Week 10 Newsletter

June 16, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 10
Season Week No. 10
June 16, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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This week, the Mastodons make a big move, while the rest of the league treads water (or sinks into the depths). Can the rampaging pachyderms trample their way to a pennant?

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Mastodons… Jason Kubel………… .400. 36…… 1.800. 4 HR
Bovine Sox.. Mark De Rosa……… .423. 38…… 1.462. 3 HR, 11 Hits
Carp……….. Carlos Pena………… .450. 37…… 1.850. 3 HR
Bovine Sox... Brian Roberts………. .500. 35…… 1.591. 11 Hits
Instigators…. Alberto Callaspo…… .522. 34…… 1.478. 11 Hits

Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
HamFighters Jered Weaver………. 1.20. 1.00…. 13.5... 2 Wins
Ghost Riders Scott Baker…………. 3.00. 0.73…. 10.5...
TradeWinds. Cliff Lee…………….. 2.40. 1.13…. 10.5
The Player of the Week is Carlos Pena. Remember when he was dumped by a bunch of major league teams?

The POW on the Bench is the unclaimed, unloved Casey McGehee. That .571 average, 12 hits and 36 OP probably would have come in handy for some of us. Well, most of us.

TRANSACTIONS:

Here’s hoping we can get through a week without me messing up the transactions. No promises.

June 10:
MASTODONS acquire free agent Brian Tallet releasing Jesse Litsch.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agents Brad Bergesen and Michael Wuertz releasing Daric Barton and Joel Zumaya.

June 12:
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Willie Aybar releasing Travis Hafner.

June 16:
CARP acquire free agents Randy Choate and Luke Hochevar releasing Santiago Casilla and Manny Parra.
GHOST RIDERS acquire Adam Kennedy on waivers releasing Orlando Cabrera.
FOXES acquire free agent Scott Podsednik releasing Ryan Sweeney.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Adrian Gonzalez releasing Kelvim Escobar.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, June 22, 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