The finals

Period 25

FKAky at Slumpbusters 8-3-1


Period 26

FKAky at Slumpbusters 6-3-3


Congrats to Kelley!

Round 3, Week 2

Period 24: 9/9/08 - 9/15/08 (Playoffs)


Todd's Heaters at Slumpbusters 2-10-0
FKAky at Proj's Poppers 8-4-0

Round 3, Week 1

Period 23: 9/2/08 - 9/8/08 (Playoffs)

Todd's Heaters at Slumpbusters 1-11-0
FKAky at Proj's Poppers 8-3-1

Round 2, Week 2

Todd's Heaters at The White Flag Army 8-2-2
FKAky at DonQuioxte of Donkey Dookie 9-2-1
Slumpbusters at Matt's 60-Day DL's 9-2-1
Proj's Poppers at Jim's Beaners 7-3-2

So the Round 2 results:

Todd beats Dustin 11-9-4
Kelley beats Dan 17-6-1
Calvin beats Matt 13-8-3
Jason beats Jim 14-7-3

Nice comeback from Calvin after the first week loss. And a minor upset from Todd over Dustin.

Round 3 looks like this:

Calvin vs. Todd
Jason vs. Kelley

Round 2, week 1

The first leg of the playoffs is complete. Looks like the top seed is in a little trouble. Nothing he can't come back from, but if Matt goes off its anybodies championship to win!

Todd's Heaters at The White Flag Army 3-7-2
FKAky at DonQuioxte of Donkey Dookie 8-4-0
Slumpbusters at Matt's 60-Day DL's 4-6-2
Proj's Poppers at Jim's Beaners 7-4-1

Round 1 results

Jim pulls off the upset with an 8-4 win in week 2 over Trevor.

Matt holds on to a 6-6- tie and moves on.

Playoffs Round 1

Matt beat Andy 7-2-3

It's going to be a tough road for Andy in week 2. He's going to need at least 8 wins and maybe more depending on the tie situation.

BOX SCORE

Matt's 60-Day DL's Full Flanull
Result Value  Cat    Value  Result
W      0.3022 BA     0.2714 L
T      11     HR     11     T
W      45     RBI    36     L
W      41     R      35     L
T      3      SB     3      T
W      0.8465 OPS    0.8323 L
W      77.33  INN    47.67  L
W      4.1897 ERA    5.8531 L
W      1.2802 WHIP   1.6783 L
T      3      W      3      T
L      1      S      3      W
L      21     K-BB   24     W
7-2-3         Total         2-7-3

Trevor ties Jim 6-6

Well, it all comes down to week 2 for these guys!

BOX SCORE

Trevor's Toques Jim's Beaners
Result Value   Cat     Value   Result
L      0.2802  BA      0.3086  W
W      6       HR      5       L
W      29      RBI     21      L
W      31      R       21      L
W      4       SB      3       L
L      0.8085  OPS     0.8876  W
L      48.33   INN     50      W
L      3.9103  ERA     2.1600  W
L      1.3034  WHIP    1.2000  W
W      3       W       1       L
L      0       S       2       W
W      20      K-BB    19      L
6-6-0          Total           6-6-0

Playoff Bracket 2008

Its playoff time!



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Earl Weaver goes off

Wow. Put the headphones on for this one...

April Player of the Month Poll Results

Lance Berkman, Jason - 8 HR, 23 RBI, 1.12 OPS, 4 SB, 23 R
1

Chase Utley, Dustin, 10 HR, 21 RBI, 1.19 OPS, 2 SB, 23 R
6

Pat Burrell, Dan, 8 HR, 25 RBI, 1.18 OPS, 18 R
1

Chipper Jones, Matt, .442 AVE, 6 HR, 19 RBI, 1.19 OPS, 22 R, 1 injury
0

Brad Lidge, Trevor, 6 SV, 11 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 6 K-BB
0

Jake Peavy, Kelley, 2.09 ERA, 43.0 IP, 3 W, 24 K-BB, 1.00 WHIP
1

Carlos Zambrano, Calvin, 2.21 ERA, 40.7 IP, 4 W, 23 K-BB, 1.13 WHIP
0

Billy Wagner, Todd, 6 SV, 10 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0.30 WHIP, 8 K-BB
0

Miguel Tejada,
0

Free Agent Wars

4/28

Dusty went off! He's down to $43 and spent a whopping $46 this week alone! Wow. Lots of activity these first 3 weeks. I think Todd should rename his team to Second place by a $1. He missed out on Acosta by $1 last week and Sanchez this week.

We also had the first trade of the year from Jim and Dusty. Looks like Dustin isn't waiting around to make changes.

Clint Barmes
$17 Dustin's Dancing Burrows
$12 Furry Killer Arse Kicking Yetis
$8 Kelley's FKAKY
$5 Matt's 15-Day DL's
$1 Proj's Poppers

Jonathan O. Sanchez
$17 Dustin's Dancing Burrows
$16 Todd's Heaters
$9 Proj's Poppers
$8 Kelley's FKAKY
$5 Matt's 15-Day DL's
$5 Matt's 15-Day DL's
$2 Slumpbusters

John Lannan
$12 Dustin's Dancing Burrows
$4 Furry Killer Arse Kicking Yetis
$3 Matt's 15-Day DL's

Paul McAnulty
$2 Kelley's FKAKY
$1 Trevor's Toques

Jeff Salazar
$1 Trevor's Toques

Brian Bocock
$1 Kelley's FKAKY

Shawn Chacon
$1 Kelley's FKAKY

Draft Poll Results

Who had the best overall draft roster?

44% Jason

22% Kelley

0% Matt

0% Jim

0% Calvin

0% Dustin

0% Dan

22% Todd

0% Trevor

11% Andy

Total Votes: 9

Red Sox Batting Stances Video

Yea, we are an NL league, but this is pretty funny:

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

Free Agent Wars!!!!

Whoa! Lots of activity this week!

Below is a list of all bids this week. Bids that were superceded by previous wins (secondary bids that didn't count because you got your primary guy) aren't shown below.

Fred Lewis
$12 Proj's Poppers
$9 Dustin's Dancing Burrows
$5 Kelley's FKAKY
$3 Matt's Utility Men
$3 Slumpbusters
$3 Todd's Heaters
$1 Trevor's Toques

Kyle Lohse
$10 Andy's Full Flanull
$7 Anti-Beaner's
$3 Kelley's FKAKY

Skip Schumaker
$9 Dustin's Dancing Burrows
$4 Slumpbusters
$2 Trevor's Toques

Paul Bako
$5 Trevor's Toques
$1 Proj's Poppers

Brandon Backe
$5 Anti-Beaner's

Tim Redding
$5 Anti-Beaner's
$1 Slumpbusters

Gabe Kapler
$4 Kelley's FKAKY

Mike Pelfrey
$3 Matt's Utility Men

Daniel Ortmeier
$3 Todd's Heaters

Matt Treanor
$3 Proj's Poppers

J.C. Romero
$3 Proj's Poppers

Braden Looper
$2 Slumpbusters

Jon Lieber
$2 Dustin's Dancing Burrows

You know it, you love it ...

Dustin's Draft Analysis - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Reposted from CBS Message Board:


Andy-(UGLY) Giles at $15. But at the time he needed OF's and there was none left. (BAD) There really wasn't anyone, but if I had too chose it would be cordero(Keeper) at $20. (GOOD) Towles $4. I really didn't like catchers in this years draft, but this for four is a steal and future keeper. Honorable mention Rasmus $7.

Calvin- (Ugly) Willingham at $21. I don't know what was going on,but calvin must love this guy or think he'll a breakout year.(BAD) Only Lyons at $8. He'll probably lose his closer role and be moved to 7th inning duty. (Good) Zambrano at $20. Other top flight starters with k potential(that were young in age) were going for more. This guy on this team will have a breakout year.

Kelley- (Ugly) Gagne at $11. Future set up guy with bust all over him. (Bad) Gallrado at $19. I know he is a future stud, but he is injured and you could of kept him at $10.That is my only complaint.
(Good) Wright $40. Now kelley has the two best third baseman in the national league.I don't think hitting will be a problem this year for kelley. Honorable mention Peavy at $27.Ring up another cy young for him.

Dan- (Ugly) Dan's pitching staff. Dude he'll win hitting, but he should draft nine guys in the minors and start them.At least you would win e.r.a and whip. (Bad) Kemp at $20. With all the hype around this guy and the year he's going to have, just too rotate with pierre and either. Now I might be wrong and the dodgers our showcasing pierre for a trade. I don't think so though. Old torre loves veterans like old dusty.(good) reynolds at $11. This is good hitter 3 bagger in a hitter's ballpark. Honorable mention bourne and or the kouz(damn I should of kept him for 9)

Todd- (Ugly) Todd did a good job and I really can't find an ugly, But if I had to..let's go with jimenez for $10. Any rockies pitcher for more than five dollars is asking for trouble.(Bad) Wagner for $21. Old,Old and Old. I know you needed a closer and he is on the mets, but look at him...he is sooooo old.(Good) Your OF(not including pierre,but including kearns) You have power and some speed.I love milledge. Just a good combination. At first I over looked your hitting, but know I Know you will do well in those catergories.

Matt- (Ugly) PJM for $9. I Know he was a keeper, but this dude is a walking DL. I think him and wagner should open a vet's office and start putting down old dogs. Maybe the cockfighting has his mind on thoer things. (Bad) Francouer at $26. Paid just a little too much for a 20 homer guy batting sixth. (Good) Jackson at $10. Off the dr.pepper and into fantasy heaven, This guy is a stud and will get 25 homers and 90 RBI. Hinorable mention Bruce at $6 future kepper.

Trev- (Ugly) I have two players for him. One his his famous keeper..Lidge $13. This guy should look up wagner and PJM at the office, I'm sure they have an opening for a choke artist. the dogs have to go down some way. Zito at $3. It's only three dollars he
says. Dude what A waste of $126 million. Stash this guy untill sept. call ups. Onlt then would I have let him see the light of day. (Bad)
Bay at $20. Injury prone and on a bad team. That simple.
(Good) Zimmerman at $24. This guy will put up david wright numbers in the new ballpark. A pure stud in a revamped line up with nick johnson protecting him, there is no limit for this 23 year old.

Jason- (Ugly) Now if I had to give an anal(kaz matsui)ysis of his team it would be too many $1 players.If these players don't produce than I would say only a top four finish for jason. Has six very good plyers and three down right nasty SP's It takes more than that too win. (Bad) Matsui at $6. It's only six, butt being out coorado will make his hitting worse which he won't get on base as often to steal the 20-30 bases jason desires. (Good) Votto for $10. If only dusty baker would like rookies.

Jim- (ugly) Church for $18. I do like this guy at $7-8, but not at milledge,hall and fukudome money.I know it was at that point in the draft, but $18. (Bad) Upton for $20. Agian,this guy is a fantasy sleeper stud. We just haven't seen him enough and the league hasn't adjusted to him just yet.Hopefully he goes off for jim so he would not have to keep chuerch at $18 next year.Honorable mention Andy La roche. (Good) I love ankiel,but this is about nick johnson at $14. This might sound like I love the Nat's, but I just think johnson and zimmerman will put up very good numbers this year.

Dustin- (Ugly) Wood for $9. This guy is waiting for his application at the vet's office to be approved.it was denied since you at least need to show up at least twice to work in a three year span.(Bad) Two guys come too mind..Wilson At $5 and Winn At $8. I wanted winn for the 15-15 season, but I forgot who he played for that he is 33 years old. Wilson is a dude waiting to be traded and on a bad team.
(Good) I beleive my pitching staff will be very good. Two closers in waiting for a total of $4 dollars. 4 proven winning pitchers and a maybe the fantasy rookie of the year in cueto.Honorable mention Corey patterson for $2,dusty loves this guy from the cub days.(this dude will get 15-20 homers and steal 25-30 bases this year for 2 dollars)

Rosters are up!

Rosters have been uploaded to the league site. Let the season begin!

2008 Draft List

I put the draft list here:

Draft List Page

Jedi Baseball

Awesome interview with Bill James

Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions

We haven’t figured out anything yet. A hundred years from now, we won’t have begun to have the game figured out

Thanks Jim!

Joe DiMaggio's streak analyzed

A Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe - NY Times

"In a fit of scientific skepticism, we decided to calculate how unlikely Joltin' Joe's achievement really was. Using a comprehensive collection of baseball statistics from 1871 to 2005, we simulated the entire history of baseball 10,000 times in a computer. In essence, we programmed the computer to construct an enormous set of parallel baseball universes, all with the same players but subject to the vagaries of chance in each one."

Clemens/McNamee hearings

Jon Stewart analyzes the Clemens/McNamee hearings. Funny stuff.

For those of you...

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.

756

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!

Week 17 Results

Jim kept his half game lead going into the final week of the regular season with a win over Andy. Meanwhile, Jason pulled out a win vs. Calvin with a huge weekend and took sole possession on 2nd place. Kelley sqeaked out a 6.5-5.5 win over Todd to tie Andy for 3rd place.

This week's matchups:

Jim's Beaners vs Todd's Heaters
Kelley's FKAKY vs Prothero's Poppers
Matt's Utility Men vs Dan's Pickle Weasels
Brian's Box Chowers vs Andy's Full Flanull
Calvin's Slumpbusters vs Dustin's Diggleturb

Kelley vs. Jason is a huge matchup. Andy has another tough matchup with Brian on deck. Jim gets the easiest matchup against Todd.


10.5 Jim's Beaners
1.5 Andy's Full Flanull



6.5 Kelley's FKAKY
5.5 Todd's Heaters



3.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
9.0 Prothero's Poppers



8.5 Matt's Utility Men
3.5 Dustin's Diggleturb



7.0 Brian's Box Chowers
5.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels

Week 16 Results

The two teams tied for first are now tied for second as Jim beat Jason and passed both Andy and Jason. This week will be huge as Jim plays Andy.



7.0 Matt's Utility Men
5.0 Andy's Full Flanull

Andy could have had the win with just a little more hitting. Hopefully his team steps it up against Jim!



9.5 Brian's Box Chowers
2.5 Todd's Heaters

Todd had a bad week... Brian is coming on strong down the stretch.


6.5 Jim's Beaners
5.5 Prothero's Poppers

Arg! 1 run, or 1 save, or 1 win away from a tie.



9.0 Kelley's FKAKY
3.0 Dustin's Diggleturb

Kelley is in 4th. Challenging for 2nd. He put up the numbers last week.


7.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
5.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels

Calvin's pitching overcame Dan's monster hitting week.

How long until...

Andy picks up Julio Franco?

Chris Carpenter

Chris Carpenter will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the season.

How's that five-year extension looking now? The Cardinals gave Carpenter a $63.5 million deal last winter, even though he was already under control through 2008. Maybe he'll come back and be something worth close to that. However, as many arm problems as he's had over the course of his career, there's just no guarantee that he'll ever again be a dominant starter. Tommy John surgery will put him out through at least the All-Star break. It's probably about 60-40 that he'll come back and make a positive impact over the final two months of 2008.

From Rotoworld.com

Three weeks to go....

I was interested to see the strength of schedule for the remaining three matchups. I have compiled each teams remaining opponents records to formulate a magically number. I will then come up with predictions based on these numbers to what I think the seedings will be for the playoffs.

	Team	Teams Left (Record)			Record	PCT
1	Poppers (9-4-2)	Beaners (9-5-1)	Slumpbusters (5-9-1)	FKAky (7-6-2)	21-20-4	.512
1	Full Flanull (9-4-2)	Utility Men (6-8-1)	Beaners (9-5-1)	Box Chowers (5-7-3)	20-20-5	.500
3	Beaners (9-5-1)	Poppers (9-4-2)	Full Flanull (9-4-2)	Heaters (4-7-4)	22-15-8	.595
4	FKAky (7-6-2)	Diggleturb (4-8-3)	Heaters (4-7-4)	Poppers (9-4-2)	17-19-9	.472
5	Pickle Weasels (7-7-1)	Slumpbusters (5-9-1)	Box Chowers (5-7-3)	Utility Men (6-8-1)	16-24-5	.400
6	Utility Men (6-8-1)	Full Flanull (9-4-2)	Diggleturb (4-8-3)	Pickle Weasels (7-7-1)	20-19-6	.513
6	Box Chowers (5-7-3)	Heaters (4-7-4)	Pickle Weasels (7-7-1)	Full Flanull (9-4-2)	20-18-7	.526
8	Heaters (4-7-4)	Box Chowers (5-7-3)	FKAky (7-6-2)	Beaners (9-5-1)	21-18-6	.539
9	Diggleturb (4-8-3)	FKAky (7-6-2)	Utility Men (6-8-1)	Slumpbusters (5-9-1)	18-23-4	.439
9	Slumpbusters (5-9-1)	Pickle Weasels (7-7-1)	Poppers (9-4-2)	Diggleturb (4-8-3)	20-19-6	.513

It looks like the Beaners have the toughest schedule for the remainder of the season. The Pickle Weasels have the easiest schedule by far. The look to move up in the standings. Here are my predictions for the final standings. The Beaners made the biggest drop (dropping two spots) while the Pickle Weasels made the biggest jump (up two spots). This should make for an interesting three weeks.

1) Full Flanull
2) Poppers
3) Pickle Weasels
4) FKAky
5) Beaners
6) Box Chowers
7) Utility Men
8) Heaters
9) Diggleturb
10) Slumpbusters

The battle for the last spot could be determined on the final week as Calvin and Dustin square off against each other. That should make for an interesting matchup.

Week 15 Results

Team of the week: Kelley's FKAKY. He had good ratios and lead the week in HRs with 13. Unfortunately Andy had a monster pitching week and got the tie.

With Andy and Jason both ending up with a tie (how weird is that?), Jim moves in for a virtual tie at the top. All three teams are tied on wins with Jim having that extra loss.


6.0 Kelley's FKAKY
6.0 Andy's Full Flanull



8.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
4.0 Todd's Heaters



6.0 Matt's Utility Men
6.0 Prothero's Poppers



7.0 Brian's Box Chowers
5.0 Dustin's Diggleturb



9.0 Jim's Beaners
3.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels

Old Roto Format - Half Way Mark

I did some calculations and I came up with the old point format. Here are the standings if we still went with those standings. I uploaded the excel spreadsheet that I used to tabulate the stand to the google group if you are interested in viewing it.

		Hitting	Pitching	Total
Poppers		51.0	42.0	93.0	1
Diggleturb		22.5	42.0	64.5	7
Pickle Weasels		38.0	9.0	47.0	8
Full Flanull		29.5	45.0	74.5	3
Heaters		15.0	29.0	44.0	10
Beaners		41.5	32.5	74.0	4
FKAky		49.0	32.0	81.0	2
Utility Men		31.0	40.0	71.0	6
Box Chowers		26.0	46.5	72.5	5
Slumpbusters		26.5	18.0	44.5	9

Team MVP's - 1st Half

I decided to put together a list of who I thought was each teams MVP for the first half of this season. I am hoping that Jason can put together a Poll so that we can vote on it this week. There is a new feature that allows you to post polls to our blog but Jason has to add it. So get out and vote as soon as the polls open. Enjoy!

Hanley Ramirez - Poppers
14 Hrs, 35 Rbi's, 70 R's, 27 Sb's, .3314 Avg, and .926 Ops

Adrian Gonzalez - Diggleturb
14 Hr's, 52 Rbi's, 47 R's, .2639 Avg, and .809 Ops

Ryan Howard - Pickle Weasels
21 Hr's, 67 Rbi's, 39 R's, .2559 Avg, and .933 Ops

Brad Penny - Full Flannull
10-1, 116.2 Ip, 18 Gs, 2.391 Era, 1.191 Whip, and 48 K-Bb's

Ken Griffey Jr - Heaters
23 Hr's, 59 Rbi's, 49 R's, 3 Sb's, .2857 Avg, and .958 Ops

Brandon Phillips - Beaners
17 Hr's, 47 Rbi's, 60 R's, 16 Sb's, .2784 Avg, and .811 Ops

Jake Peavy - FKAky
9-3, 119 Ip, 18 Gs, 2.193 Era, 1.059 Whip, and 91 K-Bb's

Prince Fielder - Matt Utility Men
29 Hr's, 70 Rbi's, 62 R's, .284 Avg, and .996 Ops

Carlos Lee - Box Chowers
16 Hr's, 73 Rbi's, 48 R's, 6 Sb's, .2965 Avg, and .869 Ops

Russell Martin - Slumpbusters
11 Hr's, 60 Rbi's, 51 R's, 16 Sb's, .3062 Avg, and .865 Ops

POW Pitching: Week 14!

Congratulations goes out to Dustin for having a Baby Girl on Monday evening. Here name is Barretha Larkin Sculatti....ok her real name is Josephine June Sculatti but I wanted everyone to know how much Dustin loves Barry Larkin. Congrats!

This weeks Player of the Week for pitching is....Wandy Rodriquez.

Wandy Rodriquez - Box Chowers
1 Gs, 1 W, 9 Ip, 0 Er, 7 K-bb's, 0.00 Era, and .556 Whip

Noteworthy:
Ted Lilly - Heaters
1 Gs, 1 W, 7.1 Ip, 1 Er, 5 K-bb's, 1.227 Era, and 1.227 Whip

Chris Young - Utility Men
1 Gs, 1 Nd, 7 Ip, 0 Er, 9 K-bb's, 0.00 Era, and .714 Whip

Cole Hamels - Beavers
1 Gs, 1 W, 7 Ip, 1 Er, 8 K-bb's, 1.286 Era, 1.143 Whip

POW Hitting: Week 14!

This weeks POW for hitting goes to Hanley Ramirez of the Poppers. The guy went off this week, check his stats!

Hanley Ramirez - Poppers
3 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 5 R's, 2 Sb's, .5238 Avg, and 1.660 Ops
DAMN!!! That isn't a typo in regards to his average and ops

Noteworthy:
Ryan Howard - Pickle Weasels
2 Hr's, 10 Rbi's, 2 R's, .280 Avg, and .829 Ops
Only bright spot on the PWs team this week, it had to be noted.

Adam LaRoche - Diggleturb
3 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 7 R's, .3684 Avg, and 1.402 Ops
10 Hr's, 44 Rbi's, and 31 R since joining Team Diggleturb. One Dustin made the trade for LaRoche and Hart, people thought that he got the raw end of the deal. Guess who's laughing now!

Andruw Jones - Box Chowers
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 8 R's, 2 Sb's, .381 Avg, and 1.291 Ops
Don't call me Andrew!

Garrett Atkins - Slumpbusters
2 Hr's, 8 Rbi's, 5 R's, .4091 Avg, and 1.213 Ops
He is staying hot...I still think Colorado is going to trade him by the end of this month.

Ryan Braun - FKAky
4 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 6 R's, 1 Sb, .400 Avg, and 1.364 Ops
I was hoping he would win it this week but until I say Hanley's stats...well, I have to be bias.

WOW: Week 14!

Wow of the week for week 14. There were some pathetic stats put up by some teams this week and they are noted below. This weeks WOW goes to someone who got demoted to AAA this past week. Hopefully this will give him some time to fine tune his skills. This weeks loser is Carlos Quentin of the Slumpbusters.

Carlos Quentin - Slumpbusters
0 for 4, got demoted to AAA

Noteworthy:

Team Heaters
.230 Avg, .676 Ops, 4 Hr's
See below.

Team Diggleturb
.2389 Avg, .681 Ops, 5 Hr's
Dustin beat Todd with these stats but they ended up with a tie for the week.

Team Pickle Weasels
8.126 Era, 2.010 Whip
I had to laugh when I read this line. The Pickle Weasels got man handled this past week.

Rickie Weeks - Pickle Weasels
1 for 17, 6 K's, .0588 Avg, and .170 Ops

Jose Valentin - FKAky
2 for 18, 2 R's, 3 K's, .111 Avg, and .367 Ops

Justin Germano - Slumpbusters
1 Gs, 4 Ip, 1 L, 7 Er, 10 Hits, 15.75 Era, 3.00 Whip

POW half way mark?

Are people interested in seeing a POW for the first half of the season? If so, I will try to put something out after I get the POW for week 14 done. I should be able to get something out before Friday. School is keeping me busy with two midterms and a final in the span of 24 hours.

Week 14 Results

Oops. Got this one up late.

Team of the week was a tie between Andy's Full Flanull.


10.5 Andy's Full Flanull
1.5 Dan's Pickle Weasels


6.0 Todd's Heaters
6.0 Dustin's Diggleturb


3.0 Brian's Box Chowers
9.0 Prothero's Poppers


4.5 Calvin's Slumpbusters
7.5 Kelley's FKAKY


5.0 Matt's Utility Men
7.0 Jim's Beaners

POW Hitting: Week 13

If you haven't seen the movie Transformers yet...stop whatever you are doing and go see it immediately. It's FREAKING AWESOME!

Here are the nominees for Week 13's POW:

Carlos Beltran - FKAky
4 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 5 R's, 3 Sb's, .2593 Avg, and 1.051 Ops
Low average hurts his chances this week.

Ryan Braun - FKAky
2 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 6 R's, 2 Sb's. .3929 Avg, and 1.183 Ops
This guy is the future of MLB!

Chase Utley - Utility Men
3 Hr's, 8 Rbi's, 7 R's, 2 Sb's, .3448 Avg, and 1.187 Ops
Great all around performance by Utley this week.

Garrett Atkins - Slumpbusters
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 6 R's, .2593 Avg, and 0.930 Ops
He is finally starting to heat up.

Carlos Lee - Box Chowers
3 Hr's, 10 Rbi's, 4 R's, 1 Sb, .3462 Avg, and 1.155 Ops

There were lots of great stats this week but a lot of them that weren't named had just ok stats, that is why they were left out. Plus I was crunched for time.

This weeks winner goes to Lance Berkman. The guy had an incredible week. Here are his stats.

Lance Berkman - Box Chowers
4 Hr's 10 Rbi's, 9 R's, .3214 Avg, and 1.317 Ops

POW Pitching: Week 13

This weeks winners of the Player of the Week award goes to Trevor Hoffman and Tim Lincecum.

Tim Lincecum - Slumpbusters
1 Gs, 7 Ip, 1 W, 0.00 Era, and .429 Whip, 12 K-Bb's

Trevor Hoffman - Utility Men
5 G, 5 Sv's, 1.80 Era, and .600 Whip

Noteworthy:
David Wells - Slumpbusters
2 Gs, 12.2 Ip, 1 W, .711 Era, and 1.342 Whip

John Maine - Utility Men
1 Gs, 8 Ip, 1 W, 1.125 Era, .500 Whip, and 8 K-Bb's

Tim Hudson - Pickle Weasels
1 Gs, 7 Ip, 1 W, 1.286 Era, and 1.143 Whip

Greg Maddux - Pickle Weasels
1 Gs, 7 Ip, 1 W, 1.286 Era, and .857 Whip

Jeff Francis - Beaners
1 Gs, 7 Ip, 1 W, 0.00 Era, and 1.00 Whip

Carlos Marmol - FKAky
4 G, 4.2 Ip, and 9 K-Bb.

WOW: Week 13!

I thought that I would do something different this week. I usually do the WOW last and it always shows up on the top of the blog page. So this week I am doing it last so that it doesn't over shadow the POW's.

This weeks nominee's (according to Andy) Everyone besides me!!!

But in reality here are the nominee's and the loser are Brain Fuentes and Adrian Gonzalez. Fuentes gets the award for temporarily losing his closing role. Here are there stats for this past week. Adrian gets the award for being in a horrible slump.

Brian Fuentes - Heaters
3 G's, 2 L's, 0 Sv, 2.1 Ip, 8 Er's, 30.848 Era, and 3.856 Whip
It seems like if you are a closer on Todd's team that you are destined to lose your closing position sometime during the season. (He got rid of Dan Wheeler at the right time, Thanks Todd!)

Adrian Gonzalez - Diggleturb
1 for 23, 1 Rbi, 7 K's, .0435 Avg, and .241 Ops
He has been in 4 for 47 slump of lately. Ouch!

Noteworthy Losers:
Armando Benitez - Pickle Weasels
4 G's, 2.1 Ip, 1 L, 7 R's, 6 Er's, 23.146 Era, and 4.286 Whip
Different setting and still sucking!

Taylor Tankersley - Pickle Weasels
2 G's, 1 Ip, 4 Er's, 36.00 Era, and 5.oo Whip
What is in the drinking water in Florida?

Rickie Weeks - Pickle Weasels
1 for 15, 1 Rbi, 1 Sb, .0667 Avg, and .367 Ops.
No comment here.

Homer Bailey - Diggleturb
2 Gs, 2 L's, 13 Er's, -5 K-bb's, 21.935 Era, 3.937 Whip
Looks like he might need to head back to AAA for some more seasoning

Sean Marshall - Slumpbusters
1 Gs, 1 L, 7 Er's, 27.00 Era, and 4.50 Whip

Baseball Video Games?

I was just curious if anyone has played any of baseball game titles that are out this year?

I have been playing MLB 2k7 for the PS3 and it is awesome. I havent had a chance to play MLB The Show 07 yet so I wanted to see if anyone else has. If so, is it worth buying or renting?

I am hoping that some day that they will incorporate fantasy baseball into one of the games. I think this would be a great feature. How cool would it be to track your fantasy team through your video game, like player updates and game lines??

Week 13 Results

Andy beat Jason to move into a tie for first. Jim lost so he stays in second. Dan won so he moves into a tie for second.

Team of the week: Brian's Box Chowers. 19 HRs, 53 RBI. Good all around. Close second was Kelley.


9.0 Andy's Full Flanull
3.0 Prothero's Poppers


4.5 Todd's Heaters
7.5 Dan's Pickle Weasels


5.0 Jim's Beaners
7.0 Dustin's Diggleturb


4.5 Calvin's Slumpbusters
7.5 Brian's Box Chowers


3.5 Matt's Utility Men
8.5 Kelley's FKAKY

Week 12 Results

Team of the week: Kelley's FKAKY. 15 HR, 51 RBI, 48 Runs, 1.048 OPS, .351 AVE, 9 SB. That is a great hitting week.


6.5 Andy
5.5 Dustin

4.0 Matt
8.0 Todd

8.5 Dan
3.5 Jason

8.0 Calvin
4.0 Jim

3.0 Brian
9.0 Kelley

WOW: Week 12!

This weeks loser goes to Dontrelle Willis (Aka Dtrain). It looks like he derailed this week.

Dontrelle Willis - Box Chowers
1 Gs, 1 Ip, 4 Er, 36.00 Era, 6.00 Whip

Noteworthy:
Hong-Chih Kuo - Poppers
2 Gs, 2 L's, 14.14 Era, 1.857 Whip
No relation to Calvin.

Paul LoDuca - Full Flannul
2 for 22, 3 R's, 1 Rbi, .091 Avg, and .223 Ops

Adam LaRoche - Diggleturb
2 for 23, 1 R, 2 Rbi's, .087 Avg, and .309 Ops

Josh Johnson - FKAky
1 Gs, 3 Ip, 7 Er, 21.00 Era, 3.667 Whip

Team FKAky Pitching Staff
6.655 Era, 1.732 Whip, 2 W's, 5 L's, 47.1 Ip

POW Pitching: Week 12

This weeks winner of the POW Pitching award goes to Carlos Zambrano. The guy has been lights out of lately. He needs to throw down more often.

Carlos Zambrano - Poppers
1 Gs, 1 W, 8 Ip, 11 K-Bb's (12 K's), 1.125 Era, .500 Whip
And I almost traded Zito for Zambrano during OSU's Super Regional. Why did I hesitate??

Noteworthy:
Brad Penny - Full Flanull
2 Gs, 2 W's, 15 Ip, 6 K-Bb's (9 K's), 1.200 Era, .867 Whip
Great performance this week by Penny. He need a few more K's to win it.

Tom Glavine - Full Flanull
1 Gs, 1 W, 8 Ip, 3 K-Bb's (5 K's), 1.125 Era, 1.00 Whip
You gotta love Tom Glavine!

Aaron Harang - Diggleturb
1 Gs, 1 W, 8 Ip, 5 K-Bb's (7 K's), 0.00 Era, .500 Whip
He lost out because he didn't strike out enough guys.

Ben Sheets - Diggleturb
2 Gs, 2 W's, 15 Ip, 5 K-Bb's (9 K's), 1.80 Era, 1.00 Whip
His low K to BB ratio hurt Ben this week.

Yovanni Gallard - FKAky
1 Gs, 1 Nd, 7 Ip, 6 K-Bb's (8 K's), 1.286 Era, 1.00 Whip
2nd career start. To bad he might be headed to the bullpen shortly.

POW Hitting: Week 12

Welcome to the latest installment of Player of the Week (POW) award. There was plenty of production this week which is always fun to see. I had to have some limitations this week or the list could have easily topped out at 20 guys. So I tried to keep it to guys that had over 2 homeruns and batted over .350 for the week. The only exception was for Ryan Braun who had only 1 homerun but stole 3 bases and hit an amazing .419 for the week. If he would had shown more power he would have been a shoe in but he loses out to fellow team Hunter Pence for Player of the Week award.

Hunter Pence - FKAky
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 8 R's, 1 Sb, .462 Avg, and 1.44 Ops
His extremely high average and Ops won it this week for Hunter. It also helped out that he nailed three homeruns.

Noteworthy:
Corey Hart - Diggleturb
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 11 R's, 3 Sb's, .407 Avg, and 1.096 Ops
Corey had 2/3rds of his teams homeruns (3 total). He was a close second with Braun. His runs and SB numbers were great for this week.

Ryan Braun - FKAky
1 Hr, 8 Rbi's, 6 R's, 3 Sb's, .455 Avg, and 1.32 Ops
Low homerun total hurt Ryan this week but his other stats were amazing.

Alfonso Soriano - FKAky
4 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 6 R's, 1 Sb, .419 Avg, and 1.36 Ops
Third FKAky player listed.

Josh Hamilton - Box Chowers
2 Hr's, 4 Rbi's, 5 R's, .400 Avg, and 1.33 Ops
Crack kills!

Troy Tulowitzki - Pickle Weasels
4 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 7 R's, 1 Sb, .360 Avg, and 1.37 Ops
Tulo could have won it with a few extra base hits this week.

Chris Duncan - Heaters
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 2 R's, .444 Avg, and 1.399 Ops
I want Duncan back!

Eric Byrnes - Heaters
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 6 R's, 1 Sb, .379 Avg, and 1.034 Ops
Better numbers than Pujols this week...Todd is starting to look like a roto genius!

Luis Gonzalez - Beaners
2 Hr's, 9 Rbi's, 7 R's, .391 Avg, and 1.266 Ops
Not bad for being 42 years old!

RIP!

If you watched the Beavers defeat the North Carolina last night, you are aware that Rod Beck passed away. No information has been given so it makes you think for the worse. Either way, the man will be missed.

WOW: Week 11!

This week's worthless of the week goes to a whole team. This week's loser is the Pitching staff of the Pickle Weasels.

Team Pickle Weasels - Pitching
37.2 Ip, 0 W's, 5 L's, 7.646 Era, and 1.832 Whip

Noteworthy:
Team FKAky - Pitching
40.2 Ip, 2 W's, 4 L's, 6.418 Era, and 1.402 Whip

Matt Morris - Poppers
1 Gs, 1 L, 4 Ip's, 8 Er's, 18.00 Era, 2.750 Whip

Dan Wheeler - FKAky
3 Gs, 2 Ip, 4 Er, 18.00 Era, 2.50 Whip, 1 L

Tim Lincecum - Slumpbusters
1 Gs, 1 L, 3.2 Ip's, 7 Er's, 17.18 Era, 3.00 Whip

POW Pitching: Week 11

This weeks winner of the POW for pitching was coming off a horrible start the week before, and was a noteworthy for worthless of the week (Week 10). This week's winner goes to Tim Hudson.

Tim Hudson - Pickle Weasels
1 Gs, 7.1 Ip, 0.00 Era, .409 Whip, 1 K-Bb
Nice rebound after that horrible week last week.

Noteworthy:
Ian Snell - Heaters
1 Gs, 1 W, 9 Ip, 0.00 Era, 1.00 Whip, 5 K-Bb's
SNELL!!

Carlos Zambrano - Poppers
1 Gs, 1 L, 9 Ip, 1.00 Era, .778 Whip, 1 K-Bb
Lost out on the no hitter and then ended up losing the game.

Jake Peavy - FKAky
1 Gs, 1 W, 7 Ip, 0.00 Era, .714 Whip, 5 K-Bb's
Another solid performance from Peavy.

Derek Lowe - Full Flanull
1 Gs, 1 W, 7 Ip, 1.28 Era, .714 Whip, 10 K-Bb's (11 K's)

POW Hitting: Week 11

There were some great performances this past week. This weeks winner goes to Corey Hart. The 2 stolen bases clinched it for Corey this week.

Corey Hart - Diggleturb
4 Hr's, 9 Rbi's, 5 R's, 2 Sb's, .322 Avg, and 1.124 Ops

Noteworthy:
Ryan Zimmerman - Pickle Weasels
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 6 R's, .333 Avg, and 1.108 Ops

Adrian Gonzalez - Diggleturb
2 Hr's, 8 Rbi's, 6 R's, .363 Avg, and 1.436 Ops

Ken Griffey Jr - Heaters
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 7 R's, .307 Avg, and 1.041 Ops

Chris Duncan - Heaters
2 Hr's, 9 Rbi's, 3 R's, .285 Avg, and 1.161 Ops

Brad Hawpe - Poppers
4 Hr's, 9 Rbi's, 6 R's, .304 Avg, 1.203 Ops

Matt Holiday - Poppers
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 9 R's, .480 Avg, and 1.416 Ops

Garrett Atkins - Slumpbusters
3 Hr's, 10 Rbi's, 3 R's, .318 Avg, and 1.218 Ops

Adam Dunn - Full Flanull
4 Hr's, 8 Rbi's, 6 R's, .428 Avg, and 1.360 Ops

WOW: Week 10!

This weeks award is also a two player loser. The first goes to Freddy Garcia and his pathetic start and the other goes to Jason Bay for his lack luster performance. If it wasn't for the homerun that Bay got, he would have been the most worthless.

Freddy Garcia - Utility Men
1 G, 1.2 Ip, 1 L, 6 Er, 32.39 Era, 5.399 Whip

Jason Bay - Slumpbusters
1 for 19, .052 Avg, and .451 Ops, 1 Hr, 2 Rbi's, and 2 R's

Noteworthy:
Tim Hudson - Pickle Weasels
1 Gs, 2 Ip, 5 Er, 22.50 Era, 3.50 Whip, -1 K-Bb

Jon Rauch - Poppers
2 G, 1.1 Ip, 20.25 Era, and 2.251 Whip

Chris Duncan - Heaters
2 for 22, .090 Avg, .364 Ops, 1 Hr, 1 Rbi, 1 R

Jonathan, Broxton - Full Flanull
3 G, 1.2 Ip, 21.60 Era, 4.202 Whip, 1 L

Mark Reynolds - FKAky
2 for 20, .100 Avg, .293 Ops

Joe Smith - FKAky
3 G, 2.2 Ip, 13.49 Era, 4.499 Whip

POW Pitching: Week 10

The pitching for week 10 wasn't that great for POW nominees. There was a tie for POW for hitting this week. The first goes to Jorge Sosa for shutting down on of the best offensive teams in the league, the Detriot Tigers. The second award goes to Antonio Alfonseca for stepping it up as the Phillies current closer. Nice pick up Calvin.

Jorge Sosa - FKAky
1 Gs, 1 W, 8 Ip, 0.00 Era, .750 Whip, 3 K-Bb's

Antonio Alfonseca - Slumpbusters
4 G, 4 S, 4 Ip, 0.00 Era, .750 Whip, 1 K-Bb

Noteworthy:
Derek Lowe - Full Flanull
1 Gs, 1 L, 9 Ip, 1.00 Era, .444 Whip, 3 K-Bb's.

Kyle Lohse - Box Chowers
1 Gs, 1 W, 8.1 Ip, 1.08 Era, .960 Whip, 1 K-Bb

POW Hitting: Week 10

Sorry for the lateness for Players of the Week awards. And the winner is Albert Pujols. Congratulations and what a nice farewell present to the Heaters than giving them a POW award.

Albert Pujols - Heaters
4 Hr's, 9 Rbi's, 5 R's, .363 Avg, and 1.395 OPS

Noteworthy:
Miguel Cabrera - Poppers
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 5 R's, .500 Avg, and 1.148 Ops.

Ken Griffey Jr - Heaters
3 Hr's, 4 Rbi's, 5 R's, .316 Avg, and 1.245 Ops

Ryan Howard - Pickle Weasels
3 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 4 R's, .384 Avg, and 1.253 Ops

Lance Berkman - Box Chowers
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 4 R's, .346 Avg, and 1.085 Ops

Luis Gonzalez - Beaners
2 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 5 R's, .384 Avg, and 1.236 Ops

Alfonso Soriano - FKAky
3 Hr's, 5 Rbi's, 5 R's, .275 Avg, and 1.043 Ops

Week 11 Results

Team of the week: Matt's Utility Men. He hit .354 ave, .974 ops as a team and lead the league in 4 other pitching categories.



4.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
8.0 Andy's Full Flanull

Andy dominated hitting and took a couple pitching categories to win the week.


6.0 Todd's Heaters
6.0 Prothero's Poppers

An exact pitching/hitting split. Jason took all the hitting, Todd took all the pitching.


1.5 Dan's Pickle Weasels
10.5 Dustin's Diggleturb

Dustin had some great hitting, but both were stinky at pitching. Dusty took ERA and OPS with a 5.74 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP.


4.5 Brian's Box Chowers
7.5 Matt's Utility Men

Matt dominated the averages and took a few other accumulated stats and took the week.


1.5 Kelley's FKAKY
10.5 Jim's Beaners

Kelley had a baaaad week. Jim took advantage and completely dominated.

Elijah Dukes one ups himself

From Rotoworld.com

Elijah Dukes was told not to show up at the ballpark Wednesday, with manager Joe Maddon characterizing it as a "personal day."

Alledgedly impregnate an underage girl and get a paid day off. What a strange world it is that we live in.

This is the same guy that had some issues with his wife. If you want to know more, there is a past post about it. This guy has to be the MLB version of Pac Man Jones.

Verlander's Final Inning

A-ma-zing.

POW: Week 10

Since I neglected studying while I attended the Super Regionals this weekend, I won't be able to the POW awards until later this week. I will get them posted as soon as possible though.

Until then please enjoy the Beavers POW for hitting: Darwin Barney and Joey Wong, and the POW for pitching is Jorge Reyes and Mike Stutes. Go Beavs!

Week 10 Results

Team of the Week: Prothero's Poppers. 8 category wins this week. I needed every one of them as Dustin had a great week also.


7.0 Todd's Heaters
5.0 Andy's Full Flanull

Zero wins on the week for both teams. Wild. Todd's 15 Hrs were huge this week.


2.5 Dustin's Diggleturb
9.5 Prothero's Poppers

This wasn't as easy as it looks


5.5 Kelley's FKAKY
6.5 Dan's Pickle Weasels

Kelley had the hitting, Dan the pitching. Pitching won.


4.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
8.0 Matt's Utility Men

Close week despite the final score.


5.0 Brian's Box Chowers
7.0 Jim's Beaners

A dominating hitting performance for Jim wins the day.

WOW: Week 9!

This week goes to a guy who just turned 26 and celebrated his birthday by getting rocked and then he went on to rock his own teammate. All punk team for Carlos Zambrano this week!

Carlos Zambrano - Poopers
10.80 Era, 3.00 Whip, 5 IP, 1 Lose, 38 stitches to Barrett (not really sure about the number of stitches but thought that I would make it be something outrageous.

Congratulations!

Noteworthy:
Billy Donovan

POW Pitching: Week 9

This weeks winner goes to a reliever. I don't like giving much love to closers, since I don't have any quality ones. This weeks award goes to Francisco Cordero of the Full Flannulls.

Francisco Cordero - Full Flannull
4 G, 4 Sv's, 3.1 IP, 0.00 Era, .600 Whip and 4 K-BB's

Noteworthy:
Barry Zito - FKAky
2 GS, 2 W's, 13 IP, 0.00 Era, 1.308 Whip, 7 K-BB's (12 K's)
He walks way to many players causing his whip to be inflated. Great few weeks, his last three starts his era is around 0.45.

Brandon Webb - Poopers
1 GS, 1 W, 8 IP, 0.00 Era, .625 Whip, 7 K-BB's
I hate the Poopers this week so nothing will be said about Brandon Webb.

Randy Johnson - Poopers
1 GS, 1 W, 6 IP, 0.00 Era, .167 Whip, 6 K-BB's
I hate the Poopers this week so not much will be said about Randy Johnson. It would be interesting to see if they would ever allow him to pitch more than 60 pitches in a game.

Jeff Francis - Beaners
1 GS, 1 W, 7 IP, 1.29 Era, .857 Whip, and 5 K-BB's
STUD!

Chris Young - Utility Men
1 GS, 1 W, 7 IP, 0.00 Era, .714 Whip, and 6 K-BB's
Another great week for Chris Young.

POW Hitting: Week 9

This week's player of the week goes to a team that did a lot of talking up of his player. Besides his dad being a bum, this weeks player of the week goes to Prince Fielder of the Utility Men.

Prince Fielder - Utility Men
4 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 5 R's, .391 Avg, and 1.517 Ops
This guy is TIED for the major league lead in homeruns along with Arod.

Noteworthy:
Russel Martin - Slumpbusters
4 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 7 R's, .360 Avg, and 1.265 Ops
I always love when catchers go yard. I wanted to give the award to Russel this week but Calvin still could have won his matchup this week even without him.

Derrek Lee - Utility Men
3 Hr's, 6 Rbi's, 5 R's, .385 Avg, and 1.162 Ops
7 of the 10 Utility Men's homeruns were from Lee and Fielder. It's time to mix it up a bit.

Alfonso Soriano - FKAky
3 Hr's, 5 Rbi's, 7 R's, .464 Avg, and 1.357 Ops
Soriano had a great end to his week, going deep in three consecutive games and finished the week with a 5 for 5 performance.

Brad Hawpe - Poppers
2 Hr's, 5 Rbi's, 5 R's, .444 Avg, and 1.472 Ops
I hate the Poppers this week so nothing will be said about Brad Hawpe.

Dan Uggla - Beaners
3 Hr's, 7 Rbi's, 8 R's, .423 Avg, and 1.413 Ops
Great week for Uggla, any other week and he would have won it.

I would like to end with a baseball quote today.
"...remember the final two words in our National Anthem. 'Play Ball'." - Tom Brokaw

Week 9 Results

The team of the week was the Poppers as they won or tie for first in 6 categories! A good all around week for Jason, but the hitting led the way.


3.5 Brian's Box Chowers
8.5 Andy's Full Flanull

Oooo, what's that smell? Oh, it's the stinky hitting from both teams. Andy pulled it out with his pitching.


8.0 Jim's Beaners
4.0 Todd's Heaters

Jim knocks Todd into a tie for last place with Dusty. Bummer for Todd, he actually had a pretty good week. Jim just have a slightly better one. Jim is coming on strong. He's tied for second.


4.0 Kelley's FKAKY
8.0 Prothero's Poppers

Jason takes the week with huge hitting and takes just enough pitching to win.


7.0 Calvin's Slumpbusters
5.0 Dustin's Diggleturb

Wierd week for Calvin. Calvin rode his 19 HRs (whoa) to a victory and got out of the basement. The wierd thing was that with 19 HRs he hit only 36 RBI and he hit .240. Those must have been the only hits he had all week!


7.0 Matt's Utility Men
5.0 Dan's Pickle Weasels

Pitching won the week for Matt. Dan just needed to find a HR and a Save somewhere and he would have had the tie. Close week.


We are at the halfway point in the season. Here's how everything stands:

Seed   Team                  Win  Loss Tie  Pct
1      Prothero's Poppers    7    2    0    0.778
2      Jim's Beaners         5    3    1    0.611
3      Andy's Full Flanull   5    3    1    0.611
4      Dan's Pickle Weasels  4    4    1    0.500
5      Kelley's FKAKY        4    4    1    0.500
6      Brian's Box Chowers   3    3    3    0.500
7      Matt's Utility Men    4    5    0    0.444
8      Calvin's Slumpbusters 3    5    1    0.389
9      Todd's Heaters        2    5    2    0.333
10     Dustin's Diggleturb   2    5    2    0.333

Bad day

And I thought I was having a bad day...

Happy Birthday Zambrano!

Nothing says Happy Birthday then letting your Ace punch a teammate in the face! Instead of blowing out candles on a cake, he got to give stitches to someone's face...It must be some sort of culture thing. Either way...it's a meltdown!

This just in...

Poppers crushing FKAKY. More at 11.

In other news, the Beavs win the first game of the regional against Rutgers.

Beaver League Toolbar

I found this online toolbar maker thing and thought I'd try it out.



It works for FireFox and IE. The link to download is in the left side links on this page.

WOW: Week 8!

Worthless people tend to be relievers...This might be because if they get rocked they don't have the innings to help them out. Or they might just be over valued. Or they might just suck!

This weeks loser is Bret Myers. Starter turned reliever turned closer is still struggling and I believe that he is now on the DL.

Bret Myers - Full Flanull
.2 IP, 4 ER, 53.973 Era, 6.00 Whip (rounded up)

Noteworthy:
Khali Green - Full Flanull
0 for 15...no hits, no walks...0.00 Avg, and 0.00 Ops.

David Weathers - FKAky
1.1 IP, 1 L, 6 ER, 40.51 Era, 3.751 Whip.

Pat Burrell - Slumpbusters
1 for 16, .063 Avg, .348 Ops.