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

12 NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez
6--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez
4-YCBill - Chase Utley
9-Generationm1 Randy Johnson
5-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds (via proxy)
3 Nol15736 - Albert Pujols
8-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez
11-Papavj - Johan Santana
7-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki
1 JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero
2 Fench33 - Vincent Padilla
10-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez
10-Gritch - Luke Scott
2-Fench33- Ryan Dempster
1 JJB92-Alfonso Soriano
7 Bigdinkent - Roy Halladay
11 Papavj - Tim Lincecum
8 MGoren5166 - Sammy Sosa
3 Nol15736 - Grady Sizemore
5 Burley Norseman-Todd Helton (via proxy)
9 Generationm1
4 YCBill
6 Drabb9529
12 NewGuy1912

12 NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez
6--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez
4-YCBill - Chase Utley
9-Generationm1 Randy Johnson
5-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds (via proxy)
3 Nol15736 - Albert Pujols
8-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez
11-Papavj - Johan Santana
7-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki
1 JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero
2 Fench33 - Vincent Padilla
10-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez
10-Gritch - Luke Scott
2-Fench33- Ryan Dempster
1 JJB92-Alfonso Soriano
7 Bigdinkent - Roy Halladay
11 Papavj - Tim Lincecum
8 MGoren5166 - Sammy Sosa
3 Nol15736 - Grady Sizemore
5 Burley Norseman-Todd Helton (via proxy)
9 Generationm1 - Chris Carpenter
4 YCBill
6 Drabb9529
12 NewGuy1912

12 NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez
6--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez
4-YCBill - Chase Utley
9-Generationm1 Randy Johnson
5-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds (via proxy)
3 Nol15736 - Albert Pujols
8-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez
11-Papavj - Johan Santana
7-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki
1 JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero
2 Fench33 - Vincent Padilla
10-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez
10-Gritch - Luke Scott
2-Fench33- Ryan Dempster
1 JJB92-Alfonso Soriano
7 Bigdinkent - Roy Halladay
11 Papavj - Tim Lincecum
8 MGoren5166 - Sammy Sosa
3 Nol15736 - Grady Sizemore
5 Burley Norseman-Todd Helton (via proxy)
9 Generationm1 - Chris Carpenter
4 YCBill - Chipper Jones
6 Drabb9529
12 NewGuy1912

12 NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez
6--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez
4-YCBill - Chase Utley
9-Generationm1 Randy Johnson
5-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds (via proxy)
3 Nol15736 - Albert Pujols
8-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez
11-Papavj - Johan Santana
7-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki
1 JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero
2 Fench33 - Vincent Padilla
10-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez
10-Gritch - Luke Scott
2-Fench33- Ryan Dempster
1 JJB92-Alfonso Soriano
7 Bigdinkent - Roy Halladay
11 Papavj - Tim Lincecum
8 MGoren5166 - Sammy Sosa
3 Nol15736 - Grady Sizemore
5 Burley Norseman-Todd Helton (via proxy)
9 Generationm1 - Chris Carpenter
4 YCBill - Chipper Jones
6 Drabb9529 Justin Verlander
12 NewGuy1912

NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez
6--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez
4-YCBill - Chase Utley
9-Generationm1 Randy Johnson
5-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds (via proxy)
3 Nol15736 - Albert Pujols
8-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez
11-Papavj - Johan Santana
7-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki
1 JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero
2 Fench33 - Vincent Padilla
10-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez
10-Gritch - Luke Scott
2-Fench33- Ryan Dempster
1 JJB92-Alfonso Soriano
7 Bigdinkent - Roy Halladay
11 Papavj - Tim Lincecum
8 MGoren5166 - Sammy Sosa
3 Nol15736 - Grady Sizemore
5 Burley Norseman-Todd Helton (via proxy)
9 Generationm1 - Chris Carpenter
4 YCBill - Chipper Jones
6 Drabb9529 Justin Verlander
12 NewGuy1912-Juan Pierre (via proxy)

The initial phase of the draft has completed. Please use the auto draft, rank your players, choose your stadium and join the league. The code for the league is

VNZMR

Good luck and may your team closely resemble your plan.

Games played: 21

The first 18 games were all intra-division so results of the inter-division are very early.

Hitters vs Pitchers---2-4
Hitters vs Choice-3-3

Choice vs Pitchers-4-2
Choice vs Hitters-3-3

Pitchers vs Hitters 4-2
Pitchers vs Choice 2-4

Who's who in the league and some early highlights...

East--Hitting centric-

Fench33-a 5 times veteran of this theme -started the season by winning 8 games in a row and is currently in first place with a record of 13-8. The Fench led Beaver Pelts have the second best run differential at +36. Ivan Rodriguez and Alex Rios are both off to great starts---Ivan at .321/.361/.667 while Alex is at .358/.442/.654. On the mound, Doug Davis has already contributed 3 wins (3-2) while Ugeth Urbina has 3 saves.

JJB92--another 5 time veteran is in second place with the Mr.Scary club. Vlad Guerrero has already hit 11 home runs while Alfonso Soriano has 9. Mark Redman is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.13.

YCBill--returns for his second team--this one a hitting centric. Ycbill's Corked Bats are 9-12. Steve Finley has already driven in 24 runs and Joe Mauer is delivering .388/.456/.525. Jason Johnson is off to a great start with a 3-0 record.

Nol15736 is new to the theme and is leading the Whitechapel Werewolves. The Werewolves are 9-12. Albert Pujols .304/.360/.641 and Mike Piazza and Jason Bay have both knocked in 20 runs. JJ Putz has 4 saves and has not allowed a run in 5 innings.

The Central Division is comprised of the owners choice on managing their team

Burley Norseman-another 5 time veteran-- leads My Baseballs Ichiro--My has the best record in the league after week 1 with a record of 14-7 and an impressive +71 run differential. My has won 9 of 10 and are led by Barry Bonds (.438/.580/.959) and Todd Helton .378/.485/.737. Carlos Zambrano already has 5 wins. Interestingly, My Baseball has already experienced 5 blown saves so the record could be even better. Also, the best known Ichiro is not on this team.

Bigdinkent returns with his 4th team---the Twin Lakes Titanic Toads. The Toads are just one game behind the pace with a record of 13-8. In an ironic twist, Ichriro Suzuki is on this team and is hitting .398/.440/.892. Eric Chavez is .306/.440/.736 is off to an excellent start and in a surprise to some, Roger Cedeno is hitting .375. Roy Halladay is 4-2.

Drabb9529 returns with his 5th club--Drabb won the 80s championship. Drabb is 8-13 with his Schwing Batter Batter club. Ryan Langerhans has contributed .353/.371/.706 for his salary of 1.77 million. Alex Rodriguez is at .296/.402/.556. Brad Lidge has 5 saves and hasn't allowed a run.

MGoren5166 makes his debut in the theme with the Rhinestone Relics. The Relics are also 8-13. John Lackey is 3-0 pacing the starting pitching. Manny Ramirez and Andrew Jones both have 5 home runs helping the offense.

West--pitching centric

Papavj makes his first appearance in this theme leading the Wyoming WingNutz. Three starting pitchers have WHIPs of under 1. The Wingnutz starting pitching is being paced by Mike Mussina (4-0--ERA 2.70 and a WHIP of .93) Johan Santana is 2-1 with an ERA of 1.77 and a WHIP of .84 while Tim Lincecum is at 1.87/.99 WHIP. The WingNutz are at 14-7. Craig Wilson has contributed .318/.388/.727.

Generationm1 also makes his inaugural appearance in this theme. His Premeditated Resentment team is 12-9. Randy Johnson is 3-2 with 71 strikeouts in 49 innings. Randy has an ERA of 1.81 and a WHIP of .83. Jake Peavy is 2-1 with an ERA of 1.88/WHIP of .85. Mariano Rivera already has 7 saves. Kenny Lofton is hitting .389/.450/.537 pacing the offense.

Gritch is making his first appearance in this theme leading the 00's Pitching Gritch club. The Gritch are 10-11 with Ben Sheets off to a 3-0 start. Ben's ERA is 1.71/WHIP of 1.14. Jason Schmidt is 1-1 but with an ERA of 1.84/.85 WHIP. Hong Chih Kuo and Jonathan Papelbon have saved 4 games each. John Vander Wal has contributed .391/.500/.750

NewGuy1912 not only makes his first appearance in this theme but is leading his first SOM Mystery Team. NewGuy had the first pick in the two round draft and chose Pedro Martinez to lead his club. It's been a rough start for the Armed and Dangerous club---Pedro is 2-2 with an ERA of 4.74/WHIP of 1.35. Armed is 6-15 after 21 games. Josh WIllingham is at .246//.386/.404 to lead the offense.

Interesting statistics

Hitters have gotten off to a great start---14 players have an OPS of greater than 1.000 with Barry Bonds setting the pace with an OPS of 1.539. Vlad Guerrero is next at 1.288 while John Vander Wal (!!) is at 1.250.

Home Runs----Vlad Guerrero leads with 11, Barry Bonds 10 while three players---Alfonso Soriano (Mr. Scary) Steve Finley (Corked Bats) and Ken Griffey Jr. (My Baseball Ichiro)--have 9.

Pitching numbers

Wins--Carlos Zambrano (My Baseball) 5
Mike Mussina (Wyoming WingNutz) 4
Roy Halladay (Twin Lakes ) 4

WHIP--8 pitchers have a WHIP of under 1

Jake Peavy-Premeditated Resentment .65
Randy Johnson-Premeditated Resentment .83
Johan Santana Wyoming WingNutz ..84

Strikeouts
Randy Johnson 71
Carlos Zambrano 47
Tim Lincecum (Wyoming) 47

Games played: 42

You really can't get much closer than this--here are the early results

Hitters vs Choice 24 wins 24 losses
Hitters vs Pitchers 23 wins 25 losses

Total: 47-49

Choice vs Hitters 24 wins 24 losses
Choice vs Pitchers 25 wins 23 losses

Total 49-47

Pitchers vs Hitters- 25 wins 23 losses
Pitchers vs Choice- 23 wins 25 losses

Total 48-48

Division races

JJB92s' Mr. Scary club is now leading the East/Hitters division. Mr. Scary with a record of 24-18 leads Fench33's Beaver Pelts by 3 games and has a run differential of +59. The Pelts are 21-21 while YCBills' Corked Bats are 4 games off the pace at 20-22. Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves are 6 games off the pace at 18-24.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrito are setting the pace with a record of 26-16 and a league best run differential of +83. Bigdinkent and his Twin Lakes Titantic Toads trail by 3 games at 23-19 while Drabb9529s' Schwing Batter Batter are seven games back at 19-23. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics are 9 games off the pace at 17-25.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment are tied for the best record at 26-16 with a run differential of +51. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club are 4 games off the pace at 22-20 while Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz are 21-21---5 games off the pace. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club follow at 15-27, 11 games off the pace.

Top run scoring team: Mr. Scary leads the league in runs scored with 312-an average of 7.42 runs per game. The Whtecharged Werewolves have scored 280 runs or 6.66 runs per game . My Baseballs Ichrito have scored 266 runs, an average of 6.33.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment have only allowed 124 runs--2.95 per game. The Wyoming WingNutz have allowed 156 runs 3.71 and My Baseball Ichrito appear on this list too---they have allowed 183 runs or 4.36.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves not only score a lot of runs, they are generous too. The Werewolves have allowed 320 runs 7.61 per game.

Fewest runs scored: Armed and Dangerous have scored 145 runs--an average of 3.45 runs per game.

Top performers-hitters: Barry Bonds of My Baseballs Ichrito continues to terrorize pitchers---.415/.566/.894 for an OPS of 1.466. Vladimir Guerrero from Mr. Scary has produced .363/.414/.766-OPS 1.180 while Albert Pujols of the Whitechapel Werewolves is at .353/.444/.701 (1.145 OPS).

Top performers-pitchers: Jason Schmidt from the 00's Pitching Gritches is 5-1 with an ERA of 1.27, WHIIP of .83. Dan Haren from My Baseballs Ichrito is 7-0 with an ERA/WHIP of 1.71, .91. Johan Santana from the Wyoming WingNutz is 4-3 but has an ERA of 2.16/WHIP of .84

Here is a list of players who disappointed their leadership team and were advised their services were no longer needed. Included in this list is data supporting the decision to release the player.

Mr. Scary--JJB92: Jon Garland---4 starts---ERA of 10.66 and WHIP of 2.25

Beaver Pelts--Fench33-Kevin Youkilis---.233/.377/.433 in 90 at bats

Corked Bats---YCBill------YC is a patient person---no changes have been made to the opening day roster

Whitchapel WerewolvesNol15736--: Oliver Perez started 2 games---it wasn't pretty. 0-1 ERA of 25.11 (!!) WHIP of 4.08. Joe Blanton started 7 games---2-4 but an ERA of 8.37/WHIP of 2.10. Kenny Rogers---0-3 in 4 games started---16.97 ERA/WHIP 3.00.

My Baseballs Ichrito---Burley Norseman: Mark Buehrle started 2 games---ERA of 10.22 and WHIP of 1.62

Twin Lakes Titanic Toads--Bigdinkent: Cliff Lee--5 games started---0-3 ERA 8.10, 1.98 WHIP--Jonathan Braxton--10 games--12 innings pitched, 9.47 ERA/1.38 WHIP

Schwing Batter Batter-Drabb9529: Justin Verlander---4 games started 0-4--6.56 ERA, 1.84 WHIP

Rhinestone Relics-MGoren5166: AJ Burnett--3 games started---1-2, 6.28 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, Robb Nen---7 games---8.2 IP--9.34 ERA, 1.85 WHIP, Ryan Howard--36 games 153 plate appearances---.209/.286/.453

Premeditated Resentment-Generationm1: Nelson Cruz---80 at bats---.188/.253/.263

00s Pitching Gritch-Gritch: Derek Lowe----4 games 2-2 5.40 ERA/1.59 WHIP. Juan Gonzalez--9 games, 38 at bats---.132/.175/.307; Jose Batista---10 games---38 at bats---.132/.195/.263

Wyoming WingNutz-Papavj: John Smoltz--3 games 1-2 4.57, 1.31; Eric Gagne---13 games---8.2 IP---7.27 ERA, 1.96 WHIP
Coco Crisp----34 at bats----.118/.167/.118

Armed and Dangerous-NewGuy1912: Cole Hammels----5 games started---23 IP---9.13 ERA, 1.90 WHIP. Mark Mulder 4 games started---23.2 IP, 6.47 ERA, 1.69 WHIP

Games played: 63

This is pretty amazing.

Hitters vs Choice 27 wins 27 losses
Hitters vs Pitchers 45 wins 45 losses

Total: 72-72

Choice vs Hitters 27 wins 27 losses
Choice vs Pitchers 45 wins 45 losses

Total 72-72

Pitchers vs Hitters- 45 wins 45 losses
Pitchers vs Choice- 45 wins 45 losses

Total 90-90


Division races

JJB92s' Mr. Scary club continues to lead the East/Hitters division. Mr. Scary with a record of 37-26 (13-8 for the week) leads YCBills Corked Bats by 4 games. Scary has a league best run differential of +110. The Bats are 33-30 also going 13-8 for the week. Fench33's Beaver Pelts had a tough week going 7-14 falling to 28-35 and are tied with Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves are 9 games out after going 10-11 during the week.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrito extended their lead to 5 games and are also 37-26 going 11-10 during the week. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter club moved into 2nd place going 13-8 during the week--Batter Batter is now 32-31 trailing by 5 games. . Bigdinkent and his Twin Lakes Titantic Toads also trail by 5 games going 9-12 during the week to get to the same 32-31 record. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics went 8-13 during the week and are at 25-38 for the season. The Relics trail by 12 games.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment made it a 3 way tie for the best record in the league going 11-10 during the week ending with a record of 37-26. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club had a good week going 12-9 closing the gap to the division lead to 3 games. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz went 9-12 during the week and are now at 30-33, 7 games back. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club went 10-11 and now are at 25-38, 12 games from the lead.

Top run scoring team: Mr. Scary continues to lead the league in runs scored with 467-an average of 7.41 which is .001 off of last weeks pace. The Whtecharged Werewolves have scored 426 runs or 6.76 runs per game . YCBills Corked Bats club moved into 3rd place with 374 runs or 5.93 runs per game.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment have allowed 209 runs--3.31 up from last weeks 2.95 per game. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter--an owners choice team moved into second allowing only 251 runs (3.98/game) while the Wyoming WingNutz-Papavjs' club have allowed 254 runs.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves not only score a lot of runs, they continue their generosity. They have allowed 478 runs per game or 7.58.

Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 226 runs--an average of 3.58 runs per game.

Top performers-hitters: Barry Bonds of My Baseballs Ichrito continues to terrorize pitchers but at a lower pace. He's now at .347/.521/.741 for an OPS of 1.253. While still exceptional, it was at .415/.566/.894 for an OPS of 1.466 last week.
Vladimir Guerrero from Mr. Scary has produced .385/.435/.766-OPS 1.201 while Albert Pujols of the Whitechapel Werewolves is at .325/.412/.625 (1.037 OPS).

Top performers-pitchers: Jason Schmidt from the 00's Pitching Gritches continues his mastery---he's 6-2 with an ERA of 2.13 WHIP of .88. Johan Santana from the WingNutz is 6-5 with an ERA/WHIP of 2.27 .92 and Chris Carpenter from Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment contributed an 8-5 record with 2.35/1.06..

The league held a two player draft before the season started---here's a look back at how the draft went and an update on the players selected.

NewGuy1912--Pedro Martinez Juan Pierre—Well, it looked good on paper. Pedro Martinez was the number one pick of the draft. It’s safe to say Pedro has underperformed—he is 5-9 with an ERA of 5.01 and a WHIP of 1.27—both numbers are much worse than even his worst year. Juan was an interesting pick for the pitching centric club. Like Pedro, Juan has significantly underperformed. Juan is in the top 3 of stolen bases with 21 but his numbers are at .198/.253/.304 after 237 at bats.

--Drabb9529 Alex Rodriquez- Justin Verlander—Alex was the second pick in the draft—.275/.372/.521 with 16 doubles and 14 home runs. Justin was 0-4 with an ERA of 6.56 and a WHIP of 1.84 before being released.

-YCBill - Chase Utley—chipper Jones—Chase was the third pick of the draft——he’s at .248/.352/.509 but has hit 16 home runs. Chipper Jones has contributed 20 home runs along with a slash line of .311/.369/.560.

-Generationm1 Randy Johnson—chris carpenter—Randy Johnson was the 4th pick of the draft—he’s pitched 119 innings and has struck out 159 hitters. His ERA is a stellar 2.35 and WHIP is 1.01. His record is 8-5. Chris is 8-5 with an ERA of 2.35/WHIP of 1.06.

-BurleyNorseman-Barry Bonds—Todd Helton Barry was the 5th pick—he has been leading the league in OPS all season—currently, he is hitting .347/.521/.741. Barry has walked 61 times and has hit 17 home runs. Todd is also contributing to the success of the team—.321/.426/.584. Todd has 16 doubles and 15 home runs. He has driven in 50 runs.

Nol15736 - Albert Pujols—Grady Sizemore—Albert came off the board next—he’s at .325/.412/.625 with 16 home runs and 64 runs batted in. Grady has launched 18 home runs—he’s at .254/.356/.542.

-MGoren5166 - Manny Ramirez—Sammy Sosa—Manny is contributing at a .272/.369/.522 level. Manny has 14 homeruns but interestingly, only 28 runs batted in. Sammy was a disappointment-he was released after 84 plate appearances. Sammy had 2 home runs and 8 runs batted in with a .184/.259/.276 slash line.


-Papavj - Johan Santana—Tim Lincecum—Johan and Tim both have 6 wins—Johan is 6-5 while Tim is 6-7. Johan has an ERA of 2.27/WHIP of .92 while Tim is at 3.65/1.31. Tim has struck to 127 batters—one fewer than Johan’s 128.

-Bigdinkent - Ichiro Suzuki—roy Halladay—Ichiro has delivered a .339/.373/.469 slash line along with 18 stolen bases. Roy is 7-7 with a 3.43 ERA/1.26 WHIP.

JJB92-Vladimir Guerrero-Alfonso Soriano—Vlad is the leading hitter on the highest scoring team. He’s at .385/.435/.766. Vlad has 24 home runs and 67 runs batted in. Alfonso—a surprise pick—has paid off. He leads the league with 25 home runs and a slash line of .266/.333/.602.

Fench33 - Vincent Padilla-Ryan Dempster Fench33—part of the hitting centric division—went with an alternate strategy by picking two pitchers. Vincent is 4-8, allowing 92 hits in 80 innings. He has an ERA of 5.85/WHIP of 1.54. Ryan was granted his unconditional release. He was 5-4 but allowed 86 hits in just 65 innings. He had an ERA of 7.24/WHIP of 1.78.

-Gritch - Juan Gonzalez-Luke Scott-Gritch part of the pitching centric west, went with hitters with his draft picks. Luke Scott is contributing with a slash line of .315/.413/.685–powered by 15 double and 10 home runs. Juan is no longer participating in the season—he produced an anemic slash line of .132/.175/.132 in 40 plate appearances. His 5 hits were all singles.

Games played: 84

The Hitters had a good week versus Owner's Choice.

Hitters vs Choice 65-49 (was 27 wins 27 losses)
Hitters vs Pitchers 57-57 (was 45 wins 45 losses)

Total: 122-106

Choice vs Hitters 49-65 (was 27 wins 27 losses)
Choice vs Pitchers 55-59 (was 45 wins 45 losses)

Total 104-124

Pitchers vs Hitters- 57-57 (was 45 wins 45 losses)
Pitchers vs Choice- 59-55 (was 45 wins 45 losses)

Total 116-112


Division races

JJB92s' Mr. Scary club leads the East/Hitters division. Mr. Scary with a record of 51-33 (14-7 for the week). Scary extended their lead over YCBills Corked Bats to 6 games. Scary continues to hold the best run differential, now at +151. The Bats are 45-39 (12-9 for the week). Fench33's Beaver Pelts also went 12-9 for the week and are now at 40-44---they are still tied with Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves (12-9 for the week). Both are 11 games out of the lead.

In the Central/owners Choice, Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio extended their lead to a league best 12 games---Ichiro went 14-7 for the week and are now tied with Scary and Premeditated Resentment with a 51-33 record. Ichiro has a run differential of +110. Bigdinkent and hist Twin Lakes Titanic Toads reclaimed second place despite going 7-14 for the week. The Toads are now 39-45. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter club had moved into 2nd place propelled by a 13-8 during the previous week. This week was not so kind to the Batter Batter club going 4-17 for the week. MGoren5166s' Rhinestone Relics went 7-14 during the week and are at 32-52 for the season. The Relics trail by 19 games.

In the West/Pitching centric, Generationm1s' Premeditated Resentment made it a 3 way tie for the best record in the league going 14-7 during the week ending with a record of 51-33. Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch club are now 45-39--6 games off the pace. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz went 12-9 for the week and are now at 42-42. NewGuy1912 and his Armed and Dangerous club went 7-14 and now are at 32-52, 19 games from the lead.

Top run scoring team: Mr. Scary continues to lead the league in runs scored with 607-an average of 7.22, down slightly from last weeks 7.44 pace. The Whtecharged Werewolves had a great week scoring runs--they now have scored 599 runs--7.13 a game. My Baseballs Ichiro reclaimed third place in scoring---they have produced 513 runs--an average of 6.10.

Fewest runs allowed: Premeditated Resentment continues as the gold standard of preventing runs--they have only allowed 287 runs--3.4 runs per game. Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz moved into second place in this category--they have allowed 326 runs--an average of 3.88. Drabb9529's Schwing Batter Batter and My Baseballs Ichiro--both from the - owners choice division---have allowed 403 runs/4.79 per game.

Most runs allowed: The Werewolves continue to play in high scoring games--they have allowed 642 runs or 7.64 per game.


Fewest runs scored: The Wyoming WingNutz have scored 300 runs--an average of 3.57 runs per game.

Top performers-hitters: Barry Bonds of My Baseballs Ichrito continues to lead the league in OPS---he's at .341/.499/.701 for an OPS of 1.201. Albert Pujols of the Whitechapel Werewolves had a great week--he is now at .352/.438/.720 (1.158 OPS)
Vladimir Guerrero from Mr. Scary has produced .370/.414/.725-OPS 1.139.

Top performers-pitchers: Johan Santana from the WingNutz is 8-6 but has a stellar ERA of 2.51/WHIP .97 Chris Carpenter from Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment is now 10-6 with 2.61/1.06. Dan Haren from My Baseballs Ichrio is at 10-3 with an ERA of 2.77/WHIP 1.03

Notes from each team

Mr. Scary---8 players have at least 16 home runs and 55 RBI's---Alfonso Soriano leads the way with 34 home runs while Vlad Guerrero has knocked in 87 runs. Alfonso has scored 85 runs. You know things are going well for the team when back ups Jeff Keppinger and Jolbert Cabrera are hitting .327 and .377--albeit with 55 and 69 at bats. Mark Redman and Kirk Rueter have each notched 8 wins while Kris Benson has 7.

YCBills Corked Bats--Casey Fossum has already delivered 10 wins and Jason Johnson has contributed 9 victories. The Bats have 21 saves with only 3 blown saves. Shigetoshi Hasegawa has 7, Ryan Madson 6 and Steve Kline 6. The Bats have 8 players with 12 or more home runs--Chipper Jones sets the pace with 24 homers.

Fench33's Beaver Pelts--Luis Castillo has swiped 28 bases---David Ortiz has contributed 35 doubles and Troy Tulowitzki has 27 doubles to pace the offense. Jose Contreras has a record of 9-3. Doug Davis and Vincene Padilla both have 11 losses--Doug is at 4-11, Vincente is at 5-11.

Nol15736 and his Whitechapel Werewolves have 9 players with at least 10 home runs which is powering the offensive blitz against the rest of the league. Albert Pujols has 28 home runs, 1 more than teammate Dan Uggla and 3 more than Aramis Ramirez. JJ Putz has provided 15 saves with only 2 blown saves.

Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichiro might be the most balanced team in the league---Ichrio is in the top at scoring runs and top 3 of allowing runs. Carlos Zambrano, Dan Haren and Jamie Moyer have each produced double digit victories while Barry Bonds and Todd Helton lead the offense. Todd is hitting .320/.421/.553 with 24 doubles/17 home runs. Barry has walked 79 times.

Bigdinkent's Twin Lakes Titanic Toads---Adam Dunn leads the club with 19 home runs--he's hitting .279/.404/.555 to lead the offense. Early season acquisition Jason Giambi has paid off--Jason is hitting .339/.469/.769 in 65 at bats. Roy Oswalt leads the team with 10 wins. Roy Halladay and Darryl Kile have 9 and 8 wins respectively.

Drabb9529s Schwing Batter Batter: Brad Lidge has provided 21 saves with an ERA of only 2.02--with a salary of 2.55, Brad has been a major success. Carl Crawford has 24 stolen bases and is hitting .273/,293/.350. Freddy Garcia leads the team with 10 wins--Freddy is 10-7.

MGoren5166 and his Rhinestone Relics: Jose Valverde leads the team with 6 wins--one better than Brad Radke and Andy Pettite. Shawn Green has been an offensive star---he's launched 28 home runs with a .310/.357/.720 slash line. Gary Sheffield is hitting .377/.494/.869 after being picked up by the Relics.

Generationm1's Premeditated Resentment: Three starters are in double digit wins---Randy Johnson (11-7) Chris Carpenter 10-6 and Jake Peavy (12-5) power the league's best pitching staff. Mariano Rivera has saved 22 games and only blown 1 save. Billy Wagner has 5 saves while Huston Street contributed 4 more saves. Adam Laroche leads the offense with 30 doubles.

Gritch's 00s Pitching Gritch: Jason Schmidt has pitched better than his 6-6 record--Jason has an ERA of 2.78 and a WHIP of 1.00. While he was just recently acquired, Odalis Perez has had two impressive starts---he's 2-0 with a WHIP of .77 suggesting he might be on his best year. Jonathan Papelbon has 18 saves with only 2 blown saves. Keith Foulke--added to the team during the season has 30 strike outs in just 20 innnings. Luke Scott has launched 16 home runs, while John Vander Wal and Erubiel Durazo have each launched 15 home runs.

Papavj's Wyoming WingNutz: Johan Santana (8 wins), Tim Lincecum (8 wins) and Mike Mussina (9 wins) are all closing in on double digit victories. Joakim Soria has an ERA of 1.13 and 16 saves. Stephen Drew has 14 doubles, 10 triples and 7 home runs while Joe Crede has 11 home runs and 37 runs batted in.

NewGuy1912 Armed and Dangerous: Pedro Martinez continues to underperform---he's 6-11 with an ERA of 4.69. Joe Nathan has 6 blown saves but 5 saves. Matt Cain and Adam Wainwright have only contributed 1 win--Matt has 7 starts, Adam 8. Tony Batista leads the club with 14 home runs and 42 runs batted in.

Game of the week

Burley Norseman's My Baseballs Ichrio trailed NewGuy1912's Armed and Dangerous 5-4 going into the 9th. A one out double from Brian McCann tied the game and forced extra innings. The 10th inning was rather unusual----Ichiro scored 13 runs powered by 9 walks from Armed and Dangerous. Octavio Dotel allowed 10 walks and 13 runs in two innings-- his ERA went from 3.00 to 9.53--ouch.