FBLG near-end update

Sorry, owners for the lack of blog updates. It's been busy for the Commish. But we've been working hard to keep the score sheet updated.

Here's where we stand, heading into Week 25.

For the third consecutive year, the head-to-head finals goes to a deciding third game. The Arbitration Losers squeaked out a Week 24 win of the Gladstone Goatwhisperers, thanks in large part to Troy Tulowitzki.

The third game got off to a good start Monday for the GGs, however, with Cole Hamels getting a win and Jair Jurrjens skipping his Monday start with knee problems. Jurrjens could pitch later this week for the Losers. If not, Jon Garland becomes the emergency starter.

The Pickle Bugs scored another win over the Misfits to claim third-place in the head-to-head with a 2-0 sweep. After winning in the first round, the Misfits dropped four straight head-to-head games.

In the head-to-head consolation, the VC Appraisers scored a win over the Upton No Good, as UNG had a run a three straight 200+ weeks end. But on the strength of those weeks, UNG is a virtual lock to claim one of the two spots in the head-to-head consolation final.

The VC Appraisers can claim the other spot with a win over Chico's Chuggers this week. But even with a loss, VCA can also claim a spot with a solid scoring week.

Teams tied after Round 5 of the round robin will have ties broken with aggregate scoring over the five weeks of the round robin. Heading into Week 25, here are the aggregate totals: UNG 813, VCA 684, Triple-A's 656, Chico's Chuggers 647, Pitch You Blockhead 616.

The overall race still remains very entertaining, with four teams divided by 42 points, through Monday's games.

Here are the standings

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 4337
2. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 4322
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4302
4. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4295
5. Misfits (Reid) 4227
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3988
7. Triple-A's (Ken) 3914
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3865
9. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3796
10. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3753

Week 25 moves

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

OF Johnny Gomes, by Upton No Good (Sept. #2)
SP Randy Wells, by Pickle Bugs (Sept. #1)
OF Roger Bernardina, by Triple-A's (Sept. #1)

PLAYERS RELEASED

OF Manny Ramirez, by Upton No Good
SP Anibal Sanchez, by Pickle Bugs
OF Scott Podsednik, by Triple-A's

WEEK 25 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

UPTON NO GOOD: Benched OF Justin Upton and SP Travis Wood; activated OF Johnny Gomes and SP Jhoulys Chacin

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SS Miguel Tejada, released SP Anibal Sanchez; activated SS Orlando Cabrera and SP Randy Wells.

FRESH FISH: No changes

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jose Tabata, activated OF Jay Bruce

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched C Geovany Soto; released OF Scott Podsednik; activated C Koyie Hill and OF Roger Bernardina



MISFITS: Benched SP Daniel Hudson; activated SP Ryan Dempster

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: No changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes