This week had in store lots of close matchups and a few blowouts, but really no big upsets. The one team who needed to come up big was Champs in a 9-2 victory over Zonk. Ed's team needs to continue rolling over opponents though being 8.5 games back with only 4 weeks left. Meanwhile, REDS and Zonk are hanging by a thread at this point. Stars is all but claiming the #1 seed by annihilating Woodie by the score of 11-1. Being 9 games up with 4 weeks left is a nice position to be in. The rest of the matchups were very close and not much movement really happened.
Stars 11 to Woodie 1: Woodie's team started out hot, but wilted down the stretch. Not even Mark Reynolds with a 6 homer week could save the day. Stars on the other hand just had an all around solid outing on offense and defense. Traded away relief, but really that is about the only hole on the team. Plaz hit it on the head by calling it tough for Woodie to have to continue and produce very high numbers. Team just ran out of gas it seemed.
Squirrels 6 to Plaz 6: Quality matchup here with both teams producing for the week. Squirrels has been a hitting machine of late with Adam Dunn belting 4 HR's. The defense was a bit off this week with 7 losses and that allowed Plaz to dominate with pitching. Probably one of Plaz's best pitching peformances of the year, but had to settle for a tie. Ryan Zimmerman has been on fire of late and led the charge. Plaz may take a 6-6 tie with a tough schedule taking place. Needs not to get crushed to stay in the hunt. The team is balanced enough that it shouldn't happen though. Great matchup here between these two quality clubs.
BASEMAN 6 to REDS 5: This contest was nothing to write home about. It was close all week, but nothing really stood out. B-Man reverted back to his old form and had to win with pitching as the offense just seemed to sputter. REDS was aided by Kurt Suzuki this week. Suzuki has had a nice season for the A's, and I wanted to hit him in the shins with a bat this week. Nice job Kansas City for letting this guy terrorize you! Asdrubel Cabrera was another. Who are these guys and what are they doing wreaking havoc? REDS tried the streaming approach on defense, and salvaged a point. B-Man can thank the lousy relief of the Giants and Dodgers for letting 2 easy wins go by the wayside. Outside of Halladay and Lee, the pitching on this squad isn't very good. Anyway, these two teams would have been outmatched by most others this week.
Hardballers 6 to Ageless 6: Just when it looked like Ageless was falling back in the pack, he comes up with a tie. Again a matchup that one team dominated the other on offense, while the other did on defense. Other than 7 saves for Ageless on defense, I won't even discuss the pitching as both team don't have good pitching to begin with and the numbers stunk really. So onward ho! Randy was led by Longoria, Sandoval, and Braun on offense. His studs played like they needed to this week. If Rios goes the the White Sox, will that change anything? The guy loves the SkyDome. If anyone noticed Marco Scutaro hit .600 for the Jays this week for Mike's squad. The claim of Russell Martin off waivers has been quite helpful as well. Who, who in their right mind would let Martin go on the waiver wire? I know he was slumping, but this guy is better than WW material. Let him sit the bench for awhile, but dump the guy?
Uticans 6 to Hitters 5: This match was all over the place for the week and ended up close. Hitters, for his team, had a down week on offense scoring only 1 point and a tie, but then again he went up against the mighty Uticans bats. Hitters did win the battle on defense 4-2 as Uticans struggled again. But, Kerm is still hanging despite my predictions. There are still 4 weeks left to hang on Kerm. Joe Mauer is absolutely ridiculous hitting .480. Now if Josh Hamilton keeps hitting like he did this week, then Kerm's offense will be tough. Miguel Cabrera was a force for Tennessee's team. Both teams have to be in playoff mode right now as they need to keep winning or keeping the scores close. Not much breathing room!
Champs 9 to Zonk 2: Champs keeps his season alive and is in critical condition, while Zonk is on life support. Have to give Ed some credit for getting 2 closers, but why the heck so late in the season? If Bell and Johnson can get you into the playoffs, then you've made the trade of the century. It's a good trade for you, but making it with 4.5 weeks left? This should have been done in the first half of the season in my estimation. Again, this is a playoff worthy team that may have run out of time. Zonk has been aided by Jimmy Rollins, who is on a roll right now! The pitching has been an extreme letdown for the club though.
Calling em' as I see em'
BASEMAN
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