Week 7 Newsletter

May 26, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 7
Season Week No. 7
May 26, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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It’s just as well that the standings are late this week. It spares you listening to my whinging.

I always used to think that was a typo for “whining,” but no, it’s actually it’s own word (though it means pretty much the same thing). Huh. Beats talking about what the Phony League is doing to my self-esteem, anyway. Let’s see which teams actually had some competent players, shall we? Hm, Joe Mauer has more home runs in one week than most of my players have for the year. Yes, it looks like the Foxes are making their move earlier this year. All we’ll see of them is their taillights.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Scapegoats.. Nelson Cruz………… .407. 50…… 1.852. 5 HR
Foxes……… Joe Mauer………….. .524. 49…… 2.333. 5 HR
Trade Winds Michael Cuddyer…… .448. 49…… 1.690. 4 HR, Hit for the cycle
Foxes……… Mark Teixeira………. .444. 42…… 1.556. A piddling 3 HR, pish-tosh


Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Scapegoats. Justin Verlander……. 0.69. 0.77…. 12.5.. 2 Wins


The Player of the Week is Justin Verlander for sparkling pitching in a week that featured some brutal offense.
Player of the Week on the Bench is Adam Kennedy, batting over .500 on the week. As you’ll see below, the BoSox, anticipating this entry, made sure he was no longer wasting away on the Bench.

TRANSACTIONS:

May 22:
CARP acquire free agent Jake Peavy releasing Jason Frasor.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Alfredo Aceves releasing Ramon Santiago.

May 23:
FOXES acquire free agent Ricky Romero releasing Brian Bannister.

May 24:
FOXES acquire free agent Clayton Richard releasing Ricky Romero.

May 25:
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Brandon McCarthy releasing Brett Cecil.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Adam Kennedy releasing Jeremy Guthrie (long-term contract buyout).
MASTODONS acquire free agents Ryan Perry and Willie Bloomquist releasing Carlos Gomez and Julio Lugo.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, June 1, 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