Week 17: Saturday's Roundup

Inconsiderate buffoon Marlon Byrd tries to knock out
brittle enigma Grady Sizemore.

Studs: Martin Prado (PYB) finished a triple short of the cycle and drove in 5. Clayton Kershaw (FF) threw a 2-hit shutout and struck out 7 Giants. Johnny Cueto (E-3) singled, struck out 9 and got the win in 7 shutout innings. Matt Adams (RR) tripled, doubled, drove in 4 and scored. 

Duds: Ian Desmond (DZ) and Billy Hamilton (DZ) each went 0 for 3 with a caught stealing.

Scores

Danger Zaun 145, Fresh Fish 143

Tanana in the Tailpipe 144, Rookies 136

Ryan's Rangers 209, E-3 134

Arbitration Losers 155, Rocky Mountain High 91

Pitch You Blockhead 158, Misfits 148

Week 17: Friday's Roundup

Yasiel Puig did an awful lot of running on the bases. He was the
first player with 3 triples in a game since Denard Span in 2010.

Studs: Zack Greinke (PYB) got the win and struck out 10 in 7 shutout innings. He also singled and scored. Yasiel Puig (RMH) went 4 for 5 with 3 triples — that's not a typo — plus a double, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Dee Gordon (E-3) tripled, singled twice, scored twice, drove in a run and stole his 46th base. Tanner Roark (Misfits) struck out 6 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. 

Duds: B.J. Upton (Rookies) went 0 for 4 with an error. Francisco Rodriguez (Misfits) allowed 3 runs and took the loss in his 2-strikeout inning. 

Scores

Danger Zaun 123, Fresh Fish 108

Tanana in the Tailpipe 124, Rookies 119

Ryan's Rangers 145, E-3 89

Arbitration Losers 123, Rocky Mountain High 83

Misfits 130, Pitch You Blockhead 130

Week 17: Thursday's Roundup

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014 Cubs and Padres!

Studs: Tyson Ross (Tanana) singled, scored and struck out 11 while allowing 1 run in a 6-inning win. Cole Hamels (Tanana) struck out 10 and allowed 1 run in an 8-inning win. That's a combined 45 points for the pair of Tanana aces. Jeff Samardzija (PYB) fanned 6 and allowed 1 run in an 8-inning win. Matt Garza (RMH) struck out 4 and allowed 1 run in an 8-inning win. Khris Davis (DZ) had a solo homer, and RBI double and 2 runs. 

Duds: Ben Revere (PYB) went 0 for 4 with a run and an error. Mike Morse (FF) went 1 for 4 with 3 Ks and an error. Craig Kimbrel (E-3) allowed 1 run in 1 inning and took the loss, but at least he struck out 2. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 94, Danger Zaun 94

Rookies 112, Tanana in the Tailpipe 102

Ryan's Rangers 123, E-3 70

Arbitration Losers 93, Rocky Mountain High 59

Misfits 101, Pitch You Blockhead 94

Week 17: Wednesday's Roundup

Denard Span was the only position-player Stud.
Shame on you, National League hitters.

Studs: Ervin Santana (Rookies) struck out 10 and allowed 1 run in a 7.1-inning win. Madison Bumgarner (Misfits) got the win, struck out 6 in 8 shutout innings and singled. Kyle Lohse (Rookies) struck out 3 and allowed 1 run in a 6.2-inning win. He also singled and scored. Denard Span (AL) went 4 for 5 with a steal, an RBI and 2 runs. 

Duds: Jonathan Papelbon (Tanana) allowed 3 runs in 1 inning and took the loss. Chase Utley (Tanana) went 0 for 4 with an error. Mike Morse (FF) went 0 for 3 with an error. Kolten Wong (RMH) went 0 for 3 with 3 Ks and an error. Aramis Ramirez (Rookies) and Todd Frazier (DZ) each went 1 for 4 with an error. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 85, Danger Zaun 71

Rookies 107, Tanana in the Tailpipe 45

Ryan's Rangers 110, E-3 68

Arbitration Losers 74, Rocky Mountain High 40

Misfits 82, Pitch You Blockhead 69

Week 17: Tuesday's Roundup

Buster Posey did just about everything for the Giants, including
tying the game with a solo homer in the 9th inning. About the
only thing he didn't do was record the save in the 14th. He let
Tim Lincecum handle that.

Studs: Jacob deGrom (AL) struck out 7 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. Buster Posey (FF) had a solo homer, 2 doubles, a single and 2 runs. David Peralta (AL) tripled twice and scored 3 runs. Gregory Polanco (Misfits) homered, singled, drove in 3 and scored 3 runs. Neil Walker (PYB) homered, doubled, drove in 3 and scored twice. Jonathan Lucroy (PYB) and Anthony Rizzo (RMH) each hit a pair of solo homers. 

Duds: Andrelton Simmons (Rookies) went 0 for 4 with 3 Ks and an error. Josh Harrison (AL) went 0 for 2 with an error off the bench. Kolten Wong (RMH) went 0 for 4 and was caught stealing. Daniel Murphy (Misfits) went 1 for 4 with an error. Adam Wainwright (Tanana) made an error and allowed 6 runs (4 earned) in a 4.2-inning loss.

Scores

Fresh Fish 64, Danger Zaun 59

Rookies 54, Tanana in the Tailpipe 39

Ryan's Rangers 86, E-3 42

Arbitration Losers 50, Rocky Mountain High 24

Misfits 49, Pitch You Blockhead 44

Week 17: Monday's Roundup

Ian Desmond had 5 of something today, and it actually wasn't errors.

Studs: Ian Desmond (DZ) went 5 for 5 with a homer, 2 RBIs and 3 runs. Hunter Pence (Misfits) tripled, singled twice, drove in 2 and scored. Wily Peralta (RR) struck out 5 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning win. He also singled and scored. Julio Teheran (RR) fanned 11 and allowed 1 run in a 7-inning no-decision. 

Duds: Adeiny Hechavarria (RR) went 0 for 4 with 4 Ks and an error. Welcome to Ryan's Rangers, kid! Giancarlo Stanton (FF) went 0 for 4 with a run and an error. Cliff Lee (AL) gave up 6 runs on 12 hits in a 5.2-inning loss. 

Scores

Fresh Fish 34, Danger Zaun 28

Rookies 24, Tanana in the Tailpipe 10

Ryan's Rangers 53, E-3 22

Arbitration Losers 10, Rocky Mountain High 7

Misfits 20, Pitch You Blockhead 8

Week 17 Transactions and Lineups

Players acquired

Tanana in the Tailpipe sign SP Odrisamer Despaigne (July move #1) and 1B Ben Paulsen (July move #2).

Misfits sign 1B Lucas Duda (July move #3).

Players released

SP Mike Minor

C Christian Bethancourt

Lineup changes

E-3: Bench SP Jason Hammel; place SP Matt Cain on DL; activate SP Josh Beckett (from DL).

Fresh Fish: Bench OF Ryan Zimmerman; activate OF Marlon Byrd.

Rookies: Activate C Evan Gattis.

Rocky Mountain High: none.

Pitch You Blockhead: Bench Jesse Hahn and OF Domonic Brown; activate SP Ryan Vogelsong and OF Marcell Ozuna.

Tanana in the Tailpipe: Bench SP Dillon Gee and OF Mark Trumbo; place 1B Justin Morneau on DL; activate 1B Ben Paulsen, SP Adam Wainwright and OF Juan Lagares.

Ryan's Rangers: Bench SP Nate Eovaldi; activate SP Chase Anderson.

Misfits: Bench 1B Brandon Belt; place 1B Joey Votto on DL; activate 1B Lucas Duda.

Arbitration Losers: Bench SP Wade Miley; activate SP Cliff Lee (from DL).

Danger Zaun: Bench 2B Arismendy Alcantara, SP Charlie Morton and OF Starling Marte; activate 2B Aaron Hill, SP Homer Bailey and OF Corey Dickerson.

Week 16: The Check Swing

At the end of a short all-star week, we bring you a short edition of the Check Swing.

1. E-3 (2,751 points, 10-6, last week 1): Still first in points and tied for first in the standings. Just counting down the weeks until the playoffs. 

2. Danger Zaun (2,728 points, 6-10, last week 2): Loss drops DZ into sole possession of last place in the standings. DZ could conceivably finish first overall in points and miss the playoffs.

3. Fresh Fish (2,703 points, 7-9, last week 3): FF is one of four teams tied for sixth place in the standings but has the tiebreaker edge over all of them because of its point total.

Is that Jose Altuve or Alexi Amarista?

4. Arbitration Losers (2,619 points, 9-7, last week 7): A 112-point week helps AL vault three teams in the points race, and the team is only one game back of the lead in the standings. 

5. Ryan's Rangers (2,616 points, 9-7, last week 4): Bill's team probably hoped no one would notice its 29-point performance in the short week. Nice try, Rangers. 

6. Tanana in the Tailpipe (2,607 points, 7-9, last week 6): We're still waiting for the offense to catch up to the strong starting pitching for the Sons of Tanana.

7. Pitch You Blockhead (2,585 points, 10-6, last week 5): Seventh in the points but tied for the lead in the standings? It's been that kid of season in FBLG.

8. Rocky Mountain High (2,546 points, 8-8, last week 8): RMH would have lost to any other team in FBLG this week but was fortunate to be playing Ryan's Rangers. 

9. Misfits (2,475 points, 7-9, last week 9): It's not too late for the Misfits to make a charge, and that 113-point week certainly helps.

10. Rookies (2,454 points, 7-9, last week 10): The Rookies drubbed DZ and still have a chance to slip into the playoffs with two weeks to go. 

Week 16: Sunday's Roundup

This isn't how the windup looks in those Tom Emanski videos.

Stud: Alex Wood (Misfits) allowed 1 run and struck out 8 in a 6-inning win. No FBLG hitters made the grade today. Maybe they were watching the British Open instead. 

Duds: Aroldis Chapman (DZ) allowed a run in 0.1 inning and took the loss. Nolan Arenado (RR) went 1 for 4 with an error.

Scores

Rookies 96, Danger Zaun 66

Arbitration Losers 112, E-3 68

Misfits 113, Tanana in the Tailpipe 87

Rocky Mountain High 59, Ryan's Rangers 29

Fresh Fish 112, Pitch You Blockhead 61