Week 15 Newsletter

July 21, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 15
Season Week No. 15
July 21, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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Hoo hah.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Mastodons… Matt Holliday……….. .400. 36…… 1.800. 3 HR
Ghost Riders Justin Morneau…….. .438. 28…… 1.750
Mastodons… Orlando Cabrera…… .429. 25…… 1.190
Mastodons… Jason Kubel………… .556. 25…… 2.778


Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Ghost Riders John Lackey………... 0.00. 0.44… 7.5


The Player of the Week is Matt Holliday. Really, the odds were good that it’d be a Mastodon this time around, if not a Ghost Rider.

Since the Mastodons got POW, it’s only fair then that the Ghost Riders get the Player of the Week on the Bench: Manny Parra, with a 1.50 ERA and a win riding the pine in this short week draws the short straw.

TRANSACTIONS:

July 15, 2009:
HAM FIGHTERS acquire free agents Chris Woodward, Darren Oliver, and Jason Bulger releasing Brian Shouse, Troy Percival and Carlos Guillen.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Oscar Salazar releasing Willie Aybar.

July 17, 2009:
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Melky Cabrera releasing Dave Bush.

July 19, 2009:
MASTODONS acquire free agent Brett Cecil releasing BJ Ryan.

July 20, 2009:
FOXES acquire free agent Felipe Lopez releasing Ryan Sweeney.

July 21:
INSTIGATORS acquire free agent Daric Barton releasing Craig Counsell.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, July 27, 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