Friday, May 14, 2010

Thursday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1032
     Still the lone team in quadruple digits
2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 991
     Nationals' Willingham, Desmond have good days
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 989
     Glad to get Tulowitzki back in lineup
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 969
     Zimmerman's 14-point day powers Bugs
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 953
     Guzman filling void left by Rollins
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 944
    Need a good start from Gorzelanny Friday
7. Misfits (Reid) 922
    Get shutout on Thursday
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 918
     Santana pitches well, but gets no win
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 873
    Chuggers pitchers bitten again by lack of run support
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 814
     Helton's 3 points is Thursday's total

Head-to-head standings

Goatwhisperers 94, Misfits 40
VC Appraisers 77, Chico's Chuggers 72
Pickle Bugs 101, Triple-A's 76
Arbitration Losers 83, Pitch You Blockhead 74
Upton No Good 110, Fresh Fish 55

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Wednesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 1025
    Bill was last by himself last year, so this must be all Rich
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 980
    Only eight points from Halladay
3. Fresh Fish (Rick) 965
     Showdown with UNG turning into a mow down
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 954
     Rowand: hot when on the bench, cold now that he's starting
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 934
     Another solid outing from Kuroda
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 931
     Now, Bailey decides to pitch well
7. Misfits (Reid) 930
     Castro halfway from getting back to positive integers
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 903
    Not much to say about a boring Wednesday
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 861
     Still waiting for LaRoche to pay off
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 811
     Oddly enough, pitching is one thing that's going well this week

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 75, Misfits 48
VC Appraisers 62, Chico's Chuggers 60
Pickle Bugs 86, Triple-A's 63
Arbitration Losers 74, Pitch You Blockhead! 71
Upton No Good 103, Fresh Fish 29

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tuesday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 977
     Loney is performing like HanRam; HanRam performing like Loney
2. Fresh Fish (Rick) 960
     Zito finally has a Zito-like outing
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 959
    Rox rainout give Tulowitzki one more day to heal
4. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 921
     Bugs really hope Lilly blooms soon
5. Misfits (Reid) 914
    We call him Starlin "Overthrow" Castro
6. Triple-A's (Ken) 903
     Rox-Phils rainout thinned out TA's lineup
7. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 893
    Blanks is firing Blanks (hitting .180); may be time to look for OF
8. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 891
     Thank God for Cedeno's hit, or Cueto would have had a no-hitter on the bench
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 842
     LaRoche not doing much more than A-Ram
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 785
     Wright discovers that chances of getting hit improve when you make contact

Head-to-head scores

Goatwhisperers 32, Misfits 32
VC Appraisers 52, Chico's Chuggers 41
Pickle Bugs 53, Triple-A's 35
Arbitration Losers 53, Pitch You Blockhead! 45
Upton No Good 55, Fresh Fish 24

Monday, May 10, 2010

Week 6 roster moves

Players acquired

SS Omar Infante, by Pitch You Blockhead (May #1)
3B David Freese, by Upton No Good (May #1)
SP John Maine, by Arbitration Losers (May #1)
3B Andy LaRoche, by Chico's Chuggers (May #1)
OF Nate Schierholtz, by Misfits (May #1)
SS Sterling Castro, by Misfits (May #2)
SP Tom Gorzelanny, by Triple-A's (May #1)

Players released

RP Brad Lidge, by Upton No Good
3B Chipper Jones, by Upton No Good
SP Jason Hammel, by VC Appraisers
SP Homer Bailey, by Triple-A's
OF Cameron Maybin, by Misfits
SS Brendan Ryan, by Misfits
OF Max Venable, by Pitch You Blockhead

Active roster changes

Upton No Good: Benched OF Chris Young and SP Randy Wells; activated OF Manny Ramirez from disabled list; activated SP Edwin Jackson

Pickle Bugs: Benched OF Corey Hart; activated OF Aaron Rowand

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Jason Heyward and SP Stephen Strasburg; activated OF Nate McLouth and SP Cole Hamels

VC Appraisers: Benched SP Mat Latos; activated SP Bronson Arroyo

Gladstone Goatwhisperers: No moves

Arbitration Losers: Benched OF Mark DeRosa and SP Randy Wolf; activated OF Dexter Fowler and SP John Maine

Triple-A's: Benched SP Livan Hernandez; activated SP Tom Gorzelanny

Misfits: Benched SS Alcides Escobar and OF Kosuke Fukudome; activated SS Sterling Castro and OF Nate Schierholtz

Pitch You Blockhead: Released OF Max Venable; benched OF Matt Holliday and SP Clayton Richard; activated OF Conor Jackson from disabled list; activated OF Lastings Milledge and SP Carlos Silva

Chico's Chuggers: Benched 3B Aramis Ramirez and OF Cody Ross; placed SS Edgar Renteria; activated 3B Andy LaRoche and OF Michael Bourn

Sunday's report

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 936
     Fish are so good, they can intentionally take a zero (Strasburg) and still win
2. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 922
     Ubaldo pitches great ... and loses; it was that kind of week for UNG
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 906
     Walk is as good as a hit, except in FBLG and Uri(BB)(BB)(BB)(BB)e
4. Misfits (Reid) 882
     Family emergency for Correia delivers KO for Misfits' win hopes
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 868
     No decision for Oswalt Sunday leads to loss for Bugs
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 868
    After a couple of tough-luck losses, it's good to get a lucky win
7. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 859
     Tale of two Kershaws: -6 and 22 points
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 841
     Latos, Leake lead away from loss
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 801
     Chuggers hope last week was start of something big for Prince
10. Pitch You Blockhead! (Scott) 740
     A good week, but another loss

Head-to-head finals

Arbitration Losers 170, Pickle Bugs 167
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 191, Pitch You Blockhead! 164
VC Appraisers 201, Upton No Good 179
Triple-A's 159, Chico's Chuggers 148
Fresh Fish 175, Misfits 164