Week 19 NewsletterAugust 18, 2009PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWSLETTERVol. 25, No. 19 PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Instigators made a major move last week, trading for stud pitcher Roy Halladay, but it seems they weren’t done. See below for the blockbuster trade made this week with the Mastodons. Just in time, too, it would seem, since the Foxes make a big move and close a big chunk of the gap in Week 19. Anything on my roster you like, Bill? One week to go, folks, before the trade deadline and the free agents doubling in price, so speculate away!
It seems like every time I look at the Foxes on the daily live scoring, Joe Mauer has a double and a homer, and at least one more hit. How he has managed not to be PoW until now, I can’t imagine, but he can’t hide any longer. The Player of the Week is Joe Mauer. Player of the Week on the Bench was unclaimed pitcher Doug Fister of the Seattle Mariners, with a 2.08 ERA and a 1.077 OOBA…but he’s unclaimed no more, since the Mastodons took note and astutely swept Doug up, with both fist….ers. TRANSACTIONS: August 12: August 13: August 14: August 17: August 18: The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, August 18, 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.
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