Week 6 NewsletterMay 21, 2009PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWSLETTERVol. 25, No. 6 PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, the newsletter is late, and yes, the newsletter is short. I was in Boston on Tuesday and arrived too late to catch the Red Sox/Blue Jays game. And I’m not happy. So, without further ado, a message from Our Esteemed Commish: SCORING CHANGE HAS NO EFFECT: Sportsline reported a scoring change in a game on May 8 involving Howie Kendrick of the Ghost Riders and Gil Meche of the Kiwis. The report from Sportsline was: There was a scoring change made by MLB for the Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels game on 5/8/09. Originally Howie Kedrick was awarded an inside-the-park HR and 2 ERs were charged to Gil Meche. The change gives Royals' right fielder Jose Guillen an error and the Angels' Howie Kendrick has the home run and 2 RBIs deducted from his stats. The two runs charged against Meche became unearned and his ERA dropped from 4.43 to 4.01. ********** The scoring change has no effect on Phony League standings in week 5. The Ghost Riders’ offense remains the same in all three categories of BA, OP and OPA. Their adjusted numbers are a BA of .267, 131 OP and an OPA of .814. The Kiwis change positions in the ERA and OOBA categories, but all teams remain in the same slots in the Defense category. The new ERA for the Kiwis is 3.93 and the new OOBA is 1.309. The PP category remains 15.53. The season totals for the two teams will be adjusted, but the week 5 standings will not be amended since the Pennant Race Points are unaffected. PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS: TRANSACTIONS: May 15: May 16: May 18: May 19: The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, May 25, 2009. Note that that is Memorial Day; that holiday does not affect the normal schedule of waiver claims and lineup changes. 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.
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