Barfield Division: Pohnpei Papayas use 25 pitchers, throw 900 innings in one week.
Carter Division: Sox defeat Underpants in Battle Of The Garments.
ALOMAR DIVISION:
Going into the weekend, my Austin Senators trailed the mighty Toronto Walrus 11-1-0, and I told my wife I was in danger of having consecutive 1-11 weeks after never having any in the previous 74. (If you want to strengthen your relationship with your wife, complain to her about your sorry fantasy baseball team. Truly a foolproof method. She told me: “Honey, I’ve never felt so close to you as when you ranted about Craig Counsell’s oh-for-fifteen skid. Now, let me bring you a glass of wine and massage your feet.”) By the earthshaking force of pure dumb luck, my scrubby one-shot pitchers (Casey Fossum, anyone) bested his regulars and gave me several unforeseen wins leading to an undeserved 6-6-0 tie. Lesson: wins and losses can change on a whim, so never give up.
Anyway, the real news is the ascension of Edmonton Deceptions to first place. Mebion Glyndwr had led the division since Week 2, but a few mediocre week’s followed by last week’s 1-10-1 trouncing at the hands of Ghost Man On Third have dropped them to fourth. As fate would have it, the Decepticons play Glyndwr this week in the marquee matchup. The Mighty Midgets thumped AGF 8-4-0 in last week’s matchup.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Edmonton Decepticons 73 43 4 .625 - 2 gashouse gorillas___ 68 49 3 .579 5.5 3 W-A-M-C-O___________ 66 47 7 .579 5.5 4 Mebion Glyndwr______ 64 48 8 .567 7.0 5 Toronto Walrus______ 67 52 1 .563 7.5 6 Chatsworth Halos____ 63 50 7 .554 8.5
7 the mighty midgets__ 63 51 6 .550 9.0 8 hannibals cannibals_ 64 54 2 .542 10.0 9 AGF_________________ 59 54 7 .521 12.5 10 Homer Jays Simpsons_ 58 56 6 .508 14.0 11 Austin Senators_____ 58 59 3 .496 15.5 12 Billie's Bashers____ 56 59 5 .488 16.5
13 Slippery Pete_______ 55 63 2 .467 19.0 14 Reykjavik Fish Candy 50 61 9 .454 20.5 15 Horse Field Hammers_ 51 64 5 .446 21.5 16 Jays Ehs____________ 51 65 4 .442 22.0 17 Ghost Man on Third__ 50 66 4 .433 23.0
18 Eastern Shore Birds_ 47 70 3 .404 26.5 19 Schroedinger's Bat__ 45 70 5 .396 27.5 20 Thunderbirds________ 45 72 3 .388 28.5
TEAM________________ RotoPts Rank Stand. OppoPts Rank AGF_________________ 160 1 6 152 4 Toronto Walrus______ 158 2 5 119 11 W-A-M-C-O___________ 158 3 3 109 12 Homer Jays Simpsons_ 153 4 10 109 12 gashouse gorillas___ 147 5 4 132 8
Edmonton Decepticons 141 6 2 86 17 the mighty midgets__ 135 7 9 105 15 Thunderbirds________ 134 8 20 183 2 Reykjavik Fish Candy 133 9 16 178 3 Mebion Glyndwr______ 126 10 1 80 18
Slippery Pete_______ 126 11 13 146 6 Chatsworth Halos____ 122 12 7 122 9 Eastern Shore Birds_ 119 13 19 187 1 hannibals cannibals_ 118 14 8 79 19 Austin Senators_____ 114 15 12 107 14
Ghost Man on Third__ 105 16 18 103 16 Horse Field Hammers_ 97 17 15 120 10 Jays Ehs____________ 92 18 14 150 5 Billie's Bashers____ 83 19 11 79 19 Schroedinger's Bat__ 71 20 17 139 7
BARFIELD DIVISION:
The Moscow Rats and Pohnpei Papayas delivered a superior marquee matchup. Both teams finished among the top 40 in roto points out of 1,040 games-weeks in Barfield history. The Papayas earned a hard-fought 7-5-0 victory on the strength of a ridiculous 125 innings pitched, the most in BBFL history. They also tied the Barfield record for pitching wins. The Rats slugged .529 and swept the pitching rate stats. Elsewhere, Magic rolled onward toward promotion with a 10-2-0 defeat of Pistol Nine. This week features the #5 Team Junior Felix against #7 Burlington Mazsters.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Magic 9_____________ 80 33 7 .696 - 2 1-Tool Wonders______ 72 40 8 .633 7.5 3 Moscow Rats_________ 72 44 4 .617 9.5 4 Pohnpei Papayas_____ 67 46 7 .588 13.0 5 team junior felix___ 64 51 5 .554 17.0 6 Cooney Islanders_____ 61 52 7 .538 19.0
7 Burlington Mazsters_ 59 55 6 .517 21.5 8 European Wannabe____ 58 56 6 .508 22.5 9 Angry Gnomes________ 57 57 6 .500 23.5 10 MulReduxMonkeymen 55 55 10 .500 23.5 11 Lubumbashi Posse____ 57 59 4 .492 24.5 12 K-Town Mashers______ 55 63 2 .467 27.5
13 Jick's Rays_________ 52 62 6 .458 28.5 14 Bodell's Bashers____ 53 64 3 .454 29.0 15 The Sweaty Guys_____ 48 61 11 .446 30.0 16 Baseball North______ 49 63 8 .442 30.5 17 Vancouver Cyphers___ 48 62 10 .442 30.5
18 Dr. Z's Hot Men_____ 49 64 7 .438 31.0 19 Middleclass Elitists 47 68 5 .413 34.0 20 Pistol Nine_________ 35 83 2 .300 47.5
TEAM________________ RotoPts Rank Stand. OppoPts Rank 1-Tool Wonders______ 195 1 2 136 7 Moscow Rats_________ 194 2 3 132 10 Magic 9_____________ 174 3 1 95 18 Pohnpei Papayas_____ 168 4 4 130 11 Cooney Islanders_____ 160 5 6 104 15
MulReduxMonkeymen 149 6 10 149 3 team junior felix___ 131 7 5 107 14 Jick's Rays_________ 127 8 13 147 4 K-Town Mashers______ 120 9 12 164 2 Vancouver Cyphers___ 110 10 17 136 7
Burlington Mazsters_ 109 11 7 111 13 Dr. Z's Hot Men_____ 109 12 18 135 9 Middleclass Elitists 105 13 19 138 6 Bodell's Bashers____ 102 14 14 96 17 The Sweaty Guys_____ 101 15 15 115 12
Lubumbashi Posse____ 98 16 11 72 20 Baseball North______ 92 17 16 147 4 European Wannabe____ 90 18 8 101 16 Angry Gnomes________ 87 19 9 88 19 Pistol Nine_________ 73 20 20 179 1
CARTER DIVISION:
Both marquee matchups went to the “underdogs” as the #6 BSL Blue Sox defeated #1 Sexy Underpants 8-3-1 and #5 Chico’s Bail Bonds clobbered the #3 Blocked Youngsters 10-2-0. BSL gained five games in the standings but none in the rankings, while the Bail Bonds have climbed to third. The Wedding Singers pulled from within eight games to just 3.5 of the leading Underpants. This week, the Singers take on the Bail Bonds in a genuine marquee matchup. Down the ladder a bit, the #11 Shining Force battle #12 Roseneath Rockets, with the winner having an opportunity to climb several places in the standings.
Rank TEAM________________ W L T PCT GB 1 Sexy underpants_____ 81 31 8 .708 - 2 The Wedding Singers_ 78 35 7 .679 3.5 3 Chico's Bail Bonds__ 71 45 4 .608 12.0 4 Blocked Youngsters__ 68 47 5 .588 14.5 5 TheTremblingWilburys 68 47 5 .588 14.5 6 BSL Blue Sox________ 65 48 7 .571 16.5
7 Benji's Sister______ 60 58 2 .508 24.0 8 Hammie's Rollies____ 58 56 6 .508 24.0 9 @$$kickers__________ 55 56 9 .496 25.5 10 dangercats__________ 53 59 8 .475 28.0 11 The Shining Force___ 53 61 6 .467 29.0 12 Roseneath Rockets___ 51 61 8 .458 30.0
13 New Jersey Stratuses 50 60 10 .458 30.0 14 Garth Iorg Gremlins_ 52 63 5 .454 30.5 15 Anarchist Archivists 51 65 4 .442 32.0 16 Brock Crackaz_______ 49 64 7 .438 32.5 17 Big Game Hunters____ 45 61 14 .433 33.0 18 Team Balla__________ 48 67 5 .421 34.5 19 Scottish Dunces_____ 47 72 1 .396 37.5 20 Adjustable Chuck____ 34 81 5 .304 48.5
TEAM________________ RotoPts Rank Stand. OppoPts Rank Sexy underpants_____ 200 1 1 95 18 TheTremblingWilburys 170 2 5 108 12 Chico's Bail Bonds__ 166 3 3 100 15 The Wedding Singers_ 160 4 2 44 20 BSL Blue Sox________ 147 5 6 115 10
Garth Iorg Gremlins_ 139 6 14 104 13 Team Balla__________ 134 7 18 200 1 Blocked Youngsters__ 131 8 4 78 19 Roseneath Rockets___ 129 9 12 164 5 New Jersey Stratuses 128 10 13 138 7
dangercats__________ 120 11 10 152 6 Anarchist Archivists 115 12 15 118 9 Scottish Dunces_____ 112 13 19 189 2 Benji's Sister______ 111 14 7 132 8 @$$kickers__________ 103 15 9 99 16
Big Game Hunters____ 102 16 17 176 3 Brock Crackaz_______ 98 17 16 115 10 Hammie's Rollies____ 97 18 8 103 14 The Shining Force___ 89 19 11 97 17 Adjustable Chuck____ 54 20 20 174 4