2000s--Hit vPitch v Choice- Playoff drama and a conclusion

Games played: 105

Hitters vs Choice 77-61 (12-12 for the week)
Hitters vs Pitchers 67-71 (10-14 for the week))

Total: 144-132

Choice vs Hitters 61-77 (12-12)
Choice vs Pitchers 67-71 (12-12)

Total 128-148

Pitchers vs Hitters- 71-67 (14-10)
Pitchers vs Choice- 71-67 (12-12)

Total 142-134


Division races

JJB92s' Mr. Scary club continues to lead the east but things are getting closer in the East/Hitters division. Mr. Scary is now 61-44 (10-11 for the week) The lead over YCBills Corked Bats is now at 4 games. The Bats are 57-48 (12-9 for the week). Fench33's Beaver Pelts had a good week going 13-8 for the week and are now at 53-52, 8 games behind the division lead.
Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves had a tough week going 5-16. The Werewolves now trail by 16 games. Scary continues to hold the best run differential at +146 but that's just an advantage of 4 over Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio extended their lead to a league best 14 games after going 11-10.---Ichiro now have a record of 62-43, second best in the league. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter recovered from a tough previous week going and are tied for second place with a record of 48-57, good for a tie with Bigdinkent and his Twin Lakes Titanic Toads after going 9-12 for the week. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics went 10-11 during the week and are at 42-63for the season, 20 games out of the lead.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment now has the best record in the league after going 14-7. Resentment is now 65-40. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club went 11-10 for the week and are now 56-49--9 games off the pace. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz went 11-10 for the week and are now at 53-52. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club went 8-13 and now are at 40-65 a league worse 25 games from the lead.

Top run scoring team: Mr. Scary continues to lead the league in runs scored with 725-an average of 6.9, falling below 7 runs a game. The Whtecharged Werewolves are second with 702 runs, 6.68 a game. YCBill's Corked Bats reclaimed the third spot with 6.15 runs per game.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment continues as the gold standard of preventing runs--they have only allowed 361 runs--3.4 runs per game. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz continued with strong pitching, allowing just 402 runs (3.8/game) Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter from the owner's choice division has allowed 479 runs-4.5 runs per game.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves continue to play in high scoring games--they have allowed 781 runs or 7.43 per game.

Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 389 runs--an average of 3.70 runs per game.

Leaders: Hitter under $3.5 million with highest OPS----Luke Scott has delivered .316/.404/.629--1.033 for Gritch's 00's Pitching Gritch club.

Pitcher with best WHIP under $2.5 million: James Shields from Schwing Batter Batter has delivered a WHIP of 1.19 and 9 wins for just $840,000

Doubles: David Ortiz-Beaver Pelts--41
Triples: Jose Reyes-Corked Bats 18
Home Runs-Alfonso Soriano-Mr. Scary 42
RBI-Vlad Guerrero Mr. Scary 108
Walks-Barry Bonds- My Baseballs Ichiro 97
Stolen Bases: Juan Pierra Armed and Dangerous 44
Batting Average: Vlad Guerrero .367

Pitching
Wins-Carlos Zambrano My Baseball Ichiro, Jake Peavy and Randy Johnson (both from Premeditated Resentment )15
Strike Outs-Randy Johnson-251 in 190 innings
Losses Pedro Martinez-Armed and Dangerous 15
Home Runs allowed: Estaban Loaiza 31-Whitechapel Werewolves
Walks allowed Carlos Zambrano 79
ERA-Johan Santana Wyoming WingNutz 2.54
WHIP Johan Santana .93

One question that often arises is in regards to the number of moves an owner makes during the season. Here's how the owners have managed their rosters so far. The first number is the number of pitchers dropped during the season while the second is the number of hitters dropped thus far.


By far, the least active division, especially regarding hitters.
Mr. Scary--6-2
Corked Bats 2-1
Beaver Pelts 3-2
Whitechapel Werewolves 7-2


My Baseballs Ichiro 6-11
Schwing Batter Batter 3-3
Twin Lakes Titanic Toads 5-10
Rhinestone Relics 18-9


Premeditated Resentment 1-9
00's Pitching Gritch 12-14
Wyoming WingNutz 10-21
Armed and Dangerous 7-16

Games played: 126

Hitters vs Choice 101-79 (24-18) for the week)
Hitters vs Pitchers 92-88 67-71 (25-17 for the week))

Total: 193-167

Choice vs Hitters 79-101 (18-24)
Choice vs Pitchers 85-83 (18-12)

Total 164-184

Pitchers vs Hitters- 88-92 (17-25)
Pitchers vs Choice- 83-85 71 (12-18)

Total 171-177


Division races
The race in the East/Hitters division continues to be the closest in the league. JJB92's Mr. Scary club has a second consecutive week of going 10-11--Mr. Scary is now at 71-55. YCBill's Corked Bats also went 10-11 and is now at 67-59, 4 games from the lead. Fench33's Beaver Pelts had another excellent week going 14-7 and is now tied for second place.
Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves also had a good week picking up 5 games by going 15-6 reversing the prior weeks 5-16 record. The Werewolves now trail by 11 games. Scary no longer has the best run differential in the league.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio extended their lead to a league best 19 games after going 14-7.---Ichiro now have a league best record of 76-50. Ichiro also has the best run differential in the league at +172.
Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter went 9-12 and is now 57-69 and continues to be tied with Bigdinkent's Twin Lakes Titanic Toads. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics also went 10-11 during the week and are at 52-74 for the season, 24 games off the pace.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment went 10-11 for the week and are now 75-51, good for a 11 game lead. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club went 8-13 for the week and are now 64-62. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz went 7-14 for the week and are now at 60-66. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club went 10-11 and now are at 50-76 a league worse 25 games from the lead.

Top run scoring team: The Whitecharged Werewolves took over as the leagues top scoring team with 861 runs, an average of 6.83. Mr. Scary is now second in the league with 825 runs--an average of 6.5. BurleyNorseman's My Baseballs Ichiro took over the third slot with 771 runs--6.11 runs per game.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment continues to impress with their impressive run prevention ability. They have only allowed 451 runs==an average of 3.5 runs per game. Fellow division mate Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz continued to hold second place with 500 runs allowed--an average of 3.96 runs per game. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter from the owner's choice division has allowed 585 runs-4.6 runs per game.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves continue to play in high scoring games--they have allowed 887 runs or 7.03 per game.

Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 457 runs--an average of 3.62 runs per game.

Leaders:

Batting average: Ichiro Suzuki-Twin Lakes Titanic Toads--.362
Runs Scored: Barry Bonds--My Baseballs Ichiro--118
Home Runs-Alfonso Soriano and Vlad Guerrero -Mr. Scary 45
RBI-Albert Pujols Whitechapel Werewolves-126
Walks-Barry Bonds- My Baseballs Ichiro 117
Strike Outs--Jorge Posada and Alfonso Soriano--both at 162
Stolen Bases: Juan Pierre and Rafael Furcal-both from Armed and Dangerous 55
Longest hitting streak---Ichrio Suzuki 21 games

Pitching
Wins-Carlos Zambrano My Baseball Ichiro, Jake Peavy and Randy Johnson (both from Premeditated Resentment )17
Strike Outs-Randy Johnson-309 in 226 innings
Saves: Mariano Rivera-Premeditated Resentment---35
Losses Pedro Martinez-Armed and Dangerous 17
ERA-Johan Santana Wyoming WingNutz 2.70
Lefty opponent batting average--Randy Johnson .149
Righty opponent batting average-Jake Peavy .155
Run Support--Carlos Zambrano has received 7.12 runs per start--impressive!

Most surprising player---for the good or bad----by team

JJB92's Mr. Scary: Alfonso Soriano has 42 doubles, 45 home runs, 19 stolen bases with a .269/.317/.579 slash line. Given a salary of $2.59, Alfonso has been very productive for his cost.

YCBill's Corked Bats: Pitching in the hitting centric division, Jason Johnson is 14-7 with an ERA of just 4.18/WHIP of 1.33. Jason has pitched 190 innings and is 6-1 in his last 9 starts--Jason has not allowed an earned run in his last 3 starts, hurling 19 innings in the 3 starts.

Fench33's Beaver Pelts---Doug Davis is 13-11 with an ERA of 3.53 and a WHIP of 1.25. Doug has pitched 209 innings and has struck out 202 batters and has not lost in his last 12 starts while producing 5 wins.

Nol15736's Whitechapel Werewolves: Dan Uggla has blasted 44 home runs and a slash line of .297/.386/.616, a great return for his salary $3.77. Dan has 69 walks and has driven in 105 runs.

Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio: Jamie Moyer has gone 15-5 with an ERA of 4.49 while Darren Oliver has delivered 16 saves and an ERA of 2.56 on the league leading team.

Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter: Freddy Garcia is 16-8 for a club for the club--the team is 12 games below .500 making Freddy's record more impressive. Freddy has an ERA of 3.38/WHIP of 1.23.

Bigdinkent's Twin Lakes Titanic Toads: Jason Isringhausen has 27 saves and just 4 blown saves to go along with 6 wins. Jason has an ERA of 2.60 and a WHIP of 1.23.

MGoren'5166's Rhinestone Relics: In season acquisition Shawn Green has launched 41 home runs and driven in 92 runs in just 434 plate appearances. Shawn is actually hitting better against lefties with a slash line of .307/.333/.673 and .293/.345/.642 versus righties.
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Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment: While not surprising individually, the big three of Randy Johnson, Chris Carpenter and Jake Peavy have produced 17,16 and 17 wins--a total of 50--against just 26 losses. Chris has the best ERA of the three at 2.89 while Jake's WHIP of 1.12 ties with Randy to lead the team.

Gritch's 00's Pitching Gritch: Luke Scott has provided a slash line of .323/.408/.621 while Phil Nevin is pounding lefities with a .410//455/.630 result with 109 plate appearances against southpaws.

Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz: Raji Davis has swiped 47 bases with only 304 plate appearances. Raji is at .239/.274/.341 but has managed to impress on the basepaths.

NewGuy1912's Armed and Dangerous: WIth the first pick in the draft, NewGuy chose Pedro Martinez to lead his club in Dodger Stadium. Things have not gone as planned/hoped however. Pedro is 9-17, leading the league in losses and has an ERA of 4.84/WHIP of 1.34. Pedro has allowed 29 home runs in 206 innings.

Games played: 147

The season series between divisions have concluded---here are the final results. The hitting division won the season series against both the management choice and pitching centric divisions.

Hitters vs Choice 101-79
Hitters vs Pitchers 92-88

Total: 193-167

The owners choice division was defeated in the season series by the hitter but defeated the pitching centric division.

Choice vs Hitters 79-101
Choice vs Pitchers 85-83

Total 164-184

While two games separated the pitchers from the hitters and one game separated the pitchers from the choice division, the pitchers lost both season series.

Pitchers vs Hitters- 88-92
Pitchers vs Choice- 83-85

Total 171-177


Division races
The race in the East/Hitters division continues to be the closest in the league. JJB92's Mr. Scary club had a third consecutive week of going under .500--this time going 9-12. Mr. Scary is now at 80-67. Fench33s' Beaver Pelts had another strong week going 12-9 and are now 79-68, one game off the lead. YCBill's Corked Bats went 10-11 for a second consecutive week and is now 77-70, three games off the lead and 2 games from the wild card.
Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves continued to play well going 11-10 for the week and now have the best record of any fourth place club with a record of 71-76.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio now lead the division by 23 games going 14-7 for the second consecutive week. Ichiro is now 90-57, best in the league and have the best run differential in the league at +188.
Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter went 10-11 and is now 67-80 and continues to be tied with Bigdinkent's Twin Lakes Titanic Toads. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics had a tough week going 6-15 and are now 58-89.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment went 11-10 for the week and are now 86-61, good for a 10 game lead. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club went 12-9 for the week and are now 76-71, three games off the the wild card race. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz had a great week going 15-6 for the week and are now at75-72, just 4 games from the wild card spot. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club had a tough week going 6-15 and now are at 56-91 a league worse 30 games from the lead.

Top run scoring team: The Whitecharged Werewolves went over 1,000 runs and have now scored 1,026, an average of 6.97.The Werewolves have allowed 1,033 runs reducing their run differential to just -7, an impressive result. Mr. Scary is now second in the league with 955 runs--an average of 6.49. BurleyNorseman's My Baseballs Ichiro maintained the third slot with 890 runs--6.05 runs per game.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment continue to lead the league, allowing just 542 runs an average of 3.68. Fellow division mate Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz continued to hold second place with 564 runs allowed--an average of 4.44 Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter from the owner's choice division has allowed 690 runs-4.69 runs per game.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves continue to play in high scoring games--they have allowed 1,033 runs or 7.03 per game.

Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 548 runs--an average of 3.72 runs per game.

Leaders:

Batting average: Ichiro Suzuki-Twin Lakes Titanic Toads--.358
On Base Percentage-Barry Bonds-My Baseballs Ichiro-.495
Runs Scored: Hanley Ramirez--Whitechapel Werewolves--142
Home Runs-Albert Pujols-Whitechapel Werewolves-54
RBI-Albert Pujols Whitechapel Werewolves-159
Walks-Barry Bonds- My Baseballs Ichiro 134
Strike Outs-- Alfonso Soriano Mr. Scary- 189
Stolen Bases: Rafael Furcal- Armed and Dangerous 66
Longest hitting streak---Ichrio Suzuki 21 games

Pitching
Wins- Randy Johnson Premeditated Resentment 20
Strike Outs-Randy Johnson-355 in 263 innings
Saves: Mariano Rivera-Premeditated Resentment---39
Losses Pedro Martinez-Armed and Dangerous 19
ERA-Johan Santana Wyoming WingNutz 2.59
Complete games-Mike Mussina and Johan Santana-Wyoming WingNutz-12--interestingly, Tim Lincecum--also from the Wingnutz has 11 complete games.
Winning Percentage-Jamie Moyer-My Baseballs Ichiro-.792
Innings pitched-Johan Santana 288

Interesting team stats:

Most hits-Mr. Scary-hitting centric team-1,568
Most doubles-Premeditated Resentment--pitching centric team 345
Most triples-Wyoming WingNutz--pitching centric team--52
Most home runs-Whitechapel Werewolves-hitting centric team-316
Most walks-Whitechapel Werewolves-667
Most strikeouts-Rhinestone Relics-owners choice--1,181
Stolen bases-Armed and Dangerous-pitching centric--181

Pitching:
Saves-Premeditated Resentment-52
Blown Saves-Rhinestone Relics-23--note, the Relics have 27 saves. Also, the team with the best record---My Baseballs Ichiro have blown 22 saves---if just half of those were saved, Ichiro would have over 100 wins.
Walks allowed--fewest---Wyoming WingNutz-370---most--YCBills Corked Bats 574
Strikeouts--most Wyoming WingNutz 1,288--fewest Corked Bats 799
Complete games-Wyoming WingNutz-37---the Werewolves have no complete games
Shutouts-Wyoming WIngNutz 9--6 teams do not have any shutouts
WHIP-Wyoming WingNutz--1.14; Werewolves 1.73

The regular season has completed.

The hitters division provided some late season drama. After taking the lead in game 34, JJB92s Mr. Scary club held the lead until game 158 when Fench33s' Beaver Pelts defeated Mr. Scary and took control of the division. The Pelts held a two game lead over Mr. Scary and a three game lead over YCBills' Corked Bats club. The Pelts faced Nol5736s' Whitechapel Werewolves--the Werewolves had the best record of any 4th place team. Mr. Scary, who were on a 5 game losing streak, righted the ship and swept the Corked Bats. The Pelts lost the first two games to the Werewolves and trailed 4-2 going into the 9th inning facing closer JJ Putz. The Pelts rallied, scoring 7 runs winning their 88th game and winning the division based on having a better record against Mr. Scary.

The playoff matchups have Burley Norsemans' My Baseball Ichiro facing wild card JJB92s' Mr. Scary club. Ichiro won 99 games to lead the league and the best run differential at +202. Ichiro won the division by an impressive 23 games. Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment, a pitching club, won the west with 95 wins and will face the hitter division winning Beaver Pelts.

Division races
Hitters-East
Fench33 Beaver Pelts-88-74
JJB92 Mr. Scary 88-74*
YCBills Corked Bats 85-77
Nol15736 Whitechapel Werewolves 76-86

*Won wild card

Owners choice-Central
Burley Norseman My Baseballs Ichiro 99-63
Bigdinkent Twin Lakes Titanic Toads 76-86
Drabb9529 Schwing Batter Batter 76-88
MGoren5166 Rhinestone Relics 63-99

Pitchers-West
Generationm1 Premeditated Resentment 95-67
Papavj Wyoming WingNutz 85-67
Gritch 00's Pitching Gritch 82-80
NewGuy1912 Armed and Dangerous 61-101

Top run scoring team: The Whitecharged Werewolves led the league in runs scored---scoring an impressive 1,121 runs-an average of 6.91. Mr. Scary scored 1,054 an average of 6.50. The Corked Bats scored 989 runs meaning the top 3 teams based on runs scored were all from the hitters division.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment allowed just 585 runs or 3.61 per game. Fellow division mate Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz made a late season run at this title and allowed just 595 --an average of 3.67. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter from the owner's choice division has allowed 766 runs-4.72 runs per game.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves allowed 1,131 runs or 6.98 per game.

Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 596 runs--an average of 3.67 runs per game. The WingNutz scored just one fewer runs than they allowed.

Leaders:

Batting average: Ichiro Suzuki-Twin Lakes Titanic Toads--.369
On Base Percentage-Barry Bonds-My Baseballs Ichiro-.500
Runs Scored: Hanley Ramirez--Whitechapel Werewolves--155
Home Runs-Vlad Guerrero-Mr. Scary-59
RBI-Albert Pujols Whitechapel Werewolves-171
Walks-Barry Bonds- My Baseballs Ichiro 152
Strike Outs-- Alfonso Soriano Mr. Scary- 206
Stolen Bases: Rafael Furcal- Armed and Dangerous 72
Longest hitting streak---Ichrio Suzuki 27 games which was active at the end of the season.

Pitching
Wins- Randy Johnson and Chris Carpenter Premeditated Resentment, and Tim Lincecum-Wyoming WingNutz 21 each
Strike Outs-Randy Johnson-404 in 295 innings
Saves: Mariano Rivera-Premeditated Resentment---43
Losses Pedro Martinez-Armed and Dangerous 20
ERA-Johan Santana Wyoming WingNutz 2.59
Complete games-Johan Santana-Wyoming WingNutz-14--interestingly, Mike Mussina and Tim Lincecum--also from the Wingnutz each had 13 complete games.
Winning Percentage-Jamie Moyer-My Baseballs Ichiro-.741
Innings pitched-Johan Santana 320

Team MVP and best value
Beaver Pelts: Doug Davis wins both awards---Doug went 17-12/whip of 1.28, ERA of 3.67. Doug pitched in the hitters division facing two 1,000 run teams regularly. Doug only cost Fench33 $2.31
Mr. Scary: Vlad Guerrero .343/.380/.673---59 home runs, 156 RBI. Alfonso Soriano hit 58 doubles and launched 54 home runs. Alfonso also stole 22 bases all for $2.59 million.
Corked Bats: Chipper Jones---.333/.385/.750--Chipper hit 56 home runs and drove in 140 runs. Jason Johnson was 18-11 with an ERA of 4.52/WHIP of 1.37---Jason also faced the tough hitters division and only cost $1.25 million
Whitechapel Werewolves: Albert Pujols .319/.411/.694. Albert hit 58 home runs and drove in 171 runs. Equally impressive was Dan Uggla who hit 55 home runs driving in 134 runs. Dan also walked 87 times producing a .303/.387/.600 slash line.

My Baseballs Ichiro: Barry Bonds .346/.500.745--Barry also had 40 doubles and 152 walks with just 73 strike outs. Jamie Moyer went 20-7 with an ERA of 4.38. Jamie only cost $3.47 million.
Twin Lakes Titanic Toads: Ichiro Suzuki had 716 at bats and delivered 39 doubles, 9 triples and 10 home runs ending up with a .369/.398/.490 slash line. Jason Isringhausen provided 36 saves and 7 wins striking out 67 in 67 innings. His whip was 1.15 and ERA of 2.93. Jason only cost $3.99.
Schwing Batter Batter: Freddy Garcia was 19-12 with an ERA of 3.55/whip of 1.25. James Shields was the best value for Schwing Batter Batter---James was second on the team in wins with 15. An ERA of 3.95 and WHIP of 1.21 was a bargain costing just $840,000.
Rhinestone Relics: Shawn Green provided 55 home runs/132 RBI. For the season, Shawn had a slash line of .297/.346/.658. Brad Radke was 13-13 for the team which had 99 losses. Brad had an ERA of 4.38/whip of 1.34.

Premeditated Resentment: Randy Johnson produced a record of 21-13 striking out 404 in 295 innings. Randy had an ERA of 3.29/whip of 1.11. Kenny Lofton hit .320/.375 along with 34 stolen bases. Kenny lead the team with 90 runs scored at a salary of $1.41
Wyoming WingNutz: The only team with co-MVPs, Johan Santana and Tim Lincecum combined for 38 wins. Johan had an ERA of 2.59, Tim 2.69. Tim's whip was 1.06 while Johan had a whip of .94. In terms of value, Carlos Quentin was a mid season pickup and provided .292/.379.583 contributing 18 home runs in just 223 at bats.Carlos cost just $2.20
00's Pitching Gritch: Jason Schmidt was tough all season---Jason was 14-11 but had an ERA of just 3.06 and a WHIP of 1.00. Luke Scott had a slash line of .314/.397/.600 with 24 home runs and a team best 88 runs batted in. Luke's salary was just $2.06.
Armed and Dangerous: A tough inaugural season for NewGuy1912, Rafael Furcal hit .299 and had a OBP of .382. Rafael led the league with 72 stolen bases. In terms of value, Tony Batista was second to Dmitri Young on the club in home runs blasting 22 home runs for $750,000.

The season series between divisions have concluded---here are the final results. The hitting division won the season series against both the management choice and pitching centric divisions.

Hitters vs Choice 101-79
Hitters vs Pitchers 92-88

Total: 193-167

The owners choice division was defeated in the season series by the hitter but defeated the pitching centric division.

Choice vs Hitters 79-101
Choice vs Pitchers 85-83

Total 164-184

While two games separated the pitchers from the hitters and one game separated the pitchers from the choice division, the pitchers lost both season series.

Pitchers vs Hitters- 88-92
Pitchers vs Choice- 83-85

Total 171-177

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Playoff update

The matchups consisted of Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichiro-from the owner's choice division --with a league best 99 wins and a run differential of +202 facing wild card winner Mr. Scary from the hitters division. Scary won 88 games and had a run differential of +133.

In the other matchup, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment-from the pitching division- won 95 games fueled by outstanding pitching allowing just 585 runs and a run differential of +177 faced hitting division champ Fench33s' Beaver Pelts winners of 88 games and a run differential of +97.

Ichiro and Scary split the first two games--each winning by a score of 8-6. Mr. Scary won the next two games taking a 3-1 lead. However, My Baseballs Ichiro won the next two games winning a 12-11 slugfest and an 11-4 rout forcing a game 7. Ichiro sent 20 game winner Jamie Moyer to the mound while Scary called on mid-season acquisition Glendon Rusch. Scary got to Jamie Moyer taking a 7-1 lead after 5 innings. Ichiro rallied for 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th taking advantage of an error by Orlando Hudson and a bases clearing 3 run triple from Brian McCann. However, Ichiro could not score again.

The Pelts and Resentment split the first 4 games, alternating wins. Resentment won game 4 with a convincing score of 16-1 behind John Smoltz. Resentment also won game 5---winning 5-4 behind Randy Johnson. The Pelts faced elimination but forced game 7 via a 8-4 win behind their ace, Doug Davis. Game 7 starters were Jake Peavy from Resentment and Dustin Hermanson from the Pelts. The Pelts went into bottom of the 9th clinging to a 3-2 lead. Ray Durham led off the bottom of the 9th by hitting a solo home run forcing extra innings. In the top of the 12th, Luis Castillo led off with a single. After one was out, Juan Castro--playing for an injured Troy Tulowitzki--singled putting men on first and third. David Ortiz came up next and doubled in the tie breaking run. In the 9th, a two out double by Miguel Montero and a wild pitch put the tying run 90 feet away. However, Will Ohman got Brad Hawpe to ground out sending the Beaver Pelts to the finals to face division mate Mr. Scary.

In the finals, the Pelts and Scary split the first 4 games---the Pelts won the opener 10-4 and the third game 15-4 while Scary won 5-1 and 7-5. In pivotal game 5, Scary won behind Glendon Rusch 9-4 setting up a game 6 matchup of Doug Davis for the Pelts and Brad Penny for Scary. Scary scored single runs in the first 3 innings before the Pelts scored two in the sixth to draw to within a run. Scary responded with two runs in the 7th and 8th innings. The Pelts put two runners on the in the 9th but Morgan Ensberg grounded out before Darren Erstad struck out to end the game giving Mr. Scary the championship.

For the season, the hitters division won the season series against both the owners choice and pitchers divisions. The two teams in the finals came from the hitters division so for the 2000 players set, the hitters got the best of the other styles.

Thanks for all of your work involving the league and in providing insights via the weekly update. Although my team didn't do very well, I learned a lot about the game and look forward to future seasons.