Saturday, May 16, 2009

Friday's report

Overall standings

1. WWJB 1050 -- Scott now waiting patiently for the return of Jesus ... from the DL
2. Chico's Chuggers 1027 -- Hawpe is new star of the week
3. Fresh Fish 1025 -- The freefall has begun
4. Misfits 1003 -- Manny effect: Pierre's points go up, Ethier's go down
5. Goatwhisperers 988 -- Can't wait to get Chris Young out of lineup
6. Arbitration Losers 976 -- God only knows where Losers would be without Brian Wilson's losses
7. VC Appraisers 970 -- 10-point days are all-Wright for Appraisers
8. Triple-A's 958 -- Unthinkable: Four straight 0-point days for Utley
9. Boondock Saints 956 -- Perhaps it's time to find a new shortstop
10. Pickle Bugs 777 --- 1-point day sinks Bugs further into abyss

Head-to-head scoring

VC Appraisers 121, Misfits 119
Goatwhisperers 132, WWJB 123
Triple-A's 128, Arbitration Losers 113
Chico's Chuggers 138, Pickle Bugs 64
Boondock Saints 107, Fresh Fish 96

Player acquisition

WWJB acquired C Wil Nieves (May #3)

Mid-week replacement

On Saturday, WWJB placed Jesus Flores on disabled; activated C Wil Nieves.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 995 -- Cherish your time in first place; Delgado headed to DL
2. WWJB 982 -- They're not booing; they're saying Koooooooouzmanoff-- no, wait, they're booing
3. Chico's Chuggers 964 -- Chuggers 2B scoring points with reckless a-Brandon
4. Arbitration Losers 958 -- Atkins Diet is leaving Tim starving for points at 3B
5. Goatwhisperers 947 -- Everybody scores for GG, except Chris Young (again)
6. Misfits 939 -- Yunel Escobar is whacking like Pablo Escobar
7. Triple-A's 923 -- Wolf huffs, puffs, blows Phillies hitters down
8. VC Appraisers 909 -- Interesting tidbit: Ramon Hernandez has 1B eligibility
9. Boondock Saints 900 -- Not exactly at Marquis perfermance (-7)
10. Pickle Bugs 771 -- Hey, you kind of look a bit like Lance Berkman!

Head-to-head scoring

VC Appraisers 60, Misfits 55
Goatwhisperers 91, WWJB 55
Arbitration Losers 95, Triple-A's 93
Chico's Chuggers 75, Pickle Bugs 58
Fresh Fish 66, Boondock Saints 51

Player acquisitions

Fresh Fish acquired 1B Nick Johnson (May #3)
Gladstone Goatwhisperers acquired OF Willy Taveras (May #1)
Boondock Saints acquired SP Ross Ohlendorf (May #2)
WWJB acquired OF Michael Bourn (May #2)

Mid-week replacement

On Wednesday, Arbitration Losers placed OF Ryan Ludwick on the disabled list; activated OF Mike Cameron

On Thursday, Fresh Fish placed 1B Carlos Delgado on the disabled list; activated 1B Nick Johnson

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 984 -- New acquisitions (Jimenez, Bradley) deliver quickly
2. WWJB 953 -- Cubs OFs put up a pair of 7s
3. Chico's Chuggers 939 -- Brandon Phillips playing like he's supposed
4. Arbitration Losers 925 -- 44 of 62 weekly points comes from pitchers
5. Misfits 917 -- You should bench current Giants 3B for ex-Giants 3B
6. Goatwhisperers 894 -- Prince gets delirious
7. VC Appraisers 889 -- Helton still delivering in Lee's absence
8. Boondock Saints 883 -- Zimmerman is money in the bank
9. Triple-A's 882 -- Snake swapping: Drew off the DL; Jackson on DL
10. Pickle Bugs 724 -- Well, at least, Matt Capps is back

Head-to-head scores

VC Appraisers 40, Misfits 33
Goatwhisperers 38, WWJB 26
Arbitration Losers 62, Triple-A's 52
Chico's Chuggers 50, Pickle Bugs 11
Fresh Fish 55, Boondock Saints 34

Player acquisitions

WWJB acquired IF Omar Infante (May #1)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Week 6 roster moves

Player acquisitions/releases

Boondock Saints: Acquired IF-OF Chris Coghlan (May #1)/released OF Jordan Schaefer
Misfits: Acquired OF Juan Pierre (May #1)/released none
Fresh Fish: Acquired SP Milton Bradley (May #1)/released OF Colby Rasmus
Fresh Fish: Acquired SP Ubaldo Jimenez (May #2)/released none
Arbitration Losers: Acquired 2B Luis Castillo (May #1)/released 2B Clint Barmes
Arbitration Losers: Acquired SP Manny Parra (May #2)/released SP Zach Duke

Roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched C Geovany Soto and SP Jorge De La Rosa; benched C Yadier Molina and SP Wandy Rodriguez

Fresh Fish: Benched OF Cody Ross and SP Jamie Moyer; activated OF Milton Bradley and SP Ubaldo Jimenez

VC Appraisers: None

Goatwhisperers: Benched SP Doug Davis; activated SP Cole Hamels

WWJB: Benched OF Ryan Church and SP Ian Snell; activated OF Kosuku Fukudome and SP Joe Blanton.

Triple-A's: Benched SP Max Scherzer; activated SP Ricky Nolasco.

Pickle Bugs: Benched 3B Chipper Jones and OF Daniel Murphy; activated 3B Mike Fontenot and OF Dexter Fowler

Arbitration Losers: Released 2B Clint Barmes; benched OF Mike Cameron and SP Edinson Volquez; activated 2B Luis Castillo, OF Ryan Braun and SP Manny Parra.

Misfits: Benched 3B Pablo Sandoval and OF Cameron Maybin; activated 3B Pedro Feliz and OF Juan Pierre

Boondock Saints: Benched OF Elijah Dukes and SP Jonathan Sanchez; activated OF Chris Coghlan and SP Dave Bush

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish 929 -- Bad week: Zambrano to DL, A-Ram to DL, ManRam suspended
2. WWJB 927 -- So close to first, even with only one OF pulling his weight
3. Chico's Chuggers 889 -- Marlins' Ramirez (41), Bonafacio (3) combine for 44 points
4. Misfits 884 -- Maybin offers no relief for Ankiel's trip to DL
5. Arbitration Losers 863 -- Tejada scores 30 for week; rest of IF scores 23
6. Goatwhisperers 856 -- Top-to-bottom solid week for GGs
7. VC Appraisers 849 -- Lohse makes two starts last week, scores 0 in both
7. Boondock Saints 849 -- Bill is now dancing the McCann-can
9. Triple-A's 830 -- Arroyo's season output cut by one-third last week
10. Pickle Bugs 713 -- Berkman's hurting, Chipper's hurting, Bugs are hurting

Head-to-head scores
Misfits 193, Fresh Fish 180
Chico's Chuggers 216, Arbitration Losers 182
Goatwhisperers 246, Pickle Bugs 181
VC Appraisers 191, Triple-A's 157
Boondock Saints 228, WWJB 187

Midweek replacements

On Sunday, Fresh Fish benched OF Manny Ramirez (missed three games); activated OF Jeff Franceour