Huge primates are much more agile than enormous sea mammals. My Toronto Walrus edged the Sub-Urban Shockers 10-2 last week, and when I checked the standings this morning, I expected to be within seven or eight games of first place. Incredibly, I lost ground on the leader, as the mighty Gashouse Gorillas, led by Snellville Jones and the ghost of Pepper Martin, laid a 10-1 whupping on the Moscow Rats.
Baird Brain, AGF, Billies Bashers and (here come the Welshmen) Mebion Glyndwr would round out the qualifiers for the championship round of the playoffs if the season ended today. It doesn't, of course, and in head-to-head, amazing turnarounds are commonplace. Jonny German, who does a great job compiling our unofficial Roto stats each week, climbed from 18th place up to 14th with an old-fashioned K-Town Mashing (10-2) of the Eastern Shore Birds, and a run of two or three big wins can vault any team into serious contention. The first-round byes for finishing first or second are a nice reward, but as long as you finish in the top six, the regular season standings don't mean much in the quest for the Grail, I mean T-shirt.
Here are the standings after 10 weeks:
I haven't been talking much smack in this league -- though I may remind Jordan of our matchup for the next year or so -- because my team hasn't been firing on all cylinders (losing Bernie Williams and Tony Armas Jr. hurt, and so did the Jason Giambi impostor). I also seem to have a tough opponent every week; AGF continues that trend. With the Giambino putting up a 1.259 OPS last week, I'm starting to feel better about my club; call me cautiously optimistic. Had the Walrus played the Gorillas in Week 10, it would have come down to the fourth decimal place in batting average; we tied there at .317, while I "won" six other categories to Snellville's five. Like any HtH match, it's a small sample size, so that's not the most accurate yardstick, but I'm looking for hope wherever I can find it.
Baird Brain, AGF, Billies Bashers and (here come the Welshmen) Mebion Glyndwr would round out the qualifiers for the championship round of the playoffs if the season ended today. It doesn't, of course, and in head-to-head, amazing turnarounds are commonplace. Jonny German, who does a great job compiling our unofficial Roto stats each week, climbed from 18th place up to 14th with an old-fashioned K-Town Mashing (10-2) of the Eastern Shore Birds, and a run of two or three big wins can vault any team into serious contention. The first-round byes for finishing first or second are a nice reward, but as long as you finish in the top six, the regular season standings don't mean much in the quest for the Grail, I mean T-shirt.
Here are the standings after 10 weeks:
# Team W-L-T Win % GBL
1 gashouse gorillas 81-34-5 .696 --
2 Toronto Walrus 70-44-6 .608 10.5
3 Baird Brain 67-44-9 .596 12
4 AGF 67-49-4 .575 14.5
5 Billies Bashers 65-49-6 .567 15.5
6 Mebion Glyndwr 63-55-2 .533 19.5
7 Red Mosquitos 59-53-8 .525 20.5
8 Reykjavik Fish Candy 56-58-6 .492 24.5
9 Sub-Urban Shockers 55-57-8 .492 24.5
10 Springfield Isotopes 55-58-7 .488 25
11 Eastern Shore Birds 57-60-3 .488 25
12 Nation Builders 55-60-5 .479 26
13 Chatsworth Halos 55-61-4 .475 26.5
14 K-Town Mashers 55-63-2 .467 27.5
15 Jicks Rays 52-61-7 .463 28
16 Hannibals Cannibals 52-62-6 .458 28.5
17 Geoffs Grumpy Group 50-66-4 .433 31.5
18 Moscow Rats 47-65-8 .425 32.5
19 Thunderbirds 44-72-4 .383 37.5
20 Garces_not_on_roids 39-73-8 .358 40.5
I haven't been talking much smack in this league -- though I may remind Jordan of our matchup for the next year or so -- because my team hasn't been firing on all cylinders (losing Bernie Williams and Tony Armas Jr. hurt, and so did the Jason Giambi impostor). I also seem to have a tough opponent every week; AGF continues that trend. With the Giambino putting up a 1.259 OPS last week, I'm starting to feel better about my club; call me cautiously optimistic. Had the Walrus played the Gorillas in Week 10, it would have come down to the fourth decimal place in batting average; we tied there at .317, while I "won" six other categories to Snellville's five. Like any HtH match, it's a small sample size, so that's not the most accurate yardstick, but I'm looking for hope wherever I can find it.
