Week 13 Newsletter

July 7, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 13
Season Week No. 13
July 7, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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Welcome to the halfway point of the season, as the ampersands vanish from the rosters; those speculation picks are now freely dumpable. What ever happened to Ben Sheets, anyway? Did anyone ever see him and Michael Jackson in the same room?

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Ghost Riders Justin Morneau…….. .500. 38…… 1.727. 3 HR
Kiwis……….. Prince Fielder………. .427. 36…… 1.714. 3 HR

Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Mastodons… Ricky Romero………. 1.88. 1.33…. 13.7... 2 W
Kiwis……….. Jarrod Washburn…... 2.25. 0.69… 10.0... One-hitter
Kiwis……….. Armando Galarraga.. 1.35. 1.05…. 9.7

The Player of the Week is Justin Morneau.
Player of the Week on the Bench is Hideki Matsui of the Scapegoats, with his 3 HR, 37 OP and 2.056 OPA wasting away. Tut tut.

TRANSACTIONS:

July 2:
Bovine Socks acquire free agents Kyle Davies and Josh Willingham releasing Koji Uehara and Dave Bush

July 4:
Carp acquire free agent Adam Everett releasing Nick Green.

July 7:
Ghost Riders acquire free agent Scott Hairston releasing Jose Guillen.
Mastodons acquire free agent Matt Guerrier releasing Xavier Nady.
Bovine Socks acquire free agents David Murphy and Ryan Raburn releasing Jason Frasor and Melky Cabrera.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, July 13, 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