Happy 50th!

The Fungoman is 50 today. Happy birthday!

Hall of Fame Nonsense

On MLBTV tonight, baseball writer Ken Rosenthal (I think he was the one) said he would never give his Hall of Fame vote for a guy who was a steroid user, whether it was a positive test or just allegations. If steroid use gave a guy Hall of Fame type numbers, he'd never vote for him. Then he added that he would still vote for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez, and Manny Rodriguez because... "they were great players before using steroids."

Trade

The Killer Bees traded Skip Schumaker and Brad Hawpe to the FFTs for Ronald Belisario and Shawn Camp.

Trades

The Wahoos traded Alfonso Soriano to the Killer Bees for Nick Masset.

The Warpigs traded John Lackey, Francisco Liriano, Brian Matusz, and pick 85 to the DVs for Trevor Cahill and Magglio Ordonez.

Trades

The Wahoos traded Cole Hamels, pick 12, and pick 103 to the Buckeyes for Jayson Werth, Darren Oliver, and pick 67.

The Buckeyes traded Kevin Correia to the FFTs for Mark Buehrle.

Trade

The Nads traded Sean Marshall to the Warpigs for Cody Ross.

Looking Ahead - The BUD 2011

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Rhinos
2. Warpigs
3. Wahoos
4. SuperGoofs


RHINOS

Pitching: Sabathia is huge - in more ways than one. Following him are E.Jackson and Garza. Big drop off. Bullpen is Heath Bell and Soria. Both are good, but that's all there is.

Lineup: Easily the strength of the team. Where to begin... Votto, Tulo, Hanley, Braun, A-Rod. The second tier includes F.Gutierrez, Kemp, Yadier, Ethier, Polanco, and Infante. The Rhinos have an embarrassment of riches offensively. Defensively, Yadier, Tulo, and Gutierrez are 1's up the middle. Braun's 4 in LF won't hurt too much, but is necessary to get Hanley in at DH while Tulo mans SS.

Draft: The Rhinos won't be able to help themselves too much here, having only two picks in the first 50 (15, 31).

Needs: Pitching, pitching, pitching.

Best case scenario: 90-95 wins and another trip to the World Series.

Worst case scenario: 80-85 wins if they aren't able to add enough pitching, but don't bet on it.


WARPIGS

Pitching: Cliff Lee, Liriano, de la Rosa are three pretty good lefties. Lackey would be #4, and he's not as good. The bullpen is really bare, with only Thornton and Moylan.

Lineup: As usual, the offense revolves around Pujols. This year, like last year, they revolve around him from a great distance. There are a couple of interesting pieces: C.Santana, D.Young, Rasmus, Soto... but that's about it.

Draft: Four picks in the top 50 (3, 19, 37, 47) and then another at pick 51.

Needs: 3b, RF, plus lots and lots of bullpen.

Best case scenario: 85-90 wins and a chance to challenge the Rhinos for the BUD title.

Worst case scenario: 75-85 wins and a sucky draft pick in 2012.


WAHOOS

Pitching: Hamels and 3-4 other guys. Nolasco and Baker... Tommy Hunter, maybe. The pen isn't any deeper with Marmol, Mujica, and Frasor.

Lineup: The problem isn't the cards, it's the number of at bats those cards have. Youkilis, Morneau, Pedroia, Rollins... they all suffered injuries last year. Austin Jackson was a nice find in CF. Johnny Damon can still help out, but that's about it. Olivo and Aramis Ramirez won't scare anyone. Ditto Hafner and Soriano. The outfield defense has a cf-1, but the rest of them are all 4's and 5's.

Draft: Here's where the Wahoos will re-tool and possibly challenge the Rhinos. They have SEVEN picks in the first 50 (7, 12, 23, 28, 35, 39, 46).

Needs: Pitching, corner outfielders, catcher, and infield at bats.

Best case scenario: 85 wins.

Worst case scenario: 85 losses.


SUPERGOOFS

Pitching: Guthrie and Lewis are pitchable. Zito and Pineiro aren't terrible as the 3-4 guys. A deep bullpen will help. Clippard, McClellan, Adams, Franklin, and Broxton means the Goofs can take other things while everyone else is fighting over relievers.

Lineup: Shin-Soo Choo has become an elite player. Unfortunately for the Goofs, he's about it. Thome is gonna be scary at DH, but for a limited number of at bats. Phillips and A.Ramirez give the Goofs 1's at 2b/ss. Torii Hunter is still above average in cf. Hunter Pence isn't bad, but if Thome is the DH, there's no place for him to play.

Draft: Three picks in the top 50 (6, 22, 38).

Needs: LF, C, starting pitching.

Best case scenario: 80-85 wins.

Worst case scenario: 85-90 losses.

Looking Ahead - The MFD 2011

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Buckeyes
2. Inmates
3. Mavs
4. Nads


BUCKEYES

Pitching: Carpenter and Lilly are an excellent 1-2. Dice-K and Pelfrey are a big drop off after that. The bullpen consists of Gurrier, Oliver, and Wheeler.

Lineup: The core of the offense is Barton (1b), Werth (rf), and Prado (2b/3b). After that... yikes! Alex Rios... Jorge Posada... Yunel Escobar... Hidecki Matsui... It's not great. But there are three reasons why it doesn't matter: The park makes most games end up 1-0 anyway, the Buckeyes are artful drafters, and there's a league rule that says the Buckeyes must win the MFD.

Draft: The Buckeye draft genius will have to come through again, but it doesn't help that they only have 2 picks in the first 50 (14, 30).

Needs: C, 2b/3b, cf, starting pitching, bullpen.

Best case scenario: No one makes better use of the draft than the Buckeyes. Even when the prospects for the upcoming season look dour (which is every year lately), the Buckeyes win 90-100 games and get a first round bye. Same thing this year.

Worst case scenario: Umm... worst case? Winning the MFD and not getting a first round bye? With this staff, this lineup, and no early picks... how are they picked to win the division? Keep reading.


INMATES

Pitching: J.Santana, Billingsley, Floyd, and B.Anderson are the options for the rotation. Won't be good enough to match the Buckeyes. The bullpen is a little better with C.Perez, Joba, Fuentes, Francisco, and Perry.

Lineup: There's some good stuff here. CarGo (LF), Beltre (3b), K.Johnson (2b), and Ryan Howard will occupy the middle of the order, and they'll produce. In a rush to corner the market on Ryan Howard backups, the Inmates traded for both Derek Lee and Carlos Pena. With Dunn gone, one of them may end up at DH. Pennington at SS and Adam Jones in cf are not much more than warm bodies. Jones even lost his cf-1 and dropped to cf-3. The good news is we all get to hear FUCK-U-DOME over and over this year. The FFTs should be fined for trading that guy to the Inmates.

Draft: Three picks in the top 50 (4, 20, 36).

Needs: C, starting pitching, RF, DH.

Best case scenario: 81-81, but they will outscore and outhomer their opponents.

Worst case scenario: 90-95 losses and a top 5 pick in 2012.


MAVS

Pitching: Pretty decent rotation: Cain, Gallardo, Hughes, and C.Buchholz. The pen, however, is pretty much just Street.

Lineup: The outfield is DeJesus (LF), C.Young (CF), and Heyward/J.Upton (RF). That's a good, young, group. The DH is Billy Butler, who is probably the best hitter on the team. The infield is suspect, though. Kendrick, Hardy, Headley, and Uribe make up this group. None had especially good years in 2010. And as far as I can tell, there is no one to catch.

Draft: Four picks in the first 50 including #1 overall (1, 17, 33, 49).

Needs: C, 1b, bullpen.

Best case scenario: 80-90 losses.

Worst case scenario: 90-100 losses.


NADS

Pitching: Arroyo, Dempster, CJ Wilson, R.Wells, Pettitte are the rotation hopefuls. Saito, B.Lyon, Marshall, and R.Ramirez will make up the bullpen.

Lineup: The top hitters are Adrian Gonzalez, Uggla, JD Drew, and Willingham. Aybar is the ss, Montero/Pierzynski are behind the plate, McGeehee/Mora/J.Lopez will battle for the 3b position. Defensively, other than 1b and rf, there isn't much.

Draft: Three picks in the top 50 (8, 24, 40).

Needs: Pretty much everything. CF, LF (so Willingham can DH), 2b (so that Uggla can DH), starting pitching, bullpen.

Best case scenario: 90-100 losses.

Worst case scenario: 90-100 losses.

Looking Ahead - The AWD 2011

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. Zaps
2. Sidewinders
3. Tweeners
4. Killer Bees


ZAPS

Pitching: Greinke and Josh Johnson give the Zaps two #1 starters. Scherzer and W.Rodriguez fill out an excellent rotation. The pen is already deep with O'Day, Downs, Kuo, League, and Aardsma.

Lineup: In the biggest trade of the offseason, the Zaps sent AL MVP Josh Hamilton to the FFTs for AL MVP runner up Miguel Cabrera. I think AL MVP 4th place finisher Jose Bautista might have been the main reason for this deal. Having Bautista and Hamilton as your two biggest bats would have caused headaches for RHP, but vs LHP would have caused headaches for the Zapper. Cabrera gives them more balance. Surrounding Bautista and Cabrera will be the likes of Crawford, Fielder, McCutchen, and Utley. Ryan Raburn will help somewhere (RF?). Utley and Crawford are the only 1's, but there are no defensive problems anywhere.

Draft: The Zaps are loaded here, too, with two first rounders and 4 picks in the top 50 (2, 16, 32, 48).

Needs: Catcher, maybe RF.

Best case scenario: 110 wins and back to back titles.

Worst case scenario: Hard to imagine this team not doing well. I guess worst case is losing in the playoffs.


SIDEWINDERS

Pitching: A rotation of Ubaldo, Danks, Lester, and Sanchez, despite leaning slightly to the left, will cause opponents plenty of problems. But the more impressive part of this staff is the bullpen. Breslow, Feliz, Betancourt, and Soriano are outstanding.

Lineup: For all the moaning and complaining the Snakeman does, you'd think the cupboard here was bare. I guess that's what continually getting thumped in the post season will do to an already fragile psyche. But the truth is, this team is still one of the best in the league. Mauer is still the best catcher in baseball, and David Wright is one of the top guys at 3b. Markakis and Bruce have only one problem: they both play only RF, meaning one will have to take his RF-1 to DH. The Snakes can have an all-1 outfield - and still have another OF-1 sitting on the bench! They have FOUR guys who are RF-1! Seems excessive to me. The legitimate problem, of course, is the infield. Bartlett wasn't great, but at least he didn't suck as bad as Aaron Hill. And NOBODY on this team plays 1b. Really, there is nothing there but a little Smoak.

Draft: Only 1 pick in the top 50 (44). Okay, so maybe the whining has some merit.

Needs: 2b, 1b.

Best case scenario: 90-95 wins and a first round exit - again.

Worst case scenario: The Snakes don't usually take a year off to rebuild, and the pitching staff alone will keep them in the hunt. Worst case... 81-81 and no post season, meaning he stays home and flicks his bean there.


TWEENERS

Pitching: Stocked. Felix, Wainwright, Braden, Bumgarner, D.Hudson. Wow. The pen is good, too, with Gregerson, Romo, F.Rodriguez, and the ancient Arthur Rhodes.

Lineup: Well... maybe pitching will be enough to win. Swisher at 1b, Hart in RF, and VMart at C isn't a bad nucleus. The acquisition of Vernon Wells helps vs RHP, but it means sitting down Victorino's cf-1 unless Wells is the DH. Loney hits RHP a little, but he only plays 1b. Zobrist, who plays almost everywhere, will probably spend most of his time at 2b. B.Roberts is not bad, but he's limited on at bats. Reynolds hit a ton of homers at 3b, but was under the Mendoza line. Brendan Ryan is interesting. He got the surprising ss-1, but 223/279/294 will be hard to play. I guess Rajai Davis(?) is the left fielder. Even the ubiquitous Zobrist doesn't play LF.

Draft: Three picks in the top 50 (10, 26, 42).

Needs: Offense. LF, SS, 3b. A catcher who can throw.

Best case scenario: The 10th pick in the 2012 Draft.

Worst case scenario: The 10th pick in the 2012 Draft.


KILLER BEES

Pitching: Already has a 5-man rotation in place (T.Hudson, Verlander, Hanson, Kennedy, and Cueto). The pen isn't as good as the other teams in the AWD, but it isn't bad (Duensing, Valverde, A.Bailey).

Lineup: Cano is one of the best players in baseball. The rest of the Bee infield (Teixeira, Castro, Rolen) is pretty good too. And the DH spot, which will probably be some combination of Dunn, Morales, and Weeks is fine. Ramon Hernandez can't catch every day, but his card will be adequate. The problem is in the outfield. Here are the options: Podsednik, Juan Rivera, Cameron, Schumaker, Francoeur, Hawpe. Like the picture of the BeeBoy walking up the stairs in his thong, it ain't a pretty sight.

Draft: Three picks in the first 50 (9, 25, 41).

Needs: Outfield, outfield, a backup catcher, and outfield. A new laptop to replace the Pig one he destroyed last summer. And some bullpen, of course.

Best case scenario: 80-85 wins.

Worst case scenario: 70-75 wins.

Looking Ahead - The NERDD 2011

Predicted Order of Finish:

1. FFTs
2. Drillers
3. DVs
4. Fungoes


FFTS

Pitching: The FFTs have a really good 1-2-3 with Weaver, Oswalt, and Kuroda. There are a few guys fighting it out for the 4th spot, but the limited-inning Strasburg is the key to the FFT's post season rotation. Mariano is still the anchor in the pen, with assistance from Thatcher and Camp.

Lineup: The FFTs can field an all-1 outfield (Hamilton, Bourn, and Ichiro), but the infield defense won't have anyone better than a 3. The offense is solid and will revolve around Hamilton, Carlos Ruiz, Ichiro, Furcal, M.Young, and the Chipper/Manny DH platoon.

Draft: No first round pick, but 3 picks in the first 50 (18, 34, 50). Not great, but not the DVs either.

Needs: Bullpen, first base, and defensive replacements in the infield.

Best case scenario: 90-95 wins and a trip to the World Series.

Worst case scenario: A good pitching staff and middle of the order should keep it from ever getting too ugly. Worst case is probably 81-81 and no playoffs, but that would take a lot of things going wrong.

If the Buckeye managed this team: 120 wins easy.

If the Head Inmate managed this team: Hamilton goes back to drugs, Strasburg never steps on a mound again, and the team loses 90 games (despite outscoring and outhomering their opponents).


DRILLERS

Pitching: Lincecum's post season for SF was as good as it gets, but he had a below average (for him) regular season. He, Haren, and Niemann give the Drillers a quality rotation. Even better is the bullpen, with B.Wilson, B.Sanches, and Burnett.

Lineup: One can get Driller-envy looking at 3b (Longoria) and catcher (Posey and Hanigan). And Konerko is an excellent bat at either 1b or DH. It drops off some from there. Vladimir had a fine year, and Murphy, Ludwick, and Jeter are capable producers, but none are great and there are big holes to fill in CF and 2b.

Draft: 3 picks in the top 50 (13, 29, 45).

Needs: 2b, cf, and maybe a 4th starting pitcher who is better than the choices currently on the team.

Best case scenario: 90-95 wins and a first round appearance - maybe even a trip to the second round.

Worst case scenario: The Drillers could take the route of playing for 2012, draft some kids, and lose 90 games. Having Lincecum, Posey, and Longoria puts them in a position where a lot of teams would be happy to trade teams straight up, but the Drillers might be a year away.

If the Buckeye managed this team: 110 wins with Wilson getting 85 saves.

If the Head Inmate managed this team: Ludwick plays CF, Vlad plays RF, and the team goes 82-80 to get the 9th pick in the draft (despite outscoring and outhomering their opponents).


DVS

Pitching: Halladay, Cahill, and Latos are as good a 1-2-3 as almost anybody. Bard and Madsen are decent relievers.

Lineup: Fairly solid lineup with Holliday, Kinsler, McCann. Good defense too. Fowler got the cf-1. Andrus got the ss-1. Mags didn't get a 4. Just too many holes to fill.

Draft: And here's the problem. Still suffering the effects of the Halladay acquisition, the DVs have only one pick in the first 50 (21). After that, it's pick 53. Once again the Propeller Head is forced to sit back and belch while watching the other teams in his division get stronger thr0ugh the draft.

Needs: If Holliday is the DH, then there's a hole in LF. Alvarez is a great prospect at 3b, but he's not there yet. Helton at 1b is looking old. And like everybody, bullpen is needed.

Best case scenario: 85-90 wins and a first round "flickin the bean" exit.

Worst case scenario: Too good to play their way to a top 3 draft pick next year, but they could find a way to lose a couple more than they win.

If the Buckeye managed this team: 100 walks for Helton. 100 steals for Andrus. 100 wins for the DVs.

If the Head Inmate managed this team: Halladay walks out during Spring Training and takes a job campaigning for Sarah Palin. Never pitches again. Still, the team wins 80 games (despite outscoring and outhomering their opponents).


FUNGOES

Pitching: Down years by Papelbon and... well, just about everybody except Price and Kershaw.

Lineup: Speedy and dangerous at the top (Gardner and Span) and powerful in the middle (Zimmerman and Cruz). That's about it. Wieters is a nice guy to have at catcher, but he's a year or so away from being elite, and by then Berkman and the O-dog will be replacing Mitch Williams in the studio at MLB-TV.

Draft: If the Fungoes are to repeat as NERDD champs, this is where it will happen. They have two 1st round picks and four in the first 50 (5, 11, 27, 43). And the Fungo is one of the best drafters in the league, so anything is possible.

Needs: SS (the Fungoes' dogs were even seen taking groundballs there recently), DH, starting pitching, and relief pitching. Berkman's days at 1b are numbered as well.

Best case scenario: 85-90 wins if they have a great draft.

Worst case scenario: If the Fungoes decide to draft kids to make WTF the place to be in 2012, this team could lose 100.

If the Buckeye managed this team: Price goes 42-3, Kershaw goes 41-4. Then they start every game of the post season, completing them all. Fungoes win! Fungoes win!

If the Head Inmate managed this team: RIP Price and Kershaw. Team wins only 60 games (despite outscoring and outhomering their opponents).

Trade

The Warpigs traded Mike Pelfrey and pick 115 to the Buckeyes for Jorge de la Rosa and pick 142.

Driller Cuts

Drillers cut...

Bush, D.

Hoffman, T.

Johnson, N.

Kelley, S.

Reimold, N.

Shoppach, K.

Valbuena, L.

Trade

The FFTs traded Maicer Izturis and pick 2 to the Zaps for Michael Young, Clayton Richard, and pick 64.

Trade

The Tweeners traded J.A. Happ and Alfonso Soriano to the Wahoos for Vernon Wells.

FFT Cuts

FFTs cut...

Anderson, Brian

Baez, D.

Camp, S.

Cantu, J.

Counsell, C.

Grabow, J.

Harang, A.

Kawakami, K.

Ni, F.

Tolbert, M.

Washburn, J.

Trade

The Buckeyes traded Jamey Carroll and Jack Cust to the Warpigs for Daric Barton and pick 67.

Trade

The Tweeners traded Carlos Pena to the Inmates for a reserve.

Inmate Cuts

Inmates cut...

Dukes, E.

Fox, J.

Guzman, A.

Martinez, F.

Reddick, J.

Zavada, C.

Fungo Cuts

Fungoes cut...

Feldman, S.

Okajima, H.

Rowland-Smith, R.

Stetter, M.

Vargas, C.

Wakefield, T.

Preliminary Cuts

Feel free to announce any preliminary cuts from your roster. You can always change your mind up until the official cut down date. It just makes it easier to go ahead and trim any definite cuts from your roster.

The Warpigs cut:

Bailey, J.

Iwamura, A.

Laffey, A.

Miller, J.

Salazar, O.

Wood, B.

Trade

The Warpigs traded Juan Gutierrez, Alberto Callaspo, and pick 99 to the Nads for a reserve pick.

Trades

The Tweeners traded Clayton Richard to the Zaps for Arthur Rhodes.

The DVs trade Marlon Byrd, Daric Barton, and pick 85 to the Warpigs for Curtis Granderson, Jesus Montero, Matt Joyce, and pick 83.

Wahoo Timberlake

Draft Picks

I have posted the 2011 Draft Grid on the NASOMA.org home page. Also, on the 2011 Rosters, I have converted your picks to the actual number of the selection. Starting now, you can trade them as the pick number as opposed to the round. I only listed them thru Round 13, but you can have picks beyond that depending upon the number of players you choose to protect. When we reach our cut-down day, I will adjust the pick numbers at the end of the draft.

2011 Official Draft Order

1. Mavs
2. FFTs
3. Warpigs
4. Inmates
5. DVs
6. SuperGoofs
7. Wahoos
8. Nads
9. Killer Bees
10. Tweeners
11. Fungoes
12. Sidewinders
13. Drillers
14. Buckeyes
15. Rhinos
16. Zaps

2010 NASOMA World Series

Game One of the 2010 World Series goes to the Zaps 3-2.

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McCutchen hits an 8th inning 1-6 HR.

Game two goes to the Zaps in walkoff fashion. Rhinos RF Matt Kemp makes a big error in the ninth to open the door for the Zapper as Marco Scutaro laces the two out walkoff single. Zaps win it 4-3.

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Rhinos win Game 3, 6-4.

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Greinke takes his first loss in the post season.

Zaps win game 4, 5-4.

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Zaps take a 3-1 World Series lead.

The Zaps win game 5, 4-2.

Congratulations to the 2010 NASOMA Champion Zaps

Rhinos vs Buckeyes - Second Round

Rhinos over the Buckeyes in game 1, 6-5.

Rhinos win game 2, 6-5 in 11 innings. Buckeyes thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the ninth on a 1-15 chance.......ouch!

Buckeyes win game 3, 10-0.

Rhinos score three in the bottom of the eighth to win game 4, 4-2.

Buckeyes win game 5, 5-2 in eleven innings to force a game 6!

The Rhinos win Game 6, 7-5 to advance to their first ever World Series. The Rhinos, in BOTH rounds, were outscored for the series, but won.

The Sidewinders make another trip to Texas...

Driller vs Zaps - Second Round

Drillers win game 1, 4-0.

Drillers win game two, 4-3.

Zaps win game 3, 3-0.

Zaps win with 3 in the eleventh, 4-1 to even up the series 2-2. Greinke goes the distance for the win.

Drillers win game 5, 1-0 behind the "Golden" arm of Tim Lincecum

Zaps win game 6, 11-2 to force a game 7!

Zaps win game 7, 3-1.

Fungoes vs Drillers - First Round

Drillers win game 1 by 9 to 1

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Drillers win Game 2 3-2 over Fungoes. Drillers now lead series 2-0.

Fungoes take game 3 1-0 as Feldman and 4 relievers shut down Drillers/ Zimmerman with a 5th inning RBI single to score Figgins for only run of game. Drillers lead the series 2 games to 1.

Drillers win Game 4 9-6. Drillers lead series 3-1.

Drillers win Game 5 4-1 and advance to play the Zaps.

Rhinos vs Sidewinders - First Round

Rhinos 3 Snakes 2 in Game 1 in 10 innings. Rhinos win on a H Ramirez walkoff homer.

Snakes win Game 2 over Rhinos 8-4. Series tied 1-1.

Rhinos take game 3 by the score of 3-2. Rhinos lead series 2 games to 1. Snakes miss on a triple 1-6 flyout in the 9th off Sabathia.

Snakes take Game 4 7-1. Series tied at 2-2.

Snakes win Game 5 4-2 now lead the series 3 games to 2.

Rhinos win Game 6 by the score of 6-4. Series tied 3 games each. On to Game 7.

Rhinos win Game 7 by the score of 8-6 to advance to the second round against the Buckeyes.

Trades

The Rhinos traded Alex Rios to the Buckeyes for Edwin Jackson.

The Zaps traded Josh Hamilton to the FFTs for Miguel Cabrera.

The Buckeyes traded a reserve pick to the Zaps for Jorge Posada.

The Inmates traded Rafael Betancourt to the Sidewinders for Derrek Lee.

The Inmates traded Bengie Molina and Randy Wolf to the Zaps for Marco Scutaro.

One Game Playoff

The Zaps beat the Sidewinders in a 1-game playoff to earn the #1 seed.

First round match-ups:
(6) Drillers vs (3) Fungoes
(5) Sidewinders vs (4) Rhinos

Trade

The Buckeyes traded Sergio Romo to the Tweeners for Jorge de la Rosa and a 7th round pick.

Trades

The Warpigs traded Miguel Olivo and their 3rd round pick to the Wahoos for Lastings Milledge and the DV 3rd round pick.

The Warpigs traded Cameron Maybin to the DVs for David Ross and Ryan Sweeney.

Trade

The Warpigs traded Josh Beckett and the Rhino 1st round pick to the Rhinos for David Freese, Matt Thornton, and a 3rd round pick.

Trades

The Killer Bees traded Pedro Alvarez to the DVs for Starlin Castro.

The Killer Bees traded Phil Hughes and a 2012 8th round pick to the Mavs for Rickie Weeks and Jose Valverde.

2011 Rosters

On the website, the updated 2011 rosters can now be viewed. On the menu bar at the top, click on 2011 Rosters. The rosters have all of your current players in alphabetical order. Under the player names, you will find all of your current draft picks for next year. At the top of the column, next to your team's name is the number of reserve picks you own.

As always, if I have made any errors, let me know.

2011 Draft Order (updated)

1. Mavs (on the clock)
2. FFTs
3. Warpigs
4. Inmates
5. DVs (picked owned by Fungoes)
6. SuperGoofs (based on head to head vs Wahoos)
7. Wahoos
8. Nads (based on head to head vs Bees)
9. Killer Bees
10. Tweeners (of course)

11.-16. - Playoff teams - TBD

Trade

The Inmates traded Adam Dunn to the Killer Bees for Chad Billingsley.

Killer Bees at Tweeners

Bees 2, Tweeners 2

[yawn]

Tweeners at Wahoos

Tweeners 2, Wahoos 1

From the Chief...

Tweeners destroy Volstad and friends, 11-0. It wasn't that close. Reynolds hit 2 homers and drove in 6.

Wahoos' late rally falls short. delarosa struck out 10 in 5.2 innings. Swisher slammed on out in the mid innings.

Wahoos win the finale, 4-2, behind big nights from Gil Meche and Justin Morneau.

2011 Draft Order

First 5 picks:

1. Mavs
2. FFTs
3. Warpigs
4. Inmates
5. DVs

The Inmates and DVs had identical records, but the DVs went 7-3 against the Inmates.

Inmates at Goofs

Inmates 3, Goofs 2

From the SuperBuckGoofEye...

Inmate take 3 of 5 at Goofs

April 14 Inmates 3 Goofs

April 15 Goofs 7 Inmates 1

April 16 Inmates 5 Goofs 2

July 12 Inmates 10 Goofs 2

July 13 Goofs 3 Inmates 2

Tweeners at Killer Bees

Tweeners 2, Bees 2

2010 NASOMA Playoffs are set

Snakes and VuvuZelas will play 1 game to determine which one is the #1 seed and which one is the #5 seed.

(6) Drillers face the (3) Fungoes
(5) Snake/Zela loser faces the (4) Rhinos

#2 Seed is the Buckeyes

Rhinos vs Inmates

Rhinos 6, Inmates 4

Tweeners at Rhinos

Tweeners 4, Rhinos 1

From Colonel Rhino...

Game 1

Tweeners win in an 18 inning affair by a score of 3 to 2. Mark Reynolds smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' and the Rhinos went down without a fight in the bottom of the 18th. Running out of relievers the Rhinos pitched Gonzalez for 8 innings; despite the HR in the 18^th Gonzalez only gave up 3 hits and 2 walks.

Game 2

Felix Hernandez tossed a complete game and designated hitter Mark Reynolds lofted one into the 'cheap seats' beating the Rhinos 4 to 3. The Tweeners took the lead for good in the eighth by scoring 3 off the Rhinos vaunted bull pen.

Game 3

Pablo Sandoval slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI and Adam Wainwright pitched a complete game beating the Rhinos 4 to 3.

Game 4

The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. The Rhinos were victorious in the 10th inning. After Matt Kemp smashed a bases-empty homerun, resulting in an exciting win for the Rhinos and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans.

Game 5

Brendan Ryan hit 2 triples and had 4 RBI as the Rhinos took a 15 to 4 beating. Adam Wainwright picked up the win pitching 7 2/3 innings.

Inmates at Nads

Nads 4, Inmates 3

From the Nadman...

Inmates go 3-4 at NADS, neither team played very well – both teams were inconsistent with team bats either getting hot or going completely dormant.

NAD season is done – ready for a new season - where are the cards??

Drillers at DVs

Drillers 4, DVs 3

The Fungoes win the NERDD with the Drillers coming in second. The Drillers will be the second wild card in the playoffs.

From our girl in Tulsa...

In a series reminiscent of previous year’s titanic struggles, the DVs and Drillers waged an epic series that took the entire 7 games to decide. (Not really – I couldn’t get these piece of crap games done fast enough!).

Drillers take 4 of 7- here’s a breakdown:

1 – Drillers win 12-4. Haren K’s 10, Longoria collects 3 hits and Drillers punish their former teammate (and now former DV) Aaron Cook.

2 – DVs win 2-1 behind Cahill and 5 relievers that hold the Drillers to 6 hits

3 – DVs utilize the resurgent Derek Lowe to a 1-0 shoutout. DVs only have 3 hits off of former Polish Olympian Mark Rzepczynsk-ksnyzcpezR, but one of them is Ian Kinsler’s 36^th home run. Kinsler remarked after the game: “This is better than winning the World Series with the Rangers in 2010”

4- Drillers win 7-4 as the Drillers hammer Roy Halladay for 6 runs in 4 IP. Jeter goes 3 for 3 and the Driller LaRoche has 2 HRs (the DV LaRoche has none)

5 – DVs hammer Jeff Niemann for 9 runs in 5 IP and win 9-4. Cahill completes his rookie season with another win to move his final record to 6-12

6 – Drillers prevail 2-0 as they only get to see Aaron Cook for 1 batter as the DVs quickly go to the bullpen while banishing Cook to detail Halladay’s car in the player’s parking lot for the remainder of the game. Hamell (Jason, not Dorothy), Wilson and Hoffman combine to limit the DVs to 5 hits

7 – Drillers continue their mastery with a 1-0 shutout. Mark Rzepczynsk-ksnyzcpezR (with his mother and potato farming father in the stands to see him play in person for the first time) combines with Wilson and Hoffman on a 4 hitter. Seth Smith hits a home run for the game’s only run. Todd Helton makes the final out in the DV season – (perhaps the last ever in a DV uniform?).

DVs end 72-90 – going 9-22 over the last month plus. Interesting that the team hit .252, but did not have anyone hit under .200.

Good luck to all in the playoffs – Stanton, Castro, Hellickson and Wallace look forward to their first post season appearances next fall.

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Nads at Inmates

Inmates 6, Nads 1

Game scores:
5/6 - Inmates won 15-3
5/7 - Inmates won 6-2
5/8 - Inmates won 2-1

7/30 - Inmates won 4-3
7/31 - Inmates won 5-2
8/1 - Nads won 2-0 (the game was 0-0 with 2 outs in the top of the 9th when McLouth and Uggla homered back to back)
8/2 - Inmates won 3-1

Inmates at Mavs

Inmates 4, Mavs 3

Mavs finish the season. They will draft first.

Drillers vs Fungoes

Fungoes 7, Drillers 7

From the GunFo...

Fungoes and Drillers tangled in an all out knockdown 14 game series with the division hanging in the balance, here are the results:

Game 1: Drillers win game 1 at home 6-5. Holland takes the loss for the Fungi. Hammel wins it for the Home team while Hoffman picks up the save.

The Drillers took the lead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring 3 runs on 4 hits. After an out was recorded, Juan Pierre began the Driller spurt when he
tripled. Paul Konerko followed and he popped a two-run clout over the fence. Evan Longoria then doubled. Ryan Ludwick was up next and he drew a walk.
Kelly Shoppach was next to the plate, but was promptly struck out. Jacoby Ellsbury joined his teammates in the uprising and banged out a single.
Ellsbury took second on the throw. Nick Johnson followed, but he was set down on strikes. The Fungoes were retired without difficulty in the 9th.

Game 2: Home cooking for the Drillers as they take a 3-0 lead early and hold on for the 4-2 win. Shields picks up the win and Hoffman

records another save for the home team. Porcello takes the loss.

Game 3: Fungoes jump out to an 8-1 lead and win this one easily 8-3. Price gets the win while Rzepczynski takes the loss. Orlando Hudson

was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided much of the offense for the visitors. He slapped a base-hit in the
1st inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 3rd inning and doubled which was good for two runs in the 4th inning.

Game 4: Fungoes win a pitchers duel to complete the four game set at Drillerville 2-1. Bergeson picks up the win and Papelbon the save. Haren takes the tough luck loss.

Game 5: At WTF Drillers win it 5-4 with a run in the 11th. Trevor Hoffman was the winner allowing no runs in 2 innings. Joe Nathan earned the save. Tim Byrdak was

given the loss in relief. The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. The Drillers won the game in the 11th inning. After an out was recorded, Ryan Hanigan banged

out a single. Pierre got a good lead and stole second. Jacoby Ellsbury then doubled. Nick Johnson was the next batter, but he struck out. Derek Jeter was a strikeout
victim, unable to help out. This was a game of many highs and lows for the home town fans, as the lead kept changing - 5 times in all.

Game 6: Drillers win again at WTF! The Drillers erupted with the game winning runs in the 8th inning as they scored 4 runs on 3 base hits. The highlight belonged to Asdrubal Cabrera

who silenced the stadium when he doubled clearing the bases. The Fungi threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short. Jason Hammel allowed 4 runs in 7 innings, and picked

up the victory. Trevor Hoffman got the save. Jonathan Papelbon(4-2) ended up with the loss in relief.

Game 7: Drillers complete the sweep of the three game set at WTF with a 3-0 win. Shields pitched a solid game. He allowed 5 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. Both teams ended up with

6 hits on the night. Trevor Hoffman recorded the save, his 7th. Holland absorbed the loss. He allowed 2 runs and 4 hits in 6 and 2/3 innings.

Game 8: Derek Jeter jacked one out of the ballyard and had 4 RBI and Dan Haren tossed a complete game at Wrigley Field where the DRILLERS beat the FUNGOES 8 to 3.

It was a good day for the Drillers thanks to Jeter. He lined a base-hit which scored a run in the 1st inning, lined a one-base hit in the 7th inning and rifled a three-run blast in the 8th inning.

Drillers finished with 15 hits in the victory. Haren allowed 3 runs on the game. Ryan Rowland-Smith suffered the loss. He allowed 14 hits and 2 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.

Game 9: In a tight game it was the FUNGOES 6, the DRILLERS 4 at Driller Field. Scott Feldman earned his pay with a solid performance for Fungoes. He was reached for 4 hits and 1 walk

in 7 innings. The Fungoes had 11 hits for the game and the Drillers had 5. Jeff Niemann took the loss. He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 8 hits and 3 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.

Game 10: The Fungoes win again at Driller Feild 8-5. The Fungoes jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring a single run using 2 hits. Fungoes had a total of 10 hits for the game.

Jonathan Papelbon got the win allowing no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings. The losing pitcher was Jason Hammel. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 7 hits and 2 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.

Game 11: In a close game it was the FUNGOES 6, the DRILLERS 4 at WTF. Fungoes jumped on top of the Drillers in the 4th inning scoring a single run on 2 hits. The Drillers were retired

without difficulty in the 9th. The win was credited to Tim Wakefield who went 5 and 1/3 innings allowing 3 runs. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 30th. James Shields was
charged with the loss. He was knocked around by DEREK, allowing 11 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.

Game 12: Scott Feldman went the distance in game one of a double header at WTF where the FUNGOES beat the DRILLERS by the score of 6 to 1. Feldman pitched a fine game. He allowed

8 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings. The Fungoes had 9 hits for the afternoon. Dan Haren was the losing pitcher. He allowed 6 runs and 9 hits in 8 innings.

Game 13: The DRILLERS pitching staff gave the WTF fans an evening that they'll never forget in game two of the double header, by tossing a combined no-hitter! The tension started to build around

the 6th inning. By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified. The Fungoes went down quietly in the bottom of the 9th. The win was credited to Jeff Niemann(2-0) who went 7 innings allowing

no runs. Trevor Hoffman gained credit for his 8th save. Ryan Rowland-Smith absorbed the loss. You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than this happening,' said Niemann

who got credit for the win,'I don't expect it to sink in for awhile.' he said. 'You know, it's hard to say who was better, the starter or the bullpen!'

Game 14: The FUNGOES batters feasted on the DRILLERS pitching at WTF. The final score was a lop-sided 13 to 3. Michael Cuddyer helped send the fans home happy. He laced a single in the 4th
inning, laced a one-base hit resulting in a run in the 5th inning and blasted a two-run home run in the 6th inning. The Fungoes had 15 hits for the game while the Drillers had 7. Rick Porcello

picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 5 and 1/3 innings. Porcello got help from Hideki Okajima who earned his 2nd save. The loss was charged to Jason Hammel. He got hit hard, allowing

9 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 1/3 innings.

Fungoes season is now complete, finishing with a 93-69 record.

SuperGoofs at Inmates

Goofs 4, Inmates 1

Game scores:
5/28 - Goofs win 7-6
5/29 - Goofs win 4-2
5/30 - Goofs win 4-0

8/25 - Goofs win 2-1
8/26 - Inmates win 5-2

Mavs at Inmates

Mavs 6, Inmates 1

Game scores:
5/9 - Inmates win 6-2
5/10 - Mavs win 5-2
5/11 - Mavs win 6-1

8/4 - Mavs win 6-3
8/5 - Mavs win 4-2
8/6 - Mavs win 4-3
8/7 - Mavs win 15-0

And a great time was had by none.

Warpigs at Wahoos

Wahoos 3, Warpigs 1

9/12 - Wahoos 7, Warpigs 3 - Ricky Nolasco went 7 for the win. The Pigs hit 3 solo homers.

9/13 gm 1 of DH - Warpigs 9, Wahoos 8 - Albert Pujols hit a 2-out, 3-run homer in the top of the 9th. The Wahoos turned a triple play in the 4th inning, their second this year - both against the Pigs.

9/13 gm 2 of DH - Wahoos 5, Warpigs 2 - Johnny Damon pinch hit a 3-run homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.

9/14 - Wahoos 3, Warpigs 2 - Albert Pujols hit 2 solo home runs, but that was the only offense allowed by Scott Baker, who went the distance. Mike Pelfrey went all the way for the Pigs, but was the hard luck loser. The Warpigs turned a triple play in the first inning.

The series ends the season for the Warpigs, who finish 69-93. In 24 years in NASOMA, the Warpigs have never ended a season with between 70 and 89 wins. Every year the win total has been in either the 60s, the 90s, or the 100s.

Fungoes at Mavs

Fungoes 3, Mavs 2

From the Mavman...

Same outcome here. We started off hot but then reality set in. Everything is attached. I'm thrilled to win 2.

DVs at Drillers

Drillers 6, DVs 1

From the Driller Dude...

Drillers go 6-1 at home vs DVs.

5/9 Haren vs Cook – Haren gets the win behind a couple of walks, an error and a sac bunt in a 2-1 game at the Mud Pit.

5/10 Lincecum vs Lowe – Drillers out hit the DVs 8 to 4 yet can’t score a single run in a 1-0 loss.

5-11 Niemann vs Cahill - Drillers score 5 un-earned runs to slither away with this one 6-5.

8/4 Haren vs Latos – Seth Smith hit a 2-run HR (1-3) in the third and another 2-run tater in the 5^th (1-19). Haren calle dit a day in the 6^th as things got out of hand. Drillers win 10-2.

8/5 Lincecum vs Lowe – Drillers break a one - one tie in the 5th to take a 3-1 lead on three SBs, two PBs, with walks to Pierre and Ellsbury. Drillers win 5-1.

8/6 Niemann vs Kazmir – You didn’t just start a lefty against me! Drillers win 6-3.

8/7 Rzepczynski vs Cahill - Drillers take game seven at home 5-1.

Trade

The Buckeyes traded Mark Buehrle to the FFTs for Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Fungoes vs Mavs

Fungoes 3, Mavs 2

From the Fugnose...

Fungoes and Mavs got five in today with the Fungi winning 3 of 5. Here are the high (low?) lights:

Game 1:

Fungoes break open a close game in the 7th with a seven spot! Gallardo takes the loss while Price picks up the win. Three inning save for Feldman.

Game 2:

Mavs get to Wakefield for 6 in the first. Hard to believe but Wakefield goes the distance losing 13-1. Hochevar picks up the win. Chris Davis enjoyed a big evening at the plate. He slapped a base-hit in the
1st inning and emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun in the 8th inning.
TAD finished with 16 hits while DEREK ended up with 4.

Game 3:

Fungoes win game three 8-2. Bergeson picks up the Win for the Fungi and Okajima earns the three-inning save. The loss goes to Marquis. Fungoes simply wore out the Mav pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.

Game 4:

Yovani Gallardo and Tim Wakefield locked horns in a pitcher's duel
with Gallardo and the MAVS coming out on top of the FUNGOES 2 to
0.

Mav's came up with 2 runs in the 4th inning when they had 3 base hits. They
would hold up as the winning runs. After the 4th inning, neither team was
able to score.

Jose Valverde earned the save.

Game 5:

Designated hitter Ryan Zimmerman homered and had 4 RBI at What the Fuck Field where
the WTF FUNGOES beat the MAVS by the score of 8 to 6.

Zimmerman made sure the WTF fans enjoyed themselves. He doubled scoring two
baserunners in the 3rd inning and smashed a two-run homer in the 7th inning.
Fungoes banged out 9 hits on the night.

David Price allowed 5 runs in 7 innings, and picked up the victory.
Jonathan Papelbon earned the save. Robinson Tejeda was the loser
in relief.

Fungoes record now stands at 83-60.

35 Years Ago Today

It's hard to believe, but it was 35 years ago today that the Red Sox and Reds played game 6 of the World Series. Arguably the most significant game in baseball history, it ended just after midnight with Carlton Fisk hitting a 12th-inning home run off the foul pole in left.

I still remember where I was: sitting on the floor in front of our tv in Kettering, Ohio. Every day at school I was surrounded by Reds fans, but I liked Yaz and the Sox.

Good times.

Makes me feel old.

Rhinos vs the AWD

Rhinos 5, Killer Bees 5
Rhinos 2, VuvuZuckers 3
Rhinos 3, Sidewinders 7

Two biggest news flashes: Jair Jurrjens threw a no-hitter for the Bees, allowing only 3 walks in the 6-0 victory over the Rhinos.

The Snakes and VuvuZelas tied for the AWD title with records of 97-65. Per NASOMA tie-breaker rules, the Sidewinders and Vuvus will play a 1-game playoff to determine which team wins the division (and gets a bye in the first round), and which team has to turn around and play on the road the next day as a wild card. The home team for the 1-game playoff will be determined by a roll of the 20-sided die by the Commissioner.


Game details from Colonel Rhino...

Rhinos go 3-2 vs Bees

It was one of those typical series between the Bees and Rhinos, 4 of 5 games were determined by 1 run and could of gone either way, luckily the high priced Rhino bullpen came through.

Game 1 - Rhinos get shut out 1 - 0 by Hansen as the Rhino bats couldn't put together two consecutive hits.

Game 2 - Trailing 6 to 7 in the 8th Kemp singled stole second and with 2 outs Dickerson doubled and Hanley followed up with a single to give the Rhinos an 8-7 win.

Game 3 - Rhinos win 5 to 4 on 8 strong innings from Millwood, Bell picked up a nervous save.

Game 4 - Rhinos win another close one 4 to 3, with Bell rounding out his season with a save.

Game 5 - Is one for the Bees record books with Jurrjens pitching a no-hitter against the Rhinos and was only 3 walks from a perfect game.


From Beeboy...
Jose - Bees take 3 of 5 at the Hive. Attached are the .html files. Somehow I must have deleted the game files and subsets for our series. I had a discrepancy in my record/stats within the game and in my spreadsheet (which I update periodically). In trying to find the errors, I think I deleted a few files by accident. Sorry, but I guess you will have to manually enter these stats.

(Editor's note: The above is NASOMAspeak for "Blow me. That's what you get for taking so long to play these games. Oh, and I have great calves.")


From Colonel Rhino...

Rhinos go 2-3 vs Zapper

Game 1 goes to Zappers 10 - 2 as Fielder hit a grand slam in the 7th to pull away for good.

Game 2 Hero for the Rhino's was Votto who homered twice with a runner on giving the Rhinos a 9 to 5 victory.

Game 3 Greinke silenced the Rhinos bats allowing on 2 hits and picked-up the 4 to 1 win.

Game 4 Millwood walked 10 Zapper batters in 5 innings which lead to a 13 to 1 route of the Rhinos.

Game 5 A-Rod has 4 hits and scored 3 times as the Rhinos get by the Zaps 6 -3


From Snakeman...

Snakes in second place in the AWD playing the RhinoSultans

5/16--Garza one hits the anemic snake attack 3-1; Dickerson wins the game with a 2 run pinch double in the 7th.

5/17--Snakes get 4 in the first and hold on for a 7-4 win. Mauer , Hill and Braun hit homeruns.

8/11-scoreless until the 6th, the snakes win 2-1 in the 10th on a Pagan RBI single. Wuertz is the winner, Sherrill the loser

8/12 Snakes win big behind Ubaldo 15-4.

8/13 SultanRhinos pound Snake pitching 7-0. Badenhop and 2 relievers combine for the shutout. Braun, Hanley, Infante and Votto hit taters.

Snakes finsihed the regular season by netpalying the last 5 games at the rhinos. We needed to sweep to win the division.

4/3--Tejada doubles in Bartlett in the top of the 12th for a SSW 1-0 win. Wuertz gets the victory, Thornton the loss.

4/4 the battle of 2 run HRs is won by the snakes 3-1(Kubel hit two,wright and Kemp added one each for the final score Snakes 6 Rhinos 2.) Thornton the loser, Soriano the winner.

4/5 Snakes get to Z Duke early and hang on for the 10-5 win. 7 HR in the game.

6/27 Peavy and Breslow combine on the 2 hit shutout. Snakes tack on late for the 8-0 victory. Heading into the final game of the year, we can win the division if we win the game......

6/28 The Rhinos trampled our climax(so to speak) by winning the final game 10-1. Snakes score first but watch the vaunted Rhino attack score 10 unanswered. Millwood pitches the complete game victory.

NL 2010 Winners

Based on NASOMA votes...

Manager of the Year: Bobby Cox
Rookie of the Year: Starlin Castro
Cy Young: Roy Halladay
MVP: Albert Pujols

VuvuZelas at Sidewinders

Vuvs 3, Snakes 1

The snakes get bitch slapped by the Zaps, losing 3 of 4.

Game 1 was Greinke and a Fielder HR for a 5-1 zap win

Game 2 Mauer hits a 3 run HR in bottom of the 11th for Snakes 5-2 win.

Game 3 Utley and Fielder HRs and Josh Johnson lead the Zaps to a 11-4 win

Game 4 Zaps score 6 in the first 3 innings, snakes cut lead to 6-5 in bottom of the 8th. Zaps score 3 in the top of the 9th for the 9-5 victory.

VuvuZelas at Killer Bees

Zelas 4, Bees 0

Zaps sweep final 4 at the Hive.

AL 2010 Winners

Based on NASOMA votes...

Manager of the Year: Tie between the Rons, Washington and Gardenhire.
Rookie of the Year: Neftali Feliz
Cy Young: David Price
MVP: No one received more than 2 votes, but Josh Hamilton and Joe Mauer tied with 2

Trade

The Sidewinders trade Jason Kubel and Justin Masterson to the Wahoos for Drew Stubbs.

Trade

The Sidewinders trade Ted Lilly to the Buckeyes for their 2012 2nd round pick.

The Winner of the Extra Reserve Pick

Congratulations to the Sidewinders for winning the extra reserve pick. Final standings of the contest will be posted on the website as soon as all games today are completed, but the Snakes have clinched thanks to the Braves' win over the Phillies and the Rockies' loss in St. Louis.

Extra Reserve - down to the wire

With one day left in the regular season, the Snakes have a 1-win lead over the Pigs and Rhinos. There are many possible outcomes, including even a 3-way tie, but the most likely outcome is the Snakes hanging on. There is even a 50-50 chance there will be a game played Monday, which would also benefit the Sidewinders. The only good news for the Pigs and Rhinos is that the Snakes cannot win a tiebreaker.

Here are the games to watch:

Phillies at Braves - If the Braves win, the Pigs are eliminated.

Yankees at Red Sox & Rays at Royals - Rhinos have the Rays; Snakes and Pigs have the Yankees.

Padres at Giants - Padres have put up a valiant effort to hang on; can they do it for one more day? The Snakes hope not.

Rockies (suck) at Cardinals - You watch, the Braves will win early and knock the Pigs out of this race, and then the Rockies will finally win another game just to tease the Piggies.

Demerit Update

Five teams were hit with a demerit this month for not reaching 140 games played by October 1st. Fortunately, there are no consequences for the first 3 demerits, so if everyone can have their seasons finished by the end of the month and their stats turned in by Saturday of Thanksgiving week, there will be no teams having their rosters limited.

The 5 teams getting a demerit:
Rhinos
Inmates
Mavs
Fungoes
Drillers

Rhinos vs Buckeyes

Rhinos 5, Buckeyes 5

The Buckeyes finish their regular season with 95 wins.

From the Buckeyes...

Buckeyes go 5-5 versus Rhinos. Win 3 out of 5 at Rhinos and 2 out of 5 at Buckeyes

At Buckeyes

Game 1 GPB 3 Rhinos 2 Kapler drove home Werth with go ahead run in 7th

Game 2 Rhino 3 GPB 2 Sabathia and 3 relievers too tough

Game 3 Rhino 2 GPB 1 Garza and 2 relievers hold us to 4 hits Braun's HR the difference

Game 4 GPB 2 Rhino 1 Y Escobar HR in 7th breaks the 1-1 tie

Game 5 Rhino 5 GPB 1 Tulowitzki 2HR's as Garza and Bell combine on 4 hitter

at Rhinos

Game 1 GPB 6 Rhino 5 J Cust with a homer as Buckeyes overcome making 3 errors

Game 2 GPB 9 Rhinos 4 R Roberts and Keppinger each hit 3 run homers

Game 3 Rhino 14 GPB 4 Kemp hits 3 homers and drives in 6

Game 4 GPB 2 Rhino 1 W Harris with a pinch hit double to drive home run in 8th that breaks the tie

Game 5 Rhinos 5 GPB 4 H Ramirez with walk off homer in 9th

SuperGoofs at Rhinos

Goofs 4, Rhinos 3

From Goofball...

Game 1 Goofs 3 Rhinos 2 Pinch hit 9th inning single by Morales wins it

Game 2 Rhinos 15 Goofs 1 Rhinos pund out 4 HR's in their 14 hits and 7 walks. Sabathia gets the win

Game 3 Rhinos 5 Goofs 3 Garza and Bell shut down the Goofs

Game 4 Goofs 12 Rhinos 5 Goofs get HR's from Ramirez and Choo in pounding Duke and 4 relievers

Game 5 Goofs 4 Rhinos 3 Goofs jump on Millwood for 4 in first and then hang on for win

Game 6 Goofs 3 Rhinos 1 Quentin's pinch hit 2 run HR in 9th off Soria breaks the 1-1 tie

Game 7 Rhinos 10 Goofs 6 Rhinos hit 6 HR's which were too much to overcome.

SuperGoofs at Wahoos

Wahoos 5, Goofs 2

From the Chief...
Wahoos win game 1, 6-3, behind the 3 hits and homer from Hafner. Alexei Ramirez had 3 hits for the Goofs. Game 2 was all Goofs, 11-2, though 6 of those runs came in the ninth. Only Jim Thome didn't have at least one hit for the Goofs. The Wahoos pitching was a mess, with no one getting in 3 innings of works. Wahoos hang on to win Game 3, 8-6, despite having to wiggle out of trouble in the 9th. Thome was the big part of the offense for the Goofs this time. He had 3 hits. Aramis Ramirez drove in 4 for the Wahoos. The top 4 guys in the Wahoos lineup had 9 hits in their Game 4, 4-2, victory. Jesse Carlson worked 2.2 innings of scoreless relief for the win. Goofs had 5 runs after 2 innings and didn't need any more to win Game 5, 5-2. Ricky Nolasco struck out 10 in a 7-4 win in Game 6. Wahoos win Game 7, 4-2, as Dustin Pedroia scored all 4 runs. He had 2 of the team's 5 hits.

Extra Reserve Pick (cont.)

Damn Rockies

Wahoos at SuperGoofs

Wahoos 4, Goofs 3

From Goofy...

Wahhos take 4 of 7 at Goofs.

Game 1 Wahoos 8 Goofs 7 Parra and Youkilis each homer. Late Goof rally falls short

Game 2 Wahoos 8 Goofs 4 Wahoos continue to hit. 4 run 1st too much for Goofs to overcome

Game 3 Wahoos 7 Goofs 1 Pedroia, Hafner, and Rollins each homer. Wahoo offense on a roll

Game 4 Wahoos 10 Goofs 4 Wahoos just keep hitting 15 hits including 4 homers

Game 5 Goofs 6 Wahoos 2 Wahoo hitting finally calms down. Hunter and Alexi homer for Goofs

Game 6 Goofs 1 Wahoos 0 Now the Wahoos can't buy a hit. Only run on Phillips RBI double in 8th

Game 7 Goofs 5 Wahoos 4 Franklin win in relief. Series of runs. Wahoos take first 4 only to have Goofs bounce back in last 3.

Wahoos at Buckeyes

Buckeyes 3, Wahoos 2

From Ducky the Duckeye...

Buckeyes 3 Wahoos 2 in 5 at Buckeyes

4/9 Wahoos 7 Buckeyes 4 Wahoos 5 run 9th capped by Parra HR

4/10 Buckeyes 3 Wahoos 2 Overbay with an HR to break a 2-2 tie.

7/6 Buckeyes 10 Wahhos 2 Werth 3 for 3 with an HR. Escobar with 3 RBI's

7/7 Wahoos 12 Buckeyes 1 Wahoos return the favor with Nolasco throing a CG 6 hitter

7/8 Buckeyes 2 Wahoos 1 K. Suzuki with a bases loaded 2 out clutch hit off Marmol to give Buckeyes the lead. Calero holds on for the save.

Fungoes at Buckeyes

Buckeyes 3, Fungoes 2

From Bucky the Buckeye...

Buckeyes go 3 and 2 in final 5 at home versus Fungoes

5/18 Buckeyes 4 Fungoes 3 Overbay 2B scores Castillo with go ahead run in 8th.

5/19 Buckeyes 1 Fungoes 0 Maine and 3 relievers combine on a 4 hitter. Prado's 2B scores Castillo with the only run

5/20 Fungoes 2 Buckeyes 1 Porcello winner and Papelbon the save. Cuddyer's HR is the difference

8/14 Buckeyes 6 Fungoes 3 Buehrle with a CG 6 hitter. Overbay and Carroll with 3 RBI's each

8/15 Fungoes 2 Buckeyes 0 Kershaw and Papelbon combine on a 3 hitter

DVs vs Fungoes

Fungoes 5, DVs 2

From the WhatTheFungo?..
Fungoes sweep the three at WTF and split the four game set in DV land. Games three and four at DV land were worth the price of admittance. Both games were 10-7 wins with the DVs getting the walkoff three run blast to win the finale.

@ The Diamond Mines
7/30 - Fungoes win 6-4
7/31 - DVs win 4-0
8/1 - Fungoes win 10-7
8/2 - DVs win 10-7

@ WTF Field
9/15 - Fungoes win 2-1
9/16 - Fungoes win 7-6
9/17 - Fungoes win 7-3

Buckeyes at Fungoes

Buckeyes 3, Fungoes 2

From the Fugnose...
Fungoes lose the first three and just as it appears we will be no-hit in game four....we finally start hitting. Fungoes win the last two for a 2-3 at home vs Buckeyes.

Buckeyes at Wahoos

Buckeyes 3, Wahoos 2

From the Chief...

Buckeyes win Game 1, 6-5, as the Wahoos run out of time in the quest to catch up.

Wahoos blow 3-1 lead in Game 2, but load the bases in the ninth inning after a walk, stolen base, intentional walk, single and walk (to Morneau) to win 4-3.

Buckeyes jump out quick with 3 runs in the second and run off with a 7-2 win. The Wahoos were held to three hits highlighted by a Johnny Damon homer.

Wahoos rough up Carpenter in Game 4 and Baker and Hawksworth combine to win, 4-3. Lastings Milledge had 4 hits in the win.

Gabe Kapler homered and had 3 RBIs in the Buckeyes 4-2 win.

Extra Reserve Pick Update

After games on September 24th, the race is as tight as ever. The Warpigs and Rhinos are tied at the top with the Sidewinders 2 wins back. And the tie-breaker between the Pigs and Rhinos is also tied.

The only difference between the picks of the Pigs and Rhinos is the Yankee/Ray selection. The Snakes (who have the Yankees) are helped by the Giants and their lead over the Rockies, but they have fallen back a little due to the recent failures of the Braves.

I have been updating the standings as close to daily as possible.

Wahoos vs FFTs

Wahoos 7, FFTs 3

The FFT season is finished.

From the FFTs...

stick a fork in us.

went 0-5 at Garth's

and 3-2 at home vs Garth

62-100

Let's draft.

Extra Reserve Pick

It's coming right down to the wire in the race for the extra reserve pick. The Snakes have been comfortably ahead most of the way, but as of yesterday, the Pigs are only one win behind and the Rhinos trail by 2.

Naturally, these three teams have a lot of the same picks (Rangers, Twins, Cardinals), but it's the other three races that make it interesting. In the AL East, the Snakes and Pigs have the Yankees, but the Rhinos have the Rays. And after the Yankees were swept by the Rangers, the Rays are right on their tail. In the NL East, the Phillies (Pigs and Rhinos) are battling with the Braves (Snakes). And out west, the Rockies (Pigs and Rhinos) are two wins behind the Giants (Snakes).

The Drillers had been in the hunt but faltered with the Dodgers. They are now 9 wins behind the Snakes and need a Dodger miracle run to get back into this race.

In the case of a tie, the tie-breakers are also close. The question was the difference in number of wins between the Yankees and the Nationals. Right now, the Yankees have 27 more wins. The Snakes (37), the Warpigs (31), and the Rhinos (21) are all close.

Stay tuned!

DVs at Buckeyes

Buckeyes 4, DVs 1

From the Buckeye...

May 21 - GPB 1 DV 0 Cook and Buehrle in a pitchers duel. Only run in 6th when Castillo's single drives home Gwynn Jr

May 22 - DV 2 GPB 0 Halladay just too tough. Ordonez 2 run 4th inning single in only offense

May 23 - GPB 5 DV 2 Correia the winner. LaRoche with a costly error led to 2 unearned runs

Aug 16 - GPB 3 DV 0 E Jackson and 4 relievers combine on 6 hitter. Third shutout in the 5 games.

Aug 17 - GPB 10 DV 2 Lowe rocked for 7 earned runs. J Baker with a big 3 run homer.

SuperGoofs at DVs

Goofs 3, DVs 2

Game 1 Goofs 10 DV 3

Game 2 DV 4 Goofs 3

Game 3 DV 6 Goofs 2

Game 4 Goofs 6 DV 3

Game 5 Goofs 6 DV 2

Tweeners vs DVs

DVs 3 at Tweeners 2

Tweeners 3 at DVs 0

SuperGoofs at Mavs

Goofs 3, Mavs 2

Demerit Update

Rhinos and Inmates both pick up their second demerit of the year due to falling short of the 120 game mark by the start of September.

Congratulations to the Club Champ!

Our own little DV was recently crowned club champ at the LaFortune Golf Course, shooting back to back scores of 71-65.

There was no report of whether he was allowed to use the ladies' tees or how he did on the hole with the windmill.

Albert Pujols

He hit #400 tonight. Third youngest ever.

As he heads toward the end of his 10th ML season, here are some numbers...

This will be his 10th straight season with .300 BA, 30 HR, and 100 RBI - all to start a career. He's never NOT accomplished this.
Rookie of the Year.
A World Series title.
A batting title.
A HR title.
3 MVP Awards.
4 Runs scored titles.
A Gold Glove.
9 time All Star.
Roberto Clemente Award.
5 Silver Sluggers.
More walks than strikeouts in every season except his rookie year.
In the same number of seasons, he has actually struck out less than Ichiro AND hit for a higher BA.

And I'm just cherry-picking here, but in his first nine seasons, these are the WORST seasonal stats he's had:
Games: 143 (2006)
AB: 524 (2008)
Runs: 99 (2007)
Doubles: 33 (2006)
Homers: 32 (2007)
RBI: 103 (2007)
Walks: 69 (2001)
BA: .314 (2002)
OBP: .394 (2002 - his only year under .400)
SLG: .561 (2002)
OPS: .955 (2002 - one of only two years under 1.000)

I contend that we are watching the greatest right handed hitter to ever play the game.

And yes, I know it's too early to judge his career, but even at (almost) ten seasons, his numbers put him right there in the discussion with the likes of Rogers Hornsby, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Honus Wagner, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Joe DiMaggio, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and Frank Thomas.