Are You Ready For Fantasy Baseball - 2009?

Stunning? That's what I expect every week but somehow my players never cooperate.

I had you winning 14-3-3. 17-0 allowed me to creep into 6th. Hence, Gushies, my rooting for the Skoalman to crush the Gushies in the smack talk yesterday.

I like the fact that the 17-0 drubbing was not against me, but I don't like the fact that McG leapfrogged me!

ouch

arrgh. My guy Chaimberlain had a SHO going & could have gotten a CG (100 pitches through 8). Pulled in the 9th. You dodged a bullet, Alex.

Yeh, they pulled Wainright in the ninth this week too. I should say they pulled Wainright in the ninth again.. as they did that a few weeks ago too.

Could someone help me rearrange the chairs here? After today, 10 of us will end up sitting in a different position in the standings. I will probably get a lot of this wrong.
1) The Tubas will blow out the Owls and strengthen his hold on 1st at .584;
2) Prima will hold onto 2nd with .570;
3) Ipswich will stay in 3rd with .557.
But then!
4) Skoalman's match will end in a tie, sending him to 5th at .542;
5) Tico will win big and climb to 4th at .546;
6) The 'Necks will slump after 2 good weeks, ending in 7th with .508;
7) The Gushies will take over 6th with .512;
8) The Owls will lose big and drop to 9th at .474;
9) The Puppies will claw their way to 8th with .486;
10) The Sandpaws will slip to 11th at .467;
11) The Herons will move up a notch to 10th at .467;
12) Cornman will have a bad week and slide to 13th with .450;
13) The Gerbils will get to 12th at .450.
And,
14) The Firemen will stay in 14th at .385.
Watch!

Perfect.

Sharpening my pencil for the cystal ball critique.

Did any of yall ever have one of those Magic-8-Ball things. Close your eyes, ask a question, turn it over and there would be the answer.
I have a diabolical twin brother. Somehow he reprogrammed that thing. When I reached the age of 13 and realized that girls weren't so icky after all, I would ask "Does Marylou like me?"
The response from the 8-Ball was:
"Ha-ha!"
"Never!"
"In your dreams."
"You must be joking!"
or the always cryptic but somehow encouraging "Ask again later."

I remember those..

I don't think I ever had one of those. I always used the tried and true accepted format of pulling the petals off a daisy--he loves me, he loves me not.....

I hear reading chicken bones works, too, but they gotta be disconnected from the poor chicken.

My old coin is worn out on both sides. I always get the answer I wish for.

And the running total through Week 17:

STATS - WEEK ONE - ENDING 4-12-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 14-4-1--- .763
2--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 13-3-3--- .763
3--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 11-5-3--- .658
4--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 10-7-2--- .579
5--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 11-8-0--- .579
6--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 9-7-3--- .553
7--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 8-7-4--- .526
8--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 7-8-4--- .474
9--- Jespah--- Boston Skinny Pups--- 7-9-3--- .447
10--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 7-10-2--- .421
11--- Pantalones--- The Lushies--- 8-11-0--- .421
12--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 5-11-3--- .342
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 3-13-3--- .237
14--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 4-14-1--- .237

STATS - WEEK TWO - ENDING 4-17-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 26-9-3--- .724
2--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 21-11-6--- .632
3--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 17-11-10--- .579
4--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 18-13-7--- .566
5--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 18-15-5--- .539
6--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 16-14-8--- .526
7--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 17-16-5--- .513
8--- Jespah--- Boston Skinny Pups--- 14-14-10--- 487
9--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 15-16-7--- .487
10--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 15-16-7--- .487
11--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 10-18-10--- .395
12--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 12-21-5--- .382
13--- Pantalones--- The Lushies--- 13-23-2--- .368
14--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 7-22-9--- .303

STATS - WEEK 3 - ENDING 4-26-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 39-13-5--- .728
2--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 29-18-10-- .596
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 26-19-1200 .561
4--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 27-20-10-- .561
5--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 26-20-00-- .553
6--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 26-21-10-- .544
7--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 26-22-9--- .535
8--- Jespah--- Boston Skinny Pups--- 21-22-14-- .491
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons 20-22-15-- .482
10--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 20-29-8--- .421
11--- Pantalones--- The Gushies--- 21-31-5--- .412
12--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 19-29-9--- .412
13--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 15-28-4--- .386
14--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 12-33-12-- .316

STATS - WEEK 4 - ENDING 5-3-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 53-15-8 .750
2--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 37-24-15 .586
3--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 37-25-14 .579
4--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 33-29-14 .526
5--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 29-28-19-- .507
6--- RealJohnBoy--- Ra[[om Rednecks--- 32-31-13-- .507
7--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 31-31-14-- .500
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- 28-30-18-- .487
9--- Pantalones--- The Gushies 31-35-10-- .474
10--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 29-34-13-- .467
11--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 28-36-12-- .447
12--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 22-38-16-- .395
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 23-39-14-- .395
14--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 20-38-18-- .382

STATS - WEEK 5 ENDING 5-10-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 64-22-9--- .721
2--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 48-29-18--- .600
3--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 44-33-18-- .558
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies 45-40-10-- .526
5--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 41-37-17-- .521
6--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 40-38-17-- .511
7--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 37-40-18-- .484
8--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 36-39-20-- .484
9--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- 33-41-21-- .458
10--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 36-45-14-- .453
11--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 31-44-20-- .432
12--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 34-48-13-- .426
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 32-47-16-- .421
14--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 28-46-21-- .405

STATS - WEEK 6 ENDING 5-17-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 72-29-13--.689
2--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 54-41-19--.557
3--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 53-41-20--.553
4--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 51-41-22--.544
5--- Pantalones--- The Gushies 54-45-15--.539
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 48-51-15--.487
7--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- 43-47-24--.482
8--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 44-50-20--.474
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 41-48-25--.469
10--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 40-50-24--.456
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 41-52-21--.452
12--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 41-55-18--.439
13--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 42-57-15--.434
14--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 37-54-23--.425

STATS - WEEK 7 - ENDING MAY 24, 2009
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 79-37-17--.658
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 60-47-26--.549
3--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 59-48-26--.541
4--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 61-50-22--.541
5--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 61-55-17--.523
6--- Pantalones--- The Gushies--- 60-54-19--.523
7--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- 50-53-30--.489
8--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 53-57-23--.485
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 48-56-29--.470
10--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 48-57-28--.466
11--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 49-62-22--.451
12--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 48-61-24--.451
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 46-61-26--.444
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 46-70-17--.410

STATS - WEEK 8 - ENDING MAY 31, 2009
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- 86-45-21---.635
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- 72-51-29---.569
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- 7-54-28---.553
4--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- 74-60-18---.546
5--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- 63-57-32---.520
6--- Pantalones--- The Gushies 66-63-23---.510
7--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- 58-61-33---.490
8--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- 61-65-26---.487
9--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- 57-63-32---.480
10--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- 56-62-34---.480
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- 56-68-28---.461
12--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- 53-74-25---.431
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- 51-74-27---.424
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- 52-78-22---.414

STATS - WEEK 9 - ENDING JUNE 7, 2009
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .611--- 1 *
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .570--- 2 *
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .567--- 3 *
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .532--- 5
5--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .532--- 4
6--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .512--- 7
7--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .506--- 8
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .500--- 6
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .491--- 9 *
10--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .468--- 10 *
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .442--- 11 *
12--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .439--- 12 *
13--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .415--- 14
14--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .415--- 13

STATS - WEEK 10 - ENDING JUNE 14, 2009
1--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .592--- 2 *
2--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .592--- 1 *
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .568--- 3
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .542--- 4
5--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .537--- 5
6--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .529--- 6
7--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .503--- 7
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .487--- 8
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .463--- 9
10--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .461--- 10
11--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .455--- 12 *
12--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .437--- 11 *
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .434--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .400--- 14

STATS - WEEK 11 - WEEK ENDING 6-21-09
1--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .602--- 1
2--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .591--- 2
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .569--- 3
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .531--- 4
5--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .526--- 5
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .512--- 6
7--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .495--- 7
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .490--- 8
9--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .471--- 9
10--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .463--- 10
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .455--- 12 *
12--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .452--- 11 *
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .438--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .397--- 14

STATS - WEEK 12 - WEEK ENDING 6-28-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .583--- 1
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .583--- 2
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .546--- 5 *
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .539--- 3 *
5--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .537--- 4 *
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .524--- 6
7--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .496--- 8 *
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .487--- 7 *
9--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .469--- 12 *
10--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .461--- 11 *
11--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .461--- 10 *
12--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .458--- 9 *
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .445--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .410--- 14

STATS - WEEK 13 - WEEK ENDING 7-5-09
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .577--- 2 *
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .577--- 1 *
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .559--- 3
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .543--- 4
5--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .540--- 6 *
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .516--- 5 *
7--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .490--- 7
8--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .484--- 9 *
9--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .476--- 8 *
10--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .464--- 10
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .462--- 11
12--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .460--- 12
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .453--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .401--- 14

STATS - WEEK 14 - WEEK ENDING 7-12-09
1--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .573--- 2 *
2--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .566--- 1 *
3--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .564--- 3
4--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .545--- 4
5--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .538--- 5
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .521--- 6
7--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .485--- 7
8--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .479--- 8
9--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .474--- 9
10--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .466--- 10
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .464--- 12 *
12--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .461--- 11 *
13--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .459--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .406--- 14


STATS - WEEK 15 - WEEK ENDING JULY 19, 2009
1--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .568--- 4 *
2--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .567--- 1 *
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .561--- 3
4--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .535--- 2 *
5--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .535--- 5
6--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .518--- 6
7--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .489--- 7
8--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .489--- 8
9--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .486--- 10 *
10--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .468--- 11 *
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .468--- 9 *
12--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .461--- 12
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .454--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .398--- 14

STATS - WEEK 16 - WEEK ENDING JULY 26, 2009
1--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .572--- 1
2--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .566--- 2
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .554--- 3
4--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .544--- 5 *
5--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .536--- 4 *
6--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .508--- 7
7--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .505--- 6 *
8--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .488--- 8
9--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .485--- 9
10--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .472--- 10
11--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .465--- 11
12--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .461--- 12
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .456--- 13
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .387--- 14

STATS - WEEK 17 - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2, 2009
1--- Gargamel--- The Tubas--- .576--- 1
2--- fbaezer--- PremiataForneriaM--- .571--- 2
3--- George & Rhys--- IpswichStableHands--- .554--- 3
4--- Ticomaya--- Ticomaniacs--- .543--- 4
5--- McGentrix--- Skoalmen--- .537--- 5
6--- Pantalones--- The Gushies .512--- 6
7--- RealJohnBoy--- Rappin Rednecks--- .500--- 7
8--- Jespah--- BostonSkinnyPups--- .491--- 8
9--- Foxfyre--- Hoot Owls--- .481--- 9
10--- Alex240101--- The Bay Herons--- .475--- 10
11--- Ossobuco--- Desert Sandpaws--- .471--- 11
12--- JpinMilwaukee--- Can of Corn--- .454--- 13 *
13--- ElStudHoncho--- Geriatric Gerbils--- .450--- 12 *
14--- MysteryMan--- firefighters--- .384--- 14

Column 1 - Rank
Column 2 & 3 - the Team
Column 4 - the average at the end of the week
Column 5 - Johnboy's prognostication with the * denoting a miss.

Johnboy went 12/14 correct this week, his best yet. He would have had a perfect game if he had not overestimated the Gerbils' pitching strength over the weekend.

Ha, Ha. My SP (J.A. Happ) threw a 4-hit, CG shutout with 10 K's against the Tubas. Ha, Ha.

Against the Tubas? Clapping!!!! Very good, rjb!!!

Gawd I am losing 15 - 0 to George. But that's not the only current shutout head to head matchup this week.

Well join the club. Tico is trouncing the Owls by the same ratio, which is probably what you meant. And there's nothing to do but ride it out. I just wish I had one of Johnboy's crystal balls that would tell me which of my active guys were less than inspired on any given day and which of my bench guys were feeling frisky.