Week 2 Newsletter (CORRECTED)

April 22, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 2
Season Week No. 2
April 21, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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********REPOSTED TO CORRECT THE WAIVER CLAIM DATE BELOW****

Week 2 wasn’t quite as offense-packed as the initial week, but many of the pitching performances were just as wretched, somehow. Several arms hit the scrap heap after torpedoing their owners’ chances at moving up in pitching points. The Kiwis extend their lead, despite Kyle Farnsworth being in their lineup for the first two weeks, though as will be seen below, Brian Bruney more than made up for his Farnsworthlessness..

And look, the Instigators made a player move!

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Kiwis……….. Ian Kinsler…………... .565. 45…… 1.957. 13 Hits, 5 SB

Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Instigators…. Glen Perkins………... 1.69. 0.81… 11.0
Ghost Riders Zack Greinke……….. 0.00. 0.78…. 7.5
Kiwis……….. Brian Bruney……….. 0.00. 0.00…. 7.8 2 Wins (the only Phony League pitcher with 2 wins over the week)
The Player of the Week is Ian Kinsler, with a huge lead over every other batter.

The Player of the Week on the Bench is Ricky Romero, picked up by the Foxes a day too late to benefit from his 1.20 ERA, 0.93 OOBA and 10.5 pitching points.

TRANSACTIONS:

April 15:
FOXES acquire free agent Ricky Romero releasing Brandon McCarthy

April 16:
BOVINE SOX acquire free agent Kelvim Escobar releasing Sean Gallagher.

April 17:
GHOST RIDERS acquire free agent Rob Johnson releasing Kenji Johjima

April 18:
KIWIS acquire free agent Todd Coffey releasing Kyle Farnsworth

April 20:
BOVINE SOX acquire free agent Andrew Bailey releasing David Purcey

April 21:
MASTODONS acquire free agent John Buck releasing Cesar Izturis
HAM FIGHTERS acquire free agent Aaron Laffey releasing David Murphy
INSTIGATORS promote Rick Porcello from their farm system releasing Jose Contreras.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, ***April 27, 2009****. If a claim for one or more of those players is postmarked or delivered on or before that date and does not specify whether it is a waiver claim or a free agent claim, it will be considered a waiver claim. Announcements of all free agent and waiver acquisitions are subject to change if a late arriving letter or postcard is received from a team with a superior claim.

REMINDER ABOUT FREE AGENT CLAIMS: When claiming a free agent, you must specify whether the player being released is in the lineup or not. The status of the released player is the status on the day before the claim goes into effect, which means in most cases it is the status on the day you send the claim. If the released player is not in the lineup on the day you send the claim, you can just note NIL, which, of course, means not in lineup. If the released player is in your lineup on the day you send the claim, you must report who will replace that player in your lineup. I do not care if you already reported a sub to your “checker.” You must also report the sub in the free agent claim. If it makes it easier to understand, when you make the claim just forget that you have a “checker” for your lineup and pretend that all your substitutions are reported to the person receiving the player claim. Then, report the substitution in the free agent claim.

Questions? E-mail Steve