NASBL Final Four! Hawaiians, Cannibals, Grizzlies, Pilots.

The news is in. The paradoxically underdog Pilots (79-83 regular season, yet holders of the first round home field advantage against Bill Anderson's 84-78 wildcard Pocono Chin Music) will advance to the Less Filling Championship series. Pennylegion's Pilots defeated PCM 4 games to 1 in the Less Filling Division Championship series. The Pilots dominant with their pitching, posting a team ERA of 2.94. Seattle's starters were tough, as both Cliff Lee (1-0, 1.76) and Javier Vazquez (1-0, 2.00) went the distance. Lee's complete game was a series-clinching shutout in game 5. But the Pilot pen was equally as powerful, winning two 1-run games including a 16-inning marathon that showcased both young horse starter Felix "The King" Hernandez (an amazing 11-inning start) as well as the depth of Seattle's relief corps (5 scoreless innings). Nor did the Pilots offense lack for stars. Two Seattle hitters, Aaron Rowand (.571 in 21 ab's) and Mike Lowell (.524 in 21 ab's) tallied base hits in more than half of their ab's, while Russell Branyan showed impressive muscle with 3 homeruns.

Seattle will move on to face Jack Howard's Less Filling Central champion Grundy County Grizzlies (87-75). The Grizz, led by Cy Young Award contender Zack Greinke (20-8, 2.49, 257 K's) hope to use the post-season to showcase the powerful group of arms that held NASBL hitters to a league-low .252 batting average, while a potent middle of the order (4 hitters above .280/20/70 - Matt Holliday, Kevin Youkilis, Miguel Cabrera, and Ryan Howard) hopes to light the fireworks on a few big innings.

Meanwhile, in the Tastes Great, 94-win wildcard Lake Champlain also downed their opponent in 5 games. While John Moscariello's New Jersey Trash Heap jumped out to an early 1-0 series lead behind the strong pitching of Tim "The Freak" Lincecum, after that it was all Cannibals. Never strong in the starting pitching department, LCC rode big performances from their strong and varied bullpen to two extra-inning 1-run wins before ace middle-reliever (if there is such a thing) Mike Wuertz (8-5, 3.99, 98 k's in the regular season) earned the deciding Game 5 win with an impressive 2-1/3ip, no-hit, 4 k performance.

Lake Champlain advances to face Stan Pietruska's powerhouse Honolulu Hawaiians (99-63). Honolulu rode the best batting average in the league (.296) and the 5th best pitching staff in the league (4.28 team ERA) to the best regular-season win total in the league. HHA's bullpen of Rookie of the Year candidate Andrew Bailey (9-4, 2.03, 23 saves) and all-time NASBL saves leader Mariano Rivera (4-1, 2.06, 10 saves) will ensure that the Cannibal pen does not present an advantage to Lake Champlain.