Week 12 Newsletter

June 30, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 12
Season Week No. 12
June 30, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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Last week’s rosters had an error; Ty Wigginton was shown with a salary of .80; that should have been .50 since he was picked up as a free agent by the Kiwis. The rosters this week have the right salary. Management regrets the error and the editor will be duly flogged.

The Instigators continue their historically improbable run with another big week, though the Foxes are inexorably creeping up on them. It’s just a matter of time, but enjoy it while it lasts, Bill. Just look at that tight clump for third place too…

We’re almost to the halfway point, when the ampersands come off the speculation picks, so if you’ve been regretting someone (looking at you, Jeff Clement), you only have to make it through one more week to dump away.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Kiwis……….. Jermaine Dye………. .482. 43….. 1.593. 3 HR, 13 hits
Scapegoats.. Aaron Hill…………… .300. 40….. 1.333. 4 HR
Instigators…. Carl Crawford………. .444. 37…… 1.370. 12 hits
Instigators…. Ichiro Suzuki………... .500. 35…… 1.250. 14 hits


Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Carp……….. Luke Hochevar…….. 1.29. 0.79… 10…..
Foxes……… Gavin Floyd………… 0.66. 1.10…. 12.8... 2 Wins
Ghost Riders Zack Greinke……….. 1.88. 1.05…. 13.2... 2 Wins
The Player of the Week is Jermaine Dye. No one stood out as having a great bench performance, so no POWOTB this week. Well done, tycoons.

TRANSACTIONS:

Somewhat strange rummaging through the rubbish this week…with the exception of Chris Perez, everyone who is claimed this week was discarded by another team as worthless in another week. Diamonds in the rough? Perhaps, though Manny Parra is more like a lump of coal.

June 24:
GHOST RIDERS acquire free agent Manny Parra releasing Ramon Castro.

June 25:
KIWIS acquire free agent Brett Gardner releasing Coco Crisp.

June 29:
MASTODONS acquire free agent Orlando Cabrera releasing Joel Zumaya.
TRADE WINDS acquire free agent Chris Perez releasing Matt Tolbert.

June 30:
GHOST RIDERS acquire Clayton Richard on waivers releasing Josh Outman.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agents Grant Balfour and Travis Hafner releasing Mark DeRosa and Adrian Beltre.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, July 6, 2009. Never mind the holiday, Monday’s still the deadline. 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