Week #1
Hard to believe, but week #1 is already in the books. Thanks for everyone's patience getting things rolling this year, as it was an adventure with the expanded league and new teams this year. But funny thing is, I actually think things went smoother this year with the website, as I have sharpened my website design skills over the last year. The website is a little more comprehensive this year, so hopefully things have started out on a positive note, as I posted week #1 results in a near record time. Please remember the key to getting results posted quickly, is to get me scores that need little or no research on my part. Half of the match-ups in week #1 were able to send me one single boxscore agreed upon by both teams. If we can get that up to 9 or 10 match-ups, results should be available Monday night on most weeks. Thanks again to all teams who got their scores in and made my job easier.
Now we'll take a look at the Week #1 results:
Hummers
5 Death 0
Tyler's Hummers put it to the Commish in a week long sweep
on the lowly Death Squad. The Commish was a little distracted this week with the
league start up and most importantly...... the Basketball Championship Games.
We'll the Death B-Ball team came through, but the Death Squad was denied in
their attempt to use Duncan's extra game as his 3rd OF. It still wouldn't have
been enough, sadly! The Hummers got a league leading 44 points from Carlos
"5 HR in 2 games" Delgado, and also got solid efforts from Toronto PS
along with Nefi, who chipped in 26 points before going on the DL. The Hummers
look solid and the Death squad is still waiting for his top picks to produce.
Long season ahead for the Commish if things don't improve real soon!
Contributors
4 Cobras 1
On a positive note, the Cobras
scored the 4th best total of the week, but as it always seems to happen to Coach
Maze, it was against the 2nd highest point total of the week, the Contributors.
Sparks were flying in this series all week, as Coach McSwain handed out the
first trash talking of the year by entitling his scores e-mail "I beat
Maze!!!", and then proceeded to add, "he's such a loser, I hope I
sweep the loser!" Maze responded, "the only team that can beat
Karmazyn is another team that Karmazyn drafted." Oooohhhh, them sound like
fighting words! McSwain walks away with 20 bucks from Maze's pocket, and the
knowledge that Boston PS put up a rediculous 64 points for the week, and it
couldn't of happened against a nicer opponent! :>) The Cobras will bounce
back, but it may have to wait until Week #3, as Maze gets the Destroyer this
week, who smells the $20 already. The Contributors got 99 points from Boston PS
and Damian Jackson. Ummmm, yes....Damian Jackson....go figure??
Pound
Puppies 4 Fury 1
New owner Levitre steps into the
league a puts it to Rogan's Fury team. The Pups get the final top 10 spot of a
very successful first week. Lead by the healthy Larry Walker's 29 points, the
Pups only had one bad game with their 8 point effort on Fri. I know Ron is not
new to fantasy baseball, so I hope he isn't all excited about Walker's week #1
performance to the point that he forgets that with Walker playing 5 games week
#1, that he has used up 1/20th of the games he'll play this year. Do the
math...... health will catch up with Mr. Walker unfortunately, it always does.
Rogan has to be disappointed with the Fury's efforts week #1, putting up a weak
75 points for the week, and a mind blowing -5 point effort from his TEAM on Sat.
Rogan at least still has a sense of humor after the week 1 disaster, commenting
"Saturdays scores were right. HOW ABOUT MY OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION!!" Hey,
at least the Phillies swept the Marlins and the Flyers made the playoffs.....
could be worse!
Lumber
& Lightning 4 Oysters 1
The expansion Lumber team lead
by Larry "who am I playing this week?" Rose put it to the Oysters to
get the new franchise off to a solid start. The Lumber squad was lead by Grudz
and his 38 points. Somebody wake Grudz up and tell him the season started for
real already!!!! JR's Oysters take the beating knowing that all the games but
one were close. The Oysters have a solid team, except for the pitching
staff.....homer picks never pan out, you should know better than that! Larry
gets a special award this week, look down below for his outstanding
accomplishment in Week #1.
Destroyers
3 S.T.L. 2
Steve's Destroyers put up a
solid week one effort to hold back the new S.T.L. team. The Destroyers were lead
by the other Walker in Colorado, along with the other Gonzalez (Luis), and
overcame a off week by the other Rodriguez in Texas. Other than that, a solid
effort by the Destroyers all around. Woog's welcoming into the league didn't go
horribly, but the S.T.L. will have to step up their game now that they have made
it to the big league. Woog is still getting use to this whole internet based
league, but vows to redeem himself in the not to distant future. Words of advice
Scott... don't call Harry for help with the computer/internet!!!!
Intimidators
4 Wiseguys 1
Trotta's Intimidators flex their
muscle in week #1 and get a solid 4-1 victory over the Wiseguys. The
Intimidators failed to get the bonus
point, so they will have to flex a little harder in the future, as the match-up
won't always go their way. For now, Trotta's team looks solid and got consistent
efforts from most of his line-up. The Wiseguys need more than 2 points from star 2B Alfonzo if they wish to remain competitive. 98 points a week will not
win many games, but luckily for the Wiseguys they have lots of room for
improvement and have the players to bounce right back.
X-Men
4 Barracudas 1
Coach Al gets a little
consolation after his Bomb Squad imploded in the basketball finals with the
X-Men's solid win. Coach Lovell is taking all the credit for the week #1 wins,
as Coach Dotson was a little distracted this week. On a positive note for the
X-men, Coach Dotson is out of town this week, so Coach Lovell gets to prove his
worth again in week #2. The X-Men got 28 points from Florida's PS and promptly
released them at weeks end. I guess the weather forecasters are predicting the
wind to blow in all summer at Wrigley. The Cuda's stumble out of the gate and
can't overcome 10 points combined from their top two OF's. Raffy looks solid and
the Yankees PS is a solid pick, so they have the tools to turn it on real quick.
Stingrays
4 Beginner's Luck 1
Myer's Stingrays show that
luck isn't everything (although it helps!!! :>) and hand Alford's Luck a
thorough beating, just a 1 point loss on M-Th as the only negative of the week.
The Myers ownership is looking for redemption after the disappointing end to the
College Football season, and both gentleman are ready to reclaim what was
thought to be theirs. The Stingrays get solid efforts from LA pitching and Quinn
who posted a league high OF score of 32. Alford may have been still smarting
over the shellacking he took in basketball the week before, but his Luck squad
has talent and of course the $252 Million Dollar Man. The Luck gets the Death
Squad in week #2, so here is his chance to redeem himself for the humbling
basketball whooping he took.
Blackjacks
4 Clippers 1
Phillip's Blackjacks get the 4
win week, despite putting up just 103 points. I wonder how Maze feels about
that???? Go ahead, ask him! The 'Jacks were lead by 6 double digit efforts, but
they will need to put up a few more points before they can be taken for real.
They are a new team, and Phillips is just happy to be in the big leagues, but
the team has talent and could make some noise. The defending champs Clippers put
up a disappointing week #1 effort as they try to defend their crown. Mike and
Harry have to be shaking their head already as Big Mac puts up a big fat ZERO in
week one, but come on guys, did you expect that he would play 162 games? The
question for the Clippers is will their corner men play 162 games between them
this year? If they do, they will be solid, if not they may get back the title of
"Worst Franchise in Sports".
Connection
4 Redbirds 1
The Connection lead by Coach's "Lefty"
Rose and Coffman set the early season pace with a league leading 197 points in a
thorough trashing of the expansion Redbirds. The Connection got top performances
from Posada, Guzman and their very late round pick Montreal PS. Coach's Rose and
Coffman have to happy with the performance in week #1, and look to continue
their winning ways against another expansion team the S.T.L. in week #2. The
Redbirds first week in the big leagues didn't go exactly as planned, but Coachs
Hanshe and McIlvain can take a little consolation in the fact they did score in
the top 10 in the league. Biggio looks to be healthy for the Redbirds which
could really be a steal of a pick if he returns to form this year. All in all,
not a bad first week for the expansion Redbirds, just caught a tough break on
the schedule and don't have many W's to show for their efforts.
Week
#1 Awards:
Player of the Week: Delgado, Hummers 44
Points
Delgado led the Hummers to a Week #1 sweep of the Death Squad and a league
leading 6 point performace for the Hummers.
Pitching
Staff of the Week: Boston, Contributors 64
Points
Lead by Nomo's no-hitter and a usual great game by Pedro, the Contributors used
the 64 Points to take 4 out of 5 over the tough Cobras team.
Boxscore
Blunder of the Week: Lumber & Lightning
Yes, Larry is new to the league and I usually will cut a new owner a little
slack, but Larry submitted his scores and was quite disappointed his team was
thumped by the Contributors............ ummmmm, Larry......... you played the
Oysters in week #1!!!!!!!!! To Larry's credit, he did revise his scores rather
quickly and get them in on time, but could be a long season for Mr. Rose if he
has to do the scores twice each week!
Quote of the
Week: Scott Rose, Connection
Responding to my e-mail about my score reporting "dream" and the offer
from my brother Steve to come install Excel if any wanted his help......."my
dream is to sit back and drink beer while Stevie installs Excel into my p. c.
naked with a feather duster up his ass....". Now that is funny, but when it
came down to Steve coming over this past week, Scott responded that his wife was
going to do it for him.......which makes me wonder.......did "Lefty"
use the feather duster?? Just curious...... :>)
That is all for now, please get those scores confirmed with your opponent and get them in on time. Thanks for your help so far and good luck to everyone in week #2!
The
Commish