2000's two teams -a champion is crowned

4 KaiserWill4-Arizona Diamondbacks/Minnesota Twins
2 BurleyNorseman-NY Yankees/Washington Nationals (via proxy)
5 JJB92-St. Louis Cardinals/Pittsburgh Pirates
7 BobbyTheBrain—Chicago Cubs/Toronto Blue Jays
10 FatDaddy054 - Tampa Bay Rays/Boston Red Sox
9 Nol15736 - Oakland Athletics/Colorado Rockies
12: MFL536 -Indians/Mets
6: The BC Manager- Atlanta Braves/Detroit Tigers
11: DWG - San Diego Padres/San Francisco Giants (via proxy)
8: Ron4Yanks-Baltimore Orioles/Los Angeles Dodgers (via proxy)
1 Fench33 - Marlins/Phillies
3 NewGuy1912

4 KaiserWill4-Arizona Diamondbacks/Minnesota Twins
2 BurleyNorseman-NY Yankees/Washington Nationals (via proxy)
5 JJB92-St. Louis Cardinals/Pittsburgh Pirates
7 BobbyTheBrain—Chicago Cubs/Toronto Blue Jays
10 FatDaddy054 - Tampa Bay Rays/Boston Red Sox
9 Nol15736 - Oakland Athletics/Colorado Rockies
12: MFL536 -Indians/Mets
6: The BC Manager- Atlanta Braves/Detroit Tigers
11: DWG - San Diego Padres/San Francisco Giants (via proxy)
8: Ron4Yanks-Baltimore Orioles/Los Angeles Dodgers (via proxy)
1 Fench33 - Marlins/Phillies
3 NewGuy1912-Seattle Mariners/Texas Rangers

With the selection by NewGuy1912, the league is now complete. Here are the division assignments:

East:
Boston Red Sox/Tampa Bay Rays
Arizona Diamondbacks/Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians/New York Mets
San Diego Padres/San Francisco Giants

Central
Oakland Athletics/Colorado Rockies
St. Louis/Pittsburgh*
Chicago Cubs/Toronto
Seattle Mariners/Texas Rangers

West
Atlanta Braves/Detroit Tigers*
NY Yankees/Washington Nationals*
Florida Marlins/Philadelphia Phillies*
Baltimore Orioles/Los Angeles Dodgers*

*Eligible for mid-season draft. The player pool is comprised of players from the undrafted teams:

Milwaukee Brewers/Houston Astros
Los Angeles Angels/Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox/Cincinnati Reds

Just a few reminders---please pick one of the two stadiums associated with your team.

Players remain the property of the team recorded on the Excel sheet even if not on the active roster. If you a player is assigned to your team post draft, please drop the player as soon as possible.

Kim, Byung-hyun was moved from the Oakland/Colorado club to the New York Mets/Cleveland Indians team---the file is correct but Byung/hyuyn was not highlighted in green font as he should have been.

Two of the owners indicatd they may not be able to load their teams until this weekend due to work commitments. Both indicated they will try their best to load the teams before that but I wanted to alert you that the league may have a delayed start.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Good luck to you in the upcoming season.

Update on May 11th, 2:10 PM EDT

Everyone is in and marked ready so the draft will trigger tonight. Games will begin on Tuesday May 13th. If you have any players who are not eligible for your team, please drop them as soon as possible and before the start of the league games.

Here's to a competitive season.

Joe

Week 1: Games played 6

Meet the owners and the teams participating in the league.

East---4 teams with the highest available salary

Owner: FatDaddy054--26 mystery championships but only 7th team in the 2000 set
Team: Boston Ray Sox
Draft selection number: 5
Record: 5-1
Interesting roster decision: Carl Crawford was not on the opening day roster. With Manny Ramirez only able to play left field and David Ortiz set at the DH, Johnny Damon is in center field and is off to a good start.

Owner: KaiserWill4 1 mystery championship---6 teams completed. This is Kaiser's first time using the 2000 player set
Team: Minnesota TwinDiamonds
Draft selection number: 1
Record: 3-3
Interesting roster fact The team has 3 starters who would be the ace on most teams--Randy Johnson, Johan Santana and Brandon Webb.

Owner: MFL536-38 mystery teams---still seeking first championship
Team: Cleveland Mets
Draft selection number:7th
Record:2-4
Interesting roster fact; Mike Piazza was the starting first baseman for the club--he was injured in game 3 and is due back after game 7.

Owner: DWG: 165 mystery teams 8 from the 2000 player set; 11 championships;
Team: San Diego Giants
Draft selection number: 9th
Record: 2-4
Interesting roster fact: Every player on the roster has made at least 2 plate appearances and innings pitched. Barry Bonds is off to an impressive start--he is 10 for 18 with 13 walks

Central:
Owner: BobbyTheBrain. Bobby is making his first appearance in the mystery game format.
Team: Chicago Blue Jays
Draft selection number: 4th
Record: 5-1
Interesting roster fact: Sammy Sosa has already launched 4 home runs in the first 6 games and is slashing .364/.440/.1.091


Owner: JJB92; 42 Mystery teams,7 from the 2000 decade; 6 championships
Team: St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals:
Draft selection number: 3
Record: 4-2
Interesting roster fact: 7 of the 15 hitters are from the Pirates including 4 starters (Jason Kendall, Freddy Sanchez, Jason Bay and Jose Bautista)

Owner: Nol15736; 123 mystery teams-20 from the 2000s; 6 championships
Team: Colorado Athletics
Draft selection number: 7th
Record: 2-4
Interesting roster fact: With Troy Tulowitzki handling shortstop duties, Miguel Tejada is handling DH responsibilities

Owner: NewGuy1912: 8 mystery teams; 1 team from the 2000s set 1 championship
Team: Texattle Marinerangers
Draft selection number:12th
Record: 2-4
Interesting roster fact: Edgar Martinez is still looking for his first visit to first base--he's 0 for 12 with no walks.

West: The four teams with the lowest salaries available to them
Owner: The BC Manager--144 mystery teams; 32 from the 2000s; 10 championships
Team: Detlanta Brave Tigers
Draft selection number: 8th
Record: 5-1
Interesting roster fact: With two excellent choices at catcher, Ivan Rodriguez and Brian McCann have 12 and 13 plate appearances respectively. At second base, Placido Polanco and Marcus Giles are at 14 and 12 plate appearances.

Owner: Burley Norseman-29 mystery teams; 4 from 2000s; 2 championships
Team: NY Yanks and Wash Nationals
Draft selection number: 2
Record 3-3
Interesting roster fact: Derek Jeter was on the initial roster but had not made a plate appearance until Alex Rodriguez was injured in game 6.

Owner: Ron4Yanks 36 mystery teams 1 championship
Team: LAD/Balt. Dodge Birds
Draft selection number: 10th
Record: 3-3
Interesting roster fact: Jeff Conine was the starting first baseman for the club---he was injured in his very first at bat and was injured for 10 games.

Owner: Fench33 384 mystery teams--27 from the 2000 player set 15 championships
Team: East Coast Phil-Ins
Draft selection number: 11th
Record: 1-5
Interesting roster fact: Cole Hammels is off to a tough start---2 starts--9 innings pitched, 20 hits, 13 runs allowed and 8 home runs allowed.

Games played: 27

East--the high rent district

Fatdaddy054 and his Boston Ray Sox are off to a great start with a record of 19-8 after going 14-7 for the week. The Ray Sox have the second best run differential of +25 and hold a 5 game lead in the east.

KaiserWill4 leads the Minnesota TwinDiamonds-they are 14-13 going 11-10 in the past 7 days.

The San Diego Giants under the leadership of DWG are 11-16 going 9-12 over the last week.

MFL536 directs the Cleveland Mets--the Mets are 9-18 going 7-14 in the past 7 days. The Mets are 10 games off the pace.

Central:

Nol15736 and his Colorado Athletics are 17-10 going an impressive 15-6 in the past week. The Athletics have a road record of 12-6.

BobbytheBrain leads the Chicago BlueJays and has the club in second place with a record of 15-12, going 10-11 in the past week.

JJB92 and his St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals are at 14-13 after going 10-11 for the week.

NewGuy1912 directs baseball operations of the Texattle Marinerangers and are 11-16 going 9-12 for the week.

West--the division of the 4 teams with the lowest available salaries

The BC Manager has the Detlanta Brave Tigers in first place with a record of 15-12. The Tigers went 10-11 for the week and have the best run differential in the league at +26.

BurleyNorseman leads the NY Yanks &Wash Nationals and are at 13-14 also going 10-11 for the week. The Nationals lead the league in runs scored with 163. However, they also lead the league in runs allowed at 173.

The East Coast Phil-Ins led by Fench33 are also 13-14 going 12-9 for the week.

Ron4Yanks leads the LAD/Balt Dodg Birds and are 11-16, 4 games off the pace after going 8-13 for the week.

Here's a look at the players off to a great start, a disappointing start and a surprise--either pleasant or disappointing for each team.

Boston Ray Sox:

Great start: Pedro Martinez is off to a great start--he's 6-1 with 53 innings pitched/64 strike outs. His ERA is 1.51 and WHIP is .88
Disappointing start: David Ortiz had an injury reveal indicating he was on his worst year and was released.
Surprise:Jonathan Papelbon already has 12 saves-he has an ERA of 2.16 and WHIP of 1.02

Minnezona TwinDiamonds
Great start: Brandon Webb is 3-1 with an ERA of 2.32 WHIP of 1.03
Disappointing start: Brad Radke struggled in his 5 starts--he was 1-4 with an ERA of 7.93/WHIP of 1.73 before being released.
Surprise: Tony Womack is hitting .308/.338/.339 with 11 stolen bases with 68 plate appearances.

San Diego Giants
Great start: Barry Bonds will terrorize pitchers all season long--he's at .416.632 (!!)/.740. He's already walked 45 times.
Disappointing start: Jason Schmidt went 1-1 but had an ERA of 10.54/WHIP of 2.42 before being released.
Surprise:Tim Lincecum is 0-2 and has an ERA of 8.64/WHIP of 2.16. Tim recently rejoined the roster.

Cleveland Mets
Great start: Al Leiter is 2-0 with an ERA of 2.57/WHIP of .95.
Disappointing start: Carlos Beltran has 109 plate appearances---he's at .190/.300/.390.
Surprise:Casey Blake has 59 plate appearances and is at .347.467/.490 with 10 walks.

Colorado Athletics:

Great start:Larry Walker is at .385/.456/.703 with 6 home runs and 20 RBI
Disappointing start:The catching position has been a challenge--Ramon Hernandez, Kurt Suzuki and Yovit Torrraalba have had 110 plate appearances between the three. The group has 1 home run and 6 RBI with an average of .170
Surprise: With a staff including Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito, Dan Haren has been the ace of the staff. He's at 6-1, 2.12/.94.

Chicago BlueJays
Great start: Aramis Ramirez leads the club in home runs (9) and RBI (24). He's at .300/.345/.573
Disappointing start: Kerry Wood went 0-2 with an ERA of 12.21/WHIP of 2.29 before his release.
Surprise: Michael Barrett has been impressive--he's at .333/.369/.467 and has driven in 11 runs---just one fewer than Carlos Delgado.

St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals
Great start: Jose Bautista has blasted 14 home runs and is slashing .322/.396/.900
Disappointing start: Albert Pujols is struggling at .215/.339/.376 with only 3 home runs.
Surprise: Skip Schumaker has 41 plate appearances and is at .421/.511/.553

Texattle Marinerangers
Great start: Ichiro Suzuki is at .400/.449/.528 and added 6 stolen bases.
Disappointing start: Jamie Moyer has struggled--he's at 1-3 but has an ERA of 8.04/WHIP of 1.82
Surprise: Michael Young leads the club with 10 home runs and 21 RBI--he's at .361/.425/.647

Detlanta Brave Tigers

Great start: Greg Maddux is 3-0 with an ERA of 1.25/WHIP of .89
Disappointing start: Justin Verlander is 1-4 with an ERA of 7.15/1.49
Surprise:Placido Polanco has 53 plate appearances--he's at .420/.463/.460.

NY Yanks& Wash Nationals:
Great start:Jason Giambi is off to a solid start--he's at .323/.450/.646 with 7 doubles and 6 home runs.
Disappointing start: Mike Mussina is 1-4--his ERA is 6.38/WHIP of 1.49
Surprise: Jose Vidro has been a great contributor---he's at .340/.386/.500 in 112 plate appearances

East Coast Phil-Ins
Great start: Hanley Ramirez is at .290/.377/.538 and has added 10 stolen bases.
Disappointing start: Juan Pierre has struggled at .215/.256/.268. He does have 10 stolen bases.
Surprise:Bobby Abreu is at .216/.376/.311 with only 2 doubles and 1 home run.

LAD/Balt Dodge Birds
Great start: Shawn Green is at .311/.404/.467 with 7 doubles.
Disappointing start: Nick Markakis has the highest salary on the team--the results so far? .209/.241/.327
Surprise: Dave Roberts has been a pleasant surprise--he's at .324/.490/.568 with 12 stolen bases.

Games played: 48

East--the high rent district

Fatdaddy054 and his Boston Ray Sox continue to lead the division and are 31-17 after going 12-9 for the week. The Ray Sox have the second best run differential of +39 and maintained a 5 game lead in the east.

KaiserWill4 leads the Minnesota TwinDiamonds-they are 26-22 after also going 12-9 for the week.

The San Diego Giants under the leadership of DWG are 21-27 after a 10-11 week.

MFL536 directs the Cleveland Mets--the Mets are 19-29 after they also had a 10-11 week.

Central: There were a number of changes in the division race during the week.

BobbytheBrain leads the Chicago BlueJays took over control of the division at 29-19 after going 14-7 in the past week.

JJB92 and his St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals are at 28-20 after going 14-7 in the past 7 days.

Nol15736 and his Colorado Athletics are now 24-24 after going 7-14 over the past 7 days.

NewGuy1912 directs baseball operations of the Texattle Marinerangers and are 22-26 after an 11-10 week.

West--there was also a change in the division lead in this division

BurleyNorseman and his NY Yanks &Wash Nationals took over the division lead at 25-23 going 12-9 for the week.

The BC Manager has the Detlanta Brave Tigers in first place with a record of 23-25 after a 8-13 week.

The East Coast Phil-Ins led by Fench33 are 21-27--they also had a 8-13 week.

Ron4Yanks leads the LAD/Balt Dodg Birds are 19-29--they too went 8-13 for the week.

A look at the team statistics

Top scoring teams:

Chicago BlueJays 284
NY Yanks & Wash Nationals 276
St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals 271


Lowest scoring teams
East Coast Phil-Ins 219
Cleveland Mets 195
LAD Balt Dodge Birds 181

Fewest earned runs allowed:
Cleveland Mets 186
St. Pittsbrugh PiratedCardinals 201
Boston Ray Sox 206

Most runs allowed

Colorado Athletics 262
Chicago BlueJays 284
NY Yanks& Wash Nationals 288

Fewest unearned runs allowed
East Coast Phil-Ins 9

Most unearned runs allowed:
NY Yanks & Wash Naitonals: 26

Most walks---offense

San Diego Giants: 258
Minnesota TwinDiamonds 192
St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals: 189

Fewest walks--offense

Boston Ray Sox 162
LAD/Balt Dodge Birds 156
Texattle Marinerangers: 146

Fewest walks allowed--pitching

St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinal 132
NY Yanks & Wash Nationals 150
Minnezona TwinDiamonds 152

Most walks allowed--pitching
San Diego Giants 217
Chicago BlueJays 208
Cleveland Mets 198

Most stolen bases

East Coast Phil-Ins: 83
LAD Balt Dodge Birds 53
Cleveland Mets 36

Stolen bases? Are they still part of the game?

Chicago BlueJays 4
Colorado Athletics 10
NY Yanks & Wash Nationals 12

Most home runs--offense
Chicago BlueJays 94
NY Yanks & Wash Nationals 77
St. Pittsburgh Pirated Cardinals 76

Most home runs allowed---
Texattle Marinerangers: 87

Fewest home runs allowed

Cleveland Mets 46

Most stolen bases allowed

San Diego Giants 58 (Benito Santiago has allowed 51 stolen bases, throwing out 12)

Fewest stolen bases allowed

East Coast Phil-Ins 12

Best record in one run games:

Boston Ray Sox 15-6

Worst record in one run games

Cleveland Mets 6-13

Most outfield assists

East Coast Phil-Ins 14

Fewest outfield assists

Detlanta Tigers 6

Most errors

St. Pittsburgh 41

Fewest errors

Texattle 14

Most double plays/ground out double plays

Chicago BlueJays 55/50 Primary key stone: Alex Gonzalez/Orlando Hudson

Fewest double plays/ground out double plays

East Coast Phil 33/28 Jimmy Rollins/Luis Castillo

Games played: 69

East:

The Boston Ray Sox led by Fatdaddy054 continue to lead the division going 12-9 for the second consecutive week and now have a league best record of 43-26, good for a 5 game lead. The Ray Sox have the best run differential at +53.

KaiserWill4 and the Minnesota TwinDiamonds also went 12-9 for the week and are now at 38-31.

DWG and his San Diego Giants had a great week going 14-7 and climbed over .500 at 35-34. The Giants are on an 8 game winning streak.

MFL536 and the Cleveland Mets club also went 14-7 for the week and are now just 3 games under .500 at 33-36.

Central:

BobbyTheBrain and the Chicago BlueJays extended their division lead despite going 9-12 for the week. The Jays are now 38-31.

JJB92 and the St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals went 8-13 for the week and are now at 36-33.

The Colorado Athletics led by Nol15736 rebounded from a tough previous week going 11-10 and are now 35-34.

NewGuy1912 and his Texattle Marinerangers went 10-11 for the week and are now at 32-37 for the season.

West:

The BC Manager and his Detlanta Brave Tigers went 11-10 for the week and are now tied for the division lead at 34-35.

Burley Norseman and his NY Yanks & Wash Nationals had a tough week going 9-12 and are now tied for first at 34-35

The East Coast Phil-Ins led by Fench33 went 9-12 and are 30-39, 4 games off the pace.

The LAD/Balt DodgeBirds directed by Ron4Yanks are 26-43 going 7-14 for week.

The teams in the West and the PiratedCardinals will be adding players from the undrafted teams (Cincinatti/Chicago White Sox, Houston/Milwaukee and LA Angels/Kansas City) so stars such as Vlad Guerrero, Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman, Jim Thome, Ryan Braud, Roy Oswalt and Zach Grienke could be joining the league for the second half of the season.

A look at players who are struggling at this point in the season:

Boston RaySox: Despite having the best record in the league, Nomar Garciaparra has not enjoyed the season thus far--he's at .214/.254/.414. Nomar has launched 13 home runs. Jason Varitek has also struggled--Jason is at .194/.285/.296 with just 5 home runs and 6 doubles.

Minnesota TwinDiamonds: Tori Hunter is at .220/.273/.399--he does have 9 home runs and 31 RBI but just 4 doubles.

San Diego Giants: Jake Peavy is 3-8 with an ERA of 6.44 and a WHIP of 1.51 in 71 innings

Cleveland Mets: Shin-Soo Choo is out for the next 10 games with an injury but his slash line is just /239/.325/.398 in 197 plate appearances

Chicago BlueJays: Vernon Wells is handling center field duties but he's struggling at the plate--he's at .230/.290/.383 in 267 plate appearances.

St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals: Albert Pujols has been better of late but for the season, he's at a disappointed .238/.349/.494 in 271 plate appeaerances.

Colorado Athletics: Barry Zito is 3-7 with an ERA of 6.18/WHIP of 1.63 in the 12 games he's started.

Texattle Marinernagers: Felix Hernandez has started 18 games--he's at 3-7 with an ERA of 5.38/WHIP of 1.38.

Detlanta BraveTigers: Andrew Jones has 265 plate appearances--he's contributed .216/.277/.400. He has hit 11 home runs and hit 12 doubles.

NY Yanks& Wash Nationals: Alfonso Soriano has 206 plate appearances--he's at .226/.287/.453 with double the number of errors (4) to stolen bases (2).

East Coast Phil-Ins: JImmy Rollins has struggled--he's at .211/.284/.323 in his 146 plate appearances.

LAD/Balt Dodge Birds: Nick Markakis is the highest salaried player on the roster--he's been up 277 times. The results? .212/.247/.311 with just 6 home runs and 24 runs batted in.

Games played: 90

East:

Fatdaddy054 and his Boston Ray Sox continue their mastery going a very impressive 16-5 for the week. The Sox are now 59-31 and have the league best run differential of +105--almost doubling their run differential over the past week.

KaiserWill4 has his Minnesota TwinDiamonds in second place--the club went 14-7 for the week which, while very impressive, still meant the team fell 2 additional games behind the Sox.

MFL536 and the Cleveland Mets went 11-10 for the week and are now tied for third place with a record of 44-46.

DWG and the San Diego Giants went 9-12 and are now tied for third place with a 44-46 record.

Central: There was a change in division leadership in the Central.

Nol15736 had an excellent week going 14-7 and are now 49-41, good for the division lead.

The Chicago BlueJays, who had been leading the division went 10-11 for the week and are now at 48-42, one game off the pace.

The St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals also went 10-11 and are now 46-44

The Texattle Marinerangers went 9-12 for the week and remain in the cellar with a record of 41-49.

West:

The BC Manager leads the Detlanta Brave Tigers--the club went 13-8 for the week and the club is now 47-43, good for.a 4 game division lead.

Burley Norseman and his NY Yanks&Washington Nationals went 9-12 for the second consecutive week and are now at 43-47.

The East Coast Phil-Ins under the direction of Fench33 had a tough week going 6-15 and are now at 36-54.

Ron4Yanks and his LAD/Balt DodgeBirds also had a tough week going 5-16 and their season record now stands at 31-59.

Five teams participated in the mid-season draft. The 5 teams were below the league average and could use funds ranging from 2.2 million to almost 9 million to add players from the 6 undrafted clubs. Here's a look at the draft and a check in on the players have performed in the 9 games since the draft.

LAD/Balt DodgeBirds: Lance Berkman was added to the roster---Lance has struggled in his 35 plate appearances--he's at .138/.286/.241.

East Coast Phil-Ins: Roy Oswalt joined the club---in his 3 starts, he's thrown 21 innings and has an ERA of 2.11/WHIP of 1.08. He's pitched in hard luck--he's 0-1.

The NY Yanks/Washington Nationals added three players--Mark Buehrle, Bobby Jenks and Sandy Alomar Jr.

Mark: Two games started--15 innings pitched---ERA of 6.00 and WHIP of 1.80
Bobby: Six innings pitched, 1 save, 8 strikeouts --ERA of 4.50 and WHIP of 1.17
Sandy: 20 plate appearances---.200/.200/.250

Burley can't be happy with the results thus far.

St. Pittsburgh: Added two players--Brad Ausmus and Wily Mo Pena--Wily has not yet been active.

Brad: 18 plate appearances---.250/.333/.313

Detlanta: Prince Fielder: 21 plate appearances---.158/.333/.474 with 2 home runs/2 RBI

Except for Roy Oswalt, none of the drafted players are off to particularly good starts.

A look at the mid-season MVP for each team:

Boston: Pedro Martinez leads the best team in the league--he's 19-4 and has thrown 186 innings striking out 234 batters. His numbers are 1.94 and a WHIP of .79.

Minnesota: Randy Johnson is also having a great season--he's at 17-3 and has struck out 242 batters in 176 innings.

Cleveland: Victor Martinez has 360 plate appearances and a slash line of .304/.366/.494 with 18 doubles and 15 home runs.

San Diego: Barry Bonds has been up to bat 404 times--he's been hit by 7 pitches, walked and incredible 123 times and has hit 19 home runs. His slash line is .347/.554/.639 earning his highest paid player salary.

Colorado: Todd Helton has been solid all year---he's at .344/.439.553 with 22 doubles and 15 home runs.

Chicago: Sammy Sosa leads the league in home runs with 39. Sammy's slash line is .325/.443/.773

St. Pittsburgh: Matt Morris is 10-5 with an ERA of 3.58/1.15. Matt has thrown 133 innings.

Texattle: Josh Hamilton has been up 254 times---he's at .333/.387/.718 with 21 home runs and a team best 58 RBI

Detlanta: Ivan Rodriguez is handling the catching position and has contributed a slash line of .305/.378/.498 with 25 doubles, 11 home runs and 55 RBI.

NY Yanks: Derek Jeter didn't start the season on the roster but he's been a bright light for the club--he's at .352/.401/.506 with a team best 114 hits, including 20 doubles.

East Coast: Curt Schilling has been a stopper on the mound--he's at 11-7 with an ERA of 2.97 and a WHIP of 1.06 in 181 innings.

LAD/Balt: Hong-Chih Kuo has appeared in 47 games. He's thrown 79 innings and struck out 98 batters. His ERA is 2.28/WHIP of .99

Games played: 111

East:

Fatdaddy054 and his Boston Ray Sox continue to hold onto their lead despite going 10-11 for the week. The Sox are now 69-42 and still have the best run differential in the league at +100.

KaiserWill4 has his Minnesota TwinDiamonds had another good week going 13-8 and now have a record of 65-46, 4 games off the pace.

The San Diego Giants under the direction of DWG continue their solid play going 13-8 for the week and are now 57-54.

MFL536 and the Cleveland Mets had a tough week going 6-15 and are now 50-61.

Central: The Central continues to be highly competitive with just 5 games separating first place from last place.

Nol15736 and the Colorado Athletics went 9-12 for the week and are now at 58-53.

JJB92 and his St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals went 11-10 and are now 57-54, 1 game behind the division leader.

The Chicago BlueJays, who had been leading the division, had another tough week going 8-13 and are now just one game over .500 at 56-55. BobbyTheBrain leads the club.

The Texattle Marinerangers, led by NewGuy1912, went 12-9 for the week and are now 53-58.

West--there was a change in the division lead.

BurleyNorseman and his NY Yanks&Washington Nationals had a great week going 16-5 and now have a record of 59-52.

The BC Manager leads the Detlanta Brave Tigers and went 10-11 for the week and are now at 57-54, two games off the pace.

The East Coast Phil-Ins under the direction of Fench33 went 10-11 and are now at 47-64.

Ron4Yanks and his LAD/Balt DodgeBirds had another tough week going 7-14 and their season record now stands at 38-73 for the season.

A look at some team statistics....

Fewest team errors:

LAD/Balt Dodge Birds: 51
Texattle Marinerrangers: 53
East Coast Phil-Ins: 57
Boston Ray Sox: 57

There isn't a strong correlation between errors and results---The Birds and Marinernagers are in last place in their respective division.

Most team errors:

Detlanta Brave Tigers: 72
St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals: 72
Cleveland Mets: 67
NY Yanks and Washington Nationals: 67
San Diego Giants: 67

Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar both have 9 errors. For the PiratedCardinals, Edgar Renteria has made 18 errors--Edgar has an E rating of 19.

Most ground ball double plays

NY Yanks & Washington Nationals: 115 (Alex Rodriguez/Derek Jeter; Jose Vidro/Robinson Cano/Jose Vidro)
Chicago Blue Jays: 104 (Ricky Guttierez/John McDonald/Alex Gonzalez; Orlando Hudson)
Cleveland Mets: 103 (Jose Reyes/Robby Alomar)

Fewest ground ball double plays

Minnezona TwinDiamonds: 79 (Stephen Drew/Denny Hocking/Luis Rivas)
Boston Ray Sox: 83 (Nomar Garciaparra/Dustin Pedroia)
East Coast Phil-Ins: 84 (Alex Gonzalez/Jimmy Rollins/Luis Castillo)


Lowest stolen base percentage against

Texattle Marinerangers: .547 (Jarrod Saltalamacchia/Rod Barajas)
East Coast Phil-Ins: .591 (Mike Lieberthal/Charles Johnson)
New York Yanks &Washington Nationals: (Jorge Posada/Brian Schnieder)

Highest stolen bases against

Chicago Blue Jays: .792 (Michael Barrett and Darren Fletcher)
San Diego Giants: .774 (Benito Santiago and Josh Bard)
Boston Ray Sox: .767 (Jason Varitek and Toby Hall)

Team pitching stats

Best ERA

Minnezona TwinDiamonds: 3.90 (Randy Johnson 3.09/Brandon Webb 3.68)
Boston Ray Sox: 3.95 (Pedro Martinez 2.03/Josh Beckett 3.17)
Cleveland Mets: 4.19 (C.C Sabathia 3.88/Cliff Lee 2.80)

Highest ERA

Chicago Blue Jays 5.15 (Roy Halladay 5.02, Ted Lilly 5.01)
Colorado Athletics: 4.95 (Barry Zito 6.24 and Mark Mulder 5.49)
NY Yanks & Wash Nationals: 4.84 (Roger Clemens 5.12 and Javier Vazquez 4.32)

Blown Saves--highest

St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals: 17 (Jason Isringhausen/Mike Gonzalez/Russ Springer--3 each)
Chicago Blue Jays: 17: (Kyle Farnsworth--4, Will Ohman 3)
Cleveland Mets: 16 (Paul Shuey 5, David Riske and Byung-hyun Kim 3 each)

Complete games:

Minnezona TwinDiamonds: 24
East Coast Phil-Ins: 16
Boston Ray Sox: 15

Most Saves:

Boston Ray Sox: 40 Jonathan Papelbon 34
St. Pittsburgh PiratedCardinals: 36 Jason Isringhausen 16, Mike Gonzalez 14
NY Yanks &Wash Nationals: 36 Mariano Rivera 17