{"id":256679,"date":"2017-07-21T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=256679"},"modified":"2017-07-21T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T20:00:47","slug":"tight-finish-seen-8-ball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tight-finish-seen-8-ball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight finish seen in 8-ball league"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256747\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SBA-pix-300x188.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 9 Eleven Docomo Hustlers pose for a group photo after beating Tasha\u2019s Crazy 8 in the SBA Budweiser Open 8-Ball Tuesday League. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It will be an interesting seven weeks in the SBA Budweiser Open 8-Ball Tuesday League as four teams are locked in a tight battle for the division crown led by two teams sponsored by 9 Eleven Resto Bar.<\/p>\n<p>The Hustlers, also supported by Docomo Pacific, are tied with sister team Titans on top of the six-team field with both squads sporting a 96-73 records each followed by Chow Time Blue Haus Destroyers and Tasha\u2019s Str8 Black Ball with 95-74 slates, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tasha\u2019s Crazy 8 (63-106) and Chow Time Assassins (62-107) complete the standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Hustlers\u2014one of the veteran-stacked teams in the league\u2014completed an 8-5 work of the Crazy 8 to remain on top and the Titans tied them afterwards following a similar 8-5 triumph against the Str8 Black. The Destroyers defeated the Assassins, 8-5.<\/p>\n<p>The Hustlers will face the Str8 Black Ball next Tuesday. Their remaining schedule will be against the Assassins (Aug. 1), Destroyers (Aug. 8), Titans (Aug. 15), Crazy 8 (Aug. 22), Str8 Black Ball (Aug. 29), and Assassins (Sept. 5).<\/p>\n<p>The Titans\u2019 other matches are against the Destroyers (July 25), Cray 8 (Aug. 1), Assassins (Aug. 8), Str8 Black Ball (Aug. 22), Destroyers (Aug. 29), and Crazy 8 (Sept. 5).<\/p>\n<p>The Destroyers will also be facing Str8 Black Ball (Aug. 1 and Sept. 5), Crazy 8 (Aug. 15), and Assassins (Aug. 22) while Str8 Black Ball will clash with Crazy 8 (Aug. 15) and Assassins (Aug. 22).<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s Bud Cup will be played after the Top 3 of the season is known in the final matches on Sept. 5. The awards banquet is set in November. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be an interesting seven weeks in the SBA Budweiser Open 8-Ball Tuesday League&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":256747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17653,17654,17655,17656],"class_list":["post-256679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-assassins-aug","tag-destroyers-aug","tag-eleven-docomo-hustlers","tag-eleven-resto-bar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}