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who don't want to stop managing a baseball team you can log on and play this...

http://www.simdynasty.com/

It's like hattrick only for baseball.

Kelley's FKAKY are the Champions!

Kelley held off Jim from making the second week comeback to take his second title in Beaver Roto League history. Jim was up 10.5 - 1.5 on Sunday, but Kelley rode big performances from Soriano, Braun, Pence, and Rollins to grab enough categories to hold on to his huge lead from week 1.



Congrats to Kelley!

Final bracket below

Beaver Roto League Wiki

I'm trying out this new Wiki service called WetPaint. If you're interested, check out the Beaver Roto League Wiki:

http://beaverrotoleague.wetpaint.com/

I thought it would be a good place to collaborate on league rules and give a place for each team to have their team pages.

The fate of 756

756 is to be branded with an asterisk and then sent to the hall of fame...

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7236846?MSNHPHMA

Finals Round 1, Jim is down big

Jim is losing to Kelley by about the same amount that Kelley came back from last week. So we know it's possible, but can Jim do it?



Jim needs a 9.5 - 2.5 win to take the championship. Kelley just needs to hang on to take his first title since 1999.

Since I didn't get a chance last week, here's the latest playoff bracket:

Finals are set

Jim powered his way to another finals appearance and Kelley had a huge comeback to make his first finals ever.


Kelley 10 - Dan 2

The final results for this week were very close, but all of the chips fell right for Kelley and he pulled out the huge win against Dan. Dan's pitching let him down as he could only muster 27 IP. Lots of runs though.


Jim 7.5 - Matt 4.5

Total hitting domination from Jim dispelled any hopes of a comeback from Matt. Jim is looking very strong this post-season.

756

Pretty obvious which option I voted for :)

http://www.vote756.com/

Round 3 (semis), Week 1

Dan 9.5 - Kelley 2.5

Wow. Amazing week by Dan. He is poised to pull off his second major upset of the playoffs and be the lowest seeded team to make the finals (Jason was the #5 seed last season when he won).

Kelley must feel like he can't buy a break. He hits 15 HRs and Dan hits 17. He gets 4 SBs and Dan gets 6. And after his SPs just got like 8 wins in one week, they come up with only one win. It will be tough for Kelley to come back from this one down 9.5 - 2.5, but its possible.



Jim 8 - Matt 4

Jim quietly is rolling through the playoffs. Not a commanding lead in week one, but there's definitely some breathing room. He is looking to make his second Finals appearance in three years.

FKAky advance

I haven't been good at blogging this past week but all is well with Team FKAky. After a scare in the first week, Team FKAky dominated the Box Chowers 11 to 1 in week 2 to advance to the semifinals of the Beaver Roto League Playoffs.

It looks like we will be playing the 7th seed Pickle Weasels this week as they upsetted the defending champions.

Playoffs Round 2, Week 2

Two upsets in round to and one near miss make things interesting down the stretch.

Much like last year, the #5 team moved on. Unlike last year, the #1 team is still intact to face the #5 team.

Jim beat Calvin to squeak into the second round. Even though they tied after two week, both winning one game 7-5, Jim moved on due to having the higher seed.

Dan blew out to a huge week one lead and head the lead in week two for a comfortable win. So the big upset this year is the #2 losing to the #7 team (me losing to Dan).

Kelley beat Brian fairly comfortably and will have to face the upset minded Pickle Weasels.


Round 3 should be interesting. Will Matt make it into the money after publicly declaring his season over in week 6? Will Kelley finally make it into the money after coming so close last season? Can Jim get into his second finals in 3 years? Or can Dan become the lowest seed ever to make it into the finals?

Round 2, Week 1

Ouch. I got rocked by Dan. 10-2. Hopefully there's some magic left in my team. I need an epic comeback.


In other news, the favorites are all up 1-0.

Playoffs Round 1, Week 2 - The favorites win

Well, both Dustin and Todd got a major beating at the hands of the higher (lower?) seeds. Dustin was leading over the weekend, but somehow slipped way back and lost convincingly.


2.0 Dustin's Diggleturb
10.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels


3.0 Todd's Heaters
9.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters




Here's the updated playoff bracket:

Jose Offerman goes Off!

Man with bat in hand is Jose Offerman. Want to learn more, click the following link. Steroids = Roid Rage.

Interesting Article about trade deadline pickups

I was reading and interesting article that was posted on USA Today's fantasy baseball section and I liked this quote.

"In general, waiting on one player to lift your Roto team to a championship is a long-shot proposition. The strongest teams are assembled over the course of the season, and the most valuable free agent acquisitions are the ones made early in the season, when they have several months, not weeks, to contribute."

The whole article can be found here.

Playoffs Round 1, Week 1

Dan was the big winner in week one. Dustin will have a tough time coming back from that deficit.

Meanwhile, Calvin just held on against Todd to get the early lead in week 1. A veerrrry close week. Should be an interesting week 2.


2.0 Dustin's Diggleturb
10.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels


5.0 Todd's Heaters
7.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters

Playoffs Round 1 Update

Things are going according to plan so far in the first week of the playoffs. Both Dan and Calvin are the higher seeds and both are ahead early.

8.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
4.0 Todd's Heaters

Todd isn't that far behind and with 3 wins and a great pitching week so far, he could make a comeback. Calvin is up early on the strength of Garrett Atkins who has 7 RBI and is hitting .875 in two days and Felipe Lopez who has 2 HRs and is batting .625.

10.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels
2.0 Dustin's Diggleturb

Dustin isn't doing bad in hitting so he's got a shot to make things closer. Unfortunately Ryan Howard (2 HRs), Troy Tulowitzki (2 HRs .666 BA), and new acquisition Luis Castillo (.429 BA) are hot this week. Its the pitching that isn't even close so far. Dustin has a shot there too though because Dan has no wins and Dustin has had no starters pitch.

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Playoff Bracket filled out and weekly points results and analysis

I calculated all of the points last night and as a side project I decided to calculate some stats with it. Pretty cool stuff in there (click image to expand).



Check out Dustin. He seemed to rarely go outside his 5-7 point range. He hardly ever lost by more than 7-5 until the last three weeks of the season. He needed to draft two more categories!

Who's hot at the end of the season? Jim, Kelley, Matt, Brian, and Calvin are all over .500 in the last 5 weeks of the season.

How about Brian's start to the season? Three 10-2 wins and three ties. Wild.


Here's the Playoff bracket:



So the first two weeks will be:

Calvin vs. Todd

Dan vs. Dustin


Everyone else gets a bye for round 1.

Week 18 Results (Final Regular Season Games)

Brian pulled out a tie with Andy on the last day which essentially dropped Andy from a 2 seed to a 4 seed. Ouch. Kelley tied Jason in the standings, but Jason gets the higher seed based on head-to-head points. Matt's win moves him above Brian into 5th and Dan's loss tied him with Calvin in the standings. However, Dan kept his higher seed due to head-to-head points.

Team of the week is: Brian's Box Chowers. His massive IP total won it out for him. That's how he tied Andy on the final day of the week.


6.0 Brian's Box Chowers
6.0 Andy's Full Flanull


8.5 Jim's Beaners
3.5 Todd's Heaters


6.5 Kelley's FKAKY
5.5 Prothero's Poppers


8.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
4.0 Dustin's Diggleturb


6.5 Matt's Utility Men
5.5 Dan's Pickle Weasels


Final Standings:

                                                        Categories
Seed  Team               Win  Loss   Tie  Points* For   Against Difference
1     Jim's Beaners           12     5     1     37    127.5   88.5     39
2     Prothero's Poppers      10     6     2     32    116    100       16
3     Kelley's FKAKY          10     6     2     32    117     99       18
4     Andy's Full Flanull      9     6     3     30    111    107        6
5     Matt's Utility Men       9     8     1     28    107    109       -2
6     Brian's Box Chowers      7     7     4     25    108    108        0
7     Dan's Pickle Weasels     7    10     1     22    103    113      -10
8     Calvin's Slumpbusters    7    10     1     22     99    117      -18
9     Todd's Heaters           4    10     4     16     92.5  123.5    -31
10    Dustin's Diggleturb      4    11     3     15     99    117      -18

*3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie

Playoff Bracket

The playoffs will look like this: (click image to zoom in)




That means the top six teams will get a bye in the first round (first two weeks).

If two teams tie then in the regular season standings, then the first tie breaker is head-to-head points in each week. For example, two teams are 1-1. The first week, team A won 9-3. The second week, team B won 7-5. Team A gets the higher seed.

In three way ties (or more), I'm not exactly sure of the best way to calculate. I'll post something on the Google-group. I'm thinking that we could use largest win differential (over the course of a season - points for/points against). But that may be a pain to calculate. Otherwise it will be some crazy head-to-head-to-head formula. That might be easier to calculate.

For now I think I'll go with head-to-head-to-head. If there's not a clear winner (no one team beat all other teams its tied with, then go with season point differential.

Whew!