Season 12 Power Rankings # 3

This is a historic edition of the rankings, with season 12 about three quarters of the way through, as there is finally a new team on top of the rankings!  Little Rock ended Oklahoma City's season and a half run as the #1 team with an outstanding 29-12 record since the last rankings.  Oklahoma City comes in at #2, with the main reason they lost the top spot being a good, but not great 23-17 mark since the last rankings.  But the hottest team in the world is #3 Vancouver, who went an impressive 30-10 since our last edition.  It sure is tight at the top!  An honorable mention goes to Portland, who dug themselves out of the cellar, winning more games in the last 41 than they did the whole first half of the season.  A very nice turnaround indeed.  Here are the complete rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Little Rock	79	44	4	On fire as of late, and overtakes the top spot
2	Oklahoma City	79	43	1	Mediocre since the last rankings, but still solid
3	Vancouver	77	45	7	On a tear since the last rankings, majorly improving
4	Pawtucket	77	46	3	Offense is tops by far, pitching is good too
5	Buffalo	75	48	2	Tough luck record wise as of late, good club
6	Las Vegas	68	54	17	Bounced back since the last rankings all around
7	Helena	63	60	22	Vaulted up the rankings with great play recently
8	Memphis	74	48	8	Their pitching is great, offense struggling
9	Dover	65	57	19	Pitching improved, and offense still crushes it
10	Tacoma	69	53	6	Offense fell off a bit as of late, but getting it done
11	Philadelphia	62	61	20	Nice jump, pitching is amongst the best
12	Rochester	65	57	15	Plugging along, this is a pretty solid club
13	Nashville	66	56	11	Offense fell off, and pitching is a bit of a concern
14	Tampa Bay	62	61	10	Really struggling lately, pitching fell off
15	Augusta	62	60	18	Offense has not been great, but good pitching
16	Chicago (AL)	64	59	5	Major fall off across the board as of late
17	Monterrey	61	62	16	Offense is there, but pitching has struggled
18	Salem	60	62	12	Number decent, record should be better
19	New Britain	57	65	13	Another team who is better than their record
20	Boston	58	65	9	Pitching improved, but the bats cooled off
21	Colorado	56	67	21	Pitching has been rocked, but offense has been hot
22	Seattle	59	64	24	They are just plain mediocre this season
23	Cincinnati	60	62	23	Offense has fallen off as of late
24	Louisville	58	65	14	Major decrease in numbers across the board
25	Indianapolis	58	65	26	Numbers are in the middle overall
26	Detroit	52	71	25	Another team where everything seems average
27	Chicago (NL)	49	73	30	Needs offense to step up in that park
28	Texas	48	74	29	Good offense, but pitching has been hammered
29	Boise	50	72	28	League's worst pitching staff, but good offense
30	Portland	37	86	32	Almost .500 since last rankings, a good sign
31	Burlington	44	78	31	Pitching is ok, but offense not good at all
32	New York	46	77	27	Bats are dead, and pitching has been roughed up