Dragon/Season 17

Dragon Cup Season 17
Dragon Cup Season 17
Season Dates
Start 2022-02-02 End 2022-02-06
Timeline
Previous Season ◀◀ Season 16 Next Season ▶▶ Season 18
Championship
Dragon Champion Sand City Sidewinders
Pennants
San Francisco Bay League Berkeley Brutalists Monterey Bay League Sand City Sidewinders
San Francisco Bay Seeds
Seed 1 San Jose Avionics Seed 2 Berkeley Brutalists Seed 3 Sausalito Bouncy Castles Seed 4 Hayward Pipelines
Monterey Bay Seeds
Seed 1 Sand City Sidewinders Seed 2 Boulder Creek Cardsharps Seed 3 Freedom Fries Seed 4 Davenport Cliff Divers
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Season

Wins

Season 17 games above .500

Runs

Season 17 run differentials

Final Standings

Rank	Team	League	W-L	Points Scored	Points Allowed
1	Sand City Sidewinders	Monterey Bay	29-20	1,194,022	1,157,585
2	San Jose Avionics	San Francisco Bay	29-20	1,150,859	1,064,780
3	Boulder Creek Cardsharps	Monterey Bay	28-21	1,219,816	1,213,358
4	Freedom Fries	Monterey Bay	27-22	1,296,085	1,246,364
5	Berkeley Brutalists	San Francisco Bay	27-22	1,228,009	1,269,279
6	Davenport Cliff Divers	Monterey Bay	27-22	1,166,187	1,090,040
7	Monterey Meteorologists	Monterey Bay	25-24	1,299,390	1,151,637
8	Sausalito Bouncy Castles	San Francisco Bay	25-24	1,296,690	1,159,961
9	Hayward Pipelines	San Francisco Bay	25-24	1,191,471	1,196,369
10	San Gregorio Sand Crabs	San Francisco Bay	25-24	1,174,794	1,219,411
11	Mountain View Miners	San Francisco Bay	25-24	1,121,598	1,109,535
12	Aptos Investigators	Monterey Bay	24-25	1,388,367	1,310,414
13	Moss Landing Daredevils	Monterey Bay	24-25	1,291,576	1,251,493
14	Richmond Slicks	San Francisco Bay	24-25	1,240,901	1,232,549
15	Vallejo Barnstormers	San Francisco Bay	24-25	1,168,214	1,128,008
16	Pacific Grove Monarchists	Monterey Bay	23-26	1,236,421	1,256,081
17	Oakland Bees	San Francisco Bay	23-26	1,156,495	1,207,922
18	Carmel Yacht Club	Monterey Bay	20-29	1,138,023	1,304,247
19	Santa Cruz Bananas	Monterey Bay	18-31	1,183,968	1,432,636
20	Sutro Tower	San Francisco Bay	18-31	1,182,881	1,324,098

Postseason

Main: Dragon/Season 17/Postseason

League Division Series

League Championship Series

Dragon Cup

#1

Sand City Sidewinders

3

#4

Davenport Cliff Divers

1

#1

Sand City Sidewinders

3

Monterey Bay League

#2

Boulder Creek Cardsharps

1

#2

Boulder Creek Cardsharps

3

#3

Freedom Fries

2

Sand City Sidewinders

4

Berkeley Brutalists

0

#1

San Jose Avionics

1

#4

Hayward Pipelines

3

#4

Hayward Pipelines

2

San Francisco Bay League

#2

Berkeley Brutalists

3

#2

Berkeley Brutalists

3

#3

Sausalito Bouncy Castles

2

The Squeaky Sweep

Main: Squeaky Sweep

In Dragon/Season 17 the Sand City Sidewinders swept the Berkeley Brutalists 4-0 in the Season 17 Dragon Cup Series in the Squeaky Sweep. It was only the second sweep that had ever occurred in the Dragon Cup. It happened one season after the first sweep (see the Season 16 Dragon Cup Series).

The sweep earned the nickname The Squeaky Sweep because the Sand City Sidewinders won the clinching Game 4 by one single point: the final score was 5,850 - 5,849 ( 23792408-4863-4c88-9033-2a338076187f). When the loss occurred, and the game clock ticked its final tick, the grid was immediately rushed by Sidewinders fans, making it impossible for the Brutalists to challenge the ruling of the Grid Umpires - and leading to a slew of conspiracy theories that are widely and regularly discussed among the Brutalist collective. Brutalists fans have developed an elaborate oral tradition and a network of historians to preserve memories of the most culturally significant conspiracy theories surrounding the Squeaky Sweep.

The Brutalists are convinced that they can simply have the final call of the game declared incorrect after the fact by a Grid Umpire, which would lead to the outcome of the game getting tossed, which would force the entire series outcome to be invalidated, which would leave the final champion undetermined, which would make that postseason a violation of the rules, which would render it null, void, and invalid. (Despite the Dragon Cup having concluded, the Brutalists are still pursuing legal options.)

Season 17 - Dragon Cup Results Table
Sand City Sidewinders vs. Berkeley Brutalists
	Winner	W Score	Margin	L Score	Loser	Link
Game 1	Sand City Sidewinders	37,016	0.76%	36,734	Berkeley Brutalists	e9b85a8b-b6f1-43c9-8733-ae60672223d5
Game 2	Sand City Sidewinders	9,376	19.73%	7,526	Berkeley Brutalists	802d91a1-4ed7-40ee-bb43-69e2d8417550
Game 3	Sand City Sidewinders	52,927	59.91%	21,221	Berkeley Brutalists	9ee6c155-e4bc-4653-9be5-6261d948c771
Game 4	Sand City Sidewinders	5,850	0.02%	5,849	Berkeley Brutalists	23792408-4863-4c88-9033-2a338076187f

The Brutalists did manage to get revenge on the Sidewinders; the Sand City Sidewinders had humiliated the Berkeley Brutalists with a sweep in a Cup series, but fans generally viewed the Brutalists more favorably. Seizing on this, the Brutalists began a major media blitz, with ads featuring the Sidewinders nickname, "The One Point Wonder" - diminishing their victory and tarnishing their reputation. The ads included celebrities, actors, and puppies, and was a grand success and resulted in the Sidewinders' One Point Wonder nickname sticking permanently.

The Squeaky Sweep is considered the most significant single-season defeat since the stunning upset of the Oakland Bees in the final generations of Game 7 of the Season 1 Pseudo Cup Series.

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