Ouch! It hurts to fall from what I thought was a pretty secure second place and wake up this morning in third. Baird Brain enjoyed a brilliant 11-0 week against Chatsworth, while my team got thumped 10-2 by the Thunderbirds. Every week, I confidently assume that my hitters will keep me in the match, and hope that my pitchers will take a category or two, but no strategy is immune to disasters in Head-to-Head play.
Carlos Delgado, obviously tired from carrying the Jays and the Walrus on his back all season, sported a nifty 143/294/214 line for the abbreviated week. Milton Bradley chipped in with 133/235/333 and Bernie Williams was so bad (071/235/143) I traded him. When Marlon Byrd and Scott Spiezio are your hitting "stars," you're in trouble. Three of my starters didn't even pitch, and the ones who did were awful. Enough of this whining -- Jurgen wants to see the standings.
There are only six weeks left in the regular season. Runaway leader Snelville Jones won again, 7-4 over AGF, and only his margin of victory remains in question. Billies Bashers beat Mebion Glyndwr 9-3 in a match that changed both teams' status in the playoff race. With an 8-4 win over K-Town, Nation Builders made a move into fifth place, but seven teams are grouped within 2.5 games of the final two spots in the championship playoff round, so it's sure to be an exciting finish. Four teams are bunched within one game in the battle for the final spot in the consolation round.
This is the last week to improve your team for the stretch drive; Sunday is the trading deadline. It is not the last chance for rebuilding teams to improve themselves for next year, but you'll have to wait, at least until October. We have approved offseason trading in principle, so now we should define the rules. There semed to be a general consensus that a window after the season and one before the next draft is a good idea, but some want it as short as a week, others as long as a month. The idea of unlimited offseason trading hasn't been rejected. Let's open the floor to discussion; when we have a specific proposal to vote on, we'll do it by e-mail. I'll start the ball rolling -- two weeks after the regular season ends, and two weeks before we announce keepers (that deadline is a week before the draft).
You won't be able to make trade offers via Yahoo after this week, but Batter's Box will be "open for business" all year. If two teams agree on an offseason trade, they should notify me or Jordan, and we'll post a BB entry. I'm not going to assume that everyone reads the site every day, so I'll propose a one week period after the announcement for any objections, which could either be posted as comments or sent by e-mail. There should probably be no trading allowed during that final week before the keeper deadline, so that the trade committee, which will be convened if necessary, can rule on any disputed deals. Spicol's going to keep track of the offseason moves, and we'll maintain league Web pages with rosters and e-mail addresses here in Da Box.
Carlos Delgado, obviously tired from carrying the Jays and the Walrus on his back all season, sported a nifty 143/294/214 line for the abbreviated week. Milton Bradley chipped in with 133/235/333 and Bernie Williams was so bad (071/235/143) I traded him. When Marlon Byrd and Scott Spiezio are your hitting "stars," you're in trouble. Three of my starters didn't even pitch, and the ones who did were awful. Enough of this whining -- Jurgen wants to see the standings.
There are only six weeks left in the regular season. Runaway leader Snelville Jones won again, 7-4 over AGF, and only his margin of victory remains in question. Billies Bashers beat Mebion Glyndwr 9-3 in a match that changed both teams' status in the playoff race. With an 8-4 win over K-Town, Nation Builders made a move into fifth place, but seven teams are grouped within 2.5 games of the final two spots in the championship playoff round, so it's sure to be an exciting finish. Four teams are bunched within one game in the battle for the final spot in the consolation round.
# Team W-L-T Win % GBAm I worried about slipping right out of the playoffs? Not at all; I haven't given up on that first-round bye. A little help from the Isotopes against Baird Brain this week would be nice, and I'm not expecting my collective hitting slump to last long. Boomer Wells makes his Walrus debut this week against masssuckage -- I guess the Hannibal's Cannibals merchandise wasn't selling well -- and Paul Lo Duca is a big improvement over my revolving door of free agent catchers.
1 gashouse gorillas 122-61-9 .659 --
2 Baird Brain 106-75-11 .581 15
3 Toronto Walrus 107-78-7 .576 16
4 Billies Bashers 102-81-9 .555 20
5 Nation Builders 97-89-6 .521 26.5
6 AGF 97-89-6 .521 26.5
7 Red Mosquitos 94-87-11 .518 27
8 Jicks Rays 94-88-10 .516 27.5
9 Mebion Glyndwr 96-92-4 .510 28.5
10 Sub-Urban Shockers 91-88-13 .508 29
11 K-Town Mashers 95-92-5 .508 29
12 Reykjavik Fish Candy 88-94-10 .484 33.5
13 Springfield Isotopes 88-95-9 .482 34
14 Eastern Shore Birds 88-96-8 .479 34.5
15 Chatsworth Halos 88-96-8 .479 34.5
16 Thunderbirds 83-102-7 .451 40
17 Moscow Rats 81-101-10 .448 40.5
18 masssuckage 75-104-13 .424 45
19 Garces_not_on_roids 73-109-10 .406 48.5
20 Geoffs Grumpy Group 69-117-6 .375 54.5
This is the last week to improve your team for the stretch drive; Sunday is the trading deadline. It is not the last chance for rebuilding teams to improve themselves for next year, but you'll have to wait, at least until October. We have approved offseason trading in principle, so now we should define the rules. There semed to be a general consensus that a window after the season and one before the next draft is a good idea, but some want it as short as a week, others as long as a month. The idea of unlimited offseason trading hasn't been rejected. Let's open the floor to discussion; when we have a specific proposal to vote on, we'll do it by e-mail. I'll start the ball rolling -- two weeks after the regular season ends, and two weeks before we announce keepers (that deadline is a week before the draft).
You won't be able to make trade offers via Yahoo after this week, but Batter's Box will be "open for business" all year. If two teams agree on an offseason trade, they should notify me or Jordan, and we'll post a BB entry. I'm not going to assume that everyone reads the site every day, so I'll propose a one week period after the announcement for any objections, which could either be posted as comments or sent by e-mail. There should probably be no trading allowed during that final week before the keeper deadline, so that the trade committee, which will be convened if necessary, can rule on any disputed deals. Spicol's going to keep track of the offseason moves, and we'll maintain league Web pages with rosters and e-mail addresses here in Da Box.
