Week 23 Newsletter

September 15, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 23
Season Week No. 23
September 15, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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While the Foxes and Instigators stay in the same relative positions, the Trade Winds let it be known that they’re not going quietly, as they force themselves into the title discussion. Alas, amongst the rest of us the Carp, Mastodons and Ham Fighters fall off the mathematical edge of the map.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Carp……….. Vernon Wells……….. .550. 34…… 1.700. 11 Hits
Bovine Sox... Rajai Davis…………. .400. 33…… 1.100. 12 Hits
Bovine Sox... Shin-Soo Choo…….. .321. 32…… 1.143.
Trade Winds Torii Hunter…………. .370. 31…… 1.579.
Ghost Riders Casey McGehee…… .444. 29…… 1.611

Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Instigators…. Tommy Hunter……... 3.77. 1.12…. 10.2...
Foxes……… Felix Hernandez……. 0.64. 0.86…. 10

The Player of the Week is King Felix.

The Player of the Week on the Bench is Julio Borbon, who did the Trade Winds no good with his 34 OP and 3 HR (not to mention 2 walks and 2 SB). For that matter, Marlon Byrd and his 11 Hits and 31 OP were pretty much just sitting around for the Trade Winds too (though they did get an 0-for-3 out of him). But they scored 15 PRP on the week so it’s hard to feel too badly for them.

TRANSACTIONS:

The transactions are dominated by the Foxes and Instigators, both seeking that elusive edge in the home stretch. Meanwhile, the BoSox continue to do exactly what the BoSox always do, with the revolving door churning up quite a breeze.

September 9:
INSTIGATORS acquire free agents Kyle Davies and Robinson Tejeda releasing Paul Byrd and Brett Tomko.

September 10:
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agents Michael Brantley, Melky Cabrera, and Landon Powell releasing Carlos Torres, Felix Pie, and Greg Zaun.

September 11:
FOXES acquire free agent Mark Ellis releasing Fausto Carmona.

September 12:
FOXES acquire free agent Jason Frasor releasing Mark Ellis.

September 13:
INSTIGATORS acquire free agent Daric Barton releasing Melvin Mora.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agents Dave Bush and Cliff Pennington releasing Billy Wagner and Michael Brantley.

September 15:
CARP acquire free agent Willie Aybar releasing Carlos Gomez.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire Carlos Villanueva on waivers releasing Michael Wuertz.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, September 21, 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