe Magazine “Where
Are They Now” featured player, the first overall amateur draft pick of the
Arizona Diamondbacks in season 10 which completed the first decade of the
league. Finley had an outstanding 20 year pro and 15 year major league career
where he collected numerous awards which included 1 MVP, 1 World Series ring, 5
Silver Slugger (CF) awards, 3 All-Stars, and 2 Gold Gloves (CF). He spent his
first 16 years in the Diamondbacks organization and the last four with the
Boston Red Sox.
Finley now 40 retired after
season 29, and in his view, with a lot of juice left. In his final season in
Boston at the age of 38, he played in 142 games with 543 at bats, 17 Home Runs,
85 RBIs and a 304 batting average. He left Boston in season 30 via free agency
and wasn’t offered a contract by any club and decided to retire.
Born in Vancouver, British
Columbia and grew up in Blaine, Washington which is a 1 hour 22 minute drive
down the Trans-Canadian highway where he went to high school with his younger
brother Ivan James Finley. Clarence's dad was a huge Seattle Mariners fan and
named Clarence’s younger brother after Ivan James a Mariners All-Star first baseman
who played eight seasons (1-8) for Seattle. Ivan J. Finley still lives in
Blaine where he’s the high school baseball and hockey coach.
We found Clarence on his 150 acre estate located on Banks
Island in British Columbia. He also own homes in Arizona and North Carolina, but
prefers Canada’s westernmost
province, defined by its Pacific coastline and mountain ranges. Finley says he
loves nature areas like Glacier National Park where he enjoys hiking and riding
the bike trails, as well as camping. His estate has a nine-hole golf course,
two Olympic size swimming pools, one indoor one outdoor, batting cage, and a
bowling alley. On the northern banks he has a permanent lift-up boat dock where
he stores his 89 foot 27 M 2003 Gulet sailboat. The retired player brags about
his investments he’s made during the course of his baseball career, “I was the
first major investor in the snoring device Zyppah, the liquid sealant Flex
Seal, and the Bosley hair loss system.” Finely also has a charitable foundation
in Vancouver and a scholarship program at the University of British Columbia where he met his present live-in
girlfriend, Rebecca Victoria Hardy. The 27-year-old from
Mannheim was named Canada’s Next Top Model in 2007. After an hour ride on a golf
cart throughout his estate and snacking on Northwest Pacific salmon, we sat down
on the back patio with a bottle of Oregon Pinot
Noir to catch up on the latest news with the retired slugger. Finley
told us he and Ms Hardy have been living together for six years and they both
enjoy the outdoors and the night life in Vancouver. Finley “I have picked up 18
pounds since retirement, the dining in downtown Vancouver is absolutely
fantastic.” He says he’s been offered several television and radio play-by-play
jobs and he has a contract on his desk for a reality TV series featuring
himself and Rebecca. “I’m not sure if that’s something I really want to do.” We
asked Finley about a story in the Seattle Times that reported him attempting to
buy The Vancouver Canadians, a minor league baseball team that plays in the
Northwest League an affiliated of the Toronto Blue Jays. The story indicated
that Finley would buy the club under one condition that he be allowed to be a
player/manager for the club. However, after receiving the terms and structure
of the deal, the Northwest League commissioner vetoed the sale. We quickly
realized that was a sore subject with Finley, he became visually upset and
shouted “ DAMN RIGHT I CAN STILL PLAY, what the hell you guys come all the way
up here for anyway, I’ve only been retired 18 months. Get off my f***king property
and stop taking pictures of my woman, your magazine ain’t nothing but a gossip
rage anyway.” Rebecca was able to calm Finley down and he apologized for his
behavior. However, later that evening I overheard her telling Finley she felt
uncomfortable around the crew due to our inappropriate questions regarding her
taste in men in terms of older 40 and up or young strong 20-year-olds. She also
took exception to my creepy staring at her every move. At that point Finley
thanked us for coming, the interview was over and we were asked to leave.
The bottom line is Clarence Finley is doing quite well in his
retirement. He has a beautiful home and a gorgeous live-in girlfriend. After
our visit we learned that the baseball field at his high school in Blaine
Washington was named in his honor and the first episode of “Clarence and
Rebecca” will air this fall on Fox FX. Congratulations to the couple and we will
see you all again in the next issue of “WHERE ARE THEY NOW!”
Rebecca Victoria Hardy, professionally known as Reby Sky /ˈrɛbi/, is an model, radio, actress, television personality, photographer, dancer, professional wrestler who is currently dating former major league baseball player Clarence Finley. Wikipedia
