Week #6
Maybe we shouldn't be storing the UAL Fantasy baseballs in the Coors Field humidor! The scoring was WAAAAYYYYYYYY down in week #6. The X-Men went from a league high 185 in week 5, to just 78 points in week 6. The two leading teams in the league both slumped off significantly. Four teams didn't even break the 90 point barrier for the week. On a positive note, the Redbirds picked the right week to break out of their season long slump as they led the league with 143 points.
The Stingrays continue top lead the league in points, despite their first losing week of the year. The Creeping Death team also had their first losing week of the year, and still trail the Stingrays by 3 points overall. The Contributors and Hummers remain two of the hottest teams in the league, as they both now have nice leads in their division. The Cobras, Barracudas and defending champs Connection continue to struggle.
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Now, on to the results from week six:
Oysters 4 Barracudas 1
JR/Corey continue their amazing trend of
bi-weekly performances, as this was an even numbered week and they get 4 wins
over the struggling Barracudas. Juan led the Oysters this week with 31, although
JR/Corey would like that to be Juan G. not Juan E. in the future. Giambi is
heating up finally, and the Oysters need to put a stop to the every-other-week
performances soon, as this trend will not help the team catch up with the
Stingrays. Bert/Pam/Ron continue to find ways to not win, this week was really
bad as the team scored just 86 points. The 'Cudas were led by Jeter's 24, but
the team now has a league low 12 team points. Hey, that makes the 'Cudas first
on the priority list! So they have that going for them.
Destroyers 3 Stingrays 2
Steve continues the path towards
respectability as his Destroyers team beats the previously seemingly invincible
Stingrays. The only disappointment for Steve was that they ended up in a tie
28-28 on Sunday, but lost on the home field advantage. The Stingrays are good,
but a little luck never hurts! The Destroyers were led by Gibbons' 21 and
Magglio's 18. Merv/Mike suffer their first losing week of the year, but the
Stingrays still lead the league overall. The team struggled up and down the
lineup, as Bagwell's 15 led the team. Will the Stingrays bounce back, or has the
team settled down after a fabulous start? Bet on the bounce back!
Contributors 4 Vipers 1
Frank "The Owner Formally Known As John
McSwain" Uhl's team continues it's hot streak with another solid week with 4
wins as the Contributors stretch their B Division lead to 7 points. The team was
led by Ichiro's big 34 point week, and also had help from Lofton with 22. Frank
(TOFKAJM) has the Commish's Death Squad on the schedule in week 7, so that
should be a good indicator of how hot the team is. Rogan's Vipers have a solid
scoring week relative to the rest of the league (finished 7th), but could only
get a 37-28 win on Friday against the Contributors. The Vipers were led by
Helton's 34. The Vipers have lots of ground to make up in the B Division, and as
long as Helton continues to perform as expected, you can't count them out.
Blackjacks 5 X-Men 0
Bill's team is finally rounding into shape,
as was predicted last week on this report, as the Blackjacks pull off the clean
sweep of the X-Men and move into second place in the B Division. The early
season struggles for Mr. Phillips are now a distant memory, as the team had the
2nd high score in the league with 135. Vladi led the way with 19 as he now sits
a top all OF's in the sidepot race. Al/Mike suffer a horrific drop in points,
going from 185 last week to 78 this week. The X-Men scored just 34 on the M-TH
games, which was a sure sign of things to come over the weekend. Bernie had 20
but 1B was a problem as Segui/Casey combined for -2 for the week. If the X-Men
follow the Oysters game plan, 170+ could be a nice rebound week for Al/Mike.
Wiseguys 4 Cobras 1
George/Chris get a solid week from their
team, as they get a much needed 4 win week along with a top 8 finish. The
Wiseguys were led by A. Jones' 29 and the team now has 4th highest scoring
average in the league. George/Chris are still 9 points out of the lead in the C
Division, but healthy weeks like this will certainly help the team down the
road. Maze/Sturken are watching the season fade away and we are not even out of
May yet! The Cobras post an impressive 55 points on Saturday, but that was the
only win for the week. $-Rod continues to shine as expected, as he leads the team
again with 25. Will Maze work his magic and get the Cobras back into contention?
Will Sturken take control away from Maze and show him how it is done? The Cobra
fan's patience is starting to wear thin, and Buddy Bell was last seen buying a
house in Cobraville. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.......
Clippers 3 Creeping Death 2
Mike/Harry get a 103 point week from their
Clippers, which was good enough for a 3-2 win over the Commish's Death Squad.
The Clippers got a 14 point game from Posada on Sunday to help clinch the 3rd
win of the week. The strange part was the team scored a total of 12 on Sunday
(nice help by the rest of the team!), but since the Death scored (-2) as a team,
Posada was just what Mike/Harry needed to get the decisive win. The Clippers are
7 points back in the C Division, and have to look at this week as a lost
opportunity to make up ground, as the team scored just 32 points combined over
the weekend. The Commish and Mr. Tom Brady suffer their first losing week of the
year. The Creeping Death team had newly acquired Austin "Powers" Kearns lead the
way with 18, but the the rest of the team was not very groovy. A lost
opportunity for the Death to make up ground on the Stingrays, the team needs to
bounce back in week #7 against the red-hot Contributors team.
Redbirds 3 Victory 2
Larry/Tim get the top scoring week from
their Redbirds team, but as their luck would have it can only get 3 wins.
Larry/Tim will take what they can get, as any sign of the Redbirds getting back
to respectability is a good sign after the last few weeks the team had. The
Redbirds were led by Delgado's 33 points. Brian's Victory team continues to
score points, as they are now the lone team in the league to have a top 8 finish
all 6 weeks of the season. Bad news for Brian is that despite the 2nd best
scoring average in the league, the Victory are just 13-17 overall. Boy, teams
really play their best against the Victory! (take that as a compliment Brian).
The Victory were led by Glaus' 19 and Cameron's 17.
Hummers 4 Connection 1
Jeff/Scottx2 continue to get solid
performances from their Hummers, as the team turns back the defending champ
Connection rather easily. After a 45-33 loss M-Th, the Hummers looked to be
heading for a bad week, but the team responds with games of 34-26-31 to get the
weekend sweep. The Hummers were led by Anderson's 23 and Sexson's 22. The
Hummers have a 5 point lead in the D Division, but no time to let up as the rest
of the Division (less the Connection) also seem to have the potential to
overtake them if the Hummers stumble at all. Scott/Chris's Connection team
continue to have bad weeks. This week it was a 1 point game on Saturday that was
the telling stat for the team. The Connection were led by Klesko's 15, but 14
points for the week from their starting OF's is not going to win many games.
Still lots of games to be played, but you have to really question whether the
Connection will have a chance to defend their title on the field come playoff
time.
Week
#6 Awards:
Player of the Week:
Helton, Vipers & Ichiro, Contributors 34 Points
These two went head-to-head this week, and Frank's Contributors had much more
support as they won 4-1. Maybe Frank's assistant John (ha!) had a little to do
with the Ichiro selection.
Pitching
Staff of the Week: Yankees, Oysters
30 Points
Consistent week for JR/Corey's pitching staff as the Yank's went 8-8-7-7 for the
week helping the Oysters to a 4 win week. Can they do it two weeks in a row is
the big question!
Surprise of the Week: Defending Champs Connection
10-20 record
How the mighty have fallen! Will Scott & Chris find the way to get the ship
headed in the right direction? Heck, will the Connection ship be sunk by the end
of May?????
Sad
story of the week:
X-Men/Creeping Death/Barracudas/Connection sub 90 point weeks
Bring back the juiced ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or let Albert Belle take over
production of baseball bats for all teams! :>)
Good luck to everyone in week #7....... I am outta here!
The
Commish
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