Can you feel the racing of your pulse a little more on Sundays this time of year? Can you envision the minute grains of sand just sifting through an hourglass? Can you endure every last at bat that looms at the end of a long, draining week? If you can say "yes" to these questions then you are in the midst of a pennant race. Let's look at who clings to high hopes.....shall we!
Plaz 7 to Stars 5: I watched this matchup close on Sunday and talk about nip and tuck. Plaz is hanging on for dear life and just went through a meat grinder of a schedule facing Squirrels, B-Man and ending with Stars. He still has life being only 2 games out of the playoff chase. Our defending champ is hanging in there and has a major battle on his hands in the upcoming week with Ageless. This is must see fantasy tv! The win boiled down to the Sox-Yanks game. Stars is getting excellent pitching and David Wright and Jake Peavy will be back soon. That spells trouble for teams and I see Stars walking into the finals. I don't see any of the 4 or 5 seeded teams beating him. Plaz pulled out a major victory here. Brian McCann went off on Sunday and Zobrist for the Rays has been phenomanol this season. I think Plaz has the goods to sneak in at #6.
Squirrels 7 to BASEMAN 4: This season Squirrels has B-Man's number. This was another matchup like Plaz/Stars that went back and forth on the last day. It could have went either way and boiled down to the Sox-Yanks game also. Godzilla....aka Hideki Matsui was just a killer. Juan picked him up and threw him into the lineup on Sunday. He only hit 2 HR's and helped Juan win batting average by 1 point. Matsui has only hit 4 HR's in 3 games now. That timely pickup made the difference. Plus, Juan gets a win from his one starting pitcher Romero for the Jays with B-Man throwing 5 starters and getting 1 W and 4 L's, so another point down the drain. Like I said, when a team has your number! The way I see it, Squirrels, Stars, and B-Man all have the goods to win it all. Not that other teams don't, but it will be a monumental feat to go through these three.
Champs 6 to Utica 5: This was kind of to be expected in terms of who won what points. Utica almost cleared on offense, while Champs kicked Kerm's ass on defense. Derek Jeter could easily be MVP this year! What a season! Joe Mauer could easily earn MVP honors as well! Uticans lineup on offense is just loaded!! Kind of had a down week hitting only .288 with 67 hits. Just fairly average stats from him. Again, the pitching stinks! Buehrle and Burnett have got to turn things around. If they do, then Utica may do some damage. The problem is that Utica is staring down a #4 or #5 seed, unless he kills B-Man this week (it could happen). I give Utica virtually no shot against a Stars team in the 2nd round. Better hope for the #3 seed in my book. Champs had a nice number of 9 steals this week. Has some nice young players, but I would want them in my lineup for the future, not much now. Great victory though to beat a good Uticans squad.
Hitters 9 to Hardballers 2: We in HH may be witnessing one of the biggest collapses of all-time in this league. Randy, our beloved commish, is fighting for his playoff life after cruising for about half the season. Granted the team has had some tough matchups lately, but the losses are piling up and Randy clings to a 1/2 game lead over Ageless. Champs is up next, and Ed's team is good enough to spoil the party. Morneau being out really hurts right now. The pitching wasn't all that bad, but Tommy had some good numbers. How about 8 saves! Randy lost with 6. Now that is a tough break. Sandoval by the way is the real deal. Even though he plays for the Giants, a foe of the Rockies, I like watching Kung-Fu Panda play. Tommy's team reminds me a lot like Uticans. The offense puts up gawdy numbers pretty much weekly. When the pitching comes around like this week, then a kill is in store. A .367 avg. and 79 hits is kicking ass. Jayson Werth went off this week. Jason Marquis is a steal so far and Huston Street keeps piling on the saves. A little plug for my Rockies there. But it is true! If the pitching can catch lightning in a bottle for several weeks during the playoffs, then Tommy like Utica has a shot, albeit slim.
Ageless 7 to REDS 5: Here's a strange stat for you. REDS wins the batting average by 13 points, but no other categories on offense. I can't say I've ever seen that before. The offense was close though with Ageless just sneaking out points. Good thing as Mike's season is on the line. Much needed victory here. It wasn't pretty by any means, but good enough. Just squeaked by on K's too by winning by 1 K. Lee and Martinez are Phillies pitchers leading the way for Rick. Pedro has been getting great run support so far. Big Papi is back. Too bad for Rick he hasn't been swinging a sweet stick all season. Rick so glad to hear the good news! Mike, looking forward to your big showdown with Plaz.
Zonk 10 to Woodie 2: This was the royal beatdown of the week. Woodie had some bad luck on the pitching side of things though. A 2.78 ERA and 52 K's, coupled with only 2 W's and 6 L's. Poor breaks there. But, on the offensive side, there wasn't much to really should about as it was just one of those miserable weeks. I won't be going into great detail as there aren't many details. Zonk really had a pedestrian week on offense, but pedestrian was great this week. Brian Roberts lit it up with power and speed. How about Garrett Jones for the Buccos? Is this guy for real? So far he is! Ride him while he's hot I say. Scott Feldman has been great for the Rangers too. Shoutout the Rays today in the Trop. Not an easy feat!
Here's to our final two weeks of regular season!
BASEMAN
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