It's early yet, but getting blown out can sure put a damper on things, especially if a team is already struggling to get to .500. This week there were 3..... count 'em....3 amjor blow outs. There is usually 1 to 2 smack downs per week, but 3, especially of this magnitude, is most unheard of in HH. Plus, a 12-0 smackdown as Squirrels did to Champs is about as rare as a Jason Kendall Homerun! Geesh, one would think with all the p0tency Champs lineup has, that would never happen. But, anything can and does happen in Head to Head. Plaz got a real tough break running into the hot hitting Hardballers team. Plaz's offensive numbers weren't all that bad, yet his pitching was atrocious. Stars put the hammer down on Zonk. Stars offense is for real as the numbers are at or near the top in almost every category for all 3 weeks. Zonk's streaming ways sure didn't do much this week as absolutely nothing worked.
Now for some numbers. Shall we?
Runs: Hardballers 39 Made up for last weeks nonproduction after many hits.
Woodie 18 This is a big hit or miss club. Big misses this week.
Hits: Hardballers 80 Talk about putting a little whoop ass on! 2 weeks in a row now with several hits. Could be a trend.
Woodie 40 May have too many power hitters on this club. See the 2008 REDS.
HR's REDS 13 Rick was due to break out on offense and this was the week. Now can it continue is the question?
Woodie and Zonk 5 Both these teams have the capability to hit 15 next week.
RBI's: Stars and HH 40 These are two top offensive clubs. Hardballers numbers don't quite show it yet, but with a lot of hits comes much production. Stars numbers have been a force 3 weeks straight.
Woodie 18 Timmy's team had one of those awful weeks.
SB's: Squirrels and B-Man 7 Squirrels didn't have top offensive numbers for the most part, but didn't need to have. B-Man does have plenty of speed and the offensive numbers are really not that bad despite the outcomes.
REDS 1 Reminds me of past REDS teams with lots of power and little speed, but this trend won't continue. Rick's team is more balanced this year. Expect more steals to come.
Avg.: Hardballers .365 Plaz was playing Randy at the wrong time offensively.
Woodie .219 Did I already say Timmy had a bad week??
Pitching Observations
Two teams that dominated the categories against their opponents were Baseman and Hardballers by taking 6 of 6. B-Man's numbers rivaled last week for most of the week, but due to not having as many starts as Tennessee needed to keep the lead and throw in some scrubs off off waivers, so the numbers inflated a bit. Just waiting for Price to get called up and for Kuroda to come off the DL, and then the scrubs can stay on waivers! Randy performed nicely as well with a solid ERA and BB/K ratio. Really didn't need great numbers this week though against Plaz whose pitching just fell apart. His numbers will get better though. They better!
Squirrels carried the league's best ERA at 1.97. This team just vaulted up the standings. Wonder why? 12 points surely helps.
REDS got only 2 points on defense, but had a nice BB/K ratio of 3.83 to lead the league.
Zonk, the streaming maniac himself, really had no luck at all on the WW. Had only 1 W to 9 L's. I am not sure, but 9 L's may have tied or broken an all-time record. Playing the WW like that is a risk from week to week. Primarily trying to go for a split, maybe win 4-2, or lose 2-4 and hope the offense carries your team. Myself, I do stream, but out of necessity. For Zonk, it is a built in strategy than can sometimes work, but it is like rolling the dice playing craps. Hoping to hit Lucky 7's. Too much stress for me to handle playing like that.
Hope you all enjoyed. Sorry for not mentioning much about Ageless (well Mike has been getting plenty of publicity, so one week can't hurt), Tennessee (who was a tough battle this week for me), and Utica (team is getting health back, so watch out!) Please check back on the blog each Sunday night or Monday for my weekly updates for "The Week In Review." I will give reminders for the time being on the league posts though.
BASEMAN
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