Four teams within 1.5 games of the lead, ten teams bunched within seven games. Percentage points (or a Yahoo tiebreaker; I didn't do the math) separate the Walrus from the Gorillas for the league lead, after my Sunday comeback from a 7-4 deficit to a 6-5 win over Snellville. Thanks to Carlos Delgado, Matt Morris and my bullpen; Wagner and Baez pulled out the SV category. I've already traded a couple, but I still find myself with three closers, so I'd listen to offers for Baez or Cliff Politte.
A few teams made big gains -- Mike H.'s Springfield Isotopes closed three games on the leaders with an 8-3 win, Jonny's K-Town Mashers moved up three positions in the standings with a 9-3 romp, and Jason's Garces_not_on_roids squad went from 18th place (15 games out) to 14th (11 games out) with a 9-2 win. A couple of teams went the other way, most notably Red Mosquitos -- I think Spicol was distracted by managing the all-time Jays -- who lost three games to the leaders and fell from 7th to 12th overall.
Here's where we stand after five (of 22) weeks: # Team Name W-L-T W % GB
I don't know what to expect from Mike M.'s Fish Candy this week. He has three pitchers on the DL to my one, but he still got 76 IP and 5 wins from that staff last week. The hitting categories should be close, but if Delgado stays in his zone, he could make the difference.
1 Toronto Walrus 36-20-4 .633 -
2 gashouse gorillas 37-21-2 .633 -
3 Springfield Isotopes 36-21-3 .625 0.5
4 Billies Bashers 35-22-3 .608 1.5
5 Baird Brain 33-24-3 .575 3.5
6 Hannibals Cannibals 32-27-1 .542 5.5
7 Nation Builders 31-27-2 .533 6
8 Eastern Shore Birds 31-28-1 .525 6.5
9 Reykjavik Fish Candy 31-28-1 .525 6.5
10 AGF 29-27-4 .517 7
11 Sub-Urban Shockers 26-29-5 .475 9.5
12 Red Mosquitos 27-30-3 .475 9.5
13 K-Town Mashers 28-32-0 .467 10
14 Garces_not_on_roids 26-32-2 .450 11
15 Jicks Rays 25-31-4 .450 11
16 Chatsworth Halos 25-32-3 .442 11.5
17 Mebion Glyndwr 25-34-1 .425 12.5
18 Moscow Rats 21-34-5 .392 14.5
19 Geoffs Grumpy Group 20-37-3 .358 16.5
20 Thunderbirds 20-38-2 .350 17
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