Not the 1930's Cardinals, the 2003 Gorillas. Snellville's club is cruising atop the standings with a 9 1/2 game lead after Week 8 in the Batter's Box Fantasy League. My own Toronto Walrus is back in second (by percentage points) after taking advantage of a meltdown by the Springfield Isotopes. Mike Hansen's team picked a fine week to give up hitting and pitching, while Carlos Delgado and Matt Morris led my motley crew to an 11-1 victory.
There's a possible playoff preview atop the standings this week. Third-place Billie's Bashers are loading up the tranquilizer darts for the Gorillas, and fourth-place Baird Brain is on a Walrus hunt. I notice, looking a bit further over my shoulder, that the Sub-Urban Shockers are in the passing lane, and a 10-2 week for the Chatsworth Halos has moved them above the .500 mark, which in this league, means into contention.
Eight weeks down, 14 to go in the regular season:
# Team W-L-T Win % GBIn one of my more embarrassing managerial decisions, I dropped Dontrelle Willis after one terrible start (ERA 15.00, WHIP 3.33) and opted for the relative safety of another middle reliever. The 21-year-old lefty proceeded to pitch like Sandy Koufax yesterday, striking out nine in eight shutout innings. If you are wondering, Yahoo won't let you put in a claim on a guy you waived, until he clears, which he did not; Willis is now an Eastern Shore Bird. I'm also concerned that my GM got Sirotka-ed in the Bernie Williams deal. Heads are gonna roll.
1 gashouse gorillas 65-27-4 .698 -
2 Toronto Walrus 55-36-5 .599 9.5
3 Billies Bashers 54-36-6 .594 10
4 Baird Brain 53-37-6 .583 11
5 AGF 51-41-4 .552 14
6 Sub-Urban Shockers 49-40-7 .547 14.5
7 Springfield Isotopes 48-43-5 .526 16.5
8 Chatsworth Halos 48-45-3 .516 17.5
9 Eastern Shore Birds 47-47-2 .500 19
10 Mebion Glyndwr 47-47-2 .500 19
11 Hannibals Cannibals 45-45-6 .500 19
12 Red Mosquitos 43-47-6 .479 21
13 Moscow Rats 43-47-6 .479 21
14 Reykjavik Fish Candy 43-49-4 .469 22
15 K-Town Mashers 44-51-1 .464 22.5
16 Nation Builders 43-50-3 .464 22.5
17 Jicks Rays 38-52-6 .427 26
18 Geoffs Grumpy Group 39-54-3 .422 26.5
19 Thunderbirds 31-61-4 .344 34
20 Garces_not_on_roids 30-61-5 .339 34.5
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