Weaver Crupi
Shields Josh
Lohse Crowlz
Haren Josh
Halladay Danny
Hair Hurrhens Crupi
Lincecum Chux
Hamels P Rich
Pineda Straub
Kershaw P Rich
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Top 10 batters going into June 1
Bautista Brown
Braun Sully
Bruce TC
Kemp Crowlz
Granderson Chux
Gonzalez Crupi
Ellsbury P Rich
A Cabrera Crowlz
Berkman Sully to Straub
M Cabrera Sammy
Braun Sully
Bruce TC
Kemp Crowlz
Granderson Chux
Gonzalez Crupi
Ellsbury P Rich
A Cabrera Crowlz
Berkman Sully to Straub
M Cabrera Sammy
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Strasburg finds a new home with a Basement dweller
Strasburg and Kershaw are on the move for Timmy Lincecum
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Flying to the top: The True Story on WTF "Flying Genies" actually means
Catcher - Trivia who is the highest ranking catcher in fantasy this year? Not Mauer, not Victor, not McCann. I struck gold in the last round of the draft with R. Martin.
1B - Votto, hands down the best/favortite player on my team, reached base every game this year, OBP machine, he sees no pitchers, and is still batting like .360.
2B- Pedroia is stinky and potentially going to lose his job to Neil Walker very soon.
3B - Young, who now qualifies at 2B also for those looking for a 2B i have 4. Solid solid year, the forgotten piece in the Timmy trade Young has been the unsong hero for the Flying Genies the past three years.
SS - Mistake 1, drafting Andrus over Castro.
OF- Mistake 2 -Rios (though he has turned it around recently, but doesnt matter as his is riding the pine) Ethier is solid riding a 27 game hit streak. Hart is back from DL, and Gardner who is used my 2 waiver position on to get, I probably could have waited for him to be a free agent, but i liked getting him for OF depth.
Util - Gonzalez - huge disappointment i think, 2 homeruns so far when people were talkiing about him hitting 50, i am hoping he can hit 30. I am lacking power right now big time.
SP- Weaver - best pitcher in the league right now, Verlander - solid but not great, Wilson - most underrated pitcher in fantasy (thew a comlpete game 12 K game last night. The rest are iffy Kennedy is hit or miss, same with Hair Herrhens, and who know about Hellickson. I picked up Bud Norris who has been a strike out machine, and has a very fitting name for a Texas ballhurler.
RP - love my closer situation, Neftali is a stud his recent DL stint was overprotecting him, Cordero and Hanrahan are both having great years, and Aardsma should be coming back in the next few weeks, hopefully saves will not be an issue for me.
Top 6 finish yes, team to win? not sure yet.
1B - Votto, hands down the best/favortite player on my team, reached base every game this year, OBP machine, he sees no pitchers, and is still batting like .360.
2B- Pedroia is stinky and potentially going to lose his job to Neil Walker very soon.
3B - Young, who now qualifies at 2B also for those looking for a 2B i have 4. Solid solid year, the forgotten piece in the Timmy trade Young has been the unsong hero for the Flying Genies the past three years.
SS - Mistake 1, drafting Andrus over Castro.
OF- Mistake 2 -Rios (though he has turned it around recently, but doesnt matter as his is riding the pine) Ethier is solid riding a 27 game hit streak. Hart is back from DL, and Gardner who is used my 2 waiver position on to get, I probably could have waited for him to be a free agent, but i liked getting him for OF depth.
Util - Gonzalez - huge disappointment i think, 2 homeruns so far when people were talkiing about him hitting 50, i am hoping he can hit 30. I am lacking power right now big time.
SP- Weaver - best pitcher in the league right now, Verlander - solid but not great, Wilson - most underrated pitcher in fantasy (thew a comlpete game 12 K game last night. The rest are iffy Kennedy is hit or miss, same with Hair Herrhens, and who know about Hellickson. I picked up Bud Norris who has been a strike out machine, and has a very fitting name for a Texas ballhurler.
RP - love my closer situation, Neftali is a stud his recent DL stint was overprotecting him, Cordero and Hanrahan are both having great years, and Aardsma should be coming back in the next few weeks, hopefully saves will not be an issue for me.
Top 6 finish yes, team to win? not sure yet.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
No Bull: The story of Josh Smith and his resurrection of Bull Frogg
2010 proved to be a tough year for Froggua Smith in Fantasy. Hoping Bull Frogg can be a little more attentive to his team's needs. Last year my team lost all hope when I decided to forsake them for a fateful trip to the Philippines. Upon my return I suddenly found myself with a team that had no future and a viral strain that seemed to have a bright future. I knew I had to make monumental decisions to change the direction of both. I opted out of a most assured classic trip to AC to address the latter. The former was not addressed until 6 months later...First order of business: trade Pujols. I would've like to trade him after the draft but I realized that he was more desirable before the draft for guys with "too many" keepers. A little summary of the shopping:
Offered him to Sam for Miggy and other guys...he laughed at me.
Offered to Timmy for Hamilton, Haren and someone else...he accepted...I renegged
Offered him to Crupi for Votto, Verlander, Weaver. he said maybe one of those pitchers and and pussed out and talks ceased.
Finally agreed to a deal with Mckenna. We all know it. His draft picks were turned into volquez and Vlad - not so good. Ended up getting Haren for Dunn and a closer. I wanted a pitcher in return for Pujols so that worked out. Timmy, keep your chin up!
Overall I am very happy with my return for Pujols.
Second order of business: Draft a ton of pitchers and spend all of April making cuts and having auditions. Colby Lewis - cut. Volquez - benched (can't cut a guy throwing 95-97 and change-up at 84-85, with great breaking stuff. I wish I could bench him for the first inning of each outing). Shields - you dirty dog. Keep it up. Romero - very nice. Price - underacheiving. Lilly - cut. I don't care if you were a keeper!
Third order of business: Dump Liriano. I wanted to trade him after the draft. I thought he was horrible the last two months last year and frankly I was sick of him. 6BB's and 2K's in a no-hitter. That is the type of thing that I was tired of. He will never be the guy before Tommy John...in my opinion.
Why BJ Upton? That is the question: I had three things in mind when getting him.
1. He was a #2 overall pick behind Bryan Bullington in 2002. Bryan Bullington?
2. He is only 26.
3. he hit .300 in the majors before.
I also heard, "He made a lot of changes this off-season to his approach at the plate." That means nothing. Hit .220 - he better make some changes. Doesn't mean he is good just because he made changes.
Those three points plus a good source of SB's and power. This trade will be interesting to see how it pans out. A walk-off last night! I took the bigger risk and it is helping me so far (just avoiding the balooned ERA), but for how long?
I'm worried about my closer situation. Prado for an interim closer was the best I could do, but with the Magnificent Zobrist who needs Prado? I am happy with League so far.
This is definitely a rebuilding year for me and my trades have been nothing but savvy. When I say "rebuilding" I do not plan or will not concede to last place. I WILL FINISH TOP 6TH. I'm guessing 5th.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Deep Thoughts by Peter Brown
Yo! Yo! Yo! I've been asked to do a blog post but to keep my politics out of it...not really, I don't have any politics! And I wasn't asked to do a blog post either so there! Well, maybe someone did! So Anyways...I remember the SMOOTS from walking around the Charles when i was into my yoga/health thing! That's the bridge I would cross to bring me around to Charlestown again. My loop was 5 miles which I did every morning...just to look at all the girls! Sometimes I did it at night too!
Anyways, I remember the smoots and and I knew it was some kind of stupid college thing but didn't know any of the facts behind it so that's where Rob came in and shared it with us! I am now on twitter, my handle is man25kind but I haven't posted any twitters yet! I joined so I could follow Juliana Hatfield's twitter after I read her memoir(which was pretty terrible!) and then it said to post a message but I got stage fright and wirter's block at the same time! It was my first message so I wanted to make it really good and I knew anything I would write would come out really lame. So I haven't posted a twitter yet! Once I do, you guys will be the first to know!
My life has become impossibly boring! I don't go to the 99 anymore(except on Saturday when I went to watch the game of hockey and I was bored) and I haven't drank since April 17th. I don't know what I'm doing with the whole drinking thing...it's like the the longer I go I don't want to break the streak! Its a weird feeling! Anyways, I haven't been going to the 99 which I tried to go to every night for the past 4 years mostly for out of money reasons(I'm saving up to pay Buxton his $200)...4 years of the 99 every night puts a stress on the pocketbook!
Anyways, all I do now is read and play soccer(read Josh Hamiltons book(Josh's pick and now reading Tiger Mother and Crupi's pick Sex Lives of Cannibals which isn't that bad). And I really suck at playing soccer. My legs are so tired and I don't have any speed and no endurance(wind they call it) and my body hurts to the point when I have to lurch around everywhere. You guys will see on Friday how bad of shape my body is in. But I'm gonna start Yoga again! Sound cool?
And if you guys have any suggestions on anything, please let me know!
Anyways, I remember the smoots and and I knew it was some kind of stupid college thing but didn't know any of the facts behind it so that's where Rob came in and shared it with us! I am now on twitter, my handle is man25kind but I haven't posted any twitters yet! I joined so I could follow Juliana Hatfield's twitter after I read her memoir(which was pretty terrible!) and then it said to post a message but I got stage fright and wirter's block at the same time! It was my first message so I wanted to make it really good and I knew anything I would write would come out really lame. So I haven't posted a twitter yet! Once I do, you guys will be the first to know!
My life has become impossibly boring! I don't go to the 99 anymore(except on Saturday when I went to watch the game of hockey and I was bored) and I haven't drank since April 17th. I don't know what I'm doing with the whole drinking thing...it's like the the longer I go I don't want to break the streak! Its a weird feeling! Anyways, I haven't been going to the 99 which I tried to go to every night for the past 4 years mostly for out of money reasons(I'm saving up to pay Buxton his $200)...4 years of the 99 every night puts a stress on the pocketbook!
Anyways, all I do now is read and play soccer(read Josh Hamiltons book(Josh's pick and now reading Tiger Mother and Crupi's pick Sex Lives of Cannibals which isn't that bad). And I really suck at playing soccer. My legs are so tired and I don't have any speed and no endurance(wind they call it) and my body hurts to the point when I have to lurch around everywhere. You guys will see on Friday how bad of shape my body is in. But I'm gonna start Yoga again! Sound cool?
And if you guys have any suggestions on anything, please let me know!
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