Week 24 Newsletter

September 22, 2009

Vol. 25, No. 24
Season Week No. 24
September 22, 2009

PHONY LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Newsletter Editor: Mark S Zimmer

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As the season winds down, the pennant race tightens back up, with the Instigators nibbling away at the Foxes’ lead. In these last weeks, when veterans sit and prospects get a chance (and sometimes fail), almost anything can happen.

Alas, hope is gone now for the Kiwis, who are mathematically eliminated, while the BoSox teeter on the brink…

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS:
Team………. Player……………….. BA.. OP….. OA.. Special Achievement
Bovine Sox... Jason Bay…………... .455. 39…… 1.773. 4 HR
Mastodons… Jacoby Ellsbury…….. .387. 38…… 1.226. 12 Hits
Foxes……… Mark Teixeira………. .400. 36…… 1.440.
Mastodons… Matt Wieters……….. .462. 36…… 1.385. 12 Hits


Team………. Pitcher………………. ERA OOBA. PP.. Special Achievement
Mastodons.. Nick Blackburn……... 1.35. 1.20... 12.7... 2 Wins
Foxes……… Dice Matsuzaka……. 2.38. 1.32… 11.7... 2 Wins

If you were an offensive player with a name starting with J, and ending in Y, this was your week. Jason Bay just edges out Jacoby Ellsbury for the Player of the Week. Marks and Matts need not apply.

The Player of the Week on the Bench would be the Instigators’ Robinson Tejeda, with his two wins, 1.64 ERA and 1.00 OOBA going to waste right at a time that they could be very handy indeed.

TRANSACTIONS:

September 18:
KIWIS acquire Carlos Zambrano releasing Gil Meche.
INSTIGATORS acquire free agent Willie Bloomquist releasing Justin Morneau (long-term contract buyout).
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agents Edwin Encarnacion, Mark Kotsay and Kevin Jepsen releasing Hank Blalock, Mike Sweeney and Brad Bergesen.

September 20:
INSTIGATORS acquire free agent Miguel Olivo releasing Anthony Reyes.
September 22:
MASTODONS acquire Felix Pie and Billy Wagner on waivers releasing Kevin Slowey and Alex Rios.
GHOST RIDERS acquire Michael Brantley on waivers releasing Mark DiFelice.
BOVINE SOCKS acquire free agent Milton Bradley releasing Kevin Jepsen.

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, September 28, 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