2008 Stock Fantasy League Results

[ryno]

so who's gonna finish second (behind me)?

[Stock]

Week 1:
Attezz vs McClane
Attezz started game 1 just as someone with his draft stretegy probably saw it in his head.  Cobb/Coleman started off with back-to-back triples and then Ruth/Konerko with back-to-back home runs.  They put up 6 runs in the 1st inning.  Unfortunately, McClane's power rich offense was too much and Mantle (with a grand slam) lead the way to a 16 run first inning and the slaughter.
Game 2 Attezz had some problems putting multiple hits together, and with not much power after 3-4 only scored 11 runs in 5 innings.  Mantle and Palmer both had grand slams in the game and ended it in the 5th.
Game 3 Attezz was able to put up 26 runs and take it to the 9th inning.  However, McClanes slumping power rich offense finally came alive and put Attezz away 30-26 with a Tettleton walk-off grand slam completing the sweep.
I was pretty fun playing with Atezz's team, and with all that speed they can definitely scrap.  However, with only 2 real power threats in the line-up, they will have problems scoring enough runs.
Series MVP goes to Mantle going 10-14 with 3 HRs (2 GS), a triple, and 14 RBIs.
Series LVP goes to Samuel.  Although batting .500, couldn't do anything with men on base and was the only guy without an RBI in the series.
Don't Blame... Vince Coleman who went 8-12 with 5 triples in the series loss.

Nomaa vs Ultimate
Game 1, both teams had trouble getting their offenses going early, but Strawberry and Stargel eventually led Ultimate to victory adding 6 home runs.
Game 2, Nomaaa showed that his team could slug with Ultimate's power rich team.  Beltran was a key player in the 9-hole adding 3 homers (incl a grand slam), and leading Nomaaa to close 9th inning victory.
Game 3, Ultimate went right back to the slugfest, and Nomaaa could never really catch up.  He was able to hang in their on the ropes until finally the 5th inning where Ultimate put him away.
Ultimate really has a good team.  Every player in his lineup has 838 or higher power and can hit a home run.  In fact every player had at least 2 home runs in the series.
Nomaa has a decent team, but the line up may need some work (IMO).  I might think about swapping Crawford and Beltran, as Carlos just seems like too good of a hitter to keep so deep in the line-up.
Series MVP goes to McCovey, batting over .800 with 7 HRs and 17 RBIs.
LVP goes to Crawford.  Although he played much better in games 2 & 3, he went 0-7 in game 1.
Don't Blame.... Manny Ramirez who batted over 700 with 4 HRs and 17 RBIs in the series loss.

Fighton vs GDavis
Game1, Not much to say other than Fighton scored 24 runs in 3 innings. Kent/O'Doul/Wilson with 2 HRs each.
Game 2, pretty much the opposite of game 1.  Gdavis ends it after putting up 11 runs in the first inning.  Fielder and Horner with home runs.
Game 3, Finally a good game.  This was back and forth to the very end.  Going into the top of the 9th Gdavis had a 28-29 lead. Then Fighton put up a 12-spot, and had an 11 run lead into the bottom of the 9th.  Gdavis responded with a 14 spot and ended it with a Posada 3-run blast.
Both teams are very good, and can get hot at any moment.  I thought it was a risk batting Aaron in the lead-off spot considering he is gauranteed 1 AB every game with nobody on base.  However, it worked out well as he was still able to drive in 11 RBIs in the series.
Series MVP goes to Hank Aaron, batting over 900 with 4 HRs and 11 RBIs
LVP goes to Nomar Garciaparra.  Only on of Fighton's guys batting below 500 for the series; not what you want from your #2 batter.
Don't Blame... Lefty O'Doul.  He tore things up in the series loss batting .917 with 4 HRs and 12 RBIs.


AlecTrevylan vs Big Hath
Game 1, Alec could not get it going fast enough to put up with Big Hath's offense.  Bonds & Burkman went 10-10 with 4 HRs at the top of the order to lead in this 4 inning slaughter.
Game 2, Alec had trouble scoring runs again, and by the 6th inning (after BobbyBo, Thome & Killebrew added 3 HRs each) 26 runs was enough for Big Hath to end it.
Game 3; An 0-for 1st inning for Alec and 10 runs were all Big Hath needed to end this one early.  Thome ended it with an exclamation point with a  walkoff Grand Slam in this no-hit victory.
The 1-6 spot is just a wrecking crew for Big Hath's team.  As long as the bottom of the order doesn't completely roll over and die, Big Hath is going to score a lot of runs this year.  In AlecTrevylan's defense, it is tough to not get swept by a team that bats .718 for an entire 3-game series.
Series MVP goes to Berkman going 12-13 in the series, although BoBonds, Thome, & Killebrew combined for 15 HRs and 38 RBIs.
LVP goes to Rollins; batting only .300 in the series.  Not like the meat of Alec's order did a whole lot, but they need the #2 batter to get on base to drive in some runs.
Don't blame...Ordonez who went 6-7 with 2 HRs in the series loss.  Just nobody to drive in.

[Stock]

Beefmaster vs Rack
Game 1 Rack was able to come back from a huge deficit and still mangage to slaughter Beefmaster.  Rack was down 21-1 going into the bottom of the 3rd where he put up 15 runs.  Rack was in position to get run-ruled again going into the bottom of the 6, and he put up 15 runs again.  1 inning later, Rack puts up 6 more runs and ends it with a Bagwell walk-off HR.  Rack's big acquisition (Foxx) from Ryno's team did not disapoint, hitting 4 home runs.
Game 2, was a lot closer early on than game 1.  However, Beefmaster putting up doughnuts in the 3rd & 4th innings let Rack pull out ahead enough to finally end it with (yet another) Bagwell walk-off in the bottom of the 6th.
Game 3, Beefmaster avoids the sweep by eeking out a 9 inning slugfest by 1 run.  Bonds went 8-9 w/ 4 HRs and a triple.  Zernial went 9-9 with two HRs.  Kiner had the chance to win it in the bottom of the 9th, down by a run w/ runners on 2nd & 3rd.  Grounded out weakly to the shortstop.
Series MVP goes to Klein.  Although Jeter had 8 HRs and 14 RBIs leading off, Klein batted .850 in the series and set up the bottom of the order for big RBI games.
LVP honors go to Allen.  Although, nobody had a god-aweful series, you really need more than a .474 BAV from your #2 batter.
Don't blame... Zernial.  Batted .944 with 3 HRs in the series loss.


Ryno vs Stock
Game 1, Ryno can only muster 2 runs on a Palmiero double and Schmidt HR.  Stock puts up 12 in the bottom half lead by 3-run HRs by Piazza & Walker.
Game 2 was much better.  Ryno hit 17 HRs in total.  Will Clark had a grand slam, and Rice went 9-9.  Stock hit 14 HRs.  Henderson had a grand slam, and Piazza went 9-9.  Travis Fryman only went 3-9 batting last in the lineup, but had the walk-off 3-run HR to end the game.
Game 3 was an absolute slugfest, much like game 2.  The lead switched several times.  Sandberg went 9-10 with 5 HRs, and Dawson 10-10 with 5 HRs for Ryno.  Although, Stock was able to stick in the game for 9 innings, it wasn't enough to fend off the run scoring machine Ryno put together.
Series MVP goes to Mel Ott.  Although he only had 1 HR in the series, he went 15-17 with 13 RBIs.
LVP honors go to Gary Carter.  Although he batted .500 in the series, he was the only player on either team w/o a HR and only had 4 RBIs.
Don't Blame... Dawson for the series loss.  He went 19-20, w/ 7 HR and 20 RBIs.  He slugged 2.000 in the series.


Nacho vs Gantry
Game 1, Gantry's 3 run first inning was not enough to counter Nacho's 13 run 1st led by 2 HRs each by Arod and Vlad.
Game 2 was quite the opposite as Nacho's offense ran relatively cold and only put up 6 runs in 3 innings.  Giambi added the 16th run with a solo shot in the bottom of the 3rd.
Game 3 proved that both teams could go the distance.  After putting up 0 runs in the 1st inning Nacho looked like he was going to blow it open in the 2nd.  With 4 runs already and the bases loaded, Vlad grounds into a 5-2-3 inning ending double play.  Vlad had a pathetic game going only 1-9.  Dunn and Giambi were on fire for Gantry's Poopybutts hitting a combined 9 HRs.  However, the rest of Nacho's team stayed consistent and pulled it off in the end as Gantry's offense ran out of fuel in the later innings.  Nacho's Andruw Jones added a grand slam, and Arod had 3 HRs.
Series MVP goes to AROD; 10-13, 5 HRs & 14 RBIs.
LVP goes to Eddie Mathews.  Your cleanup guy cannot bat .417 with only 4 RBIs in a series.
Don't blame.... Giambi.  He went 9-12 and slugged 2.500 in the series (7 HRs).  Also, you cannot blame York and Desheilds.  The 8-9 batters went 16-19.  You cannot ask for more than that out of the bottom 2 guys in the lineup.


Weathermatt vs Shooty
Game 1; Took both teams a few inning to get going.  Weathermatt's Gonzalez and Deer combined for 10-10, 5HRs (a Deer GS), and 13 RBIs in 5 innings.  However, Mac and Kingman in the meat of the order could only drive in 2 total runs in 10 ABs.  Shooty's team stayed consistent while 5-7 batters (Sexson, MWilliams, & Justice) went a combined 17-18.  Parish ended up being the hero in the last inning with 2 3-run HRs including the walkoff.
Game 2, Weathermatt came back strong, led by Valentin (the #9 batter) going 4-4 with 3 HRs.  Shooty had a tough time ever getting his team going.  0-4 from Womack in the leadoff spot didn't help.  Sosa was 3-3, but with nobody on base singles are not going to drive in any runs.
Game 3; Both teams started pretty flat.  Weathermatt's 1-6 batters went 4-12 with only 1 RBI the first 2 times thru the order.  Shooty's 1-5 batters went 2-10 with 1 RBI the first 2 times thru.  Batista really came thru for Weathermatt going 4-4 w/ 2 HRs, and 5 RBIs.  Sanders also came thru in the clutch when the bottom of the order was able to get on base going 3-4, a HR, and 5 RBIs.  Carter capped the 5th inning with a 3-run shot, that put Weathermatt out of reach.
Weathermatt has an interesting team to play with.  They don't seem like they are doing well when you play with them, but they slowly put runs on the board playing small ball with the bottom of the order.  Maybe it's because the 3-4 batters have not done a whole lot, that it seems like they are not doing well.  But now he wins the first series.
Series MVP goes to Rob Deer, batting .786 with 13 RBIs including a grand slam.  Gonzalez also batted .786 with 10 RBIs.
LVP goes to Womack.  Only got on base 5 times in 14 ABs.
Don't blame.... Dave Justice.  Went 10-12 with 4 HRs and 11 RBIs.

Dawson gets my (hands down) vote for player of the week.  He went 19-20, with 7 HRs and 20 RBIs.

[Stock]

As a reminder, view the league standings in the first post of this thread, and open the Excel file for more in depth stats.

[Attezz]

Did I mention that I wanted my stadium to be

LF = 475 feet
CF = 800 feet
RF = 523 feet

And my outfielders to have their batting speed?

[ultimate7]

nice write ups Stock

[Mr. Blubbo]

Very Nice.

[AlecTrevylan006]

Well, so much for my balanced approach... looks like I need to market for a slugger or two

[Attezz]

So...does anyone need any speed?

[Mr. Blubbo]

Stock the spreadsheet players are listed on the wrong teams (on the individual stats page).  And can you tell me how to rank the players.  If I wanted to list them in order from most to least HR's (for example) how do I do that?

[Mr. Blubbo]

And after 1 week of playing with all the teams, I would be interested in Stock's assessment of who will win the divisions and the wild cards.

[Stock]

Stock the spreadsheet players are listed on the wrong teams (on the individual stats page).  And can you tell me how to rank the players.  If I wanted to list them in order from most to least HR's (for example) how do I do that?

I will try to fix the teams today.  However, all the stats by player look correct.
To sort, you should just be able to click on the "S" button above the column you want to sort.

[Stock]

Alright, reposted the "results" file.  Teams should line up with the players now.

And after 1 week of playing with all the teams, I would be interested in Stock's assessment of who will win the divisions and the wild cards.

It's tough 1 series into it, but here is my week 1 assessment.

I think McClane, Big Hath, and Weathermatt run away with their divisions.
I think the "Bonds" division might be the weakest (or at least have the most parity top to bottom).  I see no clear cut winner, but will go with Rack to win it, and no wild cards coming from the Bonds division.

I think GDavis, Nacho, & Ultimate have equal chances at wild cards.  Gantry could make a run too with that stacked lefty line-up.  I see Attezz's team easily coming in last place (I think he could perform as bad as Rack did last season--Coleman is a common denominator??).  I would be surprised if Attezz wins more than 1 series this year.  Just doesn't have the power (other than 2 batters) to clear the bases.
If this was just a 1 week season, this is what the seeding would look like for the playoffs.
1.  Big Hath - 1st rond bye
2.  McLane - 1st round bye
3.  Stock - 1st round home field advantage
4.  Weathermatt - 1st round home field advantage
5.  Rack (wild card)
6.  Nacho (wild card)

[Mr. Blubbo]

Stock the spreadsheet players are listed on the wrong teams (on the individual stats page).  And can you tell me how to rank the players.  If I wanted to list them in order from most to least HR's (for example) how do I do that?

I will try to fix the teams today.  However, all the stats by player look correct.
To sort, you should just be able to click on the "S" button above the column you want to sort.

I tried to do that but it came up with an error.  Perhaps that is because I'm using a mac and excel for Mac?

Interesting that you think the Bonds division is the weakest.  I can certainly see a scenario where we just beat the fuck out of eachother and end up out of wild card contention.  Can't wait for series #2.

[Stock]

Stock the spreadsheet players are listed on the wrong teams (on the individual stats page).  And can you tell me how to rank the players.  If I wanted to list them in order from most to least HR's (for example) how do I do that?

I will try to fix the teams today.  However, all the stats by player look correct.
To sort, you should just be able to click on the "S" button above the column you want to sort.

I tried to do that but it came up with an error.  Perhaps that is because I'm using a mac and excel for Mac?

Interesting that you think the Bonds division is the weakest.  I can certainly see a scenario where we just beat the fuck out of eachother and end up out of wild card contention.  Can't wait for series #2.

Agree, "weakest" is probably the wrong word.  Just the most parity may not allow any single team to end the season with a great record.
Just think, If Attezz only wins a few games this year, it would pretty much gaurantee that a wild card comes out of the "Ruth" division.

As far as the sorting goes, excel should be Mac compatable, but you may have to monkey with your settings to allow for Macros.
You can always just highlight all the data (by holding down the shift key and moving your curser), and then just go to Tools>>Sort.

[Attezz]

If Attezz only wins a few games this year, it would pretty much gaurantee that a wild card comes out of the "Ruth" division.

I'm not playing for myself, I'm playing to make the Ruth division strong.

And please refer to me as my team name, stockW19.

[Mr. Blubbo]

Stock the spreadsheet players are listed on the wrong teams (on the individual stats page).  And can you tell me how to rank the players.  If I wanted to list them in order from most to least HR's (for example) how do I do that?

I will try to fix the teams today.  However, all the stats by player look correct.
To sort, you should just be able to click on the "S" button above the column you want to sort.

I tried to do that but it came up with an error.  Perhaps that is because I'm using a mac and excel for Mac?

Interesting that you think the Bonds division is the weakest.  I can certainly see a scenario where we just beat the fuck out of eachother and end up out of wild card contention.  Can't wait for series #2.

Agree, "weakest" is probably the wrong word.  Just the most parity may not allow any single team to end the season with a great record.
Just think, If Attezz only wins a few games this year, it would pretty much gaurantee that a wild card comes out of the "Ruth" division.

As far as the sorting goes, excel should be Mac compatable, but you may have to monkey with your settings to allow for Macros.
You can always just highlight all the data (by holding down the shift key and moving your curser), and then just go to Tools>>Sort.

I'll try the sort thing and see if that works.  When I opened the program my mac did ask me if I wanted to enable macros.  I said yes.  But when I clicked the 'S' it gave me some error (forget which one).  The 'sort' thing should work better for me.  Thanks.

[nomaaa]

did you say i wasn't allowed to change my lineup?

if you can:
Sheffield
Beltran
MRamirez
McGriff
Fisk
Tejada
Murphy
Boone
Crawford

[fknmclane]

This is awesome.  Nice work, Stock.

Fear The Mick.

[Shooty]

When you do change the lineups, please flip Womack and Taveras for me.