The crack comparing me to Kenny Williams is looking fairer by the week; the Rats have been losing in every way imaginable. This week was especially bad, as we lost the 'battle of the vermin' to the Mosquitos by the lopsided score of 9-3. However, in time-honoured incompetent GM fashion, I remain confident that we can score our first victory off of Glyndwr. All we need to happen is a hitherto unprecedented lack of meltdown pitching performances-I'm confident that the release of Jason Simontacchi and Vladimir Nunez will aid immeasurably here-and some consistent hitting. And now on to the week 4 awards:

MVH(Most Valuable Hitter:) Richie Sexson (7 R, 8 RBI, 407/429/889.) A rare bright spot in the Rats order, Sexson's three homer performance against Atlanta on Friday was one of the few box score lines I enjoyed reading.

LVH(Least Valuable Hitter:) In a very crowded field, Nomar Garciaparra's poor performance (2 R, 1 SB, 115/148/115) stands out. Just awful, especially from one of the team's theoretical stars.

MVP(Most Valuable Pitcher:) Jake Peavy's 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 9 K win against Cincinatti beats a thin, thin field for MVP honours.

LVP(Least Valuable Pitcher:) Derek Lowe. Any time you rack up a 31.5 ERA for a week, you know you sucked. As did the rest of the Rats. Groan.

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I've been winning abuot 80% of the batting categories each week. I just wish I had some pitching that wasn't on the DL. That's the last time I hire Dallas Green as my pitching coach.

MP

I remain confident that we can score our first victory off of Glyndwr

Mr Rat - everybody else has, and I am sure my chaps would not be as impolite as to start playing well just in time for the match with you.

On a single day where I saw 4 of my hitters go a combined 4-for-30, thanks to a double-header and a 20 inning contest, I was relieved to see that I had squeeked out a win with batting average (My .269 beat out Geoff's .265). Once again, Soriano anchored my offence by scoring and driving in 9 runs on route to a .424/.500/.758 week. And while Runelvys "The King" Hernandez gave me another solid performance to to end up with a win in ERA, it was my relief corp that really took me to Graceland, pitching 15 innings while allowing only one earned run to go along with some impressive K/BB numbers.

It's playoff atmosphere in the Gashouse as a tough Walrus squad comes to town, looking to reclaim the BBFL throne. With Millar coming off a 4-for-27 skid as well as Floyd and LaRue's nagging injuries, the Gorillas have their work cut out for them as they brace for a clash with a Titan.

Stewart's 3 hit Sunday was a factor in eeking out the win in batting average. The teams were tied exactly in runs and RBI...what the odds of that? Despite Schilling not pitching, I didn't have a single bad start (though a couple of relievers stunk) and ironically benched two pitchers who ended up making great starts. It didn't matter in the end as I would have just slightly fallen short in innings anyway. But I have to give the young pitchers props, they saved my bacon this week as the offence only managed to tie or narrowly lose in most hitting categories.

After two ties and 1 one-point win AGF finally broke through and got a little above the .500 mark with an 8-4 mark, although it was over the apparently hapless Glyndwr chaps. However, The AGF manager is in at least as much trouble as Howe, Manuel, and Torborg, after he started Shawn Estes again. In the previous week Estes had produced a 20+ ERA, but he was inexplicably given another chance in Colorado of all places, and rewarded AGF with a 30+ ERA, and 6.50 WHIP. AGF's management subsequently let go of Estes to make sure the manager would never start him again. On the other side Corey Patterson once again was the MVP with a .421/.476/1.053 line in addition to 7 runs and 8 RBIs. And AGF welcomes Randy Johnson to the team with his first positive contribution of the year.

Week 4 Roto Summary - Corrected

Coach, please delete my previous post - my macro misfired so the numbers above are meaningless. Of course, the numbers below are pretty meaningless too, but they do tell you what happened in Week 4 of the BBFL.

									
		R	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Hitting	
1	Billie	8	1	20	2	8	6	7	
2	Nation	5	4	3	6	15	3	4	
3	Red Mos	14	18	7	4	3	14	11	
4	Gashous	5	5	1	7	13	2	3	
5	K-Town	4	11	7	10	9	5	8	
6	Jicks	13	8	13	17	14	9	14	
7	AGF	1	5	12	5	12	8	6	
8	Toronto	8	1	7	3	4	4	2	
9	Reykjav	1	9	4	1	1	1	1	
10	Geoffs	11	14	4	9	7	13	10	
10	Mebion	7	11	13	12	5	15	12	
12	Sub-Urb	3	5	7	13	6	7	5	
13	Spring.	14	20	2	8	10	19	13	
14	Hannib.	19	17	13	16	16	18	19	
15	Thunder	20	15	13	19	16	17	20	
16	Baird	14	11	13	20	19	19	18	
17	Eastern	17	10	4	10	2	10	9	
17	Garces	18	18	7	15	11	16	17	
19	Chatsw.	10	16	13	14	20	11	16	
20	Moscow	11	3	13	18	18	12	15	

									
		IP	W	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/BB	Pitchng	
1	Billie	19	3	2	1	8	11	6	
2	Nation	15	8	9	18	4	1	9	
3	Red Mos	8	1	11	7	7	3	4	
4	Gashous	15	14	5	3	16	13	15	
5	K-Town	6	14	5	15	11	9	12	
6	Jicks	1	3	1	2	10	16	2	
7	AGF	7	3	16	16	18	5	14	
8	Toronto	9	14	11	20	17	12	17	
9	Reykjav	13	14	16	14	19	20	19	
10	Geoffs	11	10	16	4	3	14	11	
10	Mebion	11	14	2	10	6	10	8	
12	Sub-Urb	17	3	11	12	15	19	16	
13	Spring.	4	2	11	13	13	4	7	
14	Hannib.	5	10	5	5	1	6	1	
15	Thunder	2	3	4	8	11	8	3	
16	Baird	3	10	11	6	5	7	5	
17	Eastern	20	14	5	17	14	17	18	
17	Garces	14	10	16	11	2	2	9	
19	Chatsw.	10	8	9	9	9	15	12	
20	Moscow	18	14	16	19	19	18	20