Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wednesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3735 -- Back-to-back DNPs from Morgan
2. WWJB (Scott) 3620 -- Really needs to keep from falling too far behind for week
3. Misfits (Reid) 3567 -- No win, but solid outing from Sanchez
4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3547 -- Blown save costs Hamels a victory
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 3543 -- Still hoping to see Reynolds back soon
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3420 -- Kawakami doesn't give much in first pitching outing of week
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3321 -- A nice bonus for Bengie Molina
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3247 -- Blown save gets Maholm off the hook
9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3199 -- Saints start to see eighth place in sight
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3103 -- Not much happening for Bugs

Week 21 head-to-head scores

Semifinals
Misfits 81, WWJB 55
Chico's Chuggers 65, Fresh Fish 64

Consolation round robin
Goatwhisperers 89, Triple-A's 83
VC Appraisers 57, Arbitration Losers 55
Boondock Saints 97, Pickle Bugs 40

Midweek replacements

Arbitration Losers (Thursday) benched OF Ryan Ludwick, activated OF Justin Upton from disabled list

Tuesday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3721 -- 1-0, that's what you want when two pitchers face off
2. WWJB (Shawn) 3600 -- Still hoping Church returns to soon  
3. Misfits (Reid) 3521 -- Teamwork: Lidge blows save (-6), which costs Blanton 5 points. McCutchen hits game-winning homer (+5) off Lidge. Net result: -1 for Misfits, -5 for WWJB.
4. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3511 -- Two no-decisions for Cain and Kershaw
5. Triple-A's (Ken) 3491 -- No decision for Arroyo, but another solid outing
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3402 -- Red-hot and Rolen: 8 points in return from DL
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3305 -- Fish lose Santana for season, but get Zambrano back
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3218 -- Jurrjens scores 14 in no-decision
9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3175 -- Every so often, Willingham just goes off (17 points)
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3092 -- Bugs lose Perez and a fresh out of August moves

Week 21 head-to-head scores

Semifinals
Misfits 35, WWJB 35
Chico's Chuggers 51, Fresh Fish 48

Consolation round-robin
Goatwhisperers 53, Triple-A's 31
Arbitration Losers 37, VC Appraisers 28
Boondock Saints 73, Pickle Bugs 29

Mid-week replacements

Fresh Fish (Tuesday) placed SP Johan Santana on disabled list, activated SP Carlos Zambrano on disabled list

Pickle Bugs (Tuesday) placed OF Dexter Fowler on disabled list, acquired and activated OF Angel Pagan.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Week 21 roster moves

Players acquired

SP John Smoltz (by Boondock Saints, August No. 2)
2B Casey McGehee (by Pickle Bugs, August No. 1)

Players released

SP Aaron Harang (by Chico's Chuggers)
OF Fred Lewis (Boondock Saints)
2B Kelly Johnson (by Arbitration Losers)

Week 21 active roster changes

Chico's Chuggers: Benched SP Kevin Correia and 3B Pedro Feliz; activated SP Zach Duke and 3B Ryan Roberts

Fresh Fish: No changes

Goatwhisperers: No changes

VC Appraisers: No changes

WWJB: Conditionally placed 2B Freddy Sanchez on disabled list; moved SP Anibal Sanchez from DL to bench (released if Freddy Sanchez does not go on DL)

Triple-A's: Benched SS Ryan Theriot and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated SS Stephen Drew and SP Randy Wolf

Pickle Bugs: Benched 2B Kaz Matsui; activated 2B Casey McGehee

Arbitration Losers: Benched SP Bud Norris and 3B Andy LaRoche; activated SP Kenshin Kawakami; activated 3B Scott Rolen from disabled list

Misfits: Benched SP Livan Hernandez and SP Roy Oswalt; activated SP Jonathan Sanchez and SP Braden Looper

Boondock Saints: Benched SP Josh Johnson; activated SP Ross Ohlendorf

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3670 -- Chuggers score just enough to advance
2. WWJB (Scott) 3565 -- Consistent scoring all week long
3. Misfits (Reid) 3486 -- I-Rod scores .... when he plays
4. Triple-A's (Ken) 3460 -- Nolasco loss, three DNPs hurt chances
5. Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3458 -- Werth, Street good, but not much else
6. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3365 -- Wrong day for a -7 from Norris
7. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3257 -- Ubaldo's win Sunday seals victory
8. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3190 -- Lead the league with guys hit in noggin by ball
9. Boondock Saints (Bill) 3102 -- Luckily, Saints not involved in head-to-head contest last week
10. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3063 -- Good feeling about pitching gone with Oliver's -8.

Week 20 head-to-head scores

Misfits 191, VC Appraisers 151 (Misfits advance)
Fresh Fish 189, Arbitration Losers 163 (Fresh Fish advance)
Triple-A's 174, Chico's Chuggers 172 (Series tied; Chuggers win tiebreaker with +20 2-week aggregate total)
WWJB 199, Goatwhisperers 158 (WWJB advances 2-0)

Week 21 matchups

Semifinals
(Best-of-2, with 2-week aggregate tiebreaker)
Misfits vs. WWJB
Fresh Fish vs. Chico's Chuggers

Consolation round-robin
Gladstone Goatwhisperers vs. Triple-A's
Arbitration Losers vs. VC Appraisers
Pickle Bugs vs. Boondock Saints