Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - BBFL Week 11 Roundup

Your Division Leaders at the Halfway Point:
Alomar: Austin Senators (85-37-10, .682, up 9.5 games on Toronto Walrus)
Barfield: Pistol Nine (81-46-5, .633, up 3.0 games on Team Junior Felix)
Carter: Magic 9 (81-47-4, .629, up 1.5 games on Pohnpei Papayas)

While the history of the BBFL is perhaps slightly less rich and colorful than the National League, it does offer some insight into how well teams can expect to perform in the second half. In reviewing the inaugural, one-division league of 2003 and the two-division format of 2004, I’ve unearthed the following revelations:

The magic number for the BBFL appears to be 12. No team ranked 12th or below at midseason has ever improved enough to reach the Championship playoffs. Conversely, no team among the top 12 at this point has ever finished in the bottom three.

1st place has its privileges. In the Alomar Division, the team in 1st at the midway point has finished 1st in both previous seasons. In Barfield’s inaugural season, Ghost Man on Third fell to 2nd by season’s end.

Being among the top six at the midway point does not provide much comfort.. While teams ranked 1st or 2nd have always reached the Championship playoffs, six of the twelve teams ranked #3-#6 failed, and three of those teams missed the playoffs altogether. Strangely, every team ranked 9th at midseason has entered the top six by the end of the regular season. Jason Stark would be proud. As mentioned, no team ranked below 11th at midseason has made the Championship bracket.

What of the teams trapped in their division’s cellar? Surprisingly, only two of the six teams ranked 18th or 19th at the midway point of the season finished among the bottom three. One team, Thunderbirds in 2003, rose all the way to 7th (see related entry below). On the other hand, no team in last place at the midway point has ever finished above 19th.

No team has ever risen from the middle of the pack at the halfway point to claim 1st place. The two greatest second-half reversals belong to teams climbing from near the bottom to the Consolation Bracket playoffs. In 2003, the Thunderbirds were in 18th place with a record of 53-74-5 but finished in 7th thanks to a division-best .648 winning percentage in the second-half and finished in 7th. Last year, the Austin Senators played .439 ball in the first half and .648 ball in the second half, climbing from 16th place to 8th.

The greatest second-half collapse belongs to Alomar’s Moscow Rats. The Rats held third place and were 22 games over .500 at the halfway point. Afterwards, they played .299 ball (35-88-9) and avoided relegation by only two games. Interestingly, the second and third largest declines belong to teams in 1st place at midseason. Both cases (Gashouse Gorillas in 2003 and Ghost Man on Third last year in Barfield) were superior first-half teams that played .500 ball in the second half. The Gorillas maintained 1st place while Ghost Man fell to 2nd.

Best First-Half Records

Ghost Man On Third (B ’04) 	 90-38-4 (.697)
Gashouse Gorillas (A ’03) 	89-37-6 (.697)  
Austin Senators (A ’05) 	85-37-10(.682)
Pistol Nine (B ’05) 	        81-46-5 (.633)
Slippery Pete (B ’04) 	        81-47-4 (.629)
Magic 9 (C ’05) 	        81-47-4 (.629)

Worst First-Half Records

Jicks Rays (A ’04) 	       30-96-6 (.250)
Freddy Beach Fracas (B ’05) 	34-91-7 (.284)
Garces Not On Roids (A’ 05) 	42-87-3 (.330)
Garces Not On Roids (A’ 03) 	44-80-8 (.364)
Hee Seop Choi (C ’05) 	        44-80-8 (.364)
Hannibals Cannibals (A ’05) 	46-78-8 (.379)

ALOMAR DIVISION:

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	    GB
Austin Senators_____	85	37	10	.682	      -   
Toronto Walrus______	79	50	3	.610	    9.5 
Mebion Glyndwr______	74	48	10	.598	   11.0 
Horse Field Hammers_	74	54	4	.576	   14.0 
Eastern Shore Birds_	70	56	6	.553	   17.0 
Ghost Man on Third__	68	54	10	.553	   17.0 

Reykjavik Fish Candy	70	58	4	.545	   18.0 
Red Mosquitos_______	69	58	5	.542	   18.5 
gashouse gorillas___	65	62	5	.511	   22.5 
Homer Jays Simpsons_	63	62	7	.504	   23.5 
Chatsworth Halos____	60	63	9	.489	   25.5 
Thunderbirds________	60	63	9	.489	   25.5 

Edmonton Decepticons	61	66	5	.481	   26.5 
Billie's Bashers____	58	67	7	.466	   28.5 
AGF_________________	57	70	5	.451	   30.5 
Moscow Rats_________	51	70	11	.428	   33.5 
Baird Brain_________	50	74	8	.409	   36.0 

Slippery Pete_______	51	76	5	.405	   36.5 
hannibals cannibals_	46	78	8	.379	   40.0 
Garces_not_on_roids_	42	87	3	.330	   46.5

ALOMAR ROTO_________	RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG	IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB	TOTAL
Austin Senators_____	19 - 16 - 11 - 13 - 13 - 16	 6 - 11 - 19 - 16 - 20 - 19	179
Mebion Glyndwr______	 8 - 15 - 17 - 17 - 12 - 18	14 - 16 -  7 - 13 - 15 - 14	166
Toronto Walrus______	16 - 12 - 20 - 14 - 16 -  7	16 - 13 - 16 -  8 - 11 - 13	162
Thunderbirds________	12 - 10 - 12 -  5 -  9 - 11	19 - 20 -  2 - 19 - 19 - 17	155
Horse Field Hammers_	17 - 18 - 15 - 20 - 20 - 20	 9 -  5 - 16 -  2 -  3 -  5	150

Billie's Bashers____	15 - 20 -  8 - 18 - 18 - 17	 5 -  4 -  1 - 18 - 16 -  9	149
Eastern Shore Birds_	10 - 14 -  2 - 16 - 14 - 19	 7 - 15 -  3 - 15 - 14 - 15	144
Ghost Man on Third__	20 -  8 - 16 - 19 - 19 - 14	 3 -  3 - 11 -  3 - 12 - 12	140
gashouse gorillas___	18 - 13 - 14 - 12 - 17 - 15	17 - 13 -  5 -  7 -  2 -  3	136
AGF_________________	 9 - 17 -  3 -  3 -  7 - 10	13 - 11 - 12 - 20 - 18 - 10	133

Reykjavik Fish Candy	11 -  9 - 19 - 15 - 10 - 13	11 -  9 -  4 -  5 -  8 - 18	132
Chatsworth Halos____	13 - 18 -  6 - 10 -  5 -  3	20 - 19 - 18 -  1 -  1 -  1	115
Edmonton Decepticons	 7 - 10 - 10 -  1 -  6 -  8	10 -  8 - 15 - 10 - 13 - 16	114
Red Mosquitos_______	 2 -  2 - 18 -  8 -  4 -  5	 8 -  7 -  5 - 17 - 17 - 20	113
Slippery Pete_______	 1 -  1 -  4 -  9 - 11 -  2	18 - 18 - 20 -  4 -  9 -  7	104

Homer Jays Simpsons_	14 -  7 - 12 -  6 -  2 -  1	15 - 16 -  7 - 11 -  6 -  2	99
hannibals cannibals_	 6 -  6 -  7 - 11 -  8 - 12	12 -  9 -  9 -  6 -  5 -  4	95
Baird Brain_________	 4 -  3 -  8 -  7 - 15 -  4	 1 -  5 -  9 - 14 -  7 -  6	83
Moscow Rats_________	 5 -  4 -  4 -  4 -  3 -  9	 2 -  2 - 14 - 12 -  4 -  8	71
Garces_not_on_roids_	 3 -  5 -  1 -  2 -  1 -  6	 4 -  1 - 12 -  9 - 10 - 11	65


ALOMAR OPPO_________	RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG	IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB	TOTAL
AGF_________________	18 - 17 - 17 - 18 - 12 - 15	 8 - 12 - 15 - 19 - 19 - 19	189
Garces_not_on_roids_	11 - 19 - 16 - 20 - 20 - 16	16 - 15 - 10 - 17 - 11 - 10	181
Baird Brain_________	14 - 15 - 20 - 12 - 16 - 13	12 -  1 - 20 - 13 - 16 -  6	158
Slippery Pete_______	15 - 13 - 13 - 14 -  9 -  5	18 -  7 -  1 - 18 - 18 - 15	146
Edmonton Decepticons	20 - 11 - 11 - 16 - 15 - 18	 3 -  5 -  7 - 10 - 12 - 14	142

hannibals cannibals_	19 - 20 -  7 - 17 - 18 - 20	 9 -  7 -  4 - 12 -  5 -  4	142
Thunderbirds________	15 - 18 - 17 -  7 -  8 - 11	20 - 20 -  7 -  3 -  6 -  7	139
Billie's Bashers____	15 -  6 - 11 - 11 - 13 - 19	10 - 14 - 17 -  7 - 10 -  5	138
gashouse gorillas___	 8 -  9 -  7 - 19 - 19 - 17	19 - 11 - 16 -  2 -  1 -  2	130
Reykjavik Fish Candy	10 -  9 - 13 -  6 -  5 -  4	14 - 12 - 17 - 11 - 15 - 13	129

Chatsworth Halos____	 2 - 14 -  1 -  9 -  7 - 10	13 - 17 - 17 -  9 - 13 - 16	128
Horse Field Hammers_	 6 - 16 -  3 -  8 -  6 - 14	 5 - 18 -  4 - 15 -  7 - 18	120
Mebion Glyndwr______	 9 -  2 - 19 - 15 - 11 - 12	 4 - 15 - 10 -  6 -  8 -  9	120
Toronto Walrus______	13 -  1 -  9 - 10 - 17 -  7	11 -  7 -  1 -  5 - 17 - 12	110
Ghost Man on Third__	 1 -  5 -  1 -  3 - 10 -  9	 7 -  5 -  4 - 20 - 20 - 20	105

Homer Jays Simpsons_	 7 -  4 - 15 -  2 -  3 -  3	17 - 19 -  7 - 14 -  9 -  1	101
Red Mosquitos_______	12 -  8 -  5 - 13 - 13 -  8	 1 -  7 - 10 -  4 -  3 - 11	95
Eastern Shore Birds_	 4 -  7 -  3 -  5 -  4 -  2	 2 -  3 - 10 - 16 - 14 - 17	87
Moscow Rats_________	 3 - 12 -  5 -  4 -  2 -  6	 6 -  4 -  3 -  8 -  4 -  8	65
Austin Senators_____	 5 -  3 -  9 -  1 -  1 -  1	15 -  2 - 14 -  1 -  2 -  3	57

NORMALIZED STANDINGS	H2H Wins/Rank 	N* Wins/Rank 	   Luck (Wins) 
Austin Senators_____	090.0	1	079.2	1	  10.8 
Red Mosquitos_______	071.5	8	061.4	15	  10.1 
Eastern Shore Birds_	073.0	5	066.6	11	   6.4 
Moscow Rats_________	056.5	16	051.3	19	   5.2 
Homer Jays Simpsons_	066.5	10	062.7	14	   3.8 

Toronto Walrus______	080.5	2	076.9	3	   3.6 
Horse Field Hammers_	076.0	4	074.1	5	   1.9 
Mebion Glyndwr______	079.0	3	077.4	2	   1.6 
Ghost Man on Third__	073.0	5	071.6	7	   1.4 
Chatsworth Halos____	064.5	11	064.1	12	   0.4 

Reykjavik Fish Candy	072.0	7	071.7	6	   0.3 
Edmonton Decepticons	063.5	13	063.2	13	   0.3 
Baird Brain_________	054.0	17	053.9	18	   0.1 
gashouse gorillas___	067.5	9	068.1	9	  (0.6)
Garces_not_on_roids_	043.5	20	046.6	20	  (3.1)

Billie's Bashers____	061.5	14	067.8	10	  (6.3)
Slippery Pete_______	053.5	18	061.3	16	  (7.8)
hannibals cannibals_	050.0	19	059.1	17	  (9.1)
AGF_________________	059.5	15	068.6	8	  (9.1)
Thunderbirds________	064.5	11	074.4	4	  (9.9)

BARFIELD DIVISION:

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	  GB
 Pistol Nine_________	81	46	5	.633	  -   
team junior felix___	79	50	3	.610	  3.0 
Lubumbashi Posse____	77	50	5	.602	  4.0 
Jay's Ehs___________	73	53	6	.576	  7.5 
Jick's Rays_________	72	52	8	.576	  7.5 
the mighty midgets__	74	55	3	.572	  8.0 

Burlington Mazsters_	70	60	2	.538	 12.5 
Good Sports_________	65	61	6	.515	 15.5 
Schroedinger's Bat__	65	61	6	.515	 15.5 
Middleclass Elitists	64	64	4	.500	 17.5 
1-Tool Wonders______	63	64	5	.496	 18.0 
K-Town Mashers______	60	64	8	.485	 19.5 

European wannabe____	58	64	10	.477	 20.5 
Capers______________	60	67	5	.473	 21.0 
Anarchist Archivists	59	68	5	.466	 22.0 
W-A-M-C-O___________	59	68	5	.466	 22.0 
MonkeymenCubed______	57	71	4	.447	 24.5 

Vancouver Cyphers___	51	74	7	.413	 29.0 
The Sweaty Guys_____	44	82	6	.356	 36.5 
Freddy Beach Fracas_	34	91	7	.284	 46.0

BARFIELD ROTO_______ RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB TOTAL team junior felix___ 16 - 17 - 18 - 18 - 19 - 16 19 - 18 - 8 - 11 - 11 - 13 184 the mighty midgets__ 13 - 7 - 20 - 12 - 17 - 19 13 - 16 - 15 - 17 - 17 - 17 183 Jay's Ehs___________ 15 - 16 - 12 - 17 - 20 - 13 15 - 12 - 4 - 16 - 19 - 19 178 Burlington Mazsters_ 18 - 19 - 14 - 15 - 9 - 14 18 - 20 - 12 - 6 - 9 - 18 172 Lubumbashi Posse____ 12 - 11 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 9 16 - 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 20 150
1-Tool Wonders______ 14 - 20 - 19 - 20 - 15 - 11 10 - 14 - 5 - 10 - 6 - 5 149 Pistol Nine_________ 7 - 5 - 15 - 19 - 18 - 10 4 - 10 - 19 - 20 - 15 - 6 148 Good Sports_________ 3 - 3 - 16 - 13 - 6 - 2 17 - 17 - 18 - 15 - 16 - 9 135 Jick's Rays_________ 9 - 13 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 12 9 - 5 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 15 130 Schroedinger's Bat__ 19 - 18 - 8 - 11 - 11 - 17 5 - 10 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 16 127
Capers______________ 20 - 9 - 1 - 4 - 16 - 15 8 - 5 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 11 125 W-A-M-C-O___________ 10 - 14 - 9 - 6 - 13 - 8 7 - 7 - 11 - 13 - 13 - 14 125 Vancouver Cyphers___ 11 - 15 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 18 3 - 2 - 1 - 14 - 10 - 12 114 European wannabe____ 4 - 3 - 17 - 15 - 10 - 7 12 - 12 - 2 - 9 - 12 - 7 110 K-Town Mashers______ 17 - 6 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 6 6 - 7 - 9 - 8 - 3 - 8 100
MonkeymenCubed______ 5 - 9 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 5 20 - 19 - 13 - 7 - 7 - 4 98 Anarchist Archivists 2 - 2 - 10 - 14 - 14 - 4 11 - 7 - 17 - 3 - 1 - 2 87 Middleclass Elitists 8 - 11 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 20 2 - 3 - 7 - 1 - 2 - 3 72 The Sweaty Guys_____ 6 - 8 - 11 - 7 - 2 - 3 14 - 3 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 1 69 Freddy Beach Fracas_ 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 1 1 - 1 - 13 - 5 - 5 - 10 48
BARFIELD OPPO_______ RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB TOTAL
The Sweaty Guys_____ 18 - 20 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 17 10 - 19 - 20 - 13 - 19 - 19 172 Vancouver Cyphers___ 19 - 18 - 20 - 9 - 14 - 12 11 - 18 - 11 - 12 - 9 - 13 166 Good Sports_________ 10 - 14 - 18 - 20 - 20 - 20 17 - 11 - 15 - 4 - 6 - 6 161 MonkeymenCubed______ 16 - 5 - 8 - 19 - 17 - 13 13 - 7 - 16 - 10 - 16 - 15 155 the mighty midgets__ 19 - 19 - 11 - 8 - 10 - 8 18 - 3 - 18 - 15 - 18 - 7 154
W-A-M-C-O___________ 11 - 9 - 19 - 16 - 19 - 19 4 - 4 - 12 - 14 - 7 - 17 151 1-Tool Wonders______ 6 - 3 - 12 - 4 - 6 - 11 16 - 15 - 19 - 19 - 20 - 18 149 Freddy Beach Fracas_ 12 - 13 - 4 - 17 - 12 - 15 8 - 6 - 14 - 8 - 14 - 20 143 European wannabe____ 14 - 11 - 6 - 14 - 16 - 14 9 - 5 - 4 - 20 - 17 - 12 142 Schroedinger's Bat__ 13 - 4 - 8 - 15 - 15 - 18 15 - 7 - 7 - 17 - 10 - 8 137
Jick's Rays_________ 9 - 1 - 15 - 13 - 9 - 3 14 - 13 - 4 - 18 - 15 - 3 117 Capers______________ 15 - 16 - 15 - 3 - 4 - 10 3 - 13 - 16 - 6 - 4 - 10 115 Anarchist Archivists 3 - 8 - 17 - 18 - 18 - 6 5 - 15 - 8 - 3 - 2 - 11 114 Burlington Mazsters_ 5 - 7 - 7 - 10 - 3 - 5 20 - 11 - 8 - 9 - 12 - 16 113 team junior felix___ 7 - 9 - 1 - 12 - 8 - 16 2 - 2 - 12 - 16 - 13 - 9 107
Jay's Ehs___________ 1 - 15 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 7 19 - 19 - 8 - 11 - 11 - 5 105 K-Town Mashers______ 2 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 13 - 4 12 - 17 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 2 91 Lubumbashi Posse____ 8 - 12 - 13 - 6 - 11 - 1 7 - 10 - 1 - 7 - 5 - 4 85 Middleclass Elitists 4 - 2 - 13 - 5 - 5 - 9 1 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 14 67 Pistol Nine_________ 17 - 17 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 6 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 54

NORMALIZED STANDINGS	H2H Wins/Rank 	N* Wins/Rank 	  Luck (Wins) 
Pistol Nine_________	083.5	1	070.5	9	  13.0 
Middleclass Elitists	066.0	10	055.0	18	  11.0 
Anarchist Archivists	061.5	15	056.4	17	   5.1 
Jick's Rays_________	076.0	4	071.2	6	   4.8 
Lubumbashi Posse____	079.5	3	075.6	4	   3.9 

Jay's Ehs___________	076.0	4	073.3	5	   2.7 
team junior felix___	080.5	2	078.7	3	   1.8 
Schroedinger's Bat__	068.0	8	066.5	10	   1.5 
K-Town Mashers______	064.0	12	062.8	14	   1.2 
European wannabe____	063.0	13	062.6	15	   0.4 

Capers______________	062.5	14	063.6	13	  (1.1)
Good Sports_________	068.0	8	070.7	8	  (2.7)
Freddy Beach Fracas_	037.5	20	040.8	20	  (3.3)
Vancouver Cyphers___	054.5	18	058.4	16	  (3.9)
W-A-M-C-O___________	061.5	15	065.7	11	  (4.2)

the mighty midgets__	075.5	6	080.3	1	  (4.8)
MonkeymenCubed______	059.0	17	063.9	12	  (4.9)
1-Tool Wonders______	065.5	11	071.0	7	  (5.5)
The Sweaty Guys_____	047.0	19	053.3	19	  (6.3)
Burlington Mazsters_	071.0	7	079.7	2	  (8.7)

CARTER DIVISION:

TEAM________________	W	L	T	PCT	  GB
Magic 9_____________	81	47	4	.629	  -   
Pohnpei Papayas_____	78	47	7	.617	  1.5 
Baseball North______	76	49	7	.602	  3.5 
Team Balla__________	75	53	4	.583	  6.0 
Bodell's Bashers____	71	50	11	.580	  6.5 
Dr. Z's Hot Men_____	71	52	9	.572	  7.5 

The Angry Gnomes____	69	56	7	.549	 10.5 
Garth Iorg Gremlins_	69	58	5	.542	 11.5 
Mad Bashers_________	64	62	6	.508	 16.0 
Mechanical Brains___	63	64	5	.496	 17.5 
@$$kickers__________	61	64	7	.489	 18.5 
Three Bucks on a Hun	58	66	8	.470	 21.0 

Hammie's Rollies____	58	70	4	.455	 23.0 
New Jersey Stratuses	56	69	7	.451	 23.5 
The Brute Squad_____	56	69	7	.451	 23.5 
Blocked Youngsters__	54	74	4	.424	 27.0 
The Baker 5_________	53	74	5	.420	 27.5 
Roseneath Rockets___	49	75	8	.402	 30.0 
Pond. Simon Pond.___	49	76	7	.398	 30.5 
Hee Seop Choi_______	44	80	8	.364	 35.0

CARTER ROTO_________	RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG	IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB	TOTAL
Bodell's Bashers____	20 - 15 - 20 - 15 - 20 - 17	 5 - 14 -  5 - 18 - 14 - 14	177
Team Balla__________	10 - 12 -  6 - 17 - 14 - 16	18 - 20 -  1 - 17 - 17 - 19	167
Magic 9_____________	17 - 18 - 12 - 13 - 18 - 18	20 -  9 - 20 -  7 - 11 -  2	165
Dr. Z's Hot Men_____	19 - 19 - 11 - 20 - 19 - 20	12 -  9 -  6 - 12 -  6 -  9	162
Baseball North______	14 - 19 - 16 -  6 -  8 - 19	15 - 12 - 14 -  6 - 15 - 16	160

@$$kickers__________	 8 -  8 - 14 - 11 - 12 -  3	17 - 12 - 15 - 20 - 20 - 17	157
Garth Iorg Gremlins_	11 - 11 - 15 -  5 -  4 - 15	19 - 19 -  4 - 14 - 19 - 20	156
Pohnpei Papayas_____	15 -  2 - 16 -  3 - 15 -  1	10 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 18 - 18	142
Three Bucks on a Hun	18 -  9 - 19 - 16 - 16 - 14	 2 -  1 - 18 - 13 -  8 -  8	142
Mad Bashers_________	 5 -  1 -  7 - 12 -  2 -  9	16 - 18 - 17 - 19 - 16 - 15	137

Hammie's Rollies____	 6 - 16 -  3 - 10 -  9 -  7	14 - 17 - 11 -  3 - 12 - 13	121
New Jersey Stratuses	16 - 14 -  2 - 19 - 13 - 11	 7 -  8 - 10 -  1 -  2 - 10	113
Blocked Youngsters__	 9 - 13 - 12 - 13 - 10 - 13	 3 -  5 -  9 -  5 -  4 - 11	107
Hee Seop Choi_______	13 - 17 -  5 -  1 -  1 -  5	13 - 11 -  3 - 15 - 10 -  7	101
The Baker 5_________	 3 -  4 -  8 -  7 -  7 -  8	 8 -  4 - 13 - 10 - 13 - 12	97

The Brute Squad_____	 6 -  7 -  9 -  2 -  5 - 10	 9 -  7 - 16 - 11 -  3 -  5	90
Mechanical Brains___	 2 -  6 -  1 - 18 - 17 -  6	 6 -  1 -  8 -  8 -  7 -  4	84
The Angry Gnomes____	12 -  9 -  4 -  8 -  3 -  4	11 - 14 -  7 -  4 -  1 -  3	80
Roseneath Rockets___	 4 -  5 - 18 -  9 - 11 -  2	 4 -  3 -  2 -  9 -  9 -  1	77
Pond. Simon Pond.___	 1 -  3 -  9 -  4 -  6 - 12	 1 -  5 - 19 -  2 -  5 -  6	73


CARTER OPPO_________	RUN- RBI- SB - AVG- OBP- SLG	IP - WIN- SV - ERA-WHIP-K/BB	TOTAL
Three Bucks on a Hun	19 - 19 - 16 - 15 - 18 - 19	19 - 17 -  3 - 14 - 14 - 14	187
Hammie's Rollies____	15 -  5 - 20 - 18 - 19 - 10	18 - 16 -  9 - 18 - 16 - 10	174
New Jersey Stratuses	 7 -  7 - 18 - 14 - 17 - 13	15 - 12 - 13 - 15 - 18 - 12	161
Dr. Z's Hot Men_____	17 - 12 - 12 - 12 - 16 - 14	 3 - 17 -  9 - 11 - 15 - 18	156
@$$kickers__________	20 - 20 - 13 - 20 - 20 - 20	17 -  5 -  3 -  6 -  3 -  2	149

Garth Iorg Gremlins_	 6 - 16 - 11 - 11 -  7 - 11	13 -  8 - 20 - 13 - 12 - 16	144
Blocked Youngsters__	 9 - 10 - 10 -  6 - 13 - 15	 6 - 14 - 16 - 17 - 13 -  8	137
The Baker 5_________	16 - 12 -  3 - 19 - 14 - 18	 4 - 10 -  6 -  5 -  9 - 20	136
The Brute Squad_____	 5 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 12 -  9	11 - 14 - 12 -  9 -  8 -  9	134
Pond. Simon Pond.___	18 - 18 -  7 -  4 -  4 - 17	 5 -  5 - 16 - 19 - 10 -  7	130

Mad Bashers_________	10 - 14 - 16 - 10 - 10 - 12	16 - 20 -  1 -  4 -  7 -  6	126
Roseneath Rockets___	 4 - 11 -  7 - 17 - 15 - 16	 7 -  4 -  5 -  8 - 17 - 15	126
Hee Seop Choi_______	12 -  8 -  3 -  3 -  2 -  8	10 -  5 - 14 - 20 - 20 - 19	124
Bodell's Bashers____	 2 -  4 -  2 -  5 -  5 -  6	20 -  9 - 18 - 16 - 19 - 17	123
Team Balla__________	14 - 15 - 19 -  7 -  9 -  4	 9 - 11 - 14 -  7 -  5 -  4	118

Magic 9_____________	 1 -  1 -  5 - 15 - 11 -  5	 8 - 17 -  1 - 10 -  6 - 13	93
Baseball North______	10 -  9 -  7 -  2 -  3 -  2	14 - 12 - 18 -  1 -  4 -  5	87
Pohnpei Papayas_____	13 -  6 -  6 -  9 -  6 -  3	12 -  2 -  6 -  2 -  1 -  3	69
Mechanical Brains___	 8 -  3 - 13 -  1 -  1 -  1	 2 -  2 -  9 - 12 - 11 -  1	64
The Angry Gnomes____	 3 -  2 -  1 -  8 -  8 -  7	 1 -  1 -  6 -  3 -  2 - 11	53

NORMALIZED STANDINGS	H2H Wins/Rank 	N* Wins/Rank   Luck (Wins) 
The Angry Gnomes____	072.5	7	056.6	17	  15.9 
Mechanical Brains___	065.5	10	053.3	19	  12.2 
Pohnpei Papayas_____	081.5	2	069.9	8	  11.6 
Magic 9_____________	083.0	1	078.5	1	   4.5 
Baseball North______	079.5	3	076.1	3	   3.4 

Team Balla__________	077.0	4	073.9	6	   3.1 
Roseneath Rockets___	053.0	18	050.3	20	   2.7 
Bodell's Bashers____	076.5	5	075.2	4	   1.3 
Dr. Z's Hot Men_____	075.5	6	074.3	5	   1.2 
The Brute Squad_____	059.5	14	058.8	16	   0.7 

Garth Iorg Gremlins_	071.5	8	072.3	7	  (0.8)
Pond. Simon Pond.___	052.5	19	053.6	18	  (1.1)
New Jersey Stratuses	059.5	14	060.7	14	  (1.2)
Mad Bashers_________	067.0	9	068.7	10	  (1.7)
Hammie's Rollies____	060.0	13	063.0	12	  (3.0)

The Baker 5_________	055.5	17	059.8	15	  (4.3)
Blocked Youngsters__	056.0	16	061.9	13	  (5.9)
Three Bucks on a Hun	062.0	12	068.9	9	  (6.9)
@$$kickers__________	064.5	11	076.4	2	 (11.9)
Hee Seop Choi_______	044.0	20	063.8	11	 (19.8)

Posted by Lucas on Monday, June 20 2005 @ 03:39 PM EDT.

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Pistol - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 04:04 PM EDT (#120076) #

I propose we move to a FSL setup where the first half winner advances, or in this case gets promoted, effective the beginning of the year. No?

After setting an ERA record the Nine came back to earth this week with a 5.97 ERA. Scott Rolen's return is a welcome addition to a struggling offense.

Awards!

Bonds: Dejesus - .364/.462/.591, 4/3/1
Neifi: D Young - .174/.231/.217, 0/3/0

Pedro: Isringhausen - 3 saves, 3 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, INF K/BB
Lima: Kip Wells - Shelled by the Yanks and Red Sox.

Dr. Zarco - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 04:32 PM EDT (#120079) #

I will forever regret the "autopick" button that I left on during Round 2 of the Carter draft. Having a terrific offensive season, and squad (19 - 19 - 11 - 20 - 19 - 20), I accidentally selected Barry Bonds over my intended choice of Roy Halladay. My pitching (12 - 9 - 6 - 12 - 6 - 9) could sure use the help, not to mention a keeper.

My awards:
Neifi-Cesar Izturis-O-for-everything
Bonds-My two Cubs, despite a 1-6 W-L week, Lee and Burnitz put up lines of 5 4 1 .500 .520 .750, and 6 4 0 .522 .577 .870 respectively.
Pedro-No one really, but I guess Jason Johnson-10.0 1 0 0.90 1.40 1.25
Lima-Tough 2-start week for Kip Wells-7.2 0 0 14.09 2.87 0.33

Jay - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 04:45 PM EDT (#120081) #

Best Eh Hitter this week: Bill Mueller - 10rbi, 400/435/750 - Who gave this guy the juice this week?

Worst Eh Hitter this week: Carl Crawford - 0 SB, 222/222/370 - Oh...by the way Carl...you're on this team for steals. START RUNNING!!!

Best Eh Pitcher this week: Rodrigo Lopez - 1.12 ERA, 0.63 Whip, 7k/bb ... and he could be yours in a trade. I have too many above average pitchers right now. Talk to me.

Worst Eh Pitcher this week: Greg Maddux - 17.18, 2.73 ... Hey, even Mr. Consistency has a bad week every now and then.

Cristian - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 05:49 PM EDT (#120083) #

As my team falls further and further down the standings, I haven't been as quick to rehash my team's weekly trials and tribulations. That stated, I always read this thread with interest and appreciate all the work you put into the stats Scott.

sweat - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 06:16 PM EDT (#120086) #

Does my position at the top of the strength of opposition standings indicate my opponants playing really well against me, more so than anyone else? Or me making my opponents look real good?
I'd like to thank Kieth Foulke and Ted Lilly for being awful so far this year. Also, Ichiro, if you could go back to hitting like you did last year, I would be more than pleased.

David Goodwin - Monday, June 20 2005 @ 11:14 PM EDT (#120105) #

There's been somewhat of a controversy brewing in the Carter division as a trade was vetoed last week. While the move generated a fair bit of discussion within Carter, I believe it is a matter which directly affects all three divisions, warranting further discussion.

The constitution has this to say about disputed trades:
"All trades are subject to review for 48 hours by the Rules Committee, which has the power to overturn a trade if it is deemed to be unfair or against the best interests of the league. Formal objections to any trade (via e-mail or on the league message board) by owners not on the committee will be considered prior to any ruling. No member of the Rules Committee will be allowed to vote on approving a trade involving their own team(s) and if the committee is deadlocked, the trade will be nullified."

While the particulars of the trade aren't overly important, what I find vital is the determination of what determines fairness and the best interests of the league. If there is no reason to suspect foul play (collusion or someone throwing in the towel), then I imagine it is quite difficult to prove a trade to be unfair or against the league's interests.

In the very early stages of last season, I recall having some objections to a trade in Barfield involving A-Rod. Craig B who is comissioner of Barfield articulated the sentiment that if both owners can give cogent reasons for wanting the trade to go through, and no collusion is suspected, then the trade should go ahead. If this is not the case, then the job of the Rules Committee is essentially to judge if a trade is balanced or close enough to balanced to go through. This is certainly a tricky matter.

The current Carter trade that was overthrown was composed as follows:
Jeter, Figgins, Russ Ortiz
for
Dimitri Young, Street, Davies, Barmes

To my knowledge no explanation was given to the league regarding why the trade was overturned. I firmly believe that both parties involved in a trade that is overturned deserve a full explanation of the Rules Committee's determination. If it was suspected foul play, say so. If it was that the trade is unbalanced, say so, and say in what direction.

As a footnote, but an important one, a trade was approved in the Alomar division last week that to this eye seems much less balanced than the above vetoed Carter trade: Todd Helton straight up for Felipe Lopez. This trade was formally protested, so the Rules Committee had a say in its approval.

In conclusion, I ask, what is the lens through which the Rules Committee makes its determinations regarding protested trades? Perhaps the constitution can be amended to include a clearer basis for these difficult decisions to be made in the future.

-David Goodwin (W-A-M-C-O)

Lucas - Tuesday, June 21 2005 @ 02:38 AM EDT (#120117) #

Both votes in the Carter Division protest of Jeter et al. for Young et al. were 3-2. Both times, three voters (2 against, 1 for) indicated difficulty in making a decision. Given the closeness of the vote, there was no consensus, but two members mentioned that the two best players in the deal (Jeter and Figgins) were moving the same direction. That seemed to tip the scale for them.

In the case of Lopez-for-Helton in Alomar, every voter who commented proclaimed the trade awful but acceptable. Though no one said so specifically, perhaps the overriding view is that Lopez is a young shortstop whose statistics are so much better than Helton’s right now that they offset Helton’s history of better performance.

This situation gives the appearance of a double standard. All I can say is that in one case, the vote was a very close call. In the other case, the decision was unanimous but arguably just as close given the feedback I received.

I have no problem with committee’s voting or the rationale behind those votes. They’ve had to make several difficult decisions on short notice and have done so. Having said that, the BBFL has grown from one division to three divisions in two years while the rules committee is essentially unchanged. To my knowledge, it was assembled before the advent of the Barfield Division, much less Carter, and hasn’t had many protests to adjudicate. Carter Division owners have had a lively discussion over these trades. Would their discussion have influenced the committee or provided information or context that might have helped in their decision-making process? Possibly.

I think the time has come to revamp the committee to better suit the three-division format. I will be emailing everyone shortly to begin that process.

Justin (T-Birds) - Tuesday, June 21 2005 @ 02:39 AM EDT (#120118) #

It's shaping up as a pretty good race for playoff position in Alomar, with a bunch of teams with a legitimate shot at it.

The luckiest and unluckiest teams face off this week, and here's hoping that the luck starts to even out this week.

The Thunderbirds have starting pitching to move (Garland, Chacin, Lohse, Pineiro, Benson - I'd even consider Halladay and Santana for a keeper of similar value), and would welcome a bat or a closer in return.

Michael - Tuesday, June 21 2005 @ 05:06 AM EDT (#120121) #

I'm pleased the rules committee were able to make their decision. I'm in Carter, and although I didn't contact the rules committee and only noticed the trade after the contraversy was already beginning, I did think the trade was obviously unfair (with the team receiving Jeter and Figgins for an (injured Barmes) and Street obviously winning),

In other news, how's this for truth in advertising:

Bodell's Bashers:

best offense in any of the divisions with a 20 - 15 - 20 - 15 - 20 - 17 for a total of 13 away from perfect. Now if only the H2H record reflected the roto record I'd be good to go.

Dr. Zarco - Tuesday, June 21 2005 @ 10:46 AM EDT (#120127) #

Michael, my Hot Men are only 12 points from a perfect offensive squad, with 9 of those points coming from the SB category. Careful with boasts of best offense! :=)

Lucas, as always thanks for all the time and thought you put into managing all our leagues, especially when sticky trades come up. I happen to disagree with the ruling, but as long as it was debated by numerous people, than that's all I ask.

Michael - Tuesday, June 21 2005 @ 10:04 PM EDT (#120235) #

Mea culpa Dr. Zarco (I actually got the math wrong as I gave each of your 19 as 2 away from perfect for no good reason). Actually, you are wrong that you are 12 away from perfect, you are really only 11.5 away from perfect (you are tied with Baseball North for 1st in RBI).

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