tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46845168444192565312011-11-27T19:37:34.215-05:00Ambulance Chasers Fantasy SportsOfficial Website of the FIVE time Fantasy World Championsalskornoreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-7819243348252907662008-12-02T18:41:00.005-05:002008-12-02T19:58:47.531-05:00CFFL YEAR in Review: 2008 - PART 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0080/6330/pedroia_feature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 272px;" src="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0080/6330/pedroia_feature.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2008 CFFL MVP RESULTS</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEEK 10</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/jay-cutler_nc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 161px;" src="http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/jay-cutler_nc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />TEAM STARS:<br /><br />Chasers - Peyton Manning<br />Colts - Mewelde Moore<br />StS - Jay Cutler<br />JGR - DeAngelo Williams & Chester Taylor<br />Punchers - Tony G<br />Sweepers - Thomas Jones<br />B-Rads - A-Pete<br />Stratt Men - Matt Forte<br />Breasts - MJD<br />GOODFELLAS - Ricky Williams<br />SK Warriors - Marques Colston<br />TTB - Bo Scaife<br />Eagles - Drew Brees<br />Boyz - Kellen Winslow<br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 37.25 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />STAR #2: 33.30 - Tony Gonzalez - Punchers<br />STAR #3: 33.10 - K2 - Boyz<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2309500774_4b8bdf8b79_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2309500774_4b8bdf8b79_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />STAR LEADERS AT END OF WEEK 10 (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />11 Andre Johnson<br /><br />7 Brian Westbrook<br />7 Marion Barber<br /><br />6 Anquan Boldin<br />6 Jay Cutler<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Donald Driver<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Chris Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Clinton Portis<br /><br />4 Drew Brees<br />4 Tony Gonzalez<br />4 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />4 Greg Jennings<br />4 Thomas Jones<br />4 Mewelde Moore<br />4 Adrian Peterson<br />4 LT<br />4 Roddy White<br /><br />3 Bernard Berrian<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Donovan McNabb<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br />3 Kellen Winslow<br /><br />2 Antonio Bryant<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Jerricho Cotchery<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Frank Gore<br />2 Aaron Rodgers<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Owen Daniels<br />1 Braylon Edwards<br />1 Matt Forte<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Michael Jenkins<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chad Johnson<br />1 MJD<br />1 Matt Jones<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Peyton Manning<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Bo Scaife<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Chester Taylor<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 DeAngelo Williams<br />1 Ricky Williams<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0428/pg2_a_lynch_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0428/pg2_a_lynch_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFFL MVP</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEEK 11<br /><br /></span></span></div><br />TEAM STARS:<br /><br />Chasers - TJ Houshmaafjejhfhasdeh<br />Warriors - Frank Gore<br />StS - Antonio Pittman<br />TTB - MJD<br />Sweepers - Anquan Boldin<br />Boyz - Braylon Edwards<br />B-Rads - Dwayne Bowe<br />Punchers - Steve Slaton<br />Breasts - Brett Favre<br />JGR - Marion Barber<br />Colts - Jerricho Cotchery<br />Men - Matt Forte<br />Eagles - Marshawn Lynch<br />FELLAS - Ted Ginn, Jr.<br /><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 33.70 - Marshawn Lynch* - Eagles<br />STAR #2: 32.90 - TJ Houshahfjdjfedeh - Chasers<br />STAR #3: 31.90 - Anquan Boldin - Sweepers<br />* - Matt Cassel had 40.20 points ON RICE'S BENCH!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://phoenix.fanster.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dustin-pedroia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 330px;" src="http://phoenix.fanster.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dustin-pedroia.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />STAR LEADERS AT END OF WEEK 11 (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />11 Andre Johnson<br /><br />8 Marion Barber<br />8 Anquan Boldin<br />8 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br /><br />7 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />6 Jay Cutler<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Donald Driver<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Chris Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Marshawn Lynch<br />5 Clinton Portis<br /><br />4 Drew Brees<br />4 Tony Gonzalez<br />4 Greg Jennings<br />4 Thomas Jones<br />4 Mewelde Moore<br />4 Adrian Peterson<br />4 LT<br />4 Roddy White<br /><br />3 Bernard Berrian<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Jerricho Cotchery<br />3 Frank Gore<br />3 Donovan McNabb<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br />3 Kellen Winslow<br /><br />2 Antonio Bryant<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Braylon Edwards<br />2 Matt Forte<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 MJD<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Aaron Rodgers<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Owen Daniels<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 Ted Ginn, Jr.<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Michael Jenkins<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chad Johnson<br />1 Matt Jones<br />1 Peyton Manning<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Antonio Pittman<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Bo Scaife<br />1 Steve Slaton<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Chester Taylor<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 DeAngelo Williams<br />1 Ricky Williams<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2008/writers/peter_king/03/21/mmqb/p1.randy.moss.si.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 500px;" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2008/writers/peter_king/03/21/mmqb/p1.randy.moss.si.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFFL MVP</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEEK 12</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />TEAM STARS:<br /><br />Chasers - Peyton Manning<br />StS - Santonio Holmes<br />Warriors - Tyler Thigpen<br />Men - Matt Forte<br />FELLAS - LT & Heath Miller<br />Boyz - Aaron Rodgers<br />B-Rads - Greg Jennings<br />Sweepers - TO<br />Breasts - Warrick Dunn<br />TTB - Randy Moss<br />Colts - Eli Manning<br />Punchers - Michael Turner<br />Eagles - Drew Brees<br />JGR - Tony Romo<br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 38.50 - Randy Moss* - TTB<br />STAR #2: 35.70 - Michael Turner - Punchers<br />STAR #3: 34.30 - TO - Sweepers<br />* - Matt Cassel had 40.15 points ON RICE'S BENCH!!!!<br /><br /><br />STAR LEADERS AT END OF WEEK 12 (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />11 Andre Johnson<br /><br />9 Michael Turner<br /><br />8 Marion Barber<br />8 Anquan Boldin<br />8 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br /><br />7 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />6 Jay Cutler<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br /><br />5 Drew Brees<br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Donald Driver<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Greg Jennings<br />5 Chris Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Marshawn Lynch<br />5 Randy Moss<br />5 Clinton Portis<br />5 LT<br /><br />4 Tony Gonzalez<br />4 Thomas Jones<br />4 Mewelde Moore<br />4 Adrian Peterson<br />4 Roddy White<br /><br />3 Bernard Berrian<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Jerricho Cotchery<br />3 Matt Forte<br />3 Frank Gore<br />3 Donovan McNabb<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br />3 Aaron Rodgers<br />3 Kellen Winslow<br /><br />2 Antonio Bryant<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Braylon Edwards<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 MJD<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Peyton Manning<br />2 TO<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Owen Daniels<br />1 Warrick Dunn<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 Ted Ginn, Jr.<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Santonio Holmes<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Michael Jenkins<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chad Johnson<br />1 Matt Jones<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Elijah Manning<br />1 Heath Miller<br />1 Antonio Pittman<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Tony Romo<br />1 Bo Scaife<br />1 Steve Slaton<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Chester Taylor<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Tyler Thigpen<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 DeAngelo Williams<br />1 Ricky Williams<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myclas.org/%7Efdodd/westbrook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 269px;" src="http://www.myclas.org/%7Efdodd/westbrook.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CFFL MVP</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEEK 13</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />TEAM STARS:<br /><br />Chasers - Brian Westbrook<br />Breasts - Jason Witten<br />Warriors - Larry Fitzgerald<br />Punchers - Steve Slaton<br />FELLAS - LT<br />JGR - DeAngelo Williams<br />B-Rads - Greg Jennings<br />Boyz - Aaron Rodgers<br />StS - Jay Cutler<br />Men - Matt Forte<br />Colts - Donald Driver<br />Sweepers - Thomas Jones<br />Eagles - Drew Brees<br />TTB - Donovan McNabb<br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 40.00 - Brian Westbrook - Chasers<br />STAR #2: 35.60 - DeAngelo Williams - JGR<br />STAR #3: 32.20 - Steve Slaton - Punchers<br /><br /><br />FINAL STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 Andre Johnson</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 Brian Westbrook</span><br /><br />9 Michael Turner<br /><br />8 Marion Barber<br />8 Anquan Boldin<br />8 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br /><br />7 Jay Cutler<br /><br />6 Drew Brees<br />6 Donald Driver<br />6 Greg Jennings<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 LT<br /><br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Chris Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Thomas Jones<br />5 Marshawn Lynch<br />5 Randy Moss<br />5 Clinton Portis<br /><br />4 Tony Gonzalez<br />4 Donovan McNabb<br />4 Mewelde Moore<br />4 Adrian Peterson<br />4 Aaron Rodgers<br />4 Roddy White<br />4 DeAngelo Williams<br /><br />3 Bernard Berrian<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Jerricho Cotchery<br />3 Larry Fitzgerald<br />3 Matt Forte<br />3 Frank Gore<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br />3 Steve Slaton<br />3 Kellen Winslow<br /><br />2 Antonio Bryant<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Braylon Edwards<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 MJD<br />2 Peyton Manning<br />2 TO<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br />2 Jason Witten<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Owen Daniels<br />1 Warrick Dunn<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 Ted Ginn, Jr.<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Santonio Holmes<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Michael Jenkins<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chad Johnson<br />1 Matt Jones<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Elijah Manning<br />1 Heath Miller<br />1 Antonio Pittman<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Tony Romo<br />1 Bo Scaife<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Chester Taylor<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Tyler Thigpen<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Ricky Williams<br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://espn.go.com/media/nfl/2003/0306/photo/s_johnson_i.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 262px;" src="http://espn.go.com/media/nfl/2003/0306/photo/s_johnson_i.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2008 CFFL MVP</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FINAL STANDINGS</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072007/photos/gintsc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 274px;" src="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072007/photos/gintsc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />T1 - 11 Andre Johnson<br />T1 - 11 Brian Westbrook<br />3 - 9 Michael Turner<br />T4 - 8 Marion Barber<br />T4 - 8 Anquan Boldin<br />T4 - 8 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />7 - 7 Jay Cutler<br />T8 - 6 Drew Brees<br />T8 - 6 Donald Driver<br />T8 - 6 Greg Jennings<br />T8 - 6 Brandon Marshall<br />T8 - 6 LT<br /><br /><br />Ironically, George's trade for Jason Witten cost Andre Johnson the Week 13 Breasts Team Star (In a losing effort AGAINST Brian Westbrook) and consequently he ended up sharing the award. If Andre Johnson had managed to score .31 more points in Week 13 he would have won the game for his team.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-781924334825290766?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-39837380598215972862008-11-06T16:34:00.009-05:002008-11-06T19:43:25.171-05:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 9<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dpad.gotfrag.com/files/upload/chris-johnson.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 192px;" src="http://dpad.gotfrag.com/files/upload/chris-johnson.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/titans.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 196px;" src="http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/titans.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs THE BROWN B-RADS</span><br />Chasers thrash the B-Rads<br />126.50-114.50<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Chris Johnson (28.10)<br />B-Rads: A-Pete (19.90)<br /><br />AWESOME! The Chasers dramatically beat the 1st place B-Rads on a Sunday Night Miracle! The Peyton Manning trade was validated - with gusto - as he marched up and down the field, leading the Colts to victory over the Patsies and the Chasers to victory over the B-rads. All hail the face of the NFL!<br /><br />Also, I DARED Brad to score only 114 points and the cocky sonuvabitch did! Hubris has brought down better teams than yours, Arbige. Its ruined every single JGR team ever. You had this league wrapped up and I just ripped it out of your hands and threw it up in the air. Bitch.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://baseballmastermind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/papelbon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 224px;" src="http://baseballmastermind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/papelbon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Cinco Ocho >>>> Ocho Cinco</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />StS vs. THE GOODFELLAS</span><br />Jay saves some pride<br />86.50-83.55<br />Team Stars<br />Stump: Jay Cutler (23.55)<br />Fellas: Ocho Stinko (20.70)<br /><br />Mike made a brilliant trade for Kevin Faulk that nearly salvaged his week... but, like most of the losing teams, cost himself the game by sticking with his craptacular early RB picks that havent panned out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/11/images/xlarge/Sports_Dunnh_2642103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 278px;" src="http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/11/images/xlarge/Sports_Dunnh_2642103.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">DONKEY PUNCHERS vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Punchers score a lot of points in a down scoring week when they didnt need it<br />141.85-88.55<br />Team Stars<br />Punchers: Antonio Bryant (25.50)<br />Boyz: Clinton Portis (19.40)<br /><br />Joe put up a 140 while starting JaMarcus Russell. Boring game.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.faniq.com/images/blog/DonaldDriver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 291px;" src="http://cdn.faniq.com/images/blog/DonaldDriver.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Donald Driver: High on life<br />...and Crystal Meth, it looks like...</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />RI COLTS vs. TTB<br /></span>Teabaggers teabag Colts<br />129.55-108.65<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Donald Driver (26.60)<br />TTB: Michael Jenkins (20.40)<br /><br />Sticking with bad running backs is apparently the theme of the year. I will never understand why people would throw away 100 bucks rather than admit they made a bad draft pick. Doesnt make a difference at this point, of course, but there was a time something could have been done. Then again, LJ gave just enough hope that he was going to pan out...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Zp6mKdZp7NY/340x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 199px;" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Zp6mKdZp7NY/340x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BREASTS vs. THE SPREAD EAGLES</span><br />Eagles win despite stinking up the joint<br />95.40-77.20<br />Team Stars<br />Breasts: Andre Johnson (16.20)<br />Eagles: Owen Daniels (24.30)<br /><br />Who the hell is Michael Bennett? It sounds familiar... but I have no clue who that is.<br /><br />Also, Joey Porter was 100% right about Brandon Marshall. What a tool. Im glad I dont have any fairies like that on my team. Tell your players to stop looking at other players' muscles, Georgie.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://cache.trustedpartner.com/images/library/000193/earnest_graham.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 264px;" src="https://cache.trustedpartner.com/images/library/000193/earnest_graham.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Ernie Graham... got all dressed up to hang out... at like, an abondoned<br />subway line... for some reason. I guess he's just delighted to<br />no longer be a Brown B-Rad.</span> </div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SK WARRIORS vs. JGR</span><br />Warriors dominate<br />100.90-100.55<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Earnest Graham (18.25)<br />Rainbows: Matt Jones (13.90)<br /><br />If only someone had let John know what the rest of the country knew: Edgerrin James has lost his job to Timmy Hightower.<br /><br />Ouch, buddy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/megan-good-at-thomas-jones-birthday-party.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 221px;" src="http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/megan-good-at-thomas-jones-birthday-party.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Thomas Jones, shown here with<br />first lady-elect Michelle Obama</span> </div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE STRATT MEN vs. THE LEG SWEEPERS<br /></span>Sweepers Sweep<br />137.30-66.00<br />Team Stars<br />Men:Al as Women:Ben. No Star for you. (Alright, I'll give one to Berrian, but you dont deserve it.)<br />Sweepers: Thomas Jones (22.70)<br /><br />When I do the odds at the beginning of the year you may have noticed I give preference to teams that have played before and pay attention... read my blog... whatever. There is an implicit assumption in this that even if one of the other managers has a really good team he will mismanage it and fuck it up somehow. In that light, let me present Exhibit A: Ben starting TJ Duckett two weeks in a row... against Rice and Joe. In a game where the margin for error is razor thin you simply cant get away with mistakes like that. Not that it would have made a difference here... but its indicative of a larger, systematic problem.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.montbleuresort.com/images/press/img_section/large/Casino%20&%20Sports%20Book/The%20Zone%20Sports%20Book.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 238px;" src="http://www.montbleuresort.com/images/press/img_section/large/Casino%20&%20Sports%20Book/The%20Zone%20Sports%20Book.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If the event of a tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />2-0 StS<br />1-1 Beasts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">0-2 RI Colts</span><br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams. If the event of a tie the tiebreaker will be total points scored in Champions Cup games.<br /><br />1-0 Donkey Punchers ( total points)<br />1-1 Ambulance Chasers (232.15)<br />0-1 Brown B-Rads<br /><br />If Joe beats Brad when they meet he will win the Cup. If he loses the scenarios break down like this:<br /><ul><li>For Joe to win the Cup if he loses, he must score more than 109.90 to finish ahead of me and must lose by less than 8.75 to Brad in order to finish ahead of him.</li><li>For Brad to win the Cup, Joe must lose and he must score at least 118.65 to finish ahead of me and he must outscore Joe by 8.75 to finish ahead of Joe.</li><li>For Al to win the Cup, Joe must lose and he cannot score more than 109.90, and Brad must win and not score more than 118.65. </li></ul>It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/04/24/guitar_hero_iv_to_incorporate_more_instruments_voc_400x301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 243px;" src="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/04/24/guitar_hero_iv_to_incorporate_more_instruments_voc_400x301.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />141.85 - Donkey Punchers vs. Spank It Boyz<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />28.60 - Derrick Mason - Brown B-Rads <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ON HIS BENCH!!!!</span><br />28.10 - Chris Johnson - Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />168.05 - Spread Eagles vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />151.60 - SK Warriors vs. Breasts (Week 6)<br />149.95 - JGR vs. RI Colts (Week 8)<br />149.40 - Brown B-Rads vs Beasts (Week 4)<br />147.35 - Breasts vs. SK Warriors (Week 6)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />141.85 - Donkey Punchers vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 9)<br />140.95 - Ambulance Chasers vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 5)<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />139.65 - Stratt Men vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 7)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />137.30 - Leg Sweepers vs. the Stratt Men (Week 9)<br />136.35 - GOODFELLAS vs SK Warriors (Week 8)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />188.15 - Drew Brees - Pat<br />185.85 - Kurt Warner - Rice<br />182.70 - Phillip Rivers - Brad<br />181.50 - Aaron Rodgers - Jay<br />179.05 - Jay Cutler - Mike<br />174.50 - Clinton Portis - Terry<br />167.90 - Marion Barber - John<br />161.40 - Andre Johnson - George<br />160.00 - Donovan Mcnabb - Vinny<br />158.20 - Peyton Manning - AS<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indmix.biz/album08/071008/thumbs/071008-020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.indmix.biz/album08/071008/thumbs/071008-020.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Andre Johnson, shown here with</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">first lady-elect Michelle Obama</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars<br /><br /></span>STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 28.10 - Chris Johnson - Ambulance Chasers<br />STAR #2: 26.60 - Donald Driver - RI Colts<br />STAR #3: 26.05 - Donovan McNabb - TTB<br /><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />11 Andre Johnson<br /><br />7 Brian Westbrook<br />7 Marion Barber<br /><br />6 Anquan Boldin<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Donald Driver<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Chris Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Clinton Portis<br /><br />4 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />4 Greg Jennings<br />4 LT<br />4 Roddy White<br /><br />3 Bernard Berrian<br />3 Drew Brees<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Thomas Jones<br />3 Donovan McNabb<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Mewelde Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br />3 Adrian Peterson<br /><br />2 Antonio Bryant<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Jerricho Cotchery<br />2 Jay Cutler<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Frank Gore<br />2 Aaron Rodgers<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Owen Daniels<br />1 Braylon Edwards<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Michael Jenkins<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chad Johnson<br />1 Matt Jones<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.extrememortman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Sarah%20Palin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 311px;" src="http://www.extrememortman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Sarah%20Palin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points)</span><br /><br />Jay - Chansi Stuckey<br />John - Edgerrin James<br />Ben - Sebastien Janikowski<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indmix.biz/album08/071008/thumbs/071008-020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 239px;" src="http://www.indmix.biz/album08/071008/thumbs/071008-020.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Andre Johnson, shown here with</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">first lady-elect Brad Arbige</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />Mike - Brandon Stokley<br />Mike - Steven Jackson<br />Jay - Ricky Williams<br />Joe - Jamarcus Russell<br />Terry - Matt Schaub INJURY<br />Terry - Chris Perry<br />Tom - Joey Galloway<br />Tom - Michael Pittman<br />Vinny -LenDale White<br />George - Ben Roethlisjewbersfafejjjeeger<br />George - Brandon Marshall<br />George - Michael Bennett<br />Pat - Roy Williams<br />Pat - Marshawn Lynch<br />Pat - Joe Addai<br />Steve - Chad Pennington<br />John - Marion Barber<br />Ben - Kyle Orton INJURY<br />Ben - Santana Moss<br />Ben - Bobby Wade<br />Ben - TJ Duckett<br />Rice - Justin Fargas<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />November arrives<br />How many wins will it take?<br />Real race begins...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Videos of the Week<br /></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v6mfDJ02VCY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v6mfDJ02VCY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-7M2pmx9MU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-7M2pmx9MU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE LAMEST COMMERCIAL </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">EVER</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AAgj5eKm8kg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AAgj5eKm8kg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-3983738059821597286?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-90717497778461551262008-10-30T18:46:00.005-04:002008-10-30T20:26:08.786-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sportsteamlayouts.com/layout-small/PhiladelphiaEagles2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.sportsteamlayouts.com/layout-small/PhiladelphiaEagles2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/catch_all/nfl_image/b_westbrook_071230_WIDE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 150px;" src="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/catch_all/nfl_image/b_westbrook_071230_WIDE.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Chasers lose a heartbreaker<br />119.35-117.95<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Brian Westbrook (38.90)<br />Sweepers: Anquan Boldin (30.30)<br /><br />GFY. GF all of you.<br /><br />Shockingly, the Patriots found another way to screw me - I had to pick up Jason Elam and play him over Gostkowski. Elam got 2 points, Gostkowski got 11. Im a fucking idiot.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ladainian%20tomlinson%20ap%20dennis%20poroy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 281px;" src="http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ladainian%20tomlinson%20ap%20dennis%20poroy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">LT auditioning for the final scene in "The Patriot</span>"<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SK WARRIORS vs. THE GOODFELLAS</span><br />GOODFELLAS manage to... win... a game? Really?<br />136.35-124.55<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Frank Gore (22.90)<br />Fellas: LT (28.00)<br /><br />Ugly. I have nothing to say about this travesty of a game either.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Tony_Gonzalez.jpg/800px-Tony_Gonzalez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 296px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Tony_Gonzalez.jpg/800px-Tony_Gonzalez.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, its true... I mostly use these pictures to imply<br />players on other teams are gay.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE STRATT MEN vs. THE DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Punchers get a cheap win<br />128.40-110.05<br />Team Stars<br />Men: Santana Moss (29.00)<br />Punchers: Tony Gonzalez (19.90)<br /><br />Way to start Reggie Bush, Ben. Ben's two RBs to play Joe were Reggie Bush and TJ Duckett! SOMEHOW Duckett got 6.10. Almost foiled Joe and Ben's plans.<br /><br />At this time Id like to remind everyone that Ben traded Joe Earnest Graham for Muhsin Muhammed last year... singlehandedly giving him the championship. Shame on you two.<br /><br />P.S. If people stopped texting me asking where the review was I might not be such a dick reviewing their games. Might. At least on weeks where I dont lose bullshit games to Rice.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-footbl/auto_action/708138.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 250px;" src="http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-footbl/auto_action/708138.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Who...?</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />THE BROWN B-RADS vs. TTB<br /></span>Brad continues spreading his crapulence all over the fantasy landscape<br />113.15-92.35<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Donnie Avery (28.30)<br />TTB: Lance Moore (21.00)<br /><br />Brad must have a horshshore next to the dildo up his ass. Jason Witten gets injured after 1.80 points. Gay. Put up 113 points again next week Brad. I dare you.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/new_line_cinema/austin_powers_in_goldmember/fred_savage/goldmember.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 270px;" src="http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/new_line_cinema/austin_powers_in_goldmember/fred_savage/goldmember.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Drew Brees in college</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">StS vs. THE SPREAD EAGLES</span><br />Spread Eagles all but eliminates Mike<br />135.45-117.40<br />Team Stars<br />StS: Dallas Clark (28.40)<br />Eagles: Drew Brees (28.95)<br /><br />Just looking over Pat's team I noticed that only his TE and QB put up his points in winning efforts. The rest of his players lost this week. Weird. It happens, though.<br /><br />If I ever meet Lee Evans he is a fucking dead man. I hope you enjoyed your three year hibernation on my rosters, asshole.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://myspace-379.vo.llnwd.net/00026/97/33/26723379_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 305px;" src="http://myspace-379.vo.llnwd.net/00026/97/33/26723379_l.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. JGR</span><br />Wonder Woman wins another game<br />149.95-73.05<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Jerricho Cotchery (19.20)<br />JGR: Roddy White (31.30)<br /><br />Tom: have you considered prayer? Seriously, though, start focusing on Fantasy Basketball. This was one of the biggest train wreck seasons Ive seen. Did it feel like 8 weeks of falling down stairs? Even more troubling is that this will be Tom's last fantasy football season as a free man. Good luck preparing next season, pal. This may have been your best, last chance. You might want to also clear your mind completely and do the opposite of what everyone else thinks is logical. This is called the Sweeney method. If you do this no amount of wifey nagging or lack of preparation can ruin your fantasy efforts.<br /><br />John: I was very wrong about your terrible team and terrible Roddy White. Please stop.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gatorgallery.com/albums/funnies_/sucks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.gatorgallery.com/albums/funnies_/sucks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Lav Coles: Too stupid to go to a real college</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BREASTS vs. THE SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Terry crushes George's hopes<br />130.30-100.45<br />Team Stars<br />Breasts: Andre Johnson (25.30)<br />Boyz: Lav Coles (20.00)<br /><br />Ouch! Warrick Dunn! Ive said it before and I'll say it again: You cant win starting Warrick Dunn. I dont know what youre trying to prove. All that matters is "W's" and "L's."<br /><br />If it makes you feel better George, Pat was remarking how unlucky youve been at poker this week. Also, I too hate fantasy football. The difference is I will be making the playoffs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pete-rose-jockey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 246px;" src="http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pete-rose-jockey.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">This notorious gambler won a World Series with the Phillies</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />...and then lost it all betting on the Rays in 08.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The fact he allowed himself to be photographed like this is </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />one more reason he deserves his lifetime ban.</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />2) Bets</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />2-0 StS<br />1-1 Beasts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">0-2 RI Colts</span><br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />1-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br />0-1 Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br />Big match this week!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SQpQEFTuJ7I/AAAAAAAAA-g/et-jyyiigxI/s1600-h/mlb_vwt3_sw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SQpQEFTuJ7I/AAAAAAAAA-g/et-jyyiigxI/s200/mlb_vwt3_sw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263107145610438578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Congrats to the 2008 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies!</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />149.95 - JGR vs. RI Colts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />38.90 - Brian Westbrook<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />168.05 - Spread Eagles vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />151.60 - SK Warriors vs. Breasts (Week 6)<br />149.95 - JGR vs. RI Colts (Week 8)<br />149.40 - Brown B-Rads vs Beasts (Week 4)<br />147.35 - Breasts vs. SK Warriors (Week 6)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />140.95 - Ambulance Chasers vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 5)<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />139.65 - Stratt Men vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 7)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />136.35 - GOODFELLAS vs SK Warriors (Week 8)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />188.15 - Drew Brees - Spread Eagles<br />182.70 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />162.70 -Marion Barber - JGR<br />160.95 - Kurt Warner - Leg Sweepers<br />160.70 - Aaron Rodgers - GOODFELLAS<br />158.00 - Frank Gore - SK Warriors<br />155.50 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />155.10 - Clinton Portis - Spank It Boyz<br />145.20 - Andre Johnson - Breasts<br />142.15 - Brett Favre - StS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SQpQD2k7n_I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/D-EnhgPchOQ/s1600-h/img11072344.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 346px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SQpQD2k7n_I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/D-EnhgPchOQ/s200/img11072344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263107141656092658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars<br /><br /></span>STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 38.90 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers<br />STAR #2: 31.30 - Roddy White - JGR<br />STAR #3: 30.30 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers<br /><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />10 Andre Johnson<br /><br />7 Brian Westbrook<br />7 Marion Barber<br /><br />6 Anquan Boldin<br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Lav Coles<br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br /><br />4 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />4 Greg Jennings<br />4 Clinton Portis<br />4 LT<br />4 Roddy White<br /><br />3 Drew Brees<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Lance Moore<br />3 Mewelde Moore<br />3 Santana Moss<br />3 FWP<br /><br />2 Bernard Berrian<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Jerricho Cotchery<br />2 Donald Driver<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 Thomas Jones<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Frank Gore<br />2 Adrian Peterson<br />2 Aaron Rodgers<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Donnie Avery<br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Antonio Bryant<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Braylon Edwards<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chris Johnson<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0030/8231/28881399_red_sox_v_rays_article.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 238px;" src="http://bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0030/8231/28881399_red_sox_v_rays_article.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points)<br /><br /></span>Ben - Reggie Bush FUCKING RIDICULOUS BEN<br />Tom - Josh Morgan<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/05/21/3hM2g9Sg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 218px;" src="http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/05/21/3hM2g9Sg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />George - Warrick Dunn<br />George - MJD<br />George - Big Ben<br />Tom - Jeff Garcia<br />Tom - Marvin Harrison<br />Tom - Cedric Benson<br />John - JT O'Sullivan<br />Mike - Plaxico Burress<br />Brad - Derrick Mason<br />Brad - Brandon Jacobs<br />Vinny - Hank Baskett<br />Vinny - Jonathan Stewart<br />Ben - TJ Duckett<br />Joe - Michael Turner<br />Steve - Ronnie Brown<br />Steve - Trent Edwards<br />Rice - Fred Taylor<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-10/43061495.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 209px;" src="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-10/43061495.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />Spank It's Bro gets "W"<br />Phillies crush the Devil Rays!<br />Fuck Fucking Jeff Rice!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Videos of the Week</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IU8tBH51c6M&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IU8tBH51c6M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The dumbest Price is Right Contestant Ever:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sqk1-q8gXcY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sqk1-q8gXcY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-9071749777846155126?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-56958388799320003642008-10-21T14:11:00.012-04:002008-10-22T20:07:15.880-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.pennlive.com/corkyblake/2007/10/jacksonhurt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 269px;" src="http://blog.pennlive.com/corkyblake/2007/10/jacksonhurt.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Blame the Red Sox for last week... gfy</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dW5orafsf48/340x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 258px;" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dW5orafsf48/340x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">CJ ran a 4.24 forty at the combine. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">If Usain Bolt and CJ raced around the world</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">CJ would lap him twice.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Chasers lose their Champions Cup opener<br />123.25-105.65<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Chris Johnson (25.20)<br />Punchers: Antonio Bryant (23.50)<br /><br />Fuck me. Fuck me team. Im still going to make the playoffs, assholes, even after I lose my next two games(Brad and Rice). I have nothing but crappy teams down the stretch. Yeah, that's right. I said it.<br /><br />I hate fantasy football. Thank god its fantasy basketball season... and only about 3 months and 3 weeks until pitchers and catchers!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nbcsportsmedia4.msnbc.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070205/070205_rholdesDungy_hmed_6p.hmedium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 200px;" src="http://nbcsportsmedia4.msnbc.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070205/070205_rholdesDungy_hmed_6p.hmedium.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Dominic Rhodes and his grandfather</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />SK WARRIORS vs. SPREAD EAGLES</span><br />Spread Eagles win the "Everything Broke Right Bowl"<br />168.05-66.65<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: NONE<br />Eagles: Dominic Rhodes (27.40)<br /><br />Wow, Pat did this despite nobody scoring more than 27.40 points! GFY Pat.<br /><br />Cocksucker passed me in total points, too, though he had to go for almost 170 to barely do it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/G/E/amdadSteve_72.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 298px;" src="http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/G/E/amdadSteve_72.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRATT MEN vs. THE SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Stratt Men prove me right again<br />139.65-110.45<br />Team Stars<br />Boyz: Clinton Portis (25.30)<br />II<br />Men: Steve Smith (24.20)<br /><br />Ok, now try winning without Reggie Bush, loser!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.piccirillo.net/misc_pics/adrian-peterson-wallpaper-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 255px;" src="http://www.piccirillo.net/misc_pics/adrian-peterson-wallpaper-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">BROWN B-RADS vs. JGR</span><br />Im seriously out of names here, folks<br />126.40-110.70<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: A Pete (26.00)<br />JGR: Marion the Barbarian (18.30)<br /><br />Fuck you, Johnny. You want me to get the review out earlier? Beat fucking Brad for me. He only put up 126, for chrissake.<br /><br />Id apologize about Brandon Jones... but you only missed out on 1.90 points from Meachem in the alternative.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://perso.infonie.be/wakeman/insc_a/action_jackson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 341px;" src="http://perso.infonie.be/wakeman/insc_a/action_jackson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">StS vs. THE BEASTS</span><br />Mike wins a Casali Cup Showdown<br />125.10-99.70<br />Team Stars<br />StS: Steven Jackson (37.60)<br />Breasts: Andre Johnson (25.10)<br /><br />Mike wins a big matchup, ensuring that he will be in contention for the Casali Cup.<br /><br />Rudi Johnson, George? He's a drop*.<br /><br /><br />*-<span style="font-style: italic;">Brad, Im claiming Rudi Johnson</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0612/gallery.worstdressed/images/johnson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 279px;" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0612/gallery.worstdressed/images/johnson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. GOODFELLAS</span><br />Tom gets off the Schneid<br />112.35-76.50<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Mewelde Moore (36.40)<br />Fellas: Chad Ocho Sucko (19.20)<br /><br />See, Tom? All you had to do was score 112 to win a game!<br /><br />Holy shit, if you had asked me before the season if I thought there was a chance Andoscia would have gone undefeated... well, I would have thought for a second and said "yeah, like 75%." I just would never have imagined it was JAY Andoscia.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://archive.profootballtalk.com/LenWhaleTraining.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 252px;" src="http://archive.profootballtalk.com/LenWhaleTraining.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Free Willy 4: Revenge of LenWhale</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">TTB vs. Leg Sweepers</span><br />Sweepers get swept<br />131.50-89.15<br />Team Stars<br />TTB: LenDale White (34.60)<br />Leg Sweepers: Thomas Jones (16.90)<br /><br />I have to say Im impressed that Vinny has managed to get to 4-3 despite the injuries and bad losses he suffered.<br /><br />I also have to say Im TERRIFIED of facing Rice the week after his great WRs only put up 15 points total... that fucking sucks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://web.queenlatifah.com/images/2007/07/20/12275_mn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 177px;" src="http://web.queenlatifah.com/images/2007/07/20/12275_mn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />2-0 StS<br />1-1 Beasts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">0-2 RI Colts</span><br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />1-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br />0-1 Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-YANKEES</span><br />Mike sucks. Yankees suck. Arod sucks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John sucks. Mets suck. Yankees suck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0411/nba_g_celtics_580.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 219px;" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0411/nba_g_celtics_580.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK (WEEK 7)<br />168.05 - Spread Eagles vs. SK Warriors <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">RECORD!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK (WEEK 6)<br />151.60 - SK Warriors vs. Breasts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK (WEEK 7)<br />37.60 - Steven Jackson<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK (WEEK 6)<br />34.30 - Marion Barber<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />168.05 - Spread Eagles vs. SK Warriors (Week 7) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">RECORD!</span> HOW DID HE DO THIS WHEN THE HIGHEST SCORING PLAYER ONLY SCORED 27 BLAH BLAH BLAH???<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />151.60 - SK Warriors vs. Breasts (Week 6)<br />149.40 - Brown B-Rads vs Beasts (Week 4)<br />147.35 - Breasts vs. SK Warriors (Week 6)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />140.95 - Ambulance Chasers vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 5)<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />139.65 - Stratt Men vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 7)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />161.10 - Drew Brees - Spread Eagles<br />160.70 - Aaron Rodgers - GOODFELLAS<br />155.50 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />153.75 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />146.70 - Marion Barber - JGR<br />141.15 - Tony Romo - JGR<br />140.90 - Clinton Portis - Spank It Boyz<br />138.80 - Matt Forte - Stratt Men<br />138.00 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men<br />135.10 - Frank Gore - SK Warriors<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.crystalinks.com/stars_size806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.crystalinks.com/stars_size806.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEEK 6 STARS</span><br />Chasers - Correll Buckhalter (30.80)<br />Stratt Men - Bernard Berrian (24.40)<br />Warriors - Steve Breaston (24.20) (How ironic the Breasts were beaten by a guy named "Breaston")<br />Breasts - Andre Johnson (33.80)<br />TTB - Lance Moore (16.70)<br />Punchers - Vincent Jackson (24.40)<br />B-Rads - Greg Jennings (19.40)<br />FELLAS - Aaron Rodgers (26.70)<br />StS - Plaxico Burress (15.80)<br />Boyz - Braylon Edwards (28.40)<br />Colts - Marvin Harrison (23.30)<br />Eagles - Drew Brees (28.70)<br />JGR - Marion Barber (34.30)<br />Sweepers - Thomas Jones (28.80)<br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (WEEK 6) (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 34.30 - Marion Barber - JGR<br />STAR #2: 33.80 - Andre Johnson - Breasts<br />STAR #3: 30.80 - Correll Buckhalter - Chasers<br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (WEEK 7) (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 37.60 - Steven Jackson - StS<br />STAR #2: 36.40 - Mewelde Moore - RI Colts<br />STAR #3: 34.60 - LenDale White - TTB<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.whec.com/whecimages/johnson_andre1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 207px;" src="http://www.whec.com/whecimages/johnson_andre1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />9 Andre Johnson<br /><br />7 Marion Barber<br /><br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Steven Jackson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br /><br />4 Anquan Boldin<br />4 Lav Coles<br />4 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />4 Greg Jennings<br />4 Clinton Portis<br /><br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 FWP<br />3 LT<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 Bernard Berrian<br />2 Drew Brees<br />2 Correll Buckhalter<br />2 Plaxico Burress<br />2 Donald Driver<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 Thomas Jones<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Lance Moore<br />3 Mewelde Moore<br />2 Santana Moss<br />2 Adrian Peterson<br />2 Aaron Rodgers<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 LenDale White<br /><br />1 Steve Breaston<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Antonio Bryant<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Jerricho Cotchery<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Braylon Edwards<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Marvin Harrison<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Vincent Jackson<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Chris Johnson<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Dominic Rhodes<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br />1 Roddy White<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chamberlain_cropped.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 450px;" src="http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chamberlain_cropped.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">"Fat, Drunk, Stupid and pitching for the New York<br />Yankees </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">is no way to go through life, son"</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points)</span><br /><br />Steve - Marques Colston<br />Brad - Donte Rosario<br />John - Brandon Jones<br />Mike - INDY DEF<br />Tom - Bryant Johnson<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />Vinny - Lance Moore<br />Vinny - Bobby Engram<br />Rice - Reggie Wayne<br />Tom - Peyton Manning<br />Tom - Marvin Harrison<br />Tom - Michael Pittman<br />Jay - Aaron Rodgers<br />Jay - Ricky Williams<br />Mike - Jay Cutler<br />George - Warrick Dunn<br />George - Rudi Johnson<br />Ben - Reggie Bush<br />Steve - Frank Gore<br />Steve - Ronnie Brown<br />Pat - Drew Brees<br />Al - Eli Manning<br />Al - Jerricho Cotchery INJURY<br />Al - Kolby Smith<br />Joe - Julius Jones<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.barnezy.com/Pics/amazing%20police%20chase.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.barnezy.com/Pics/amazing%20police%20chase.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Possible footage of Lunchbox Chamberlain drunkenly running </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">away from the Po-Po... and the taunts of Red Sox fans</span>.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You cant hide from 3rd place, Lunchy.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />Sox bow out at last<br />Joba gets a DUI<br />Such a fucking tool<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Videos of the Week</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qET6tZ7HLwU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qET6tZ7HLwU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.clipser.com/Play?vid=100546"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.clipser.com/Play?vid=100546" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-5695838879932000364?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-27968798090853977502008-10-08T14:31:00.005-04:002008-10-09T15:53:59.940-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SO5bMqs615I/AAAAAAAAA-I/R7QXr0iC8jY/s1600-h/0Andretrophy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 368px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SO5bMqs615I/AAAAAAAAA-I/R7QXr0iC8jY/s400/0Andretrophy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255238088367200146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0404/fantasy_g_tjhoushmandzadeh_200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 232px;" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0404/fantasy_g_tjhoushmandzadeh_200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Chasers win their fourth in row! Thanks for ruining the undefeated season, Pat...<br />140.95-89.70<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: TJ Houshhjdafyomomma (27.50)<br />Boyz: Clinton Portis (23.80)<br /><br />Looking good! 4-1 and second place. Two of my top three WRs(Holt and Cotchery) on byes? No problem! I plug in Domenik Hixon (21.70 BEFORE leaving at the half with a concussion) and Devin Hester (17.60).<br /><br />You all suck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/larry-fitzgerald-eas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.emqb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/larry-fitzgerald-eas.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SK WARRIORS vs. StS</span><br />SK Warriors win the closest game this week<br />102.10-100.55<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Larry Fitzgerald (24.20)<br />StS: Isaac Bruce (19.90)<br /><br />Devestating loss for Mike. Vernon Davis must go! This is the price you pay; the risk you take when you hold onto guys like Davis even when its become clear they arent good. The game of fantasy football isnt about justifying your draft picks... its about wins and losses. And points. And trash talk. Mostly trash talk. I mean, who the hell even remembers who won last year?<br /><br />Steve deserved the victory anyway. Trent Edwards got concussed after scoring only 0.90.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/55/550580.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 231px;" src="http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/55/550580.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">TTB vs. THE STRATT MEN</span><br />Stratt Men win the "Holy shit, does Ben have the best RBs - or am I just hyping him up in case I lose to him this week?" Bowl<br />129.40-115.60<br />Team Stars<br />TTB: Randy Moss (22.30)<br />Men: Bernard Berrian (23.00)<br /><br />Nice win by Ben. Came down to MNF, and he was still down 14 or so when I looked in the 3rd quarter... then he started playing.<br /><br />Ben is kind of scary good. I think he's a definite playoff team. He put up 130 points even though he got el zilcho from Santana Moss.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tendrils.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ketchup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://tendrils.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ketchup.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BROWN B-RADS vs. SPREAD EAGLES</span><br />Eagles go all INS on Brad's ass<br />116.40-93.75<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Greg Jennings (18.70)<br />Eagles: Hines Ward (22.00)<br /><br />93 points? This is the team we were all scared of? I knew Brad sucked cock. Now Scheffler is fucked up, too... Its a shame he's playing Jay next week...<br /><br />Disturbingly, Pat has given the #1 and #2 teams their only losses on the year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/images/08/09/cooley_clicks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/images/08/09/cooley_clicks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The future Mrs. Cooley - A Redskinnette! </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Cooley is the MAN</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GOODFELLAS vs. LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Sweepers sweep Fellas<br />128.10-100.05<br />Team Stars<br />Fellas: Aaron Rodgers (28.05)<br />Sweepers: Chris Cooley (24.90)<br /><br />A nice, typical ~7 points from Rice's RBs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/o/Outkast/sq-hey-ya-vid-laface.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/o/Outkast/sq-hey-ya-vid-laface.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">NOT ANDRE Johnson</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. THE BREASTS</span><br />Breasts smother the Colts<br />117.45-114.35<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Donald Driver (16.40)<br />Breasts: Andre Johnson (28.10)<br /><br />The Casali Cup will have a new home in 2008. Extremely painful loss... not only because of the Cup, but because 0-5 is one hell of a hole... and to have it come by 3 points... ouch.<br /><br />Larry Johnson... 0.20 points... and the bastard claimed he knew this was coming because he expected the Panthers to stack the line against him. Tom would have appreciated if you had let him know that, LJ.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ike_turner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ike_turner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">NOT MICHAEL Turner</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JGR vs. DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Rainbows violate Punchers<br />115.80-72.90<br />Team Stars<br />JGR: Rowdy Roddy White (27.20)<br />Punchers: Micheal Ike Turner (18.10)<br /><br />That's a beat down. The gays are typically a clean and polite people, but when angered they can respond with overwhelming violence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/7/71733/29_2007/bet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 217px;" src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/7/71733/29_2007/bet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />1-0 Beasts<br />1-0 StS<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">0-2 RI Colts</span><br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />Tom is eliminated. The next Cup matchup is week 7, where the co-leaders will face off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gungfu.com/pics-general/pics-training-gear/training-gear-protective-gear-groin-guard-female-rg-tuck-under-athletic-cup-&-supporter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.gungfu.com/pics-general/pics-training-gear/training-gear-protective-gear-groin-guard-female-rg-tuck-under-athletic-cup-&-supporter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-YANKEES</span><br />Mike sucks. Yankees suck. Arod sucks.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John sucks. Mets suck. Yankees suck.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.funnybeez.com/funnypictures/red-sox-girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.funnybeez.com/funnypictures/red-sox-girl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The Red Sox are the tits and this girl knows it</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />140.95 - Ambulance Chasers vs. Spank It Boyz<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />33.80 - DeAngelo Williams <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">ON HIS BENCH!!</span><br />28.10 - Andre Johnson<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />149.40 - Brown B-Rads vs Beasts (Week 4)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />140.95 - Ambulance Chasers vs. Spank It Boyz (Week 5) HOW DID I DO THIS WHEN THE HIGHEST SCORING PLAYER ONLY SCORED 33???<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />133.50 - JGR vs TTB (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />42.15 - Ronnie Brown - SK Warriors (Week 3)<br />40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts (Week 2)<br />38.45 - Brett Favre - StS - (Week 4) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">ON HIS BENCH!!</span><br />38.00 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />37.80 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />36.80 - Larry Johnson - RI Colts (Week 4)<br />36.50 - Lav Coles - Spank It Boyz (Week 4)<br />36.10 - Jay Cutler - StS (Week 2)<br />35.60 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers (Week 1)<br />33.80 - DeAngelo Williams - JGR (Week 5) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">ON HIS BENCH!!</span><br />32.60 - TJ Houshmdhfkhehfagfdeh -Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />31.80 - Willie Parker - RI Colts (Week 1)<br />34.30 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers (Week 2)<br />32.85 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads (Week 2)<br />32.10 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men (Week 2)<br />31.60 - Kurt Warner - Leg Sweepers (Week 4)<br />30.90 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Calvin Johnson - Spread Eagles (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />121.50 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />120.85 - Drew Brees - Spread Eagles<br />119.90 - Aaron Rodgers - GOODFELLAS<br />114.20 - Kurt Warner - Leg Sweepers<br />113.10 - Tony Romo - JGR<br />109.30 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men<br />108.15 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />105.30 - Frank Gore - SK Warriors<br />103.90 - Greg Jennings - Brown Nads<br />101.70 - Larry Fitzgerald - SK Warriors<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SO5gNe5-2sI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/75zZk6am0qk/s1600-h/Stars+-+Week+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SO5gNe5-2sI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/75zZk6am0qk/s320/Stars+-+Week+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255243599938771650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars</span><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 28.10 - Andre Johnson - Beasts<br />STAR #2: 27.50 - Brandon Jacobs - Brown Nads<br />STAR #3: 27.50 - TJ Whosyomomma - Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dasgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bigbucksafari_trophy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.dasgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bigbucksafari_trophy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />6 Brandon Marshall<br />6 Michael Turner<br /><br />5 Andre Johnson<br />5 Larry Johnson<br /><br />4 Anquan Boldin<br />4 Lav Coles<br />4 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br /><br />3 Marion Barber<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 Greg Jennings<br />3 FWP<br />3 Clinton Portis<br />3 LT<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 Donald Driver<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Steven Jackson<br />2 Brandon Jacobs<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Santana Moss<br />2 Hines Ward<br /><br />1 Bernard Berrian<br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Drew Brees<br />1 Isaac Bruce<br />1 Plaxico Burress<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Jerricho Cotchery<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Randy Moss<br />1 Lance Moore<br />1 Adrian Peterson<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Aaron Rodgers<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br />1 Roddy White<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM "THE U" THIS WEEK<br />Clinton Portis<br />Andre Johnson<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br />El Zilcho<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.moonbattery.com/Red-Sox_fan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.moonbattery.com/Red-Sox_fan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points)</span><br /><br />Mike - Vernon Davis<br />Ben - Santana Moss<br />Joe - BUF DEF<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) The JGR Memorial Almost Heroes (WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points)<br /><br /></span>Because the last week's top 2 scorers were left on the bench Ive decided to forgive this week's Almost Heroes. FYI I had no Almost Heroes. My top bench scorer had 8. Am I not merciful?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />John - Matt Jones<br />Tom - LJ<br />George - Rudi Johnson<br />Jay - Ricky Williams<br />Rice - Fred Taylor<br />Rice - Larry Maroney<br />Brad - Phil Rivers<br />Brad - Adrian Peterson<br />Pat - CJ<br />Pat - Marshawn Lynch<br />Pat - Ryan Grant<br />Vinny - Donovan<br />Vinny - JStew<br />Vinny - The Whale<br />Steve - Trent Edwards INJURY<br />Mike - Willis McGahee<br />Mike - Michael Pittman<br />Al - Chris Johnson<br />Terry - Selvin Young INJURY?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dice-k1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dice-k1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week<br /><br /></span>Punchers lay an egg<br />Al won World Series Lottery!<br />Chasers put up points!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Videos of the Week</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HSoVy5XAJqQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HSoVy5XAJqQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRK5fPZmcfY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRK5fPZmcfY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2796879809085397750?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-71594379331345041312008-09-30T15:59:00.015-04:002008-10-01T03:44:57.046-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 4<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hoopedia.nba.com/images/5/5c/Larry-Johnson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 440px;" src="http://hoopedia.nba.com/images/5/5c/Larry-Johnson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Player of the week: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Grandma-ma</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs TTB</span><br />Chasers win despite Brad trying to fix the game with his waiver wire/Lance Moore bullshit<br />114.00-103.80<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Jerricho Cotchery (22.70)<br />TTB: Lance Moore (29.10)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kingofsports.net/images/Cotchery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 292px;" src="http://www.kingofsports.net/images/Cotchery.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I foolishly traded for Derek Anderson - I had to in order to make room to pick up a kicker! - AND I weathered the Lance Moore storm and came out on the other side victorious. In other good news, Shockme is supposed to be back for week 6, Chris Johnson is a stud and my WRs are awesome.<br /><br />This thing was a hell of a lot closer than I wanted or hoped. In fact, all week I had said I expected Dunuvan to get Vinny 35 points... which made me shit my pants when I saw that I went into the Sunday Night game up 34.3. It all looked like God was setting me up for a nice kick in the nuts. Thanfully your friendly neighborhood Ambulance Chasers pulled it out, going to 3-1 with the second highest point total. Looking good!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.observer.com/files/imagecache/article/files/122807_curtis_jets_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.observer.com/files/imagecache/article/files/122807_curtis_jets_web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SK WARRIORS vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Boyz win the "Terry is for real but he'll probably never know Ive been saying he's for real because we're all pretty sure he can't use a computer except to buy used ATVs or fishing poles or shit" Bowl<br />125.45-114.35<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Larry Fitzgerald (20.20)<br />Boyz: Lav Coles (36.50)<br /><br />As I looked over this game, one thought occured to me: Who the hell is Mike Tolbert?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/metro_edgerrin_james.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 339px;" src="http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/metro_edgerrin_james.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JGR vs. THE STRATT MEN</span><br />John wins the "Last and Next Guys to Get Engaged, What a Couple of Fairies Bowl"<br />130.60-113.20<br />Team Stars<br />Rainbows: Edgerrin James (25.60)<br />Men: Santana Moss (22.50)<br /><br />An all-Hurricane Team Stars game... well done, gentlemen. Is it possible Santana Moss is going to be CFFL MVP?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.studyabroadfoundation.org/z-omniupdate/layoutimages/Westminster_Big%20Ben.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 287px;" src="http://www.studyabroadfoundation.org/z-omniupdate/layoutimages/Westminster_Big%20Ben.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Couldnt get the job done on Monday...</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BROWN B-RADS vs. THE BEASTS</span><br />B-Rads win the "Don't worry, nobody is going undefeated Bowl"<br />149.40-93.65<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Greg Jennings (28.90)<br />Beasts: Brandon Marshall (20.70)<br /><br />No word of a lie: George was holding out hope that Big Ben was going for 50 points on MNF. Sucker. Burnt. I dont know if GY is the best of the 1-3 teams... but man, he has a lot of talented players we'd all like on our teams and he's just not putting up W's.<br /><br />I was wrong about Brad's receivers, clearly. I still dont love Derrick Mason, but he's gonna get used. Dwayne Bowe is pretty much the only option on that team and Greg Jennings is a legit WR1. There was a lot of risk to this group, but they all saw upticks in their value - not thanks to any move by Brad, but only because of injuries or changes in the situations of other players. Meanwhile Ernie Graham is a good option and APete is special. Rivers and Scheffler are excellent options he hit on, too, so he looks like a legit title contender, if not the favorite. Shockingly, the last three winners (Me, Brad and Joe) appear to have the three best teams at this point.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonoframbow.filmmakingfrenzy.com/sites/filmfrenzy_beta/Images/Teams/360_633382484536452232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 260px;" src="http://sonoframbow.filmmakingfrenzy.com/sites/filmfrenzy_beta/Images/Teams/360_633382484536452232.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sweep the leg Johnny!</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPREAD EAGLES vs. THE LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Sweepers win the "Good Team Having Disappointing Weeks" Bowl<br />107.00-92.45<br />Eagles: Drew Brees (30.15)<br />Sweepers: Anquan Boldin (27.90)<br /><br />Thanks for putting me in second place, Rice. Pat's big mistake? Starting three Buffalo Bills. Pushed your luck, buddy.<br /><br />Lets Gooooooo Buf-a-lo!<br /><br />Who the hell is Devin Thomas??<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.usatoday.com/sports/nba/_photos/2001-10-10-grandmama-inside.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 253px;" src="http://images.usatoday.com/sports/nba/_photos/2001-10-10-grandmama-inside.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. StS</span><br />Stump wins the "Casali Brothers Classic"<br />128.65-91.15<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Larry Johnson (36.80)<br />Stumps: Steven Jackson (29.80)<br /><br />Those two stars make me laugh. What do they have in common? They both looked like the #1 overall pick a year and a half ago, they both were highly touted coming into the season, they both sucked it up for the first three weeks and they both will probably suck again next week.<br /><br />Mike pulls into an early lead in Casali Cup play, handing the Cup holder a painful early loss. By no means damning, but it hurts a lot. This was also a big blow to Tom's playoff chances. Both these teams desperately need to turn their seasons around in the next couple of weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/052108deseanjackson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 156px;" src="http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/052108deseanjackson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GOODFELLAS vs. DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Punchers win the "Trash Talkers" Bowl<br />125.10-98.65<br />Team Stars<br />Fellas: LT (25.50)<br />Punchers: DeSean Jackson (21.60)<br /><br />I swear, if I had known he was going to start Pierre Thomas against Joe I never would have traded him to him. Pretty sure he got the best out of that stupid fucking trade anyway. Im an idiot and David Gayrard can go fuck himself.<br /><br />I havent heard anyone really note it yet, but DeSean Jackson must be having one of the greatest seasons by a rookie WR ever. Rookie WRs never do shit. Jackson's 4 games in the NFL so far look like this:<br /><br />Week 1- vsSTL: 6 rec, 106 yds<br />Week 2-@DAL: 6 rec, 110 yds<br />Week 3-vsPIT: 5 rec, 40 yds<br />Week 4-@CHI: 5 rec, 71 yds, TD<br /><br />Now, the two things we should bear in mind are that Philly uses lots of WRs and spreads the ball around and also that Jackson has faced 3 really goof defenses (PIT, @DAL, @CHI).<br /><br />Jackson is on pace right now for 88 rec and 1308 yds. What did Randy Moss do in his rookie season (the best ever by a rookie WR)? 69 rec and 1313 yds. Of course, Moss had 17 TDs, but Jackson is still damn impressive.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ogpaper.com/images/Bodog-Life-new-domain-name.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.ogpaper.com/images/Bodog-Life-new-domain-name.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />1-0 StS<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Beasts<br />0-1 RI Colts<br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />The Beasts and Colts match up this week. This is a must win game for Tom if he wants to retain the Cup.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/America%27s_Cup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 373px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/America%27s_Cup.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The America's Cup: Not as cool as our cup.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-YANKEES</span><br />Mike lost twenty to me because the Yankees are not going to make the playoffs.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John bet 50 bucks that the Mets would win the NL East, I said the Phillies would take it. Im 2 for 2 on baseball bets this year!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fenwayoutlet.com/products/pedroia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.fenwayoutlet.com/products/pedroia.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />149.40- Brown B-Rads vs Beasts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />38.45 - Brett Favre - StS - ON HIS BENCH!!<br />36.80 - Larry Johnson - RI Colts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />149.40 - Brown B-Rads vs Beasts (Week 4)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />133.50 - JGR vs TTB (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />42.15 - Ronnie Brown - SK Warriors (Week 3)<br />40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts (Week 2)<br />38.45 - Brett Favre - StS - (Week 4) ON HIS BENCH!!<br />38.00 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />37.80 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />36.80 - Larry Johnson - RI Colts (Week 4)<br />36.50 - Lav Coles - Spank It Boyz (Week 4)<br />36.10 - Jay Cutler - StS (Week 2)<br />35.60 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers (Week 1)<br />32.60 - TJ Houshmdhfkhehfagfdeh -Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />31.80 - Willie Parker - RI Colts (Week 1)<br />34.30 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers (Week 2)<br />32.85 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads (Week 2)<br />32.10 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men (Week 2)<br />31.60 - Kurt Warner - Leg Sweepers (Week 4)<br />30.90 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Calvin Johnson - Spread Eagles (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />104.55 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />99.75 - Drew Brees - Spread Eagles<br />96.20 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />96.05 - Brett Favre - StS<br />93.60 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers<br />93.10 - Kurt Warner - Leg Sweepers<br />93.00 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men<br />91.85 - Aaron Rodgers - GOODFELLAS<br />91.60 - Tony Romo - JGR<br />89.80 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SOMpiTzdDgI/AAAAAAAAArg/2EJS2T1r_78/s1600-h/Stars+-+Week+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SOMpiTzdDgI/AAAAAAAAArg/2EJS2T1r_78/s320/Stars+-+Week+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252087259852508674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Kurt Warner sucks</span>,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">and DEAR GOD Lavarnuyeajes Coles is ugly.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars</span><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 36.80 - Larry Johnson - RI Colts<br />STAR #2: 36.50 - Lav Coles - Spank It Boyz<br />STAR #3: 31.60 - Kurt Warner -Leg Sweepers<br /><br /><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />6 Brandon Marshall<br /><br />5 Larry Johnson<br />5 Michael Turner<br /><br />4 Anquan Boldin<br />4 Lav Coles<br /><br />3 Marion Barber<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 FWP<br />3 LT<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />2 DeSean Jackson<br />2 Steven Jackson<br />2 Greg Jennings<br />2 Santana Moss<br />2 Clinton Portis<br /><br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Drew Brees<br />1 Plaxico Burress<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Jerricho Cotchery<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Donald Driver<br />1 Larry Fitzgerald<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 Edgerrin James<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Lance Moore<br />1 Adrian Peterson<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Kurt Warner<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM "THE U" THIS WEEK<br />Edgerrin James<br />Santana Moss<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chamberlain_cropped.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chamberlain_cropped.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Durr... Me pitch for Yankees<br /><br />On a side note, I think its amazing they found<br />a bowl big enough to give him haircuts</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points </span><br /><br />Bryant Johnson - Vinny<br />Todd Heap - Ben<br />Jerramy Stevens - George<br />James Hardy - Pat<br />Devin Thomas - Rice<br />JAX DEF - Rice<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.nymag.com/daily/intel/01_arodmadonna_lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://images.nymag.com/daily/intel/01_arodmadonna_lg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Banging Madonna in 1990: Awesome</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Banging Madonna in 2008: Totally Gay</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Banging ARod EVER: Totally Gay</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) The JGR Memorial Almost Heroes (WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points)</span><br /><br />Muhsin Muhammed - Terry<br />Steve Slaton - Joe<br />Ken Walter - John<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />Al - Derek Anderson (12.00)<br />Al - Chris Perry (9.30)<br />Vinny - Ike Hilliard (4.10)<br />Vinny - LenWhale (7.30)<br />George - Ben Roethlisfdhfkjfger (13.85)<br />George - Jerry Porter (1.60)<br />George - MJD (6.90)<br />Tom - Donald Driver (1.80)<br />Tom - Ronald Curry (2.10)<br />Tom - R Mendenhall (4.60) INJURY<br />Mike - Willis McGahee (9.10) PREDICTABLE INJURY<br />Steve - Hank Baskett (2.00)<br />Steve - Mike Tolbert (3.50)<br />Terry - Selvin Young (4.90)<br />Pat - Ryan Grant (4.00)<br />Rice - Fred Taylor (7.60)<br />Rice - Thomas Jones (8.90)<br />Jay - Chansi Stuckey (3.20)<br />Jay - Pierre Thomas (0.10)<br />Joe - Michael Turner (6.60)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week<br /><br /></span>Review sucked last week<br />Computer now good as new<br />Chasers still awesome<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Videos of the Week</span><br /><br />2007:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDRSdp-g7MM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDRSdp-g7MM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />2008:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZC9dLxeKFE0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZC9dLxeKFE0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-7159437933134504131?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-12083812301803172882008-09-23T15:57:00.007-04:002008-09-24T02:17:27.707-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 3<span style="font-weight: bold;">No pictures for now - windows update has messed up my computer and now vista won't start. I hope to have it fixed tomorrow. I loaded this from my laptop, but its too much of a pain in the ass to do the pictures from this computer...<br /><br />1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs JGR</span><br />Chasers win the "Game of the Week"<br />126.95-109.80<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: TJ Houshmdfkfhjefafdflhdah (32.60)<br />Rainbows: Marion Barber (24.70)<br /><br />This game's final score is deceivingly close. Brian Westbrook left the game after a couple carries and twelve yards. That's 1.2 points. His backup went on to 20+ points. I think its a pretty reasonable assumption BWest could have matched that, if not improve on it.<br /><br />Sadly, John had to be a dick and scored JUST ENOUGH to sit a fraction of a point ahead of me after the Sunday night game. I had one player on MNF while JGR had none, meaning that a single catch would end it. JerricHERO Cotchery didnt create any suspense and caught a ball for 6 yards on the first play of the game.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BEASTS vs THE LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Breasts win the "Battle of the Great WR Corps"<br />126.15-95.40<br />Team Stars<br />Breasts: Brandon Marshall (27.50)<br />Sweepers: Fred Taylor (15.00)<br /><br />Out of 6 supposedly great WRs only one impressed: Brandon Marshall. A lot of poor performances here, but George carries the day on the backs of BMarsh and MJD.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TTB vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Teabaggers win the "$50 bet bowl"<br />100.90-80.60<br />Team Stars<br />Baggers: Ike Hilliard (Really. 17.70)<br />Boyz: Clinton Portis (16.70)<br /><br />Ugly match. Maybe instead of paying the bet you guys could just donate the $50 bones to charity. What the hell happened to Patrick Crayton? How can you be in that offense and not catch shit? Each week Ive sent Tito a trade for him... dont wait by your computer this week, pal.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BROWN B-RADS vs. STS</span><br />B-rads win the "CFBLCS Rematch Bowl"<br />115.80-87.70<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Greg Jennings (19.50)<br />StS: Steven Jackson (17.80)<br /><br />Brad revenges himself on Mike for getting knocked out in the baseball playoffs. Please, Mike, stop playing Vernon Davis already! If you had got reasonable alternatives to Davis and the Colts defense you might have beaten this loser. You damn well know the Colts DEF wasnt going to do well against the Jags...<br /><br />Earnest Graham... uh-oh. This reminds me... bye weeks start this upcoming week. This will separate the men from the boys. Its a whole different game now. Its like how baseball turns into a completely different game when it gets hot out and the ball starts flying out of the park. I think the Donkey Punchers are helped the most.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE SPREAD EAGLES vs. THE DONKEY PUNCHERS<br /></span>Eagles win the "Battle of the Undefeateds" 125.85-122.50<br />Team Stars<br />Spreads: Marshawn Lynch (27.40)<br />Donkeys: Michael Turner (28.40)<br /><br />Came down to Sunday night... but was never really in doubt as Joe was clinging to a very slim lead with no players remaining.<br /><br />Most of the games this week had a lot of up and down performances and this game was no different. 48 combined points from the defenses, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. SK WARRIORS<br /></span>Warriors win 138.25-86.60<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Larry Johnson (18.10)<br />Warriors: Ronnie Brown (42.15)<br /><br />Tom must have known he was in for a bad week when he saw the Dolphins were playing the Patriots. Fortunately for him the Fins slowed up at the end and Ronnie Brown only totaled 42 points. Between Gore and Brown the week was over before it began... sort of like New England's season!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE GOODFELLAS vs. THE STRATT MEN</span><br />Stratt Men win 136.00-95.35<br />Team Stars<br />Fellas: LT (23.70)<br />Men: Reggie Bush (37.80)<br /><br />This was another game where a couple of hot running backs were the difference. Matt Forte and Reggie Bush are pretty ridiculous... imagine if Ben still had Tom Brady to go with them?? Ben's team is not bad right now... decent chance at playoffs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Bets<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />0-0 RI Colts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 StS<br />0-0 Beasts<br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />Casali Cup play will begin in Week 4 when StS meets the defending cup holder RI Colts.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YANKEES</span><br />Mike lost twenty to me because the Yankees are not going to make the playoffs.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John bet me 50 bucks the Mets win the division. I say the Phightin Phils take it.<br /><br />Philly is currently up 2.5 games! Looking good!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />42.15 - Ronnie Brown - SK Warriors<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />138.25 - SK Warriors vs. RI Colts (Week 3)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />136.00 - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />133.50 - JGR vs TTB (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />42.15 - Ronnie Brown - SK Warriors (Week 3)<br />40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts (Week 2)<br />38.00 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />37.80 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men (Week 3)<br />36.10 - Jay Cutler - StS (Week 2)<br />35.60 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers (Week 1)<br />32.60 - TJ Houshmdhfkhehfagfdeh -Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />31.80 - Willie Parker - RI Colts (Week 1)<br />34.30 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers (Week 2)<br />32.85 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads (Week 2)<br />32.10 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Calvin Johnson - Spread Eagles (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />84.20 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men<br />81.90 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />80.20 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />77.20 - Marion Barber - JGR<br />74.80 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers<br />72.20 - Frank Gore - SK Warriors<br />69.80 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers<br />69.70 - Drew Brees - Spread Eagles<br />68.10 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts<br />67.30 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men<br />65.90 - Matt Forte -Stratt Men<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars</span><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 42.15 - Ronnie Brown - SK Warriors<br />STAR #2: 37.80 - Reggie Bush - Stratt Men<br />STAR #3: 32.60 -TJ Houshmdhfkhehfagfdeh -Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />5 Brandon Marshall<br />5 Michael Turner<br /><br />3 Marion Barber<br />3 Anquan Boldin<br />3 Reggie Bush<br />3 FWP<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 TJ Houshyomommakfhjefafdflhdah<br />2 Clinton Portis<br />2 LT<br /><br />1 Ronnie Brown<br />1 Plaxico Burress<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Donald Driver<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Ike Hilliard<br />1 DeSean Jackson<br />1 Steven Jackson<br />1 Greg Jennings<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Larry Johnson<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Santana Moss<br />1 Adrian Peterson<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 Fred Taylor<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM "THE U" THIS WEEK<br />Clinton Portis<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points </span><br /><br />Terry - Patrick Crayton<br />Steve - Ronald Curry<br />Ben - NE DEF<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) The JGR Memorial Almost Heroes (WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points)</span><br /><br />Tom - Brandon Lloyd<br />Joe - Antonio Bryant<br />Joe - Steve Slaton<br />Joe - Julius Jones<br />Terry - Rudi Johnson<br />Al - Correll Buckhalter<br />John - Le'Ron McClain<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />Al - Brian Westbrook INJURY<br />Al - Chris Johnson<br />John - David Patten<br />John - Chester Taylor<br />George - Big Ben<br />George - Andre Johnson<br />George - Michael Bush<br />Rice - TO<br />Rice - Ray Rice Rice Rice Rice<br />Vinny - Donovan McNabb<br />Vinny - Bryant Johnson<br />Vinny - Darren McFadden<br />Terry - Sammy Morris<br />Brad - Brandon Jacobs<br />Brad - Earnest Graham<br />Mike - Darren Sproles<br />Pat - Ryan Grant<br />Joe - Jon Kitna<br />Tom - Brandon Jones<br />Tom - FWP INJURY<br />Steve - Michael Jenkins<br />Jay - Derek Anderson<br />Jay - Thomas Jones<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Video of the Week</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-1208381230180317288?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-63520779003966020092008-09-18T15:57:00.005-04:002008-09-18T16:46:28.246-04:00Odds to Win CFFL Championsip: Week 3<em>DISCLAIMER: Odds for informational purposes only</em><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greenerpasturesranchbeef.com/images/filet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.greenerpasturesranchbeef.com/images/filet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FILET MIGNON</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Donkey Punchers - <span style="font-style: italic;">Not a great performance in Week 2... deep roster is coming in handy because his player values are on a rollercoaster right now.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Brown B-Rads - <span style="font-style: italic;">Is he for real? I dont know. What I do know is he is 2-0 and has scored the most points. Good enough for me. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Ambulance Chasers - <span style="font-style: italic;">Showed what his team can do... and Cotchery, Housh and Shockey havent gone off yet... and they will go off...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Leg Sweepers - <span style="font-style: italic;">His RBs kind of suck, but that's old news... Im going to need him to go on a losing streak to convince me he's not for real. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Spread Eagles - <span style="font-style: italic;">Megatron, the Bills offense and the Spread Eagles: Three things that are good this year.<br /><br />Is it possible 5 of the 6 playoff teams have already separated themselves? Probably not... it often looks like this early in the season and then one of favorites gets picked off two weeks in a row and is struggling to stay afloat. Still, rarely have I seen such a huge disparity between the teams that are going well and the teams that are going poorly. The bottom teams are pretty much all the same story... major injury or highly drafted RB turns out to be terrible.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.whatwereeating.com/food_pics/2006-05-29_grilled-ribeye.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.whatwereeating.com/food_pics/2006-05-29_grilled-ribeye.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RIB EYE</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20/1</span> - Spank It Boys - <span style="font-style: italic;">His team still hasnt done shit, but he's 2-0. I think he has five more wins in him once Braylon, K2 and Crayton get going.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://makantrail.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/sirloin-steak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://makantrail.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/sirloin-steak.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SIRLOIN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">40/1</span> - Beasts - <span style="font-style: italic;">Gets upgraded because he got a RB2 in Michael Bush... for a few weeks at least. He just better pray that his poor start didnt cost him the playoffs.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">45/1</span> - Stratt Men - <span style="font-style: italic;">Roster looks pretty solid, suddenly...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://users.saferinternet.com/wildebeest/Philly%20Cheesesteak.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://users.saferinternet.com/wildebeest/Philly%20Cheesesteak.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHILLY CHEESE STEAK</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">55/1</span> - JGR - <span style="font-style: italic;">I still dont like this team, but the rest of you are dropping like flies. He has a decent point total and a win. Basically, just not losing a guy for the year or having a RB become irrelevant will upgrade you at this point.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60/1</span> - TTB - <span style="font-style: italic;">Reeling without his WRs. I dont really like him any better than the teams below, but I'll give him a little credit for having a win in the bank. Its only takes about 7 wins to make the playoffs...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">75/1</span> - GOODFELLAS - <span style="font-style: italic;">LT is killing him, and the rest of his team doesnt look that strong right now.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mcwyoming.com/images/operators/1000019882/10754720_quarter_pounder_cheese.jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.mcwyoming.com/images/operators/1000019882/10754720_quarter_pounder_cheese.jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">QUARTER POUNDER FROM McDONALDS</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">100/1</span> - RI Colts - <span style="font-style: italic;">It must suck to have all your team's weaknesses exposed in one week...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">100/1</span> - SK Warriors - <span style="font-style: italic;">Of course, its probably not as bad as having all your team's weaknesses exposed in BOTH weeks so far...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">100/1</span> - StS - <span style="font-style: italic;">I look at this roster and see maybe half a running back I like. The RBs went south quick... and I dont know how you fix it...<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6352077900396602009?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-62789973558215574512008-09-17T00:24:00.005-04:002008-09-17T15:36:20.273-04:00MANAGER OF THE YEAR: WEEK 2<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/559/coach5379.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/559/coach5379.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">What college did the man in the middle "Coach?"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> +1 MOY points<br />to the first person to answer in the comments </span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MANAGER OF THE YEAR RACE</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Scoring System:</span><br />+5 Most team points in the week<br />+5 #1 Star of the week<br />+3 #2 Star of the week<br />+1 #3 Star of the week<br />-3 Zero<br />-2 Almost Hero<br />-1 Almost Zero<br />+7 Team scores more than 200 points<br />+5 Team scores more than 175 points<br />+1 Team scores more than 150 points<br />-3 Team scores less than 80 points<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 points<br /><br />Weekly Theme Bonus<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme<br />-5 Zero qualifies for theme<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme<br /><br />Week - Theme<br />1 - ACC<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 - SEC</span><br />3 - Big Ten<br />4 - WRs<br />5 - Big East<br />6 - Miami<br />7 - Maryland<br />8 - RBs<br />9 - White Guys<br />10 - PAC 10<br />11 - Rookies<br />12 - Big 12<br />13 - QBs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Rice-A-Roni.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Rice-A-Roni.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STANDINGS</span><br />+6 RICE<br />+3 JOE<br />+2 VINNY<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">+1 TERRY</span><br />+1 TOM<br />-1 GEORGE<br />-3 STEVE<br />-4 AL<br />-4 BRAD<br />-5 PAT<br />-7 JAY<br />-8 JOHN<br />-11 MIKE<br />-15 BEN<br /><br /><br />TOM<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Marvin Harrison)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Devery Henderson)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Larry Johnson)<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 Points (Week 2)<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme (Week 2-Devery Henderson)<br /><br />JOE<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 2-Julius Jones)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Michael Turner)<br /><br />RICE<br />+3 #2 Star of the week (Week 2-Anquan Boldin)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Larry Maroney)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Justin Fargas)<br /><br />VINNY<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Randy Moss)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Logan Payne)<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 2-Jason Witten)<br /><br />STEVE<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Michael Jenkins)<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Ronald Curry)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Carson Palmer)<br /><br />GEORGE<br />+5 #1 Star of the week (Week 2-Brandon Marshall)<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Anthony Fasano)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Ben Reothlisbadfjfjewlkfafger)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Hank Baskett)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Felix Jones)<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme (Week 2-Felix Jones)<br /><br />TERRY<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Patrick Crayton)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Selvin Young)<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">+1 Answered trivia correctly (Answer: Minnesota State Screaming Eagles)</span><br /><br />PAT<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Owen Daniels)<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 2-Anthony Gonzalez)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Ryan Grant)<br /><br />BRAD<br />+5 Most team points in the week (Week 2)<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Sidney Rice)<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 2-Ahmad Bradshaw)<br />+1 Team scores more than 150 Points (Week 2)<br />-5 Zero qualifies for theme (Week 2-Sidney Rice)<br /><br />JAY<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Derek Anderson)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-LT)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Thomas Jones)<br />-3 Team scores less than 80 Points (Week 2)<br /><br />AL<br />+1 #3 Star of the week (Week 2-Brian Westbrook)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Jerricho Cotchery)<br /><br />BEN<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Bernard Berrian)<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Todd Heap)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Matt Ryan)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-DJ Hackett)<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 Points (Week 2)<br /><br />JOHN<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Edge)<br /><br />MIKE<br />-3 Zero (Week 2-Vernon Davis)<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 2-Darren Sproles)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Joey Galloway)<br />-1 Almost Zero (Week 2-Andre Hall)<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 2-Jay Cutler)<br /><br /><br />NEXT WEEK'S THEME: THE BIG TEN<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6278997355821557451?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-83049865798390949022008-09-16T18:02:00.005-04:002008-09-16T23:32:09.819-04:00Manager of the Year: Just About Where You Finish?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/belichick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/belichick.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />by Pat Sweeney<br /><br />When it comes to manager of the year there is basically two schools of thought: the manager who led his team to victory in the World Series or the manager who did the most for his team given the circumstances. By looking at the head to head total statistics and applying Eaglemetrics® it was interesting to note that the teams basically finished according to their respective rankings. The method applied is adding where each team stood in the offensive and pitching categories (i.e. adding all the rankings for pitching and offense and coming up with a lump [insert joke here] sum). <br /><br />For example, Stump killed the offensive categories ranking 2nd, 1st, 1st, 3rd and 2nd in Runs, HR’s, RBI’s, Steals and OBP respectively. While RI Colts smoked the pitching categories placing 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st and 1st in Wins, K’s, Saves, ERA and Whip respectively. Which begs the question, did these two teams set themselves up in this way in order to give the other brother/manager the edge in the playoffs? This question, unfortunately, will remain unanswered. However, these two teams are terribly lopsided. Only offense and only pitching. Bad news until the two week playoff, which at first glance would seem to be a 5-5 tie. The most balanced teams were the Smelly Spics and Spread Eagles having a +/- 2 differential in offense and pitching.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://airlords.com/myPictures/Eagles_0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 186px;" src="http://airlords.com/myPictures/Eagles_0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Overall, statistically the Donkey Punchers, had the best team at 38 points, followed closely by the Smelly Spics at 40 and the RI Colts at 41. Next group were Ambulance Chasers at 4, Stump and Hajji tied at 5, Spread Eagles at 7, Rainbows at 8, and Mezak and Dave obviously 9 and 10 at a whopping 79 and 80 points. (sidenote I was extremely pleased with my preseason predictions Spics and Rainbows 1a and 1b, Punchers at 3 and Eagles, Colts and Stump in no specific order). Rainbows were without Crawford and Hafner, two pivotal pieces of his team and then lost Conteras the day he acquired him. Unfortunately, I was sitting next to John when this happened and I actually saw his championship flash right before his eyes. Similarly the Eagles were without Wells and Lowell while the Chasers were without Papi for a good stretch of the season. Over the course of a 22 week season, 8-12 week injuries are devastating to a team. Obviously the power numbers were severely affected.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, the Punchers and Spics lost a close semi-final game. In the quarter finals, the Eagles were two RBI away from playing the Spics. There the Spics would have won 6-4 and faced Stump in the finals. The Spics really were snake bitten again after only needing one win and 10 k’s from his 3 studs and Rogers. And we all know what happened last year. Unfortunately this was Brad’s year to win.<br /><br />Now coming full circle, who really deserves to win Manager of the Year. Though Stump and RI Colts are both in the finals, I cannot vote for either. If you manage either of these teams and you are serious about making a push, you make a trade acquiring some offense or pitching. Both managers sat on their hands as the trade deadline passed. Now if you look at rating a manager from day 1, you have to crown either the Donkey Punchers, Smelly Spics, Spread Eagles, Ambulance Chasers, Rainbows and Hajji Bombs. DP’s grabbed sac and basically bought the championship acquiring Pena and Hunter (I still don’t know how this happened). The Spics and Eagles were cash strapped and made some savvy moves preseason knowing they were not going to be able to buy anyone at the draft. Rainbows almost made it with their “I love crappy pitcher” strategy. While the Chasers and Bombs patched up their holes nicely. <br /><br />Then came the trade deadline. Again the DP’ers came out looking good for teams acquiring talent. The Spics, Rainbows, and Bombs also made a push. The Eagles and Chasers shored up their minor league systems with some nice moves. The Eagles looked good here selling and still making the playoffs.<br /><br />Concluding, and it pains me to do this…My vote goes to Donkey Punchers, followed by the Smelly Spics and then the Spread Eagles (I would have put the Chasers or Bombs here if they made the playoffs).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAu9skqi4I/AAAAAAAAArI/frFhF3kDnq0/s1600-h/DPseal2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 108px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAu9skqi4I/AAAAAAAAArI/frFhF3kDnq0/s200/DPseal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246745203358468994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOY</span><br />1st Joe Martins<br />2nd Brad Arbige<br />3rd Pat Sweeney<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAvAfy0PkI/AAAAAAAAArQ/PPDb-nVv424/s1600-h/Smelly+Spics.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 97px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAvAfy0PkI/AAAAAAAAArQ/PPDb-nVv424/s200/Smelly+Spics.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246745251467771458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">MVP</span><br />1st Hamilton<br />2nd Morneau<br />3rd A-Rod<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2008/baseball/mlb/05/22/bp.whitesox/QuentinAP2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 133px;" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2008/baseball/mlb/05/22/bp.whitesox/QuentinAP2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">3 busts for next year</span><br />Huff<br />Quentin<br />Lee<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8304986579839094902?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-79849777440616958782008-09-16T01:13:00.013-04:002008-09-16T23:23:06.669-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dantelart.com/artwork/sports/bmarsh2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.dantelart.com/artwork/sports/bmarsh2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs THE GOODFELLAS</span><br />Chasers win the "Double Up Bowl"<br />146.80-72.60<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Brian Westbrook (34.30)<br />Fellas: Chris Chambers (24.30)<br /><br />A great win and a great point total from me in Week 2. Is Brian Westbrook the best RB in Fantasy Football? The best part was this total came with minimal help from Housh and Cotchery. Housh was again the victim of terrible QB play while Cotchery was taken away from Favre by the Pats defense.<br /><br />A big loss for Jay... Chambers was his only player to break double digits. He still scored 72, so if LT had put up 25 this wouldnt look THAT bad... but the trend is not good.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hotstovephilly.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bwest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 388px;" src="http://www.hotstovephilly.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bwest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Brian Westbrook: You all have a mancrush on him</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BROWN B-RADS vs. THE SK WARRIORS</span><br />No-Nads win the "Taber Street Derby"<br />157.45-103.30<br />Nads: Phillip Rivers (32.85)<br />Warriors: Darren McFadden (24.30)<br /><br />Impressive effort from Brad. I eagerly await his evaluation of my odds this week. Scheffler looks very good. Having two players in that high scoring, crazy game sure helped. He's one WR short, but he's still a contender as he stands now... just a boom or bust one who could put up a great week or a lousy week very quickly.<br /><br />Steve's RBs are better than I thought... but man, those WRs are a problem.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/mapdata?CxV6fIQCHXR2xPsgIQwtenyEAjV0dsT7OOASQLACSJwBUgJVU2gBygECZW4"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.google.com/mapdata?CxV6fIQCHXR2xPsgIQwtenyEAjV0dsT7OOASQLACSJwBUgJVU2gBygECZW4" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RI COLTS vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</span><br />Boyz win the "Winning Ugly Bowl"<br />115.55-87.45<br />Team Stars<br />Colts: Donald Driver (18.20)<br />Boyz: Clinton Portis (23.90)<br /><br />The lack of WRs reared its ugly head for many teams this week. I like Terry's team more and more. Crayton has been a dissapointment, as has Edwards... but I like them a lot going forward. We may have our first early pick bust of the year in Larry Johnson. No production? Check. Complaining? Check. Taken out on passing downs? Check. Team is terrible? Check. Offense sputtering? Check. Coach talking about having the get the backup RB more involved? Check. All the elements of a RB catastrophe are present. Then again, I didnt like the pick when he made it. Should have just taken the safe thing with Marshawn Lynch like he originally planned.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sportfiends.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/portis051908.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://sportfiends.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/portis051908.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://raisingzona.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/q.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 248px;" src="http://raisingzona.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/q.bmp" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">StS vs. LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Sweepers win the "The two CFBL World Series teams are 0-4 combined in CFFL play! Bowl"<br />146.35-106.50<br />Team Stars<br />StS: Jay Cutler (36.10)<br />Sweepers: Anquan Boldin (38.00)<br /><br />You just cant win starting Andre Hall. Vernon Davis looks like he's useless. We had heard that Martz doesnt like to use tight ends in his offenses... SO GLAD I stayed away from this guy. So we have a team with two good WRs and one good RB on a terrible team... On the upside I do love Jay Cutler.<br /><br />Rice has the best WRs hands down and it is going to carry him to the playoffs. 23.90 from TO. 20.30 from Reggie Wayne. 38 from Anquan Boldin. 146.35 points and what did he get from his RBs? 1.60 and 4.30. Ridiculous. He might want to consider sitting his RBs so he doesnt lose MOY points.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BEASTS vs. THE DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Punchers win the "Game of the Week"<br />110.00-101.30<br />Team Stars<br />Beasts: Brandon Marshall (40.60)<br />Punchers: DeSean Jackson (17.00)<br /><br />A Monday Night Football thriller. DeSean Jackson is some kind of idiot... or is he? One theory is he was just fucking with George. Stringing him out. Joe had the victory in hand but rather than put the game away he threw the ball away at the one. Keeping George's hopes alive... just cruel. That play was hilarious, though.<br /><br />Quite a hole George has dug for himself.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jcdenton40.com/desean.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.jcdenton40.com/desean.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">DeSean Jackson is some kind of idiot (see video of the week)</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />SPREAD EAGLES vs. THE STRATT MEN</span><br />Eagles win the "Battle of the Bye Week Tight Ends"<br />109.90-90.60<br />Team Stars<br />Eagles: Calvin Johnson (30.90)<br />Men: Santana Moss (32.10)<br /><br />Both these teams started tight ends on their bye weeks... Good work, boys. Calvin Johnson looks like the #1WR in Detroit. Paging Ryan Grant... Ryan Grant, will you be showing up this year?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAhLWI2OwI/AAAAAAAAAqg/d_SDGUMEB_Y/s1600-h/Megatron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAhLWI2OwI/AAAAAAAAAqg/d_SDGUMEB_Y/s320/Megatron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246730044691593986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JGR vs TTB</span><br />JGR wins the "As the Cowboys go, so goes JGR Bowl"<br />133.50-100.95<br />Team Stars<br />JGR: Marion Barber (27.40)<br />TTB: Jason Witten (18.00)<br /><br />The nightmare scenario played out for Vinny's wideouts. 16.60 points combined. He played the Whale and Brandon Jackson and actually got Touchdowns from both. John appears to have five or six receivers who are incapable of breaking out but in any given week are good for 3-6 receptions and 50-85 yards. I really love the Barbarian this year, and betwee him and Romo and the consistent but not spectacular players that fill out the roster, John will pick off a number of teams this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAjm3xe97I/AAAAAAAAAqo/7Bhv3vgPXto/s1600-h/Marion+the+Barbarian.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAjm3xe97I/AAAAAAAAAqo/7Bhv3vgPXto/s320/Marion+the+Barbarian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246732716600129458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Bets<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/Scotland/Misc/liquor-shelf-big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 243px;" src="http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/Scotland/Misc/liquor-shelf-big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met head to head.<br /><br />0-0 RI Colts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 StS<br />0-0 Beasts<br /><br />Past Winners:<br />2007: RI Colts<br />2006: Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNB4AQ1bVYI/AAAAAAAAArY/V43ohWokv_I/s1600-h/champions_league_wallpaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNB4AQ1bVYI/AAAAAAAAArY/V43ohWokv_I/s320/champions_league_wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246825511801017730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best record against other Champions Cup teams.<br /><br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br /><br />It is the inaugural season for the Champions Cup<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stu-man.com/90ud/070maas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 219px;" src="http://www.stu-man.com/90ud/070maas.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YANKEES</span><br />Mike lost twenty to me because the Yankees are not going to make the playoffs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tommy.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/phanatic.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 169px;" src="http://tommy.mlblogs.com/photos/uncategorized/phanatic.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John bet me 50 bucks the Mets win the division. I say the Phightin Phils take it.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAlrwW7cXI/AAAAAAAAAqw/z0Ftjycd_bY/s1600-h/MVPedroia%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAlrwW7cXI/AAAAAAAAAqw/z0Ftjycd_bY/s400/MVPedroia%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246734999532302706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />157.45 - Brown B-Rads vs. SK Warriors (Week 2)<br />146.80 - Ambulance Chasers vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 2)<br />146.35 - Leg Sweepers vs. StS (Week 2)<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS (Week 1)<br />133.50 - JGR vs TTB (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts (Week 2)<br />38.00 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />36.10 - Jay Cutler - StS (Week 2)<br />35.60 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers (Week 1)<br />31.80 - Willie Parker - RI Colts (Week 1)<br />34.30 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers (Week 2)<br />32.85 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads (Week 2)<br />32.10 - Santana Moss - Stratt Men (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers (Week 2)<br />30.90 - Calvin Johnson - Spread Eagles (Week 2)<br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />60.00 - Jay Cutler - StS<br />57.50 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers<br />55.70 - Phillip Rivers - Brown B-Rads<br />54.20 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers<br />53.30 - Aaron Rodgers - Leg Sweepers<br />52.50 - Marion Barber - JGR<br />50.40 - Donovan McNabb - TTB<br />48.60 - Calvin Johnson - Spread Eagles<br />47.60 - Tony Homo - JGR<br />47.20 - Eddie Royal - Donkey Punchers<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAmuD8vbpI/AAAAAAAAAq4/E93E94oG_iA/s1600-h/STARS+WEEK+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAmuD8vbpI/AAAAAAAAAq4/E93E94oG_iA/s400/STARS+WEEK+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246736138662538898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars</span><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: 40.60 - Brandon Marshall - Beasts<br />STAR #2: 38.00 - Anquan Boldin - Leg Sweepers<br />STAR #3: 34.30 - Brian Westbrook - Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><br />STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />4 Brandon Marshall<br />4 Michael Turner<br /><br />3 Anquan Boldin<br />3 FWP<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 Marion Barber<br />2 Reggie Bush<br /><br />1 Plaxico Burress<br />1 Chris Chambers<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Donald Driver<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 DeSean Jackson<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Calvin Johnson<br />1 Darren McFadden<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Santana Moss<br />1 Adrian Peterson<br />1 Clinton Portis<br />1 Phillip Rivers<br />1 LT<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br />1 Jason Witten<br /><br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM "THE U" THIS WEEK<br />Clinton Portis<br />Santana Moss<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/06-06/0620gaffe_lett.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/06-06/0620gaffe_lett.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Leon Lett</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (players who started and scored no points </span><br /><br />Brad - Sidney Rice INJURY<br />Steve - Michael Jenkins<br />Steve - Ronald Curry<br />Mike - Vernon Davis<br />George - Anthony Fasano<br />Pat - Owen Daniels<br />Ben - Bernard Berrian<br />Ben - Todd Heap<br /><br />That... is a lot of zeroes...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stevegarey.com/images/liberace_piano_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 264px;" src="http://stevegarey.com/images/liberace_piano_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) The JGR Memorial Almost Heroes (WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points)</span><br /><br />Brad - Ahmad Bradshaw<br />Mike - Darren Sproles<br />Joe - Julius Jones<br />Pat - Anthony Gonzalez<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR)</span><br /><br />Al - Jerricho Cotchery (3.00)<br />Jay - Derek Anderson (8.90)<br />Jay - Ted Ginn, Jr. (1.90)<br />Jay - LT (6.00)<br />Jay - Thomas Jones (9.50)<br />Steve - Carson Palmer (6.70)<br />Tom - Marvin Harrison (2.60)<br />Tom - Devery Henderson (2.60)<br />Tom - Larry Johnson (2.20)<br />Terry - Patrick Crayton (4.30)<br />Terry - Selvin Young (9.60)<br />Mike - Joey Galloway (3.80)<br />Mike - Andre Hall (3.10)<br />Rice - Larry Maroney (1.60)<br />Rice - Justin Fargas (4.30) INJURY<br />George - Ben Roethlifasfvklhhjeger (13.30)<br />George - Hank Baskett (3.00)<br />George - Felix Jones (1.00)<br />Joe - Michael Turner (5.80)<br />Pat - Ryan Grant (2.00)<br />Ben - Matt Ryan (8.90)<br />Ben - DJ Hackett (3.20)<br />John - Edge (6.50)<br />Vinny - Randy Moss (4.20)<br />Vinny - Logan Payne (2.40) INJURY<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />Chasers draw even<br />Has anyone seen LT?<br />Brandon Marshall - SICK<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAn0GcEbjI/AAAAAAAAArA/ISzFth7-8hE/s1600-h/LT+Missing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SNAn0GcEbjI/AAAAAAAAArA/ISzFth7-8hE/s320/LT+Missing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246737341921652274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Video of the Week<br /><br /></span><span>Incredibly, DeSean Jackson is a repeat offender, and was already a member of the Leon Lett club... take a look at this footage from his high school all star game:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K7hbzpZilJE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K7hbzpZilJE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-7984977744061695878?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-25493596379698722892008-09-15T04:35:00.003-04:002008-09-15T05:02:43.473-04:00VOTE: CFBL Manager of the Year and CFBL MVP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.k2awards.com/cart/images/products/66503Glarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.k2awards.com/cart/images/products/66503Glarge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />All managers of CFBL teams are eligible to vote. You may leave your vote in the comments below this post, or email me at alskor@aol.com, text them to me, or leave them on either the football or baseball message boards. You do not need to vote. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Votes must be received by Wednesday September 17th.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) CFBL Manager of the Year</span><br /><br />Please choose three, in order -<br />1st: _________<br />2nd: _________<br />3rd: _________<br /><br />Brad Arbige (Smelly Spics)<br />Mike Casali (StS)<br />Tom Casali (RI Colts)<br />Steve Kelsch (Hajji Bombs)<br />Joe Martins (Donkey Punchers)<br />John Rossi (JGR)<br />Pat Sweeney (Spread Eagles)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/070zet54TE2Os/340x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/070zet54TE2Os/340x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) CFBL Most Valuable Player</span><br /><br />Please choose three, in order -<br />1st: _________<br />2nd: _________<br />3rd: _________<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">NAME (TEAM)</span> R-HR-RBI-SB-OBP, W-SV-K-ERA-WHIP<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Jermaine Dye (RI Colts) </span> 90-32-88-3-.348<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Roy Halladay (Donkey Punchers) </span>18-0-198-2.77-1.05<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Josh Hamilton (Smelly Spics)</span> 90-31-124-9-.370<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Aubrey Huff (StS)</span> 94-31-104-4-.370<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Cliff Lee (RI Colts)</span> 22-0-157-2.36-1.06<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Justin Morneau (Smelly Spics)</span> 92-23-124-0-.386<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Jonathan Papelbon (JGR)</span> 5-38-72-2.11-0.92<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Carlos Quentin (Hajji Bombs)</span> 96-36-100-7-.394<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alexis Rios (JGR)</span> 89-14-73-30-.340<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alex Rodriguez (StS)</span> 101-34-100-17-.397<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Francisco Rodriguez (Hajji Bombs) </span>2-58-74-2.38-1.27<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Grady Sizemore (StS)</span> 91-31-87-37-.378<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2549359637969872289?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-79089554448117627722008-09-15T04:22:00.004-04:002008-09-15T04:34:14.397-04:00Chasers go back to the World Series!!!!! Three-peat???<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Ru36YxPesfI/AAAAAAAAAH0/eadrs5dF__k/s400/dog+pile.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Ru36YxPesfI/AAAAAAAAAH0/eadrs5dF__k/s400/dog+pile.bmp" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Ambulance Chasers have rewarded their fans yet again with a trip to the World Series in Casali Fantasy Baseball League. The Chasers will be trying to defend their title from last year, and in fact going for the three-peat! Experts believe they have an excellent chance of defending their title.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Ru36HxPeseI/AAAAAAAAAHs/zGbmvnDlAoM/s320/champagne.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Ru36HxPeseI/AAAAAAAAAHs/zGbmvnDlAoM/s320/champagne.bmp" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Its just gratifying to be able to compete for a World Championship every year" said Kevin Youkilis. The celebration went long into the night and fans gathered together in the streets.<br /><br />The run to the World Series was especially impressive this season, as first round pick Victor Martinez missed pretty much the entire year and was ineffective when he did play (1 HR). The team also lost second round pick and MVP candidate Ian Kinsler for the season. Yet, the Chasers would not be denied! They will be seeking their third Casali Baseball title, their fifth fantasy baseball title and their sixth overall title.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-7908955444811762772?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-54966255251305399552008-09-12T00:39:00.003-04:002008-09-12T02:39:36.830-04:00Odds to Win CFFL Championsip: Week 2<em>DISCLAIMER: Odds for informational purposes only</em><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.watchingamerica.com/images/superman_pic.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 125px;" src="http://www.watchingamerica.com/images/superman_pic.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SUPERMAN<br /><br />6/1</span> - Donkey Punchers - <span style="font-style: italic;">The Champs looked great. Michael Turner, DeSean Jackson and Eddie Royal are three guys who blew up in Week 1.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6/1</span> - Spread Eagles - <span style="font-style: italic;">Looked solid and got a nice win. His WRs all gained value and they were his only question mark.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Ambulance Chasers - <span style="font-style: italic;">Painful loss in Week 1, but still stacked with talent. RB2 was the only question mark and Chris Johnson and Chris Henry saw both their stocks rise. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ilovesubstance.com/images/movies/the_dark_knight_batman_movie_poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 162px;" src="http://www.ilovesubstance.com/images/movies/the_dark_knight_batman_movie_poster.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">BATMAN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18/1</span> - Leg Sweepers - <span style="font-style: italic;">RBs look a little more solid, but nothing to write home about. Still might be enough with those WRs.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20/1</span> - Spank It Boyz - <span style="font-style: italic;">Looked good, but RB issues could tank him quickly.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.spiderman-3-trailer.com/spiderman_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="http://www.spiderman-3-trailer.com/spiderman_6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPIDERMAN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">25/1 </span> - Brown B-Rads - <span style="font-style: italic;">Looks like the type of team that will make the playoffs but can't win anything.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">30/1</span> - RI Colts - <span style="font-style: italic;">Fast Willie Parker isnt going to score three TDs every week, but Larry Johnson isnt going to only score 9 points either. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kenk3n.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/green_lantern.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 147px;" src="http://kenk3n.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/green_lantern.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">GREEN LANTERN<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">35/1</span> - GOODFELLAS - <span style="font-style: italic;">WRs looked like crap. If LT is hurt could be in serious trouble. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">35/1</span> - TTB - <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost Colston and Burleson, and JStew and LenWhale both lost value.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">55/1</span> - StS - <span style="font-style: italic;">Blame Willis McGahee.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040820/040820_michaelPhelps_vmed_3p.widec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 160px;" src="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040820/040820_michaelPhelps_vmed_3p.widec.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">AQUAMAN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">75/1</span> - Stratt Men - <span style="font-style: italic;">I want to knock him down farther since he lost Brady... but there's still a lot of talent on that roster... and you can find a QB if you need one.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">75/1</span> - Beasts - <span style="font-style: italic;">With MoMo out he has nothing on his roster resembling a second RB. Its tough to win like that. Its like Rice's team but without the upside. They both have TE issues and three good WRs. You have to significantly discount Welker without Brady. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">75/1</span> - SK Warriors - <span style="font-style: italic;">WR issues were evident in Week 1, and now McFadden and the Raiders look like a huge question mark. No huge holes or anything... but I keep asking myself "Where is he strong?"</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.belligerentmonkey.com/images/fullsize/wonderwoman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.belligerentmonkey.com/images/fullsize/wonderwoman.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">WONDER WOMAN</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">201/1</span> - JGR - <span style="font-style: italic;">Still looks shitty to me, sorry buddy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-5496625525130539955?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-45893636271313315222008-09-09T20:26:00.008-04:002008-09-10T20:51:38.895-04:00MANAGER OF THE YEAR: WEEK 1<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/photos/89e5a0e001d481a3d4c026820592dcff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://blog.cleveland.com/photos/89e5a0e001d481a3d4c026820592dcff.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The man on the right would have turned 100 this</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">week</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">+1 MOY points to the first person<br />to name him in the comments</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MANAGER OF THE YEAR RACE</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Scoring System:</span><br />+5 Most team points in the week<br />+5 #1 Star of the week<br />+3 #2 Star of the week<br />+1 #3 Star of the week<br />-3 Zero<br />-2 Almost Hero<br />-1 Almost Zero<br />+7 Team scores more than 200 points<br />+5 Team scores more than 175 points<br />+1 Team scores more than 150 points<br />-3 Team scores less than 80 points<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 points<br /><br />Weekly Theme Bonus<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme<br />-5 Zero qualifies for theme<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme<br /><br />Week - Theme<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 - ACC</span><br />2 - SEC<br />3 - Big Ten<br />4 - WRs<br />5 - Big East<br />6 - Miami<br />7 - Maryland<br />8 - RBs<br />9 - White Guys<br />10 - PAC 10<br />11 - Rookies<br />12 - Big 12<br />13 - QBs<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STANDINGS</span><br />+8 TOM<br />+6 JOE<br />+5 RICE<br />+5 VINNY<br />+4 STEVE<br />+2 GEORGE<br />+2 TERRY<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">+1 PAT</span><br />0 BRAD<br />-1 JAY<br />-4 AL<br />-6 BEN<br />-7 JOHN<br />-9 MIKE<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMcgvdYfQzI/AAAAAAAAAqY/mX_LNty0UHg/s1600-h/Ri_Colts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMcgvdYfQzI/AAAAAAAAAqY/mX_LNty0UHg/s400/Ri_Colts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244196290809512754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />AL<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 1-Chris Johnson)<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme (Week 1-Torry Holt)<br /><br />PAT<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">+1 Answered trivia correctly (Answer: Paul Brown)</span><br /><br />JOE<br />+5 Most team points in the week (Week 1)<br />+5 #1 Star of the week (Week 1-Michael Turner)<br />-2 Almost Hero (Week 1-Eddie Royal)<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme (Week 1-Eddie Royal)<br /><br />MIKE<br />-3 Zero (Week 1-Willis McGahee)<br />-5 Zero qualifies for theme (Willis McGahee)<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 (Week 1)<br /><br />TOM<br />+3 #2 Star of the week (Week 1-FWP)<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme(Week 1-FWP)<br /><br />BRAD<br />-<br /><br />BEN<br />+1 #3 Star of the week (Week 1-Reggie Bush)<br />-3 Zero (Week 1-Donte Stallworth)<br />-3 Zero (Week 1-Bobby Wade)<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 (Week 1)<br /><br />GEORGE<br />-3 Team scores less than 80 (Week 1)<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 1-Andre Johnson)<br /><br />RICE<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 1-Reggie Wayne)<br /><br />STEVE<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 (Week 1)<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 1-Frank Gore)<br /><br />VINNY<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 1-Donovan McNabb)<br /><br />JAY<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 Points (Week 1)<br /><br />JOHN<br />-1 Team scores less than 100 Points (Week 1)<br />-3 Zero (Week 1-Robert Meachem)<br />-3 Zero (Week 1-Jabar Gaffney)<br /><br />TERRY<br />+5 Team Star qualifies for theme (Week 1-Kellen Winslow)<br />-2 Almost Hero/Zero qualifies for theme (Week 1-Clinton Portis)<br /><br /><br />NEXT WEEK'S THEME: THE SEC<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-4589363627131331522?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-43300666962270685362008-09-09T01:00:00.022-04:002008-09-09T04:54:34.539-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 1<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c148/mikei70/FarkPS/bradyarodslap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c148/mikei70/FarkPS/bradyarodslap.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>(<span style="font-style: italic;">saw this photo on the internet... classic. All the other photoshops are me</span>)<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE AMBULANCE CHASERS vs. THE SPREAD EAGLES</span><br />Eagles win the "I Guess There Will Never Be Another Perfect Season" Bowl<br />127.55-108.90<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Brian Westbrook (23.20)<br />Eagles: Hines Ward (25.60)<br /><br />A disappointing loss for me. I put up a decent point total(108.90 - good for 6th best for the week). This was a very strange week that featured unusually low scoring. Week 1 of the season always has weird happenings like this. I do feel vindicated in giving Pat good odds, which I took some flak for.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYnFoxsEeI/AAAAAAAAApQ/A71zClRRZ0Q/s1600-h/2521e4da2751d0064615c787d4d9e08b-getty-81705592jm019_st_louis_rams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYnFoxsEeI/AAAAAAAAApQ/A71zClRRZ0Q/s400/2521e4da2751d0064615c787d4d9e08b-getty-81705592jm019_st_louis_rams.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243921793918177762" border="0" /></a><br />My WRs killed me and I had anticipated them being the strength of my team week to week. My team performed well despite them, but it still stung. Housh had a bad matchup and Carson Palmer was awful, which killed his value this week. Baltimore is known for its defense, but usually Palmer still manages to light them up. Not this week. The same story for Tory Holt, but even worse. I didnt expect much from Holt this week, given that a) Bulger is terrible; b) The Eagles blitz on every down so Big Play wasnt going to be able to get downfield; and c) The Eagles have an excellent secondary. Somehow, he managed to under perform even my low expectations. On the upside, most of my bench guys emerged as legit options. Chris Henry showed he's the man in Cincy, even if he wasnt effective(Again - Fuck You Carson Palmer). Chris Johnson looked like vintage Marshall Faulk against the Jags. Pierre Thomas got used plenty. Cotchery is clearly the number one option in NY, and it looks like Favre and him will hook up a lot this season.<br /><br />Pat's team looked very good. It was an unfortunate week to play him... Buffalo won 34-10... that blows. I drafted Lee Evans the last two(three?) years and I knew he would burn me as soon as he got the chance. Can't really feel that bad about this loss, because I think both these teams are in the top 6.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/ce/fullj.b504c1b639f21a882c2c28bc0f642e89/b504c1b639f21a882c2c28bc0f642e89-getty-81705599rm025_houston_texan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 325px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/ce/fullj.b504c1b639f21a882c2c28bc0f642e89/b504c1b639f21a882c2c28bc0f642e89-getty-81705599rm025_houston_texan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BROWN B-RADS vs. THE RI COLTS</span><br />Brown pieces of crap win the "Battle for 7th Place"<br />131.25-113.85<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Adrian Peterson (18.40)<br />Colts: FWP (31.80)<br /><br />I still dont like either of these teams very much. The WRs are not that good. Jacobs is a boom or bust guy who doesnt get you any points if he doesnt get in the end zone. FWP looked great, but we still dont know if he's going to get goal line duty... all those TD runs came from around 10 yards out. I think these teams kind of hit their ceilings with these performances. This creates the illusion theyre a couple of the better teams in the league, but Im not seeing it. I'll upgrade them in the odds, because they performed well... but I remain skeptical.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SK WARRIORS vs. LEG SWEEPERS</span><br />Jeff "Dont call me Ray" Rice wins the "Guys Who Have Had Sex with Brad Bowl"<br />111.05-95.45<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Frank Gore (25.10)<br />Sweepers: Reggie Wayne (24.60)<br /><br />Shockingly, Rice's WRs are ridiculous and carried him to victory. In a few weeks, this may not even look like one of their better weeks... It looks like RBs are still going to be a major, major issue for Rice. Will the Raiders even have a lead this year?<br /><br />Ronald Curry got a garbage time TD. Jenkins had one reception - a 62 yard TD. Steve can maybe fool himself into thinking his WRs arent that bad, but they still are... Ive had guys like this on my team... not fun to watch. I love Gore this year and it appears Gates is back. If Palmer hadnt shit the bed this team would have scored a decent amount of points.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/fa/fullj.4d45a790e460becb8b56c21f99f1d23a/4d45a790e460becb8b56c21f99f1d23a-getty-.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 243px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/fa/fullj.4d45a790e460becb8b56c21f99f1d23a/4d45a790e460becb8b56c21f99f1d23a-getty-.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">StS vs. DONKEY PUNCHERS</span><br />Punchers win the "Raising the 2007 Championship Banner at the Puncher Dome Bowl"<br />137.90-90.15<br />Team Stars<br />StS: Plaxico Burress (23.30)<br />Punchers: Michael "the Burner" Turner (35.60)<br /><br />Well, Joe has had a nice fantasy year. Then to start the season he has one of those weeks where EVERYTHING goes right. Turner explodes for 220 yards. Touchdowns flow like wine. The guys on his bench all go nuts... his team looks deep and strong. He now has 5 starting RBs(Addai, Turner, Jamal Lewis, Slaton, Julius Jones) and at least four good WRs. It is now the mission of everyone in the league to take this bastard down and root against him.<br /><br />Mike: Willis McGahee? Really?? How many times did I warn you not to play him? How many times did I say "Trade him while you still can!"? Im worried about Vernon Davis because apparently Martz never uses tight ends. Stephen Jackson looked like shit, too. Still, these WRs are very good and the smart money says they wont lay down again next week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/25/fullj.5c27c6e3b26c86b76e9bf9240e6064bc/5c27c6e3b26c86b76e9bf9240e6064bc-getty-81705617eg007_kansas_city_c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/25/fullj.5c27c6e3b26c86b76e9bf9240e6064bc/5c27c6e3b26c86b76e9bf9240e6064bc-getty-81705617eg007_kansas_city_c.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE BEASTS vs. THE STRATT MEN</span><br />Stratt Men win the "Nobody Deserves A Win In This Game Bowl"<br />80.50-71.75<br />Team Stars<br />Breasts: Andre Johnson (21.20)<br />Men: Reggie Bush (30.30)<br /><br />Yuck. The two lowest point totals for the week play eachother. It was a single digit scoring bonanza. In all fairness, there were a ton of injuries in this game.<br /><br />Ben actually looks damn dangerous. He forgot to play Santana Moss, who did well. He also has Steve Smith coming back in a couple weeks. I sent Ben a message after Brady went down thanking him for his donation. His angry and vulgar response showed me that he is, indeed, no longer a fantasy football rookie. He is now a miserable bastard like the rest of us.<br /><br />Unlike the Brad vs. Tom game, I think these two underachievers are better than they look right now. Ironically, they both have WRs who were suspended for week 1(Steve Smith and Brandon Marshall).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/e7/fullj.76809ba2978ff0d2b235a25772feda46/76809ba2978ff0d2b235a25772feda46-getty-81705592jm024_st_louis_rams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/e7/fullj.76809ba2978ff0d2b235a25772feda46/76809ba2978ff0d2b235a25772feda46-getty-81705592jm024_st_louis_rams.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE GOODFELLAS vs. TTB</span><br />Teabaggers win<br />122.45-81.30<br />Team Stars<br />Fellas: LT (14.20)<br />Baggers: Donovan McNabb (30.35)<br /><br />In my opening odds article, I questioned Nate Burleson as a weakness. He was making me eat crow until he suffered a season ending knee injury. Funny how often that works out like that. I think I have a gift. Vinny's WRs took another hit, with Moss losing some value now that Brady is out. He'll still be a top 5 WR even in the worst case, though. His RBs are shaping up to be a major concern. LenWhale and JStew were both supposed to be starters... but it sure didnt look that way on Sunday. Norwood looked good, but I wouldnt want to have to rely on him going forward.<br /><br />Jay, on the other hand, doesnt appear to have any lack of RB depth. His stable of backs is second only to Joe. Unfortunately, you can only play two each week, and his WRs are a huge question mark, albeit one with some upside. The supporting cast is strong enough for LT to carry the day most weeks, I would think.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYpzjOA73I/AAAAAAAAApY/boo8AN6Yqek/s1600-h/JGR+WRs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYpzjOA73I/AAAAAAAAApY/boo8AN6Yqek/s400/JGR+WRs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243924781723610994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JGR vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY2Unl9XlI/AAAAAAAAAqI/mlMp-uxp1Cc/s1600-h/Romo+and+Barber.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY2Unl9XlI/AAAAAAAAAqI/mlMp-uxp1Cc/s320/Romo+and+Barber.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243938543972998738" border="0" /></a><br />Boyz win the "Dude, Where's My Wide Receivers? Bowl"<br />94.40-83.20<br />Team Stars<br />JGR: Marion the Barbarian (25.10)<br />Boyz: Kellen Winslow (15.70)<br /><br />Tough week for John. Im not going to rub it in anymore. I think Ive been pretty clear on how I feel about his WRs.<br /><br />Terry looked pretty crappy, but still won. He got terrible performances from Braylon Edwards, Clinton Portis and Selvin Young. Young worries me some(The Broncos were ahead the entire game and he still didnt put up big numbers), but he has Sammy Morris if Young falters. The other guys Im confident will put up huge numbers this year. Terry looks as dangerous right now as any team of his I can remember. That doesnt say a whole lot, mind you, because his teams have been pretty crappy most of the time. He has a pretty good team.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/images/hg_indiana_grail_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/images/hg_indiana_grail_8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Bets</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br /><br />A conference style competition, for anyone who works or who has worked at Casali Liquors. Wager amount TBD. Cup awarded to the team with the best head to head record against other Casali Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met.<br /><br />0-0 RI Colts<br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 StS<br />0-0 Beasts<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mgharris.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/manu-champions-cup2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.mgharris.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/manu-champions-cup2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-CHAMPIONS CUP</span><br />A conference style competition, for past winners of the CFFL Championship. Cup awarded to the team with the best head to head record against other Champions Cup teams. If two teams tie the tiebreaker will be who won when the tied teams met.<br /><br />0-0 Ambulance Chasers<br />0-0 Donkey Punchers<br />0-0 Brown B-Rads<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYuKiNlgUI/AAAAAAAAApo/7eFxzYvlhTs/s1600-h/Fourth+Place.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 265px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYuKiNlgUI/AAAAAAAAApo/7eFxzYvlhTs/s320/Fourth+Place.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243929574636880194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">YANKEES</span><br />Mike bet me twenty the Yanks would make the playoffs. Sorry, Mike.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-NL EAST</span><br />John bet me 50 bucks the Mets win the division. I say the Phightin Phils take it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Please inform me of any other bets you have that you would like listed here</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/zimmer911/DavidBowie-Heroes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/zimmer911/DavidBowie-Heroes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />137.90 - Donkey Punchers vs StS<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />35.60 - Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers<br /><br />CUMULATIVE AWARDS WILL BE SHOWN STARTING WEEK 2<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY3xtik0lI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/d8QaL4Vlj1E/s1600-h/STARS+WEEK+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY3xtik0lI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/d8QaL4Vlj1E/s400/STARS+WEEK+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243940143297253970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Stars</span><br /><br />STARS OF THE WEEK (Star #1 = 3 stars, #2 = 2 stars, #3 = 1 star)<br /><br />STAR #1: Michael Turner - Donkey Punchers - 35.60<br />STAR #2: FWP - RI Colts - 31.80<br />STAR #3: Reggie Bush - Stratt Men - 30.30<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYxbLLCSJI/AAAAAAAAAp4/2wkbeq9fQYA/s1600-h/Turner+the+Burner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 373px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMYxbLLCSJI/AAAAAAAAAp4/2wkbeq9fQYA/s320/Turner+the+Burner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243933159044827282" border="0" /></a>STAR LEADERS (Most stars at the end of of the season is the MVP)<br /><br />4 Michael Turner<br /><br />3 FWP<br /><br />2 Reggie Bush<br /><br />1 Marion Barber<br />1 Plaxico Burress<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Adrian Peterson<br />1 LT<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Brian Westbrook<br />1 Kellen Winslow<br /><br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM "THE U" THIS WEEK<br /><br />Frank Gore<br />Andre Johnson<br />Reggie Wayne<br />Kellen Winslow<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">players who started and scored no points</span>)</span><br /><br />Mike - Willis McGahee<br />Ben - Donte Stallworth<br />Ben - Bobby Wade<br />John - Robert Meachem<br />John - Jabar Gaffney<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.skylinepictures.com/Chicago_Cubs_ch68_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.skylinepictures.com/Chicago_Cubs_ch68_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) The JGR Memorial Almost Heroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points</span>)</span><br /><br />Al - Chris Johnson (21.70)<br />Joe - Eddie Royal (30.50)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Almost Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR</span>)</span><br /><br />Al - Torry Holt (1.90)<br />Al - Chris Perry (5.20)<br />Pat - Ryan Grant (9.20)<br />Tom - Larry Johnson (9.60)<br />Steve - Carson Palmer (6.45)<br />Steve - Darren McFadden (6.70)<br />Rice - Kurt Warner (13.85)<br />Rice - Larry Maroney (5.10)<br />Mike - Santonio Holmes (3.90)<br />Joe - Joseph Addai (5.70)<br />George - Drew Bennett (1.40) INJURY<br />George - MJD (9.00)<br />George - Maurice Morris (3.10) INJURY<br />Ben - Tom Brady (3.80) INJURY<br />Jay - Derek Anderson (12.10)<br />Jay - Chad Ocho Cinco (3.20)<br />Jay - Ted Ginn, Jr. (3.90)<br />Jay - Ricky Williams (7.90)<br />Vinny - Jonathan Stewart (5.30)<br />Terry - Braylon Edwards (3.40)<br />Terry - Clinton Portis (8.40)<br />Terry - Selvin Young (9.60)<br /><br />It is worth noting that Edge and LenWhale each scored EXACTLY 10 points...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY2Bl0BZOI/AAAAAAAAAqA/r-XgnGDJ2No/s1600-h/Bradistorius.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SMY2Bl0BZOI/AAAAAAAAAqA/r-XgnGDJ2No/s400/Bradistorius.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243938217077597410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Brady to play again in 08????</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />Down goes Tom Brady!<br />Bernard Pollard tears shit up<br />The Patsies look done<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Video of the Week</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_6kpDs3i-Nc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_6kpDs3i-Nc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-4330066696227068536?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-26764321370312239282008-09-03T03:27:00.009-04:002008-09-03T03:59:32.799-04:00Revised Manager of the Year Scoring System<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5CVyqqO8I/AAAAAAAAApA/C4JgHRDoIBg/s1600-h/Don_Shula_Photo1_mid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5CVyqqO8I/AAAAAAAAApA/C4JgHRDoIBg/s320/Don_Shula_Photo1_mid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241699958451223490" border="0" /></a><br />Ive decided to revamp the scoring system for MOY. The Don Shula Award for CFFL MOY will be decided as follows in 2008:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> +5</span> - Most Points by a team this week<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+5</span> - #1 Star<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+3</span> - #2 Star<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+1 </span>- #3 Star<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-3</span> - Zero<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-1</span> - Almost Zero<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-2</span> - Almost Hero<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-1</span> - <100 points<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-3</span> - <80 points<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+3</span> - >150 points<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+5</span> - >175 points<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+7</span> - >200 points<br /><br />The system has been simplified, and I feel this will results in some more fair scoring. Last year there were too many ways to score and they all rewarded the same things and that resulted in the best team running away with MOY.<br /><br />You may have noticed that instead of a Star of the Week Ive listed #1, #2 and #3 Stars of the week. Instead of a single star we're going to have three ranked stars each week like at the end of a hockey game. This will work better for MOY and should make for a more fun MVP race. In the MVP race the #1 star will be worth 3 stars, the #2 will be worth 2 and the #3 will be worth 1 in the yearly star total.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL48zfhh_YI/AAAAAAAAAoo/f5Kddt75drI/s1600-h/shula_closeup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL48zfhh_YI/AAAAAAAAAoo/f5Kddt75drI/s320/shula_closeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241693871638969730" border="0" /></a><br />The weekly theme bonuses are also returning this year, with simplified scoring as well:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">+5</span> - Team Star qualifies<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-5</span> - Zero qualifies<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-2</span> - Almost Zero/Hero qualifies<br /><br />The themes will be as follows(Ive tried very hard to avoid having any star players on byes during the week where their conference is the theme. If you have a conflict I missed let me know and I'll see if we can switch it):<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Week </span>Theme<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span> ACC (Players who went to ACC schools qualify)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span> SEC<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span> Big Ten<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span> WRs (WRs qualify)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span> Big East<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6</span> Miami<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7</span> Maryland<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8</span> RBs<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9</span> White Guys (Only Caucasian players qualify)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10</span> PAC 10<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11</span> Rookies (Rookies qualify)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12</span> Big 12<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13</span> QBs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5ByF5yjzI/AAAAAAAAAo4/XdONIoMuOYY/s1600-h/JGR_Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5ByF5yjzI/AAAAAAAAAo4/XdONIoMuOYY/s320/JGR_Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241699345139666738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To recap, the winner of the Don Shula MOY last year was John Rossi of JGR. The CFFL MVP was Tom Brady, QB, of the Brown B-Rads. Congratulations again to the Gay Rainbows and also to the Gay dark skinned kid with the ass problem.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5BT_3-X-I/AAAAAAAAAow/BHVFFayQ2_o/s1600-h/tn96.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SL5BT_3-X-I/AAAAAAAAAow/BHVFFayQ2_o/s320/tn96.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241698828125364194" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2676432137031223928?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-4970826852270702552008-09-01T23:51:00.006-04:002008-09-02T02:11:44.999-04:00Odds to Win the 2008 CFFL Championship<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SLy6v_LQGyI/AAAAAAAAAoY/wmI0nx_48cw/s1600-h/las+vegas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SLy6v_LQGyI/AAAAAAAAAoY/wmI0nx_48cw/s320/las+vegas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241269399927659298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RudHHxPesaI/AAAAAAAAAHM/HryzJkfwM24/s1600-h/las+vegas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RudHHxPesaI/AAAAAAAAAHM/HryzJkfwM24/s1600-h/las+vegas.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Opening Odds<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">DISCLAIMER: Odds for informational purposes only<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3/1</span> - Ambulance Chasers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6/1</span> - Spread Eagles<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Beasts<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10/1</span> - Donkey Punchers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15/1</span> - Toronto Teabaggers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15/1</span> - Leg Sweepers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20/1</span> - StS<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">25/1</span> - Spank It Boyz<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">30/1</span> - GOODFELLAS<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">55/1</span> - SK Warriors<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60/1 </span> - Brown B-Rads<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60/1</span> - RI Colts<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">100/1</span> - Stratt Men<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">200/1</span> - JGR<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SLzLSe875bI/AAAAAAAAAog/mTNKs4oJQBQ/s1600-h/CFFL1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/SLzLSe875bI/AAAAAAAAAog/mTNKs4oJQBQ/s320/CFFL1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241287584759145906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATION:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3/1</span> - Ambulance Chasers<br /><br />The Chasers have three stud WRs(T.J. Housmafafaskfjdjdeh, Torry Holt and Jerricho Cotchery)... and while there are other teams with as good or better WRs, those teams dont have Brian Westbrook or a comparable stud at RB. Chris Perry is a pass catching machine at RB2 and looks to be this year's Earnest Graham. Eli/Garrard are a step or two below the elite QBs, but between them should make for average to above average QB production. Shockey could be a monster at TE in the Saints' pass happy offense. No holes on this team except depth.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6/1</span> - Spread Eagles<br /><br />Will Sweeney finally not bitch about a review of mine? Somehow I doubt it. I like Pat's team a lot, though. The downside is he has nothing but 2nd or 3rd tier players at WR and RB... and the upside is <span style="font-style: italic;">he has nothing but 2nd or 3rd tier players at WR and RB.</span> I see two RBs and three WRs who should be good for 200+ points each. Then he has Drew Brees. It would take an idiot to screw this team up...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8/1</span> - Beasts<br /><br />George has three ridiculous WRs in Andre Johnson, Brandon Marshall and Wes Welker. Everybody else is good enough and he has some upside. RB2 could be a major concern. A week from now if his RB2 goes south he could plummet in these rankings. The strengths of this team are very reminiscent of the 2007 Donkey Punchers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10/1</span> - Donkey Punchers<br /><br />Speaking of the Donkey Punchers, I initially gave them no chance of repeating, but as I look at the other teams this team isnt really that bad. Joe's WRs are underwhelming, but should get the job done. His RBs are very strong and have a ton of upside. Just looking at it, it would make a whole lot of sense for both teams if Joe would trade Julius Jones and another RB to George for one of his WRs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15/1</span> - Toronto Teabaggers<br /><br />Vinny's top two WRs are scary (Moss and Colston). Then there is a significant dropoff to his WR3(Burleson). He also has Witten and McNabb. The RBs are a serious question mark (LenWhale and JStew), but there is a good amount of upside here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15/1</span> - Leg Sweepers<br /><br />Rice has the best WRs in the league (which if you notice, seems to be a theme of these odds). TO, Reggie Wayne and Anquan Boldin should carry him from week to week. Much like Vinny he has fairly crappy RBs(Maroney and Fargas). BUT unlike Vinny he has a stud WR3, which is offset by Vinny having Witten... WHICH is why they both have the same odds in my book.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">20/1</span> - StS<br /><br />I hate Willis McGahee this year. I hate the entire Ravens offense. They lost Ogden to retirement and then two other offensive linemen in camp. Theyre going to have a rookie QB behind center. Their WRs are awful. Lots of warning signs here. Other than that, Mike's team is very good, though his WR3 spot is a pretty big question mark (Galloway hasnt played yet).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />25/1</span> - Spank It Boyz<br /><br />Terry? Really? Yes, really. I dont know if he did it on purpose, but Terry has a good team here. Braylon, Coles and Crayton are three very good WR options. Clinton and Selvin should provide above average production at RB. Although his QBs kind of suck (Matt Schaub and Jason Campbell) its not exactly hard to find QBs. He also has Winslow, who I think should be second only to Witten at TE.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />30/1</span> - GOODFELLAS<br /><br />Jay has a strong team, but there are some pretty big question marks. LT and Thomas Jones/Kevin Smith/Ricky Williams should ensure he gets more out of his RBs than any other team. But his WR1 is Ocho Cinco, and behind him he has Chambers and Ginn. I think Chambers and Ginn are both sleepers this year, but not so much that this WR corps is impressive.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">55/1</span> - SK Warriors<br /><br />Steve has one WR I love (Fitz), one RB I love (Gore) and a TE I love (Gates). After that he's in trouble. Michael Jenkins and Ronald Curry just dont cut it. If either one were a WR3 behind Fitz and another good WR I would still list them as a problem. Reggie Brown needs to come up big to make this work - and that hasnt exactly been Reggie Brown's strongpoint in the past. Good upside here, but his floor is lower than most.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60/1 </span> - Brown B-Rads<br /><br />Adrian Peterson is awesome. Earnest Graham is pretty good. Greg Jennings, though, is no WR1. Dwayne Bowe and Derrick Mason arent great options at WR either. Tony Scheffler is the TE, and right now he's #2 on Shanahan's depth chart at TE. This team just doesnt have a lot of upside. I guess Bowe could break out, but even then this WR corps just isnt up to par, and the rest of the team doesnt have the upside to carry them. He will probably finish above some teams Ive listed with better odds, but I dont see Brad winning this thing in any scenario.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">60/1</span> - RI Colts<br /><br />Im not a huge LJ fan, but he should be solid. Same for FWP. The problem with this team is WRs. Much like Brad's team, Marvin Harrison just isnt a WR1. Driver could be better than expected, but Tom has nothing resembling a WR3. This team is very similar to Brad's. Even if the WRs come through better than expected - even if things break right - these teams just dont have the upside to run with the big dogs. The caveat is that Brad and Tom are usually pretty smart maneuvering and on the waiver wire. If they fill the holes, these teams could take off pretty quickly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">100/1</span> - Stratt Men<br /><br />Ben's team has solid pieces and should be fun to watch. He snagged the 2007 CFFL MVP in Tom Brady... yet much like last year it seems unlikely Brady will be able to lead his team to the CFFL playoffs. Reggie Bush and Matt Forte are pretty good options at RB. Steve Smith, Donte Stallworth and Berrian/Santana Moss are pretty good WRs. I see another team destined for a mid standings finish with no real chance of winning and not much upside. Unlike the rest of us, Ben isnt the sort of lunatic who will jump on the hot pickup each week, and so I had to discount him for that... a couple nice pickups could really help this team, but Im not seeing it...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">200/1</span> - JGR<br /><br />This was not the team I expected to see at the bottom of the odds... but each time I looked around the league I could reach no other conclusion. This team is BAD. He has Tony Romo and Marion Barber. Love both those guys. Everyone else on this team is terrible. Listen to these WRs: Roddy White, Robert Meachem, Jabar Gaffney, Mark Clayton, Ken Walter. I count about seven teams in our league where Roddy White would be - at best - a WR4. Those WRs are just the worst thing Ive ever seen. It has to be the worst WR corps in CFFL history. In any given week most teams will get more from their WR3 slot than John will from his WR2 AND WR3.<br /><br />One strength he has is RB depth, but not the kind that's going to land him real solutions through trade. Edge is fine, sure. What's the best case with him, though? Certainly not anywhere what it would take to carry these WRs...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Odds will be updated weekly</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-497082685227070255?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-61662426056627924662008-03-23T22:25:00.004-04:002008-03-23T23:21:59.891-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: Supplemental Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd3kgKKfI/AAAAAAAAAnY/NRdFSOG7vso/s1600-h/J+Ramirez.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd3kgKKfI/AAAAAAAAAnY/NRdFSOG7vso/s200/J+Ramirez.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142736841615858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br />For losing Tyler Clippard NYY to WAS via trade<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Juan Ramirez SEA</span><br /><br />Juan Ramirez was the best player left on the board. Hard throwing 19 year old international signee. Nasty stuff, good K numbers and could move fast. High ceiling, but could very well end up a closer... we havent seen how he'll hold up to a full year of starts yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd30gKKgI/AAAAAAAAAng/qGHZK87NNLU/s1600-h/A+Bailey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd30gKKgI/AAAAAAAAAng/qGHZK87NNLU/s200/A+Bailey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142741136583170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Donkey Punchers</span><br />For losing Darrell Rasner NYY, waived<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Andrew Bailey OAK</span><br /><br />Bailey is touted as a low ceiling pitcher... but his minor league line so far: 183 IP, 203 K's, 140 H's. He pitched mostly in A ball, but jumped to AAA for one start at the end of the year. 8 IP, 1 ER, 4K, 3H, 1BB. The major question I have about Bailey is whether he develops a third consistent pitch... if not he might end up in the pen. Definitely a chance worth taking here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd30gKKhI/AAAAAAAAAno/TW2oOvqMZDA/s1600-h/JP+Arencibia.htm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd30gKKhI/AAAAAAAAAno/TW2oOvqMZDA/s200/JP+Arencibia.htm" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142741136583186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br />For losing Matt DeSalvo NYY, waived<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C J.P. Arencibia TOR</span><br /><br />Arencibia has some red flags... I wouldnt jump at taking a catcher with a bad back. Still, lots of upside here for a late pick. He could be really good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd4EgKKiI/AAAAAAAAAnw/JhThVWd0feY/s1600-h/H+Rollins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd4EgKKiI/AAAAAAAAAnw/JhThVWd0feY/s200/H+Rollins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142745431550498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br />For losing Eulogio De La Cruz DET, traded to FLA<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Heath Rollins TB</span><br /><br />Hollins had great numbers this year and I had him on my radar. He has a reputation of being a guy with so-so stuff and excellent command. That's the kind of guy who ends up either pretty good or gets very exposed when he reaches the higher minors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd4EgKKjI/AAAAAAAAAn4/PCJzibKP6DA/s1600-h/C+Rosa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cd4EgKKjI/AAAAAAAAAn4/PCJzibKP6DA/s200/C+Rosa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142745431550514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">StS</span><br />From RI Colts - For losing Aaron Cunningham CHW, traded to ARI<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Carlos Rosa KC</span><br />Rosa is a guy who doesnt really impress me. He's okay at everything but not good at anything either. He doesnt throw particularly hard and he doesnt last long into his starts. He's a fine gamble for this part of the draft, but I think he's going to end up as a reliever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBUgKKkI/AAAAAAAAAoA/sJGG_DDUPxY/s1600-h/C+Angelini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBUgKKkI/AAAAAAAAAoA/sJGG_DDUPxY/s200/C+Angelini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142904345340482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Smelly Spics</span><br />For losing Gorkys Hernandez DET, traded to ATL<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">SS Carmen Angelini NYY</span><br /><br />Angelini was a 10th round pick who the Yanks got by paying way over slot money. He's supposed to be a decent talent but I dont know much about him. He's a toolsy 19 year old... and if I havent made it clear how I feel about those types... and especially Brad drafting those guys... well, you need to work on your reading skills.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBUgKKlI/AAAAAAAAAoI/qtIeRNOfkd8/s1600-h/M+Mangini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBUgKKlI/AAAAAAAAAoI/qtIeRNOfkd8/s200/M+Mangini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142904345340498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span><br />For losing Dallas Trahern DET, traded to FLA<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3B Matt Mangini SEA</span><br /><br />A decent prospect with some good power. I think he might be a little undervalued, but Im not a big fan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBkgKKmI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/_eG6GBMpRUI/s1600-h/J+Benson.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-ceBkgKKmI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/_eG6GBMpRUI/s200/J+Benson.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181142908640307810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br />???<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Joe Benson MIN</span><br />Mr. Irrelevant is toolsy OFer who hasnt done much as a pro. He's a big project right now but he has a high ceiling.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6166242605662792466?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-21232773057007385042008-03-23T21:37:00.005-04:002008-03-23T22:22:31.863-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: 5th Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP9UgKKeI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/WGfK4Z2NBSk/s1600-h/S+Runion.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP9UgKKeI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/WGfK4Z2NBSk/s200/S+Runion.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127442463074786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Sam Runion KC</span><br /><br />I had Runion on my draft board, but to be honest I dont know a whole lot about him. He's a big right-handed pitcher... so that has some value. Whether he ends up a reliever or starter is the question that would bug me, but he's got good enough stuff that you dont mind taking that kind of gamble at this point in the draft.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Passed)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP9EgKKdI/AAAAAAAAAnI/kqxoX1aA3h4/s1600-h/O+Tejeda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP9EgKKdI/AAAAAAAAAnI/kqxoX1aA3h4/s200/O+Tejeda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127438168107474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Smelly Spics</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">SS Oscar Tejeda BOS</span><br /><br />Another high upside, I dont know what Im getting pick from Brad. I guess if one of these guys pans out he'd be in pretty good shape. I think a lot of the hype around these really young players is SNTS - Shiny New Toy Syndrome. We dont know their flaws yet... as opposed to slightly older prospects where we can already see their limitations and weaknesses. That shouldnt be taken to mean that these young kids dont have flaws... we just cant tell what they are yet.<br /><br />Picking 17 year old kids is a great way to get a guy before his stock skyrockets... but the risk is magnified many times as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP80gKKcI/AAAAAAAAAnA/-FyrwFyoLWI/s1600-h/A+Brackman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cP80gKKcI/AAAAAAAAAnA/-FyrwFyoLWI/s200/A+Brackman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127433873140162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Andrew Brackman NYY</span><br /><br />Not a fan. Yankee prospect. Already out for the entire 08 season. Major project. The upside is there... but he's such a bad risk with such little chance of reaching his upside. Acceptable risk at this point for someone who likes the guy more than me... but I would pass here and keep on passing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxkgKKbI/AAAAAAAAAm4/8TE1Sgv-leM/s1600-h/J+Jaso.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxkgKKbI/AAAAAAAAAm4/8TE1Sgv-leM/s200/J+Jaso.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127240599611826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gay Rainbows</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C John Jaso TB</span><br /><br />Jaso has good power for a catcher. He's also had a ton of injuries. Best catching prospect on the board here... maybe Max Ramirez, but he's probably not a MLB catcher. If Jaso has to move to 1B I like the pick considerably less... but hey, what else are you going to get at this point in the draft?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxUgKKaI/AAAAAAAAAmw/OaHLrjoEfTM/s1600-h/W+Middlebrooks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxUgKKaI/AAAAAAAAAmw/OaHLrjoEfTM/s200/W+Middlebrooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127236304644514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Smelly Spics</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">INF Will Middlebrooks BOS</span><br /><br />I DO like this pick. He's older and played high school ball in America... so there's less risk. Middlebrooks is supposed to be a damned good athlete. He's a five tool player and has a nice power stroke. I probably would have taken him with my next pick if he was there. Might grow too big to stay at SS, but this guy's bat and tools will let him play a lot of places. The downside is we dont know exactly what he is. 2008 will tell us something, but it may be a couple years before we get any idea of what we're looking at here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mezak Attack</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Passed)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxUgKKZI/AAAAAAAAAmo/zjBSo9_R7_E/s1600-h/J+Egbert.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxUgKKZI/AAAAAAAAAmo/zjBSo9_R7_E/s200/J+Egbert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127236304644498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gay Rainbows</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Jack Egbert CWS</span><br /><br />I like this pick a lot. Very low upside pitcher, but probably will see time in the majors this year... and getting that is a bargain this late.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxEgKKYI/AAAAAAAAAmg/HDkNhIVEWE0/s1600-h/O+Poveda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPxEgKKYI/AAAAAAAAAmg/HDkNhIVEWE0/s200/O+Poveda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127232009677186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 9</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Omar Poveda TEX</span><br /><br />Poveda is a beast. Big guy who has put up some good numbers so far. What bothers me is how stacked with pitching prospects the Rangers are... but I really liked this guy here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPw0gKKXI/AAAAAAAAAmY/-ArsLIcq5lc/s1600-h/J+Rodriguez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-cPw0gKKXI/AAAAAAAAAmY/-ArsLIcq5lc/s200/J+Rodriguez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181127227714709874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 10</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2B/SS Josh Rodriguez CLE</span><br /><br />I noticed here that I had missed out on all my position player targets... and the next tier of pitching prospects were all the same to me, and less than spectacular at that. Rodriguez is a very good hitter for a middle infielder. He may not have the athleticism to stick at SS in the majors, even though he has a ridiculously strong arm. JRod was a 2nd round pick in 2006. Last year he put up a line of .262/.351/.460 with 20 HRs and 21 SBs at high A Kinston. I dont know about you but Id be pretty happy to get that from my second baseman.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2123277305700738504?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-23229302051497026052008-03-20T16:29:00.010-04:002008-03-21T10:42:21.694-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: 4th Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKVI/AAAAAAAAAmI/7MAqmIUTaTE/s1600-h/B+Snyder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKVI/AAAAAAAAAmI/7MAqmIUTaTE/s200/B+Snyder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963699599386962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1B Brandon Snyder BAL</span><br /><br />I dont understand this pick. Snyder was once considered a pretty good prospect... but that was two years ago. Was Steve looking at an old list? I dont think its a worthless pick, but the odds are against this guy ever having fantasy value. He was terrible as a 19 year old and hasnt shown much power in his pro career. Last year, he resurrected his value a little going for .263/.330/.409 with 11 HRs in A ball as a 20 year old. BUT he moved from catcher to 1B. Now, if we discount Mills and Davis for having a tough time making it as 1B we obviously have to be very, very skeptical of Snyder.<br /><br />To illustrate my point about 1B, lets say one of these three 1B prospects goes for a fantasy line of 67 R/21 HR/80 RBI and .343 OBP. That's pretty good, right? Not that great from a 1B. That's PECOTA's projection for Ryan Garko. PECOTA has 14 AL 1B eligible players having better lines than that this year. Please remember there are 10 teams in our league. Now, obviously you could play this guy at utility, and we'd all like to have Ryan Garko... Im NOT saying the 14th best 1B is worthless, especially when he puts up a line like that. What I am saying is the odds are against a 1B prospect ever reaching that plateau of performance - and EVEN if he does that's still only good for 14th best at his position. To list some of the 14 - Ortiz, Pena, Hafner, Swisher, Konerko, Morneau, Youk, VMart, Guillen... etc... (I dont want to give away my big board here... you get the point)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Passed)</span><br /><br />There's lots of players Id like above lots of Dave's guys here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKUI/AAAAAAAAAmA/pl_qfY-MuLk/s1600-h/C+Spoone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKUI/AAAAAAAAAmA/pl_qfY-MuLk/s200/C+Spoone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963699599386946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Chorye Spoone BAL</span><br /><br />Love Spoone. Lots of Ks and lots of groundballs. Durable build. High upside.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKTI/AAAAAAAAAl4/XMRy-RGDcfI/s1600-h/R+Royster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtikgKKTI/AAAAAAAAAl4/XMRy-RGDcfI/s200/R+Royster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963699599386930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Ryan Royster TB</span><br /><br />I really, really liked Royster and the next pick, Nick Weglarz. They were my two sleeper position players. I felt comfortable going pitcher with the pick above because they were both still available and I got to select again in three picks. So I was pretty unhappy to see them taken. Im not sure I would have taken one, but they were on my radar.<br /><br />Royster is a heck of hitter.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtiUgKKSI/AAAAAAAAAlw/NyTl7qV702g/s1600-h/N+Weglarz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtiUgKKSI/AAAAAAAAAlw/NyTl7qV702g/s200/N+Weglarz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963695304419618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Nick Weglarz CLE</span><br /><br />Weglarz has a ton of power and has shown impressive patience for a 19 year old. He's a big Canadian kid with an uppercut swing... reminds me of Jeromy Burnitz. Downside is he's at best a two category player. So the gamble is he becomes good enough at those two categories to justify using him... I would have taken that gamble.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtPEgKKRI/AAAAAAAAAlo/aTp1DpZR_vc/s1600-h/J+Simmons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtPEgKKRI/AAAAAAAAAlo/aTp1DpZR_vc/s200/J+Simmons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963364591937810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P James Simmons OAK</span><br /><br />Middle of the rotation type who went straight from college to AA and pitched well there. Too much of a value to pass on here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtO0gKKQI/AAAAAAAAAlg/iuXFKLpcOpo/s1600-h/S+O%27Sullivan.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtO0gKKQI/AAAAAAAAAlg/iuXFKLpcOpo/s200/S+O%27Sullivan.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963360296970498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mezak Attack</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Sean O'Sullivan LAA</span><br /><br />I liked O'Sullivan a good bit heading into the draft. I definitely would have taken him if he dropped another round and would have considered him with my next pick. His problem is he has no out pitch at the MLB level. So his ceiling isnt great, but he's a pretty good prospect despite that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOkgKKPI/AAAAAAAAAlY/1fc3Cnzom7w/s1600-h/B+Revere.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOkgKKPI/AAAAAAAAAlY/1fc3Cnzom7w/s200/B+Revere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963356002003186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gay Rainbows</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Ben Revere MIN</span><br /><br />I like this pick. Revere has a bad rap as a one category player... and to be fair he hasnt shown much hitting ability or patience so far. I think he could easily improve enough to be a fantasy asset given the perennial paucity of stolen bases.<br /><br />EDIT: Interesting side note... look at the photo. First, I assumed Ben Revere was a white guy... which reminds me of a funny sports guy comment about how Reggie Willits and Howie Kendrick need to swap names. Second, what the hell is with this photo? That's either a pop up or a swinging strike, right? Look where the bat head is... that doesnt bode well, Johnny. That doesnt bode well at all...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOUgKKOI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/nUXfZScc_2w/s1600-h/K+Ahrens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOUgKKOI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/nUXfZScc_2w/s200/K+Ahrens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963351707035874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 9</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3B Kevin Ahrens TOR</span><br /><br />Ahrens is as high end a hitter as is available at this point in the draft. There are some question marks, but it was a good risk here. Joe added a number of potential middle of the order bats in this draft.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOEgKKNI/AAAAAAAAAlI/s4r5t6n1dZ0/s1600-h/D+Duffy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LtOEgKKNI/AAAAAAAAAlI/s4r5t6n1dZ0/s200/D+Duffy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179963347412068562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LuEEgKKWI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/-txax6AJSpM/s1600-h/D+Duffy+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 148px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-LuEEgKKWI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/-txax6AJSpM/s200/D+Duffy+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179964275125004642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 10</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Danny Duffy KC<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Steal of the Draft. GFY.<br /><br />Lefty who throws in mid 90's.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2322930205149702605?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-29047095899573077972008-03-20T14:04:00.004-04:002008-03-20T14:48:27.956-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: 3rd Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxK0gKKMI/AAAAAAAAAlA/A4z29rjbPuE/s1600-h/R+Kalish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxK0gKKMI/AAAAAAAAAlA/A4z29rjbPuE/s200/R+Kalish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179897320879827138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Ryan Kalish BOS</span><br /><br />You have to love Kalish. He's a speed and power OFer that has nearly the same ceiling as Desmond Jennings or Austin Jackson. Kalish isnt the athlete those two are, but he has their speed on the basepaths and a much more advanced approach at the plate. He missed most of last year with a wrist injury but his numbers have been very impressive as a professional. He could move fast.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxK0gKKLI/AAAAAAAAAk4/v3c4Sklixpw/s1600-h/H+Rodriguez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxK0gKKLI/AAAAAAAAAk4/v3c4Sklixpw/s200/H+Rodriguez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179897320879827122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Henry Rodriguez OAK</span><br /><br />HRod is a guy I took off my board because I was afraid he ends up a reliever. He throws very hard and has filthy stuff, but lacks secondary pitches. This is an appropriate gamble at this point, because even if he becomes a reliever he would be a sick reliever and you could definitely take someone like that here. A lot of upside here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKkgKKKI/AAAAAAAAAkw/i3IEZvIH1iQ/s1600-h/B+Beavan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKkgKKKI/AAAAAAAAAkw/i3IEZvIH1iQ/s200/B+Beavan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179897316584859810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Blake Beavan TEX</span><br /><br />Another guy who could be a releiver. More of a project than HRod, though. Beavan cant match the nasty fastball of the other project pitchers, but his slider is unhittable. His throwing motion is all messed up and he could take a while to fix and that's my major concern. A lot of pitchers with nasty sliders do it by torquing their bodies in a weird way. When pitching coaches correct their throwing motion the sliders lose their effectiveness... (see Hansen, Craig). Beavan has a lot of talent, but who the hell knows what he will be in three years. He still should be taken around here, though, just not a personal fave of mine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKUgKKJI/AAAAAAAAAko/sxrtLTG-hcQ/s1600-h/J+Arrieta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKUgKKJI/AAAAAAAAAko/sxrtLTG-hcQ/s200/J+Arrieta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179897312289892498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Jake Arrieta BAL</span><br /><br />I do love this pick. Big Arrieta fan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKEgKKII/AAAAAAAAAkg/BUnvd5Y--mU/s1600-h/N+Hagadone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KxKEgKKII/AAAAAAAAAkg/BUnvd5Y--mU/s200/N+Hagadone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179897307994925186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Nick Hagadone BOS</span><br /><br />I would have taken Hagadone over the last two picks, for what its worth. Although he was a college reliever he has multiple plus pitches and is going to be a starter. He has great stuff and I expect to see him near the top of many prospect lists next year. He was a major fall to get taken here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwykgKKHI/AAAAAAAAAkY/jRWJZY1_FYY/s1600-h/E+Beltre.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwykgKKHI/AAAAAAAAAkY/jRWJZY1_FYY/s200/E+Beltre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179896904267999346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Smelly Spics</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Engel Beltre TEX</span><br /><br />Not a fan of this pick. He's sooooo far away. He hasnt done jack shit as a professional. Too much of an unknown. I would take him in the last round, maybe but there were better picks left on the board.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwykgKKGI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Mdkx2gduwLE/s1600-h/B+Gardner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwykgKKGI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Mdkx2gduwLE/s200/B+Gardner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179896904267999330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mezak Attack</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Brett Gardner NYY</span><br /><br />Although I hate Yankees prospects... this guy has ridiculous speed and gaudy stolen base totals. The downside is he's pretty one dimensional for an OFer. Speed is so rare that you can justify it, but there were other directions to go in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyUgKKFI/AAAAAAAAAkI/M1tkIp6QJ7A/s1600-h/W+Hodges.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyUgKKFI/AAAAAAAAAkI/M1tkIp6QJ7A/s200/W+Hodges.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179896899973032018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gay Rainbows</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3B Wes Hodges CLE</span><br /><br />LOVE this pick. Shouldnt have fallen this far. Plus power and patience and he plays a more valuable defensive position than Mills or Davis. Not to mention the Tribe may soon have a need at 3B.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyEgKKEI/AAAAAAAAAkA/rCgI-9aNeYo/s1600-h/J+Montero.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyEgKKEI/AAAAAAAAAkA/rCgI-9aNeYo/s200/J+Montero.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179896895678064706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 9</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C/1B Jesus Montero NYY</span><br /><br />Montero has a ridiculous amount of power and a huge frame. I dont believe for a second he sticks at catcher, but his bat should carry at 1B. Loooooong way off - he's not even 18 yet - but big upside. I like picks like this in the middle rounds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyEgKKDI/AAAAAAAAAj4/5Ra3dj5PCyk/s1600-h/T+Robertson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-KwyEgKKDI/AAAAAAAAAj4/5Ra3dj5PCyk/s200/T+Robertson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179896895678064690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 10</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Tyler Robertson MIN</span><br /><br />Could not believe this guy fell to me here. I love Robertson. In my initial draft board I had him at 8th overall. In his rookie debut he pitched 48 innings and struck out 54. The next season he threw 102 IP and struck out 123. He has a filthy slider and a decent fastball with a late downward movement to it. He has good control. Double A will be the big test for him to see whether advanced hitters lay off the slider. He also loses his stuff late into starts... tremendous upside despite that.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2904709589957307797?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-75119062195687246952008-03-19T02:31:00.006-04:002008-03-19T03:44:45.604-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: 2nd Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnt1f5LI/AAAAAAAAAjw/24SsWKxpGLc/s1600-h/T+Teagarden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnt1f5LI/AAAAAAAAAjw/24SsWKxpGLc/s200/T+Teagarden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179351360027485362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />C Taylor Teagarden TEX<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I like Teagarden a lot here. He's got plus power and patience for a catcher. The downsides were injuries and that he's pretty well blocked, but his upside is substantial. A couple arms were out there that I would have gone with first (Cahill, Cortes) but Teagarden is a solid choice.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnd1f5KI/AAAAAAAAAjo/n2vBMEeKFDI/s1600-h/P+Aumont.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnd1f5KI/AAAAAAAAAjo/n2vBMEeKFDI/s200/P+Aumont.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179351355732518050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Phillippe Aumont SEA</span><br /><br />Im not a big Aumont fan. He has a very high upside but I hate drafting pitching "projects." Aumont started playing baseball in high school, is Canadian, and speaks no English. That's as much of a project as you can get. He has a great frame and could be a nasty pitcher down the line... but there were safer options here with nearly as much upside that i would have gone with first.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnd1f5JI/AAAAAAAAAjg/4HaFtbGglqE/s1600-h/T+Cahill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnd1f5JI/AAAAAAAAAjg/4HaFtbGglqE/s200/T+Cahill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179351355732518034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Trevor Cahill OAK</span><br /><br />This was the right pick here. I was definitely taking him if he dropped one more spot. I had him and Cortes right next to eachother, though, so I wasnt too sorry to miss out on Cahill. He has a lot of upside... his inability to get lefthanders out is troubling, but he was the best player left on the board here.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnN1f5II/AAAAAAAAAjY/wz0NYCeaFnU/s1600-h/Dan+Cortes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnN1f5II/AAAAAAAAAjY/wz0NYCeaFnU/s200/Dan+Cortes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179351351437550722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Dan Cortes KC</span><br /><br />Same upside as Cahill. Slightly less of a pedigree. Slightly less question marks.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnN1f5HI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/3SRDL8VUkco/s1600-h/N+Blackburn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAnN1f5HI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/3SRDL8VUkco/s200/N+Blackburn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179351351437550706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Nick Blackburn MIN</span><br /><br />I had Blackburn way down on my board. He isnt a very good pitcher. Baseball America idiotically had him as the Twins best prospect, but he is never going to have a shot at being even an average major league starting pitcher. Pitchers succed by doing two things well - 1) Striking batters out; and 2) Keeping the ball on the ground (and consequently in the park). Blackburn struck out 5.56 per 9 IP in his minor league career. That is just... terrible. Its frightening to imagine how few major league batters he would strike out.<br /><br />Now, some guys like Chien Ming Wang can succeed despite low strikeout rates by inducing an extreme amount of ground balls. The problem with Blackburn is that he doesnt strike anyone out OR get a great amount of groundballs (41%). For comparison, a sinkerballer like Derek Lowe doesnt strike out a lot of guys, but he looks like Nolan Ryan compared to Blackburn(5.87 K/9 Career). Lowe succeeds despite this poor K rate by getting batters to hit groundballs around 66% of the time. Blackburn simply will not have a long or good career. Add to his poor skill set the fact that he's entering his age 26 season... and well... that's paints a pretty ugly picture. He's just not very good and not going to get any better.<br /><br />In defense of this pick, Pat already took a number of high upside players so he could gamble here on a guy who could help now. Blackburn might "help" this year, as he very well could make a few starts for the Twinkies. I dont think Blackburn should have gone undrafted, but this is far too high for him in my humble opinion. If Pat wanted to get a close to the majors/help now type why not take Aaron Laffey? He has much better pedigree as a prospect than Blackburn and as good a chance to have an impact this year. He's also younger and better. He isnt a big K guy(6.21/9), but gets a very good amount of ground balls (59%).<br /><br />Not a fan of this pick.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAKN1f5GI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Aq7VNwsgYHA/s1600-h/B+Cecil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAKN1f5GI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Aq7VNwsgYHA/s200/B+Cecil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179350853221344354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Brett Cecil TOR</span><br /><br />I like Cecil, and I appreciate Dave picking the best Maryland Terrapin available, thus sticking it to John and Brad. I do think this is too early for this guy. He was a reliever in college and he has a number of question marks. He does have nasty stuff and a lot of talent.<br /><br />As the draft approached I questioned if I had Cecil too low. I had Hagadone in the 2nd round and he has some of the same question marks and arguably equal upside. The big difference is Hagadone has four good pitches and Cecil's secondary stuff is very questionable. I think ultimately we see Cecil as a reliever and I dont think anyone would take a reliever this young here... I can see the argument for Cecil, though.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAKN1f5FI/AAAAAAAAAjA/UXxIwb-BOW4/s1600-h/J+Lowrie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAKN1f5FI/AAAAAAAAAjA/UXxIwb-BOW4/s200/J+Lowrie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179350853221344338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mezak Attack</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">INF Jed Lowrie BOS</span><br /><br />I know everyone apparently had Lowrie here or higher... but I just dont see him ever being an impact fantasy player. He has no power or speed to speak of. He has no place in a lineup. He's going to be 24 this year. He only contributes in OBP. I think Jed will be an excellent player in real life... but his fantasy value is questionable.<br /><br />On the other hand the offensive threshold for middle infielders is soooooo low that Lowrie could very easily become an average option at 2B in a year or two. That would be pretty good value... still not a big fan.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJ91f5EI/AAAAAAAAAi4/KS1-v-kRF70/s1600-h/A+Poreda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJ91f5EI/AAAAAAAAAi4/KS1-v-kRF70/s200/A+Poreda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179350848926377026" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Johnny Gay Rainbows</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Aaron Poreda CHW</span><br /><br />I dont really like Poreda that much. He has a lot of talent, but he's a pitching project that is a looooong way away. He has an impressive fastball and a nice power arm... but nothing in terms of secondary pitches. The big downside to guys like Poreda, Beavan and Aumont is that they can just as easily end up relief pitchers. Thats the risk you take when you draft a pitching project. I do like Poreda here more than I like Aumont at 12. I had both of them going in the middle of the third round, so this isnt really a big stretch. I just see them as really high risk guys and Im not sure the upside is as advertised.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJ91f5DI/AAAAAAAAAiw/xm_McksGzz4/s1600-h/B+Mills.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJ91f5DI/AAAAAAAAAiw/xm_McksGzz4/s200/B+Mills.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179350848926377010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 9</span><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1B Beau Mills CLE</span><br /><br />I like Mills. He is massive and broad shouldered and has plus plus power. I see him as very similar to Chris Davis, but Mills might be a better hitter with less holes in his swing. Davis is very prone to K's. Dont' get me wrong, I would still take Davis above Mills... Davis is likely going to start the year in AAA... so he's a hell of a lot closer to ready - though Mills is expected to move fast. Nearness to the majors is value that overcomes ceiling a lot of the time... Davis is much more of a known quantity and that's worth something.<br /><br />The caveat with Mills is the same as Davis... its very hard for a 1B prospect to break into the majors and be an above average fantasy option.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJt1f5CI/AAAAAAAAAio/2hpSu0CYhR0/s1600-h/A+Laffey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R-DAJt1f5CI/AAAAAAAAAio/2hpSu0CYhR0/s200/A+Laffey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179350844631409698" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 10</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Aaron Laffey CLE</span><br /><br />Kind of a low ceiling guy... though that angle has been overplayed if you ask me. I like him here because I realized I would definitely trade this pick for a mediocre major league pitcher... so why wouldnt I use it on a guy who is likely to pitch >100 innings this year AND I can send him up and down and transition him next year? Pretty happy I got this guy. I think most teams had him around here. Best part was I got my other choice for this pick(Tyler Robertson) with my next pick at the end of the third round.<br /><br />I had hoped to get a high end position player here but Teagarden, Davis and Mills were all gone, and a number of guys were left from the next tier of position players... unfortunately the two I was targeting (Kalish and Wes Hodges)would both be gone before my next pick.<br /><br />When I say I think too much was made of his "low ceiling" I would point to his projections for this year (his age 23 season). ZiPS has him going 11-10, pitching 176 innings, striking out 96 and posting a 4.55 ERA. PECOTA has him going 9-7, 150 IP, 80 Ks, and a 4.24 ERA. That's a pretty helpful pitcher to your fantasy team...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BEST PICK:</span> Cahill<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">QUESTIONABLE PICK:</span> Blackburn<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REACH: </span>Aumont, Cecil<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-7511906219568724695?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-57898835292931918482008-03-18T02:06:00.006-04:002008-03-18T03:35:25.378-04:00CFBL 2008 Minor League Draft Analysis: 1st Round<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hp91f48I/AAAAAAAAAh4/E96PsKG0kho/s1600-h/D+Price.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hp91f48I/AAAAAAAAAh4/E96PsKG0kho/s200/D+Price.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965470100841410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 1</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hajji Bombs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P David Price TB</span><br /><br />A no brainer with the first pick. Price has already impressed in the spring and could move very fast.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqN1f49I/AAAAAAAAAiA/RfTjG_05brw/s1600-h/R+Porcello.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqN1f49I/AAAAAAAAAiA/RfTjG_05brw/s200/R+Porcello.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965474395808722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 2</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Greco</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Rick Porcello DET</span><br /><br />I think the consensus is that Porcello should be taken here, although there is a huge element of risk involved in any high school pitcher. I toyed with moving him down on my draft board many times, but in the end I probably take him here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqt1f4-I/AAAAAAAAAiI/lbKQ6lg-Jzw/s1600-h/M+Moustakas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqt1f4-I/AAAAAAAAAiI/lbKQ6lg-Jzw/s200/M+Moustakas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965482985743330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">INF Mike Moustakas KC</span><br /><br />I think this came as a surprise to most people. Moustakas has a huge upside... makes me think "Jeff Kent," but you know... a good defender. This pick will be judged by how Matt Wieters does ultimately... because that is who Pat passed on to take Moose. It may turn out theyre both very good players, but if they both hit their perfect world projections this pick will look to everyone like a mistake. I do think the criticism is valid, even though both guys could move quick and end up being stars.<br /><br />I saw this draft as three elite prospects (Price, Porcello, Wieters) and then a drop off followed by two second tier stud prospects (Jennings and Moustakas), and then another drop off. That is why this move puzzled me. If I was sitting at the number 6 pick I would been trying like hell to move up... Pat, on the other hand, was guaranteed no worse than Jennings picking at 5 but gave up a lot of value to move to the #3.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqt1f4_I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/qHEgREXqmLc/s1600-h/M+Wieters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hqt1f4_I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/qHEgREXqmLc/s200/M+Wieters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965482985743346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">RI Colts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C Matt Wieters BAL</span><br /><br />Tom, who had been planning on taking Moustakas for a long time, was delighted to have Wieters fall to him. I dont see how he could have picked anyone else here and it was great value.<br /><br />What would have been very interesting is to have seen someone really have to choose between Moustakas and Jennings. I think I would have gone Moose, but its super close.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hq91f5AI/AAAAAAAAAiY/PrHs1wFGM0w/s1600-h/D+Jennings.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99hq91f5AI/AAAAAAAAAiY/PrHs1wFGM0w/s200/D+Jennings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965487280710658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 5</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Smelly Spics</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Desmond Jennings TB</span><br /><br />Jennings is a good one and definitely should have been the fifth pick.<br /><br />You have to have that panic moment though, when you realize with your first pick you just took the second Tampa prospect in the first round... sort of like when Chad Johnson goes in a football draft and every year I shout out "Third best player named johnson is now off the board!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99guN1f47I/AAAAAAAAAhw/md-efne0nM4/s1600-h/A+Jackson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99guN1f47I/AAAAAAAAAhw/md-efne0nM4/s200/A+Jackson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178964443603657650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 6</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF Austin Jackson NYY</span><br /><br />Im not the biggest Austin Jackson fan, but realistically he's very, very similar to Jennings. My biggest criticism of Jackson is that he's only had about 500 ABs where he performed well... but hey, same goes for Jennings. Theyre both super athletes and power/speed guys with very high ceilings. I had him a good deal lower than here... but then... I hate Yankees.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99gt91f46I/AAAAAAAAAho/HV0gmZ5knB4/s1600-h/J+Walden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99gt91f46I/AAAAAAAAAho/HV0gmZ5knB4/s200/J+Walden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178964439308690338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 7</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mezak Attack</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Jordan Walden LAA</span><br /><br />This is the guy I would have taken at #6, so if he comes close to his considerable ceiling its going to make it very, very hard for Austin Jackson to justify Pat's pick short of becoming Carl Crawford or Bobby Abreu.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99gt91f45I/AAAAAAAAAhg/EZ0PoafnUpo/s1600-h/C+Davis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99gt91f45I/AAAAAAAAAhg/EZ0PoafnUpo/s200/C+Davis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178964439308690322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 8</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Spread Eagles</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1B Chris Davis TEX</span><br /><br />I really like Chris Davis. There is a decent chance he is the first round draft pick who contributes this year significantly. I would have taken him later just because its so extremely difficult for a first base prospect to become an above average MLB first baseman... I mean if he becomes an .800 OPS hitter who hits 25 bombs every year... well, that's not really anything all that special for a first baseman, now is it? I thought he would get picked somewhere around here though, and deservedly so - because plus plus power is hard to come by and this guy has it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99iDt1f5BI/AAAAAAAAAig/ISbUmkRB01k/s1600-h/A+Horne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99iDt1f5BI/AAAAAAAAAig/ISbUmkRB01k/s200/A+Horne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178965912482472978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 9</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Donkey Punchers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Alan Horne NYY</span><br /><br />Maybe a little early for Horne, but not much moreso than for Davis. My criticism of these two picks would be that there were some higher ceiling young pitchers I would have gone with first... but then those guys all dropped a bit anyway. The pitcher I had in mind here was Trevor Cahill - and Joe actually got him with his next pick, four picks later... so no harm, no foul. For aesthetic reasons I would have taken Cahill here and Horne with the 13th... but its just semantics at this point because he got the two players he should have.<br /><br />Horne is viewed by many as a low ceiling, poor stuff, older pitching prospect. Not true. He was a first round pick by the Indians but did not sign. He has pretty good stuff, throws pretty hard and gets very good K numbers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99fyt1f43I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Kma1oRnOxIo/s1600-h/M+Main.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 179px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R99fyt1f43I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Kma1oRnOxIo/s320/M+Main.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178963421401441138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pick 10</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ambulance Chasers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">P Michael Main TEX<br /></span><br />A first round pick of the Rangers; a high school pitcher with good stuff. This statement could describe Michael Main or it could just as easily describe Blake Beavan, Tom's third round pick in this draft. In fact, Beaven and Main were both taken by the Rangers this year and Beaven was chosen a handful of picks ahead of Main! I have no doubt Main is the better pitching prospect despite this. The draft order was an issue of signability and pre-arranged deals.<br /><br />Main has an electric fastball, a plus power curve and some pretty good secondary stuff. He was a two way star who some teams had ranked as their top high school OFer. Main is a phenomenal natural athlete with "plus plus speed" who teams envisioned as a high upside CFer. He also has extremely smooth mechanics. I knew for a long time that he would be sitting for me here and I was going to take him - unless maybe Walden fell. Could I have gotten someone else here and still got Main with the 14th? Maybe. It wasnt a chance I was prepared to take and I was determined this year to take the guys I wanted instead of guys I thought I should take. Its unlike me to take a high school pitcher... but mechanics, athleticism and make up means Main is far less of a risk than most high school pitchers.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BEST PICK:</span> Price<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">QUESTIONABLE PICK:</span> Moustakas<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">REACH: </span>Horne/Main<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-5789883529293191848?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-8027981161634467822008-03-11T15:25:00.004-04:002008-03-11T15:33:39.416-04:00Preseason Poll Picks Chasers/SpicsThe official preseason poll results are in and the voters have chosen the Ambulance Chasers and Smelly Spics as co-favorites. Sweeney's heretofore unnamed team was picked for third place. Voting is now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated.<br /><br />Shockingly, no other team received a single vote... further strengthening the notion that this is a two horse race.<br /><br />Allegations of Beans' GM Brad Arbige stuffing the ballot box could not be proven at this time, but the investigation continues.<br /><br />The poll results may be seen at the right side of this page.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The poll has an accuracy of +/-2</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-802798116163446782?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-54576287052625882892008-03-10T23:26:00.002-04:002008-03-11T00:30:42.151-04:00Trade Analysis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/fantasy/08/03/fantasy.fandom/t1_saltalamacchia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/fantasy/08/03/fantasy.fandom/t1_saltalamacchia.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />As we close in on the auction I thought Id do a rundown of the significant player movement in the league.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TRADE #1 -</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">PAT gets:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tony Pena, Jr.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Rocco Baldelli</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Jarrod Saltalamacchia</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 5th round pick (43rd overall)</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">StS(Stump the Skorupe) gets:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Jhonny Peralta</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelvim Escobar</span></span><br /><br />Pat is now the only CFBL manager with a player on his team he went to high school with. He gave up a lot to get him though. What concerns me with Bal-DL-i, other than the persistent injuries - as I write this he is still limited to DHing, is that the Rays must excercise or decline the Woonsocket Rocket's 2009 option before opening day. There is a legitimate chance they decline the option. Further, the Rays have a lot of decent OFers vying for playing time.<br /><br />The real gem, for Pat, is of course Saltalamacchia. I like Salty, of course, but he has some drawbacks in 08 and going forward. First, he's not the starting catcher for his own team yet. While I would give him the job in a second, I dont know what the Rangers are doing and its not a lock right now. Secondly, he may move to first base in the next couple years with the glut of great catching options and prospects the Rangers have (Teagarden, Max Ramirez, etc...). Less of a concern for Pat, as Salty would almost certainly catch enough games to remain eligible at C, but a little scary going forward as his production is nothing special coming from 1B. Still, who wouldnt want Salty on their team?<br /><br />Which brings me to the price Pat paid. If youre waiting for a breakdown of Tony Pena I would advise you to not hold your breath. Peralta has some question marks but is a gigantic upgrade for Mike, who had nothing at SS and was looking to have to pay out the nose for one. Even better, Peralta, although not cheap, is signed for a few years, which brings some stability to a middle infield that might lose Brian Roberts any day now.<br /><br />Escobar holds the distinction of being the best pitcher traded since the CFBL became a dynasty league. He has now been an Ambulance Chaser, Donkey Puncher and StSer besides his time playing for Sweeney. Its not as bad as it looks though, in that Escobar will miss likely the first month of the season, and perhaps more, given his injury history.<br /><br />All in all, I think Pat overpaid for two players he liked. Peralta was an above average SS option in a market where SSs are hard to come by and Escobar was an above average starting pitcher signed relatively cheap. I like that Pat recognized standing pat(pun intended) would be a mistake and made some bold moves. I dont care for the return he got here howevere. He lost value to get players he wanted.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">WINNER: StS</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRADE #2 -</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Pat gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Adam Miller</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 1st round pick (8th overall)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The right to re-sign Michael Cuddyer</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$3M in 2008</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$2M in 2009</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$1M in 2010</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">JGR gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Bobby Abreu</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 5th round pick (45th overall)</span><br /><br />Yeah, so I though Pat overpaid to get a player he liked in Salty... then I heard about this train wreck of a trade. Pat got the best of John here... and despite that John's team will be better in 08 for it. Adam Miller is overrated. I give John credit for recognizing that. It looks like he may never stay healthy, and even if he does, his reputation exceeds his value at this point. The 8th overall pick is a good pick. Both these things are valuable. I would trade them for Abreu most likely. I also like John's inclusion of small future money amounts. Ive proposed a number of trades like this and its a good idea. A smart exploitation of the new money trading rules. Cuddyer is good, but $11.5M for three years? Not exactly a bargain there.<br /><br />Altogether, I still think the package is just too much for Abreu. The issue isnt even that John overpaid that badly. John overpaid, but not to a ridiculous amount. The issue is John overpaid to get a player he didnt need with Markakis, Rios and Carl Crawford on board. The auction is deepest in OFers. He could have kept all these assets (or more intelligently traded them for pitching) and signed Milton Bradley... or re-signed Michael Cuddyer. Let's explore that further. What's the difference between Cuddyer and Abreu? Here's their PECOTA in the relevant categories:<br /><br /> R HR RBI SB OBP<br />Abreu 90 15 69 18 .378<br />Cuddyer 77 17 79 6 .347<br /><br />Now, Im not arguing that Abreu isnt the better player - he quite obviously is. What I AM saying is that the difference wasnt worth the price payed here. Abreu also makes a few more million than Cuddyer, but is a much shorter commitment. I dont hate this trade for John, but he fell into the same trap Pat did with Salty - he fell in love with a player and overpaid. You cant blame Pat for the price he charged... he would normally not want to trade Abreu at all. No one will notice the lost value when Abreu does well for JGR this year, but it was there nonetheless.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br />WINNER: SWEENEY</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2007/10/15/1192500279_6752/410w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2007/10/15/1192500279_6752/410w.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRADE #3-</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Mike gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Paul Byrd</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">DPers get:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 2nd round pick (13th overall)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2009 4th round pick </span><br /><br />Mike needed pitching and mike got pitching. Did he pay too much for a questionable pitcher? Sure. His farm system is loaded and he couldnt really use the draft pick, though. Plus, Joe (or anyone) isnt going to give up a starting pitcher signed cheap on a one year deal who is a solid lock for a MLB rotation for anything less. It might look bad in two or three years if the 2nd round pick pans out, but if Byrd gives Mike 120 IP that gets him into the playoffs and into the money than it was probably worth it, no?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">WINNER: DPers</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRADE #4-</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Pat gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 1st round pick (6th overall)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 4th round pick (35th overall)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The rights to re-sign Mike Lowell</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Spics gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Joakim Soria</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2008 2nd round pick (</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">listed as 15th overall on CFBL website, but I believe its 16th overall</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">)</span><br /><br />Decent little trade here. Pat moves up into the first round while giving up a cheap closer... but in my opinion, nothing special. Im not a Lowell fan, but he should work out fine this year at least. I like that he got the two picks and moved up into the top 6. The top 5 players in this draft could be pretty special... If Pat had someone he really wanted and thought he wouldnt last to 15/16 it makes sense. Its going to depend on what he does with the pick. I do like the middle of the second round as well, so it could be interesting to see what Brad does with the pick he gets. Ive got to tentatively give Pat the win here though, because I do think Brad could have done something nice with the 6th overall. This could shift dramatically depending on who gets taken with these picks. I will say that either way the risk made sense for Brad given his salary constraints.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">WINNER: SWEENEY (Slightly)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRADE #5-</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Steve gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Jose Lopez</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2009 4th round pick</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Brad gets:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$1.5M</span><br /><br />I actually like this deal for Steve. Its a cheap piece that allows him to spend on the thins he wants in the auction. Lopez is a pretty crappy player, and while it remains unlikely he gets better its always smart to have young players with starting jobs signed for cheap amounts that you can keep them at. Brad pretty much had to make this trade to stay under the cap. Its pretty much a wash, but we'll give Steve the win because a $2M starting second baseman is a valuable bargaining chip moving forward - assuming Lopez doesnt stink up the joint.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">WINNER: SK Warriors</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-5457628705262588289?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-2187966361711112592008-03-08T05:45:00.002-05:002008-03-08T06:02:22.710-05:00TRANSACTION NEWS: Teahen, Granderson re-signed, Wheeler Released<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/writers/albert_chen/09/18/motown.hit0924/p1_granderson1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/writers/albert_chen/09/18/motown.hit0924/p1_granderson1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The Ambulance Chasers announced today that they have re-signed OF Curtis Granderson to a 5 year, 28.25 Million dollar pact which will keep the star in blue and yellow through the 2012 season. The contract also contains a team option for 2013. Granderson was visibly excited at the press conference announcing the deal. "This is the only team I want to play for... We play for championships every year here and I have two rings on my finger to prove it... That's the Ambulance Chaser way." A teary eyed Granderson hugged his teammates, members of the front office and even most of the press corps. Sales of Granderson jerseys reached record highs at the team store and on the team's website.<br /><br />The Chasers also locked up another piece of their outfield, reaching a one year 7.5 million dollar deal with Mark Teahen. Teahen was presumed by many to have played his last game for the defending champs, but a last minute accord was reached. Teahen was delighted to be returning. "I couldn't be happier," the outfielder/first baseman remarked, "This is the team I wanted to play for and I enjoy playing in front of the best fans in fantasy sports." Teahen addressed a throng of Chasers fans later in the day, telling them that "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Fantasy Earth."<br /><br />Sadly, one member of the 2007 Fantasy World Champions will be testing the free agent market. Relief pitcher and Rhode Island native Dan Wheeler couldnt agree on a salary with the team. "We havent closed the door on bringing Danny back" said GM Al Skorupa, "Right now, the team and player are both exploring our options and seeing what the free agent market looks like." "I know he wants to be here and we sure would like him back" Skorupa added.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-218796636171111259?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-86073220301804330262008-02-07T18:13:00.000-05:002008-02-11T02:19:52.861-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6uRztdZrkI/AAAAAAAAAhI/OWmafe1VfJ4/s1600-h/Ambulance+Chasers+Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6uRztdZrkI/AAAAAAAAAhI/OWmafe1VfJ4/s400/Ambulance+Chasers+Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164381715272674882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">REVIEW BY BRAD ARBIGE</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW: </span><br />2007 Record 122-85-13<br />Standings: Champion (1st seed)<br /><br />You cannot ask for much more than the Ambulance Chasers' performance last season as they held on to one of the top seeds virtually all season. The Ambulance Chasers were led by the top pitching staff and a slightly above average offense. Virtually the whole team will be returning with many young cost controlled hitters forming the offensive nucleus around the hitting monster David Ortiz and the Chaser's veteran pitching staff. Barring injuries there should be no reason for the Chasers to not be back in the playoff hunt battling for their 2nd championship in as many years.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP: </span><br />C Suzuki<br />1B Ortiz<br />2B Pedroia<br />3B Youkilis<br />SS O. Cabrera<br />OF Granderson<br />OF Young<br />OF Ellsbury<br />DH<br /><br />SP Beckett<br />SP Lackey<br />SP Vazquez<br />SP Bonderman<br />SP Milwood<br /><br />RP<br />RP<br /><br />BN A.Cabrera<br /><br />Overage from 2007: 7.34<br /><br />This team would have a payroll of 91 million.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2006-08-16-papi-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2006-08-16-papi-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS: </span><br />-DH. Easiest position to fill, should not be a problem with the amount of money the Chasers have to spend.<br />-RP. The Chasers traded away an allstar closer this year to fill their 3B gap leaving them barren at that position. If the Chasers do not go overboard and spend all their money on a DH/Bench they should have plenty of coin to purchase one or two closers. Even if they fail in the auction the Chasers' owner is known to be slightly (extremely) obsessive and will scour the waiver wire until he fills this hole. Since RP is one of the most volatile positions this is not a horrible strategy.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Pitching. One of the top three pitching staffs in the league to start the season.<br />-Ortiz. The man is a monster!<br />-Speed. Ellsbury, Granderson, The Cabreras, Young are all above average to excellent base stealers.<br />-Runs. Many top of the order hitters + speed = many runs scored.<br />-Youth. Very few if any players look to be in their decline phase.<br />-Money. Over 40 million to spend and the starting lineup is virtually set.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES: </span><br />-HRs. Some projections claim for this team to be an above average HR hitting team, while others believe there are only two hitters in the starting lineup capable of hitting 20+ unless some of the younger players increase their power. This should be easily filled by using the DH spot to obtain a power hitter and the Chasers have the money to spend. If the other teams in the league can prevent this, all would benefit (hint!).[sic]<br />-Too many Red Sox. What happens if the Red Sox have a bad season, or if they have too good of a season and start resting many starters during the fantasy playoff season. 4 of the 9 starting hitters and 1 SP are all Red Sox. Usually it is a bad strategy to have all your eggs in one basket but out of all the baskets to choose that is one of the best.<br /><br /><center><embed src="http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/show.swf?baseURL=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/&clickURL=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/&flashLABEL=PagePlugins.com&rect=on&pic1=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic120271419345365336925.jpg&pic2=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic120271419345381054643.jpg&pic3=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic120271419345380086478.jpg&pic4=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic120271419345332444995.jpg&pic5=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic12027141934534347837.jpg&pic6=http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/uploads/11_02_2008/02/12/pic120271419345312524679.jpg&shadow=on&alpha=on&xrot=on&yrot=on&xangle=0&yangle=0&cl=16777215" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" name="show" align="middle" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><br><small><a href="http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/fancycube/"></a></small></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION: </span><br />Easily making the playoffs and should be one of the top seeds. A good bet would be for this team to finish between 1-3rd.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />The Chasers' did very well producing ML talent in the first draft. Suzuki, Pedroia, and A. Cabrera are the transition players and although none project to be elite talent they are all ML regulars and will produce solid numbers for many cost controlled years. The highest rated prospect is the Chasers' 1st pick Jacoby Ellsbury who should be patrolling Fenway's CF and starting this year. He is a high average, run, and SB player right now. If he just increases his power he will be an elite 5 tool player. The 2nd pick Hocheaver has struggled slightly but will have an easy pass to the majors thanks to a below average KC team. The Chasers do not have many more players since some were used in the trade for OC while others were traded to the NL but they have secured 9 draft picks. Out of the leftover players the only two that jump out is 1B Lars Anderson and P Fautino De Los Santos. Anderson is a top 100 prospect but many differ on his future power projections. He is young for his level and his performance in AA will go a long way in deciding his future. De Los Santos was sent to Oak as part of the Swisher deal, he was the Chaser's 15th round pick and exploded on to the scene in single A last year. Since Oakland does not have anything that looks like a starting rotation Fautino could get his shot sooner than later. Also that park only benefits any pitcher who plays there.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">REVIEW BY BRAD ARBIGE</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GRADES:(By Al Skorupa)<br /><br />OFFENSE: B-<br />PITCHING: A<br />FARM SYSTEM: B+<br />OVERALL: B+</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 3rd</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8607322030180433026?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-63674434811290256992008-02-06T22:58:00.000-05:002008-02-11T14:08:35.618-05:00CFBL Team Preview: RI Colts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6qCb9dZrjI/AAAAAAAAAhA/GV8YKbrjx7g/s1600-h/Ri+Colts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6qCb9dZrjI/AAAAAAAAAhA/GV8YKbrjx7g/s400/Ri+Colts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164083339599654450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 97-106-17<br />Standings: 7th place<br /><br />The RI Colts finished out of the playoffs for the first time ever, but the season was essentially a success after the team started terribly slow out of the gate. About a month into the season Tom had 5 wins, so it actually took a Herculean effort to make it up to 7th place.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Kenji Johjima<br />1B Big Sexy<br />2B Aaron Hill<br />3B Josh Fields<br />SS Jason Bartlett<br />OF Manny Ramirez<br />OF Jermaine Dye<br />OF Coco Crisp<br />DH Ryan Garko<br /><br />SP Erik Bedard<br />SP Jered Weaver<br />SP Francisco Liriano<br />SP James Shields<br />SP Dustin McGowan<br />SP Cliff Lee<br />SP Jon Lester<br />SP Gustavo Chacin<br /><br />RP Joe Nathan<br />RP<br /><br />BN Erick Aybar<br /><br />Money Sent to Al with Kevin Youkilis: 3 million<br /><br /><br />This team would cost around 91 million by my count.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2007-07/31559677.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2007-07/31559677.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEEDS:</span><br />-Could improve in stolen bases<br />-Youth in the outfield<br />-Another relief pitcher. A second closer to pair with Nathan could help a lot<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Tons of pitching... young pitching... good, young pitching<br />-Erik Bedard is an Ace<br />-Lots of good young offensive players<br />-Lots of money to spend on few needs<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Coco Crisp? Really?<br />-Some youth/injury question marks in the rotation, but theyre cheap<br />-What if Manny and Jermaine Dye dont bounce back?<br />-The corpse formally known as Richie Sexson<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />The RI Colts will be returning to the playoffs in 2008. They will likely be a bye, but there are some weaknesses here. Right now I have them down as the 2 seed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Deep, strong farm system that has already produced a good deal of major league help. Mcgowan, Lind and Fields are three good major leaguer players right now. Aybar and Harris could both be starters. After the transition guys the system is still strong, but not super deep. Jeff Clement and Reid Brignac would be the stars of three or four other farms systems. Lofgren, Manship, Marquez, Purcey and Penn could all help at some point. With the 4th pick in the 1st round he should add another stud. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OFFENSE: B+<br />PITCHING: A-<br />FARM SYSTEM: B+<br />OVERALL: B+<br /><br /><br />PREDICTED FINISH: 2nd</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6367443481129025699?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-27943668679389175662008-02-06T21:11:00.000-05:002008-02-06T21:21:21.705-05:00The GREATEST Commercial... EVERAwesome!<br /><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/74lQMtwTtNY&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/74lQMtwTtNY&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />And here is what it would have looked like if somehow the Patriots had won(Not effin likely):<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EaeF_mj8_sY&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EaeF_mj8_sY&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Sorry guys, dont mean to be a dick, but I was brought up believing the 1972 Miami Dolphins were the greatest team of all time and that Larry Csonka and Bob Griese made superman look like a big piece of shit. <br /><br />The Pats will probably win the Super Bowl next year - BUT NO ONE will EVER have another chance like that at an undefeated season. Im sorry, but Mercury Morris was 100% correct.<br /><br />PERFECT.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2794366867938917566?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-16392232856302201052008-02-05T14:31:00.001-05:002008-02-05T14:34:09.237-05:00Mercury Morris Vindicated<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6i5t9dZrhI/AAAAAAAAAgo/BcX2tX8EvLQ/s1600-h/Perfectville.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6i5t9dZrhI/AAAAAAAAAgo/BcX2tX8EvLQ/s400/Perfectville.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163581172023406098" border="0" /></a><br />http://www.rbk.com/us/perfectville/<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6i6E9dZriI/AAAAAAAAAgw/dl-gBVGYjJw/s1600-h/dolphinhelmet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R6i6E9dZriI/AAAAAAAAAgw/dl-gBVGYjJw/s400/dolphinhelmet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163581567160397346" border="0" /></a><br />PERFECT.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-1639223285630220105?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-88409798976294654012008-01-29T19:12:00.000-05:002008-01-29T20:05:15.314-05:00TRADE NEWS: Youk for Nathan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5_KRtdZrgI/AAAAAAAAAgg/5-sg_MsKM-w/s1600-h/You+and+Nathan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5_KRtdZrgI/AAAAAAAAAgg/5-sg_MsKM-w/s400/You+and+Nathan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161066103599377922" border="0" /></a><br />The Ambulance Chasers finally landed their 3B man after months of speculation. 28 year old Kevin Youkilis will don the yellow and blue for the 2008 season. "Im excited to be here" said Youkilis. "The Chasers have a tradition of winning, and while Ill miss my time as an RI Colt, but Im glad to be joining another team that perennially competes for championships." Youk was expected to arrive in Cranston on Wednesday morning for a physical and press conference.<br /><br />Longtime Chasers closer Nathan was sad to go. "You have to understand this is a business" Nathan explained. "It will be strange wearing a darker shade of blue on my cap, but the mound is the same difference from home plate in every fantasy ballpark." Throngs of Chasers fans showed up at the ballpark to say goodbye to the man is the career leader in saves for the proud franchise. Nathan won two titles with the team and was seen clearing out his locker with the two obnoxiously huge championship rings on his hand. Ambulance Chasers GM Al Skorupa released a statement "as difficult as it was to trade one of the best closers in the game like Joe Nathan, we felt we had to make this trade. With the salary cap relief and the offense that Youk brings we feel we're both a better team today and in a much better position to approach free agency as we go forward building a championship caliber team for the 2008 season."<br /><br />The Ambulance Chasers will also receive $3 million dollars in 2008 salary in the trade.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8840979897629465401?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-88092110354444459642008-01-23T01:38:00.001-05:002008-01-23T02:27:29.819-05:00Hot Stove: Crisp for Wells?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2006-12-15-wells-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2006-12-15-wells-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maryt.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/coco-crisp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://maryt.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/coco-crisp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Sources indicate that the RI Colts are in negotiations with the Smelly Spics to acquire OF <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/Vernon-Wells.shtml">Vernon Wells</a>. The rumored asking price is OF <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Coco-Crisp.shtml">Coco Crisp</a> and cash considerations. One imagines this trade wouldn't go over well with the Smelly Spic fan base. Pundits question the interest in Crisp, who has a decent chance to be traded, but as of now isnt assured of a starting job. Wells is due 13.5M a year through 2014, while Crisp is signed through 08 at 9M.</li><li>StS has made strong efforts recently to bulk up his middle infield as well as insure against a<a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Brian-Roberts.shtml"> Brian Roberts</a> trade to the Cubs. One known target is <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Asdrubal-Cabrera.shtml">Asdrubal Cabrera</a>, who could provide a long term solution for StS. Cabrera was not previously made available in trade talks and the price would likely be high.</li><li>The Ambulance Chasers have been busy trying to solve their own infield vacancy at the hot corner. Its is believed the champs are targeting players such as <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/Y/Kevin-Youkilis.shtml">Kevin Youkilis</a>, <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Hank-Blalock.shtml">Hank Blalock</a>, <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Adrian-Beltre.shtml">Adrian Beltre</a> and <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Melvin-Mora.shtml">Melvin Mora</a>. It is unknown what the current state of talks are and sources have characterized the pursuit so far as "due dilligence" and "kicking the tires." Recently it has been rumored that All Star closer <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/Joe-Nathan.shtml">Joe Nathan</a> might be available for the right package for a third base solution.<br /></li><li>The <a href="http://www.bradarbige.com/baseball.htm">#3 overall draft pick</a>/<a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/Matt-Wieters.shtml">Wieters </a>for <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Wade-Davis.shtml">Wade Davis</a> rumors wont die.</li><li>Sweeney has made overtures that indicate he might be willing to trade <a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/Todd-Jones.shtml">Todd Jones</a>, a necessary move predicted by many due to his financial constraints. In lieu of that, one wonders if one of his star position players might become available at some point.<br /></li></ul></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5br99dZreI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/U3udVh_SswY/s1600-h/dirty-sanchez-shirt.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5br99dZreI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/U3udVh_SswY/s200/dirty-sanchez-shirt.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158569872901909986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5br-NdZrfI/AAAAAAAAAgY/y7H9le1EPGQ/s1600-h/Ri+Colts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5br-NdZrfI/AAAAAAAAAgY/y7H9le1EPGQ/s200/Ri+Colts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158569877196877298" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8809211035444445964?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-67002528043401123952008-01-22T21:43:00.000-05:002008-02-06T22:36:06.125-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Smelly Spics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5arLtdZrbI/AAAAAAAAAf4/iLNfWuxJuXo/s1600-h/dirty-sanchez-shirt.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R5arLtdZrbI/AAAAAAAAAf4/iLNfWuxJuXo/s400/dirty-sanchez-shirt.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158498640869305778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 111-92-17<br />Standings: 6th place (3rd seed)<br /><br /><br />Brad's team had a pretty decent year overall, but again fell short in the playoffs. Hey, at least he made the playoffs in CFBL play.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Varitek<br />1B Morneau<br />2B BJ Upton<br />3B Eric Chavez<br />SS Bobby Crosby<br />OF Johnny Damon<br />OF Vlad Guerrero<br />OF Vernon Wells<br />DH Big Hurt Frank Thomas<br /><br />SP Verlander<br />SP King Felix<br />SP AJ Burnett<br />SP Joe Blanton<br />SP Gil Meche<br />SP D-Train<br /><br />RP Huston Street<br />RP<br /><br />BN Josh Hamilton<br /><br />This is another team that would require stradding or going over the salary cap to keep together. I have him at ~131.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050814/050814_guerrero_vmed.widec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050814/050814_guerrero_vmed.widec.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS:</span><br />-Cap flexibility...?<br />-Could stand to get some more stolen bases<br />-Relief pitching. Who knows what to make of Street and/or the A's this year.<br />-Bobby Crosby sucks<br />-Eric Chavez kind of sucks<br />-Not a lot of needs on this team. He already has a set lineup that should lead or challenge in every offensive category as well as pitching that ranks among the best in the league and good depth on both sides<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Powerful and diverse offense<br />-Strong pitching staff with top notch quality Aces and depth<br />-Great young cornerstone position players and pitchers<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES</span><br />-No money to spend<br />-Lots of money tied up in the OF in some older players. Theyre good players, buts its a lot to pay for. Also, he's blocking younger cheaper options that could approximate their production for fractions of the cost. (READ: Josh Hamilton)<br />-Old players at some critical positions and old players who are expected to play big roles (Tek, Vlad, Big Hurt)<br />-Lots of injury prone players could de-rail the season/force him to overpay for quick fixes (Upton, Chavez, Crosby, Damon, Big Hurt Burnett, Street, Hamilton)<br />-What the hell happened to the farm system? Thats going to hurt if he has to go out and get a shortstop or 3B because he has no money to spend and no margin for error.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />This is a very good team with a lot of everything. Definitely in the playoffs and most likely a bye. I like the Spics as my favorite to win it all.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />What was once a pretty good farm system has been ravaged by trades and bad luck. He only has one transition player in Jerry Owens of the White Sox... and that's not a position he needs help with nor a particularly inspired option. He has some nice stars in Daric Barton and Jake McGee. The McGee acquisition was a great one and has to go down as perhaps the worst trade in CFBL history. Triunfel is a extremely high ceiling prospect but is many years away from the majors. Then some mid range pitching prospects that are interesting with Hellickson and Swarzak. Not much depth here and the high end guys arent as good as most other teams. Still, he has two first round picks and with a strong draft this system could jump into the top 1/3rd pretty quickly. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OFFENSE: A<br />PITCHING: A-<br />FARM SYSTEM: C+<br />OVERALL: A-<br /><br /><br />PREDICTED FINISH: 1st</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6700252804340112395?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-39998215000724342102008-01-17T21:03:00.000-05:002008-01-17T21:50:23.160-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Sweeney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/071028/071028_Daisuke%20Matsuzaka_vmed_10p.widec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/071028/071028_Daisuke%20Matsuzaka_vmed_10p.widec.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 107-98-15<br />Standings: 5th place (5th seed)<br /><br />Pat's team performed decently in his inaugural season. The team didnt have any major weaknesses and had a strong offense. The pitching held him back slightly but he easily could have made the run. This team is most similar to Joe and Mezak in that it has a lot of balance. I would imagine Pat will make the playoffs in 2008.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Mauer<br />1B<br />2B Figgins<br />3B Casey Blake<br />SS Peralta<br />OF Abreu<br />OF Ichiro<br />OF Swisher<br />DH<br /><br />SP Dice K<br />SP Escobar<br />SP Washburn<br />SP The Gambler<br />SP Wakefield<br />SP Garza<br /><br />RP Todd Jones<br />RP<br /><br />DL BJ Ryan<br /><br /><br />OVERAGE FROM 2007: 6.07 MILLION<br /><br />This team would cost over $140 Million to assemble... so thats not going to happen. He claims he's keeping Todd Jones, who would be the most sensible salary to cut, at 13.5. Your guess is as good as mine, folks.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS: </span><br />-1B<br />-DH. These are typically the easiest positions to fill, but you cant upgrade him that much because he might have to plug these holes with minimum salary players<br />-Back of the rotation guys. He's deeper than most but that could dissapear in a minute with two 40 year olds on his staff<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STENGTHS:</span><br />-Good amount of offense<br />-Lots of offensive players who contribute in more than one category<br />-Very patient team<br />-Has two very good starting pitchers in Dice K and Escobar<br />-Lots of stolen bases<br />-Not a lot of needs. Plus, what he does need is in areas that are easy to find<br />-Joe Mauer and Nick Swisher are both awesome and young<br />-Has enough pitching and enough hitting to compete every week<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Broke as a joke. Cant even keep that roster above together and stay under the cap<br />-His best players are pretty much all overpaid by a few million. Constrains his budget, but not enough to do something drastic about it<br />-Offense and pitching are both good... but not great. With his salary constraints its hard to envision a way for him to get a lot better<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />The bad news is that Pat will have to hold off Mike and John to make the playoffs. The good news is that he has the inside track. He's not much different than the teams above him so it wouldnt be a shock to see him finish anywhere from 4th to 7th.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what he does before the auction. Ideally he would figure out a trade that saved him salary and filled two positions of need. An example would be Ichiro or Abreu for a 1B and an OFer that cost ~8 million. With the right move he could save money and find an OFer who will approximate the production he's losing while getting a 1B better than he would be able to afford at auction. Also, he simply can't keep Todd Jones. Doesn't make sense in the slightest.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Pat has an average to below average system. He has some top tier guys who will help now/soon, but doesnt have a lot of depth. The jewel of the system is Garza, but his star has lost some shine over the last year. In fantasy he's still a great cheap option who should start right away in Tampa. After that I like Gio Gonzalez. Chris Mason, Dellin Betances and Glen Perkins are all mid-tier pitching prospects who could take a step forward in 08. After that its hard to find any depth or quality prospects. Salas is a good relief prospect. Then I suppose I would go Larish... but when a 25 year old AA 1B is your 6th or 7th best prospect we're not talking about a particularly deep system here.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OFFENSE: B</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PITCHING: B-</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM: B</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERALL:B</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 6th</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-3999821500072434210?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-85953249645850976922008-01-17T02:06:00.001-05:002008-01-17T06:18:16.766-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Donkey Punchers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R485a9GIB1I/AAAAAAAAAfo/9dNr-_PIZE4/s1600-h/DPseal2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R485a9GIB1I/AAAAAAAAAfo/9dNr-_PIZE4/s400/DPseal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156403233602144082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW: </span><br />2007 Record: 119-88-13<br />Standings: 2nd place - lost Cranston Fantasy Series (2nd Seed)<br /><br />Joe put together a very impressive fantasy year despite never having made the playoffs before. He was the runner up in baseball and won football. The CFBL Punchers look like they will be strong again in 2008. Good core pieces, nice young complementary players and a well rounded roster makes for a dangerous team. He has a lot of flexibility too, as he has only 3 players under contract for next year and lots of decisions at reasonable prices. This is a playoff team but he might find himself hard pressed to get a bye. Some improvements are necessary for a deep playoff run.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C: Pudge Rodriguez<br />1B: Alex Gordon<br />2B: Howie Kendrick<br />3B: Adrian Beltre<br />SS: Derek Jeter<br />OF: Magglio Ordonez<br />OF: Melky Cabrera<br />OF:<br />DH:<br /><br />SP: Roy Halladay<br />SP: Chien Ming Wang<br />SP: Jake Westbrook<br />SP: Paul Byrd<br />SP: Kevin Slowey<br />SP: Brian Bannister<br />SP: John Danks<br /><br /><br />RP: Bobby Jenks<br />RP:<br /><br />BN: Gerald Laird<br />BN: Wilson Betemit<br /><br /><br />This team would have a payroll of ~$98 million<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/2006/06/20/dIt2ANNN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/2006/06/20/dIt2ANNN.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS:</span><br />-OFers, and lots of them. Lost Torii Hunter, but OFers are easy to find<br />-Could use a couple bats, but more complementary pieces than studs. The core of the lineup is set<br />-Initially I thought he could use a strikeout pitcher, but that staff isnt bad at all. In fact, its one of the better staffs in the league. I guess everybody could use one more Ace level power strikeout starting pitcher. There are teams that need it far worse than this one, though<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Flexibility. He can take this team in a lot of different directions and play the market for value. If youre going to be weak in places, this team is weak in the easiest places to fill<br />-Pitching staff is underrated good. I didnt expect it but as I crunch the numbers the Punchers keep coming up just a little behind the Big Three pitching staffs(Chasers, Spics and Colts). There is a gap and this isnt an elite staff, but it is very good<br />-Jenks is a stud closer<br />-Good offensive pieces that should provide an above average offense. Studs like Mags and Derek Jeter are great cornerstones. Howie Kendrick and Alex Gordon are great young players who are going to produce. He has the hardest places to fill all sewn up with very good players<br />-Cheap and deep back end of the rotation. Bannister, Slowey and Danks are three guys who are slotted to start in their respective rotations. Total cost: ~1 million for the three. Dallas Braden and possibly Santiago Casilla will likely also be making starts at some point in the season. If any of them crap out he can send them down. Nice to have this much pitching help from your minors. This was what every team was hoping to do<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Where are the Ks? The Donkey Puncher pitching staff performs like a much better staff in every area except strikeouts. Its kind of weird really. Joe has cornered the market on groundball control pitchers like Wang, Halladay and Westbrook. Dont get me wrong, he's far from the worst in Ks - those guys dont have bad K numbers at all - but there isnt an elite strikeout power pitcher on this staff. Its the only thing keeping this team from elite pitching status<br />-Why have Beltre at 3B when you have the best prospect in the game blocked there? I criticized this at the time and I still dont get it. Beltre is a very good player, too, and is actually cheap at $9.5 million... still, that money might have gotten him that aforementioned strikeout pitcher<br />-Just the slightest bit light on OBP, but well within the normal range. Im using some projections that were pretty pessimistic on Magglio and DJ's OBPs, too, so its probably not an issue.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />Playoffs. It wont be hard to fill in this team with the money he has left, but he still needs to do it. While this team is solid all around it doesnt impress you anywhere. No particular weaknesses, but no great strengths. Young players will have to step up for this team to really improve.<br /><br />This team in a word: "Balanced." Very similar to what Mezak has done. He's making the playoffs barring lots of injuries, but could easily end up anywhere from 3rd to 6th seed. Its very neat and easy to group Pat, Joe and the Mezak Attack together. Three very balanced teams that dont wow you anywhere but also dont have any major weaknesses.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Top heavy in the sense that all his best players are MLB ready. Nothing going on in the low minors here. What he has is pretty damn good though. Gordon, Botts, Danks, Slowey, Bannister and Braden should all provide cheap help this year. Balentien is a great prospect. The Orioles pitchers are kind of interesting. No depth here, though. Definitely made a mistake in focusing on too many MLB ready/help now types instead of grabbing some young, high ceiling prospects. Then again, those might be the difference between the Donkey Punchers and Mezak as opposed to Sweeney and Rossi. Joe and Chris have a lot of guys who will come up and help where Pat may have to make trades to fill holes. Can Joe resist the temptation to grab more "help me now" types? HUGE Draft coming up this year. Joe is at strong risk of having a completely barren farm system by this time next year if he doesnt have a strong draft.<br /><br />I want to grade this system lower but its produced so many good MLB players so far I just cant. If he didnt have Alex Gordon Id definitely drop hima good bit, but Gordon looks like he's going to be one hell of a player. Which wouldnt be a shock for the number 2 overall pick. If you look at his line this year it doesnt impress... until you see he was only 23 and skipped AAA completely. He should have some decent power, steal a good amount of bases and have a plus OBP this yearl<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OFFENSE: B</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PITCHING: B</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM: B+</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERALL: B</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 4th</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8595324964585097692?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-76066147911921343662008-01-17T00:39:00.000-05:002008-01-17T06:39:56.121-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Johnny Gay Rainbows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R48-XNGIB2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/XhE965H-p9w/s1600-h/JGR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R48-XNGIB2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/XhE965H-p9w/s400/JGR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156408666735773538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 110-92-18<br />Standings: 3rd Place (4th Seed)<br /><br />JGR quietly had a very good fantasy year despite his CFFL collapse. He finished fourth in CFFL play and third in CFBL. JGR resembles the Chicago Cubs more every season that passes as he cant seem to break through and win a ring. Will this be the year? Not without a lot of work... but the core is solid and there is room for growth.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C<br />1B Cuddyer<br />2B Cano<br />3B Blalock<br />SS Betancourt<br />OF Carl Crawford<br />OF Alex Rios<br />OF Nick Markakis<br />DH Pronk<br /><br />SP Kazmir<br />SP Schilling<br />SP Daniel Cabrera<br />SP<br />SP<br />SP<br /><br />RP Papelbon<br />RP<br /><br />This team would cost ~$95 million to assemble.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theburiedlead.com/wp-content/images/crawford.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://theburiedlead.com/wp-content/images/crawford.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS: </span><br />-Pitching! Very similar to StS(Stump the Skorupe) in that he has a great, high K rate Ace at the front... and then nothing. John needs depth and quality and its hard to imagine him finding enough at auction<br />-Catcher... that one wont be easy to find<br />-More pitching<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Offense is solid and well rounded. He should be above average to good in every offensive category<br />-Youth. Everyone wants it. John's got it. With the added advantage that many of his players are arb guys he got at auction so he can go year to year with them<br />-Papelbon is the best closer in the game and actually contributes in Ks and rate stats significantly despite not throwing that many innings. Yes, he's THAT good<br />-Great core pieces in Crawford, Pronk, Rios, Markakis and Cano. That's a lot of great young position players on one team<br />-Scott Kazmir is a fantasy Ace that belongs in the discussion with the best in the game. He's a beast<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Betancourt is a terrible shortstop. Period. End of Story. Yet another way John and Mike's teams are similar<br />-All those young arb guys he can go year to year with that I listed as a strength? Well, he paid out the ass for it. Rios costs 15. MarCockis is 11 a year<br />-He has a 30 million dollar OF that plays like a 20 million dollar OF<br />-He has a 28 million dollar rotation that plays like a 20 million dollar rotation. How the hell is he going to build this pitching staff?<br />-Why the hell is he playing Cuddyer and Blalock 11.5 million each? These are the kind of bad contracts that werent necessary and may be what stops him from getting the pitchers he needs<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />Strong team here. Will be a playoff contender but needs to catch some breaks. Has one of the worst pitching staffs in the league and will have to pay a steep price to fill in the gaps. Its doable though. He has a lot of payroll tied up in the offense, and just like Mike he should probably trade excess offense for pitching and put out a more balanced team. Whoever breaks first and pays the price for pitching will probably be the one that sneaks in the playoffs. Mike and John really have the same exact fucking team here. Same strengths and weaknesses. Same needs and same solutions are available.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Middle of the road system. Perhaps slightly below average. Good top end guys, but some injuries and some question marks knock them down a notch. Lots of third tier pitching prospects that could jump up and help. His top five prospects are all pitchers, and in fact three of them are Rays pitchers. Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann and Andy Sonnanstine could one day theoretically give JGR 4/5ths of the Tampa rotation... but then again there are way more excellent pitching prospects than there are rotation slots down in St. Pete. Average depth and a couple promising young players round out the system. I like Butler and Broadway a little. It sure looks like he wasted a lot of draft picks... Chase "back-to-back-to-back-to-back" Wright? David Murphy? Lucas Harrell? Its not a particularly impressive system.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OFFENSE: B+<br />PITCHING: C<br />FARM SYSTEM: B<br />OVERALL: B-<br /><br /><br />PREDICTED FINISH: 7th/8th (TIE)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-7606614791192134366?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-43295289648933956192008-01-16T13:40:00.000-05:002008-01-17T00:38:54.227-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Mezak Attack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/writers/jon_heyman/05/21/monday.scoop/T1_1027_rolen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/writers/jon_heyman/05/21/monday.scoop/T1_1027_rolen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 99-107-14<br />Standings: 4th place(6th seed in playoffs)<br /><br />How does a team lose Arod and get better? The <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1193711">Ewing Theory</a>, for one. But really, Mezak's team just got much more balanced. He added the pitching he needed and made a run. There's a lesson here for us all.<br /><br />Chris has also fell ass backwards into a better roster, as he was the beneficiary of lots of offseason MLB trades that helped him. Lose Tejada? Get Renteria for a minor league pitcher. Glaus gets traded for Scott Rolen. Pretty lucky offseason so far.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Hernandez<br />1B Konerko<br />2B Polanco<br />3B Scott Rolen<br />SS Renteria<br />OF Gary Matthews, Jr.<br />OF Luke Scott<br />OF Ibanez<br />DH Garrett Anderson<br /><br />SP Buerhle<br />SP Pettitte<br />SP Garland<br />SP Batista<br />SP McCarthy<br />SP<br /><br />RP Putz<br />RP Albers<br /><br />BN Jason Michaels<br /><br /><br />This team would cost ~$110 Million<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R45XEtGIByI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/HPM-aLV-Aag/s1600-h/Mezak+Attack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R45XEtGIByI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/HPM-aLV-Aag/s400/Mezak+Attack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156154361722177314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS: </span><br />-A true Ace, strikeout pitcher to put his staff into the elite category<br />-Upgrade OFers, if possible. Theyre not bad, but there's no stud out there<br />-Could use some stolen bases, but no place to find them really<br />-Some back end cheapy starters to fill out rotation<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Deep, strong pitching staff<br />-Powerful, well rounded offense, all signed to reasonable contracts<br />-Great closer in Putz, signed cheap<br />-Team essentially complete and he's only spent $110 million<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Three solid SPs, but no stud and Ks might be hard to come by. Above average rotation, but not a whole lot of upside or ways to improve<br />-OF isnt impressive, but theyre all solid and affordable. No way to improve it<br />-What will Sarge and Ramon Hernandez show you this year?<br />-Not a lot of money to spend<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />This is a playoff team, most likely. If you look at his roster youre not wowed, but there arent holes and he has all the pieces to make a nice run. This team is better than the 07 version that made a run to the semifinals.<br /><br />What will determine his fortunes is how he spends his money at the auction. He will also be a in position to improve his team by trades if he's smart. He has a lot of pieces that teams could use.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Further, his farm system is stocked with studs like Billy Butler, Joba Chamberlain, Michael Bowden, Evan Longoria and Troy Patton. Lots of high end guys who could help soon. He's a little short on young high end guys and depth, but when the top end looks like that youre still getting an "A."<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OFFENSE: B+<br />PITCHING: B<br />FARM SYSTEM: A-<br />OVERALL: B<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 5th</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-4329528964893395619?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-26184305413867799032008-01-16T00:24:00.000-05:002008-01-17T00:38:12.708-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Stump the Skorupe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/sizemoreSI.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/sizemoreSI.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 92-111-17<br />Standings: 8th place, 19 games out of the playoffs<br /><br />Mike's team was in contention until the end. It has a solid core. Lots of good young players to build around here. This is a team that is on the way up. Whether it will contend in 08 is another question.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Salty<br />1B VMart<br />2B Brian Roberts<br />3B Arod<br />SS Tony Pena<br />OF Grady Sizemore<br />OF JD Drew<br />OF Baldelli<br />DH Huff<br /><br />SP CC Sabathia<br />SP Phil Hughes<br />SP Vicente Padilla<br />SP Kyle Davies<br />SP<br />SP<br /><br />RP<br />RP<br /><br />BN Dan Johnson<br />DL Danys Baez<br /><br />The roster above would cost ~$97 million.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R42pUdGIBxI/AAAAAAAAAfI/pzYIo--kjXE/s1600-h/Stump+the+Skorupe+Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R42pUdGIBxI/AAAAAAAAAfI/pzYIo--kjXE/s400/Stump+the+Skorupe+Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155963317281883922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS:</span><br />-Relief pitching<br />-Upgrade Rotation (more like "Get a rotation")<br />-Upgrade SS<br />-Find a 2B if BRob goes<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Has an Ace in CC<br />-Has a future front of the rotation starter in Phil Hughes<br />-Good cornerstone players in Sizemore, VMart, Arod<br />-Lots of players signed to affordable contracts (ie. Sizemore @3.91 through 2011)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Not nearly enough pitching<br />-Why carry two premium catchers and play one at 1B? VMart is only an average producer at 1B. Better to trade one of them and fill out the pitching staff<br />-Arod costs a lot, for a long time<br />-Whats the deal with Baldelli? Huff?<br />-Better off leaving the position empty rather than playing Tony Pena at SS<br />-Does Brian Roberts stay or go? If he goes, who plays 2B?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />PREDICTION:</span><br />Mike has a great core. He has really all the pieces that are hard to find... an Ace, a young ace in the making, TWO great catchers, and the best player in fantasy(Arod). For reference, he has the 2007 AL MVP and Cy Young winner. Its going to be difficult to fill out his roster though. He needs to load up on starting pitchers. If he still has money he would be wise to improve the situation at SS.<br /><br />If he gets some arms and hits on a couple pitchers he will likely be a playoff team. Its going to take some work, but the holes on this team can be filled. He has a strong farm system to draw from if he's in contention. In fact, if arms like Hurley and Adenhart come up he could end up with a dynamite staff.<br /><br />Essentially, I look at this team and think he has two options to get better and compete this year. One way is to buy up cheapy starting pitchers and long relievers who could start in the auction - BUT without overspending on too many guys(READ: No Carmona). Try to put together enough depth in your rotation to pick up wins or Ks half of the time and let your offense carry you. The other option is to trade some of the offense for pitching. There's no reason to carry two all star catchers when your pitching staff is hurting this bad, but he apparently has no interest in trading Salty or VMart. The downside to the second option is that youre most likely trading a premium asset for mediocre players. Trading quality for quantity is typically not a good idea. In this case Id consider it if I could get a pitcher I really liked.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: </span>If Brian Roberts gets trade to the Cubs for Sean Gallagher, Sean Marshall, and Ronny Cedeno I like his team even better. That would force Mike into the trade some offense for pitching move that he is stubbornly refusing to make. If the Orioles do eventually get Rich Hill for Roberts, as theyre reportedly holding out for, then Mike suddenly has an above average pitching staff. 2B is typically hard to fill and the situation would be exacerbated by his SS situation. Going into the auction with Tony Pena as your only middle infielder is positively painful. On the other hand, Every team except Steve has a second baseman locked up and there are more than two useful 2B available. This team really needs to give up some hitting to get some pitching.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Mike has a lot of guys who can help now on the farm. He also has depth and upside. Its a very good system. Phil Hughes, Saltalamacchia, Alexi Casilla are all going to help this year. The next wave will be Eric Hurley, Matt Harrison and Nick Adenhart. After that he has tons of high ceiling low minors guys(most of them from the Teixeira trade) with Elvis Andrus, Neftali Perez, Hank Conger and Kasey Kiker. Lots to like here.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OFFENSE: B+<br />PITCHING: C<br />FARM SYSTEM: A<br />OVERALL: B-</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 7th/8th (TIE)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2618430541386779903?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-85999378862036864362008-01-16T00:01:00.000-05:002008-01-17T00:37:08.676-05:00CFBL Team Preview: Greco<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.flickr.com/95/241573945_ca45b3f85f_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/95/241573945_ca45b3f85f_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />(<span style="font-style: italic;">team was known as Konichiwa Bitches during the 07 season</span>)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OVERVIEW:</span><br />2007 Record: 89-122-9<br />Standings: 9th place, 26 games out of the playoffs<br /><br />Dave's team finished in second to last place in 2007, but there is certainly hope for a quick turnaround. This team was picked by many to have the best pitching staff but a number of injuries and underachievers sabotaged his season.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECTED LINEUP:</span><br />C Pierzynski<br />1B Overbay<br />2B Kinsler<br />3B M Cabrera<br />SS Lugo<br />OF Sheffield<br />OF Catalanotto<br />OF<br />DH Mora<br /><br />SP J Santana<br />SP Contreras<br />SP Harden<br />SP E Santana<br />SP N Robertson<br />SP Igawa<br /><br />RP<br />RP<br /><br />DL Zumaya<br /><br />The roster above would sit at ~$88 million.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEEDS:</span><br />-Outfielders, especially power hitters<br />-Upgrade DH?<br />-Relief pitching<br />-Upgrade Rotation<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STRENGTHS:</span><br />-Has an Ace in Johan<br />-Good cornerstone player in Miggy Cabrera<br />-Has decent back of the rotation depth<br />-Solid, reasonably priced offensive pieces<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WEAKNESSES:</span><br />-Offense could be a problem if Sheff regresses or gets hurt<br />-Lugo is an albatross contract (15.5 through 2011)<br />-Lots of average-ish offensive players locked in at key positions<br />-Uncertainty surrounding Santana - if he goes to the Mets for young OF prospects Dave is fucked in 08<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PREDICTION:</span><br />I think with a few good moves and a couple lucky breaks Dave will be in playoff contention until the end. He could certainly be the 5 or 6 seed if things break right. A lot hinges on what happens with Santana of course. <br /><br />It shouldnt be too hard to fill his OF spots, but he has to judicious with his money in order to address all his needs. He clearly needs one or more front of the rotation pitchers, #2 or 3 starter types, but those are going to be very expensive. The question is does he go the value route and bargain shop? Or does he overpay to get one or two premium targets and hope to fill out his roster on the cheap?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FARM SYSTEM:</span><br />Dave has an extremely top heavy system with Clay Buchholz and Adam Jones headlining. He then has some other interesting pitchers like Tillman, Marek, Liz and Morrow. That's about it though. There's not a lot of depth and there's not a lot of high end players after Buchholz and Jones - though admittedly those two are as high ceiling as they come. Huge draft coming up for Dave. He needs to fill in everywhere, getting quality, depth and upside. This is not one of the better farms sytems despite the two stars at the top. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">OFFENSE: C+ <br />PITCHING: C+<br />FARM SYSTEM: C+ <br />OVERALL: C+</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">PREDICTED FINISH: 9th</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8599937886203686436?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-60832840817560488262008-01-08T23:16:00.000-05:002008-01-08T23:20:38.688-05:00Congratulations Donkey Punchers<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">2007 CFFL Champions</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R4RLEdGIBwI/AAAAAAAAAfA/vIP1yFpGfhI/s1600-h/DPseal2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R4RLEdGIBwI/AAAAAAAAAfA/vIP1yFpGfhI/s400/DPseal2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153326413520570114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Can he repeat?<br /><br />The consensus is "No, he can't."<br /><br /><br /><br />The other big development is that JGR may have just missed his best chance at a title. Mike Casali put together an impressive season.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Regular blogging to resume as baseball season approaches.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-6083284081756048826?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-90786368799501268342007-11-30T11:10:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:50:01.296-05:00MVP RACE<span style="font-weight: bold;">MVP RACE<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R1A_DX6kciI/AAAAAAAAAe4/4XI4G92UX4E/s1600-R/2921077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R1A_DX6kciI/AAAAAAAAAe4/Rc8S5kAI4VM/s400/2921077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138676502021567010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Week 10</span><br />Ambulance Chasers: Matt Hasselbeck<br />SK Warriors: Reggie Wayne<br />Cincinnati Bowties: Vince Young<br />Channel 4 News Team: Hines Ward<br />Rookie: Torry Holt<br />RI Colts: Brian Westbrook<br />BAD NEWZ KENNELZ: DJ Hackett<br />Brown B-Rads: Marshawn Lynch<br />Stump the Skorupe: Ben Roethlisbefjfeifahdjfhejger<br />Spank It Boyz: Donovan McNabb<br />The Beasts: Jeremy Shockey<br />Donkey Punchers: Marc Bulger<br />JGR: LT<br />GOODFELLAS: Tony Romo<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Star of the Week</span>: Brian Westbrook (41.30 - RI COLTS)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Week 11</span><br />Ambulance Chasers: Matt Hasselbeck<br />SK Warriors: Chester Taylor<br />Cincinnati Bowties: Willis McGahee<br />Channel 4 News Team: Carson Palmer<br />Rookie: Brandon Jacobs<br />RI Colts: Larry Fitzgerald<br />BAD NEWZ KENNELZ: DJ Hackett<br />Brown B-Rads: Tom Brady<br />Stump the Skorupe: TO<br />Spank It Boyz: N/A<br />The Beasts: Randy Moss<br />Donkey Punchers: TJ Houshmafjdhahfledeh<br />JGR: LT<br />GOODFELLAS: Tony Romo<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Star of the Week</span>: TO (49.30 - Stump the Skorupe)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>Week 12<br />Ambulance Chasers: Justin Fargas<br />SK Warriors: Jay Cutler<br />Cincinnati Bowties: Ocho Cinco<br />Channel 4 News Team: Antonio Gates<br />Rookie: N/A<br />RI Colts: Larry Fitzgerald<br />BAD NEWZ KENNELZ: Frank Gore<br />Brown B-Rads: Tom Brady<br />Stump the Skorupe: Plaxico Burress<br />Spank It Boyz: Marion Barber III<br />The Beasts: Drew Brees<br />Donkey Punchers: Earnest Graham<br />JGR: Wes Welker<br />GOODFELLAS: Ryan Grant<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Star of the Week</span>: Frank Gore (44.40 BAD NEWZ KENNELZ)<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">AND ITS OVER... YOUR 2007 CFFL MVP is....</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >TOM BRADY</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R1A9-H6kchI/AAAAAAAAAew/2tW824epsSA/s1600-R/2005SISportsmanOfTheYearTomBrady.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/R1A9-H6kchI/AAAAAAAAAew/rL6y8sS2rK4/s400/2005SISportsmanOfTheYearTomBrady.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138675312315626002" border="0" /></a><br />With an unassailable 3 point lead with 1 week remaining. Congratulations Brad... you have the most lopsided talent on a crappy team.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS LEADERS (<span style="font-style: italic;">Most Stars at end of season = Fantasy MVP</span>)</span><br /><br />10 Tom Brady<br /><br />7 Randy Moss<br />7 Tony Romo<br /><br />6 Brian Westbrook<br />6 LaDainian Tomlinson<br /><br />5 Plaxico Burress<br />5 Larry Fitzgerald<br />5 Antonio Gates<br />5 Terrell Owens<br /><br />4 Ronnie Brown<br />4 TJ Houshmanzadeh<br />4 Willis McGahee<br />4 Carson Palmer<br />4 Ben Roethlisberger<br />4 Reggie Wayne<br /><br />3 Ocho Cinco<br />3 Lav Coles<br />3 Braylon Edwards<br />3 Frank Gore<br />3 Torry Holt<br />3 Jon Kitna<br />3 Peyton Manning<br />3 Donovan McNabb<br />3 Adrian Peterson (MIN)<br />3 Wes Welker<br /><br />2 Joseph Addai<br />2 Reggie Bush<br />2 Anquan Boldin<br />2 Drew Brees<br />2 Kevin Curtis<br />2 Jay Cutler<br />2 Lee Evans<br />2 Earnest Graham<br />2 DJ Hackett<br />2 Matt Hasselbeck<br />2 Santonio Holmes<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />2 Greg Jennings<br />2 Larry Johnson<br />2 Kenton Keith<br />2 Jamal Lewis<br />2 Marshawn Lynch<br />2 Hines Ward<br />2 Ben Watson<br />2 Jason Witten<br /><br />1 Derrick Anderson<br />1 Marion Barber III<br />1 Bernard Berrian<br />1 Deion Branch<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Marc Bulger<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Daunte Culpepper<br />1 Patrick Crayton<br />1 Ryan Grant<br />1 Brandon Jacobs<br />1 Maurice Jones-Drew<br />1 Bobby Engram<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 Justin Fargas<br />1 DeShaun Foster<br />1 Joey Galloway<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Todd Heap<br />1 Tavis Henry<br />1 Lamont Jordan<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Joe Jurevicius<br />1 Chad Pennington<br />1 Jeremy Shockey<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Chester Taylor<br />1 Amani Toomer<br />1 Javon Walker<br />1 Roy Williams<br />1 Roddy White<br />1 Jason Wright<br />1 Vince Young<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-9078636879950126834?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-25610994027505587232007-11-07T17:28:00.001-05:002007-11-07T18:16:00.303-05:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 9<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI8meKy-iI/AAAAAAAAAcY/PRngUaqGkeo/s1600-h/p1_taylor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI8meKy-iI/AAAAAAAAAcY/PRngUaqGkeo/s400/p1_taylor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130229557159459362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">AMBULANCE CHASERS vs. THE BEASTS</span><br />Ambulance Chasers win the “Im back in it! Bowl”<br />150.60 – 103.40<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Lee Evans (31.50)<br />Beasts: Randy Moss (29.50)<br /><br />Well, well, well. All that talk of a Monday Night Miracle by George proved stupid… moronically stupid. Ambulance Chasers stay right with the playoff teams, and heroically. Despite bad starts from both running backs and only 7 from Anquan I dropped a century and a half on the Breasts.<br /><br />Here’s a neat comparison(and trust me, this is what you dream of when you play Randy Moss):<br /><br />Randy Moss: 9 rec, 145 yds, 1 TD - 29.50<br />Lee Evans: 9 rec, 165 yds, 1 TD - 31.50<br /><br />Completely cancelled out Randy Moss… and was directly across from him on stattracker… sweet. If only Randy Moss had JP Losman throwing to him, eh Georgie?<br /><br />Also, I will NOT be shut out in Casali Liquors Cup play, though the trophy will find a new home.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI80uKy-jI/AAAAAAAAAcg/6NVbidxKo8M/s1600-h/capt.0ba6005bce3b467eb5126f5c75a9c9cd.bengals_bills_football_nydd115.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI80uKy-jI/AAAAAAAAAcg/6NVbidxKo8M/s400/capt.0ba6005bce3b467eb5126f5c75a9c9cd.bengals_bills_football_nydd115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130229801972595250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">CINCINATTI BOWTIES vs. STUMP THE SKORUPE</span><br />Stump wins the “The 5 and 6 seeds are getting tight Bowl”<br />146.95 – 114.60<br />Team Stars<br />Bowties: Greg Jennings (23.50)<br />Stump: TO (33.40)<br /><br />Big win from Mike… not that it matters because the middle is all jammed up and no one is really out. Still, Vinny could have staked a strong claim to a playoff spot if he had won this one. Points are going to matter big time, boys. The way it looks now there may only be one playoff spot that isn’t claimed yet… and Mike just took the lead for it.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI9m-Ky-kI/AAAAAAAAAco/QiYktAo5Iao/s1600-h/heisman.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 254px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI9m-Ky-kI/AAAAAAAAAco/QiYktAo5Iao/s400/heisman.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130230665261021762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">SK WARRIORS vs. JOHNNY GAY RAINBOWS</span><br />Rainbows win the “Holy Shit Adrian Peterson is for real Bowl”<br />151.95 – 135.20<br />Team Stars<br />Warriors: Reggie Bush (30.50)<br />JGR: Adrian Peterson (50.50)<br /> <br />Okay, Rossi… Number 1: youre a dick for remembering and quoting me on that. Number two: My point was LT is awesome and you could have made an easy run at the championship with safe picks. You chose these high risk/high payoff guys… and one of them paid off like 100/1. It was still really, really risky. Besides the fact one of the big downgrades for Peterson was, to me, his injury history… and that is still a major risk as he gets closer and closer to hitting that rookie wall. Id be really scared if I were you. That’s the sort of thing that could derail a championship season. Norwood is hurt too… plus EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE IS PRAYING EVERY NIGHT YOUR RBS GET HURT. So think long and hard on that.<br /><br />Steve gets another heartbreak loss, but you have to feel pretty good if youre in his position. Good win and point totals, racking up points every week… in good position to lock up a playoff spot in the next couple weeks. I think both these teams are in the playoffs, fwiw. Steve may actually still have beaten John if he hadn’t lost Jay Cutler to injury after he got one point for him.<br /><br />Nice week for John to have both his stud RBs play against eachother…<br /><br />Also, let me just remind you that I only rub your faces in my best predictions. If I were to remind you of every single fantasy prediction that I made correctly it would take months to go through it all. Id have to hire a secretary to dictate all my predictions to and a team of professional assholes to follow you around all day letting you know how incredible I am.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI-N-Ky-lI/AAAAAAAAAcw/WIHruRe8buE/s1600-h/fullj.getty-75557941rs022_cincinnati_be.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 353px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI-N-Ky-lI/AAAAAAAAAcw/WIHruRe8buE/s400/fullj.getty-75557941rs022_cincinnati_be.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130231335275919954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BROWN B-RADS vs. ROOKIE</span><br />B-Rads win the “Brad IS the luckiest team Bowl”<br />102.25 – 81.40<br />Team Stars<br />Bo-Rats: Marshawn Lynch (27.40)<br />Rookie: Larry Johnson (24.50)<br /><br />Alright, this has been bothering me all season Ben, how can you name your fantasy football team “Rookie.” Shouldn’t it at least be ”the Rookies?” Its like “The Lone Stallions.” Not gonna matter because you now have your back to the wall… and youre facing me this week. After this loss you need to win out to even have a chance at making the playoffs… ouch.<br /><br />Brad wins another game he had no business winning. What a dick. Other managers lose their sense when they play you for some reason. This was the same as when Terry handed John a win. To the League: We do NOT need to hand wins to the top teams, or at least hand them out evenly – share the love… like if you were (Fantasy Team Manager)’s (Mother/Sister/Girlfriend).<br /><br />Hey, Brad if youre so called commissioner of this league then why don’t you ever pop up and yell at me for drinking the wrong beer. It might help if you call me Suzy or Nancy too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI-uuKy-mI/AAAAAAAAAc4/WMb_I3wiETU/s1600-h/humbug_scrubs-cox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI-uuKy-mI/AAAAAAAAAc4/WMb_I3wiETU/s320/humbug_scrubs-cox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130231897916635746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI_GOKy-nI/AAAAAAAAAdA/pHFH79MiA0g/s1600-h/browns.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI_GOKy-nI/AAAAAAAAAdA/pHFH79MiA0g/s320/browns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130232301643561586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">SPANK IT BOYZ vs. THE GOODFELLAS</span><br />Jay wins the “Well, now we know which Andoscia Brother is Worse Bowl”<br />127.30 – 84.80<br />Team Stars<br />Boyz: Derrick Anderson (22.30)<br />Fellas: Jamal Lewis (38.40)<br /><br />Jay pulls out his season and his bragging rights. He’s actually 4-5 now, so nothing to laugh at here folks. Long shot, yes, but is going to finish with a respectable record I think.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Terry is putting together a fantasy football season that will rank among mankind's most awful crimes. Just remember, buddy, your money is always good here and we expect you back next year!<br /><br />Two Team Stars... Two Cleveland Browns... Two bad fantasy teams...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI_wOKy-oI/AAAAAAAAAdI/1B7xxJUSIZI/s1600-h/fullj.getty-75557953cm003_baltimore_rav.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzI_wOKy-oI/AAAAAAAAAdI/1B7xxJUSIZI/s320/fullj.getty-75557953cm003_baltimore_rav.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130233023198067330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">DONKEY PUNCHERS vs RI COLTS</span><br />Punchers win the “It aint over until its over Bowl”<br />146.05 – 144.25<br />Team Stars<br />Punchers: Joseph Addai (33.60) and Santonio Holmes (27.00)<br />Colts: Brian Westbrook (35.50)<br /><br />Another actual Monday Night Miracle. Joe was down by 30 and DID come back(as opposed to George). Let me set the stage for you: Joe down by 30 with Santonio Holmes and Jeff?(Josh?) Reed left. Tom has the lead and Matt Stover. Joe gets barely enough and pulls out a miracle victory to keep him with the best record in the league.<br /><br />There’s not a whole lot to say about this one. All the trade worked out really. Although Lamont sucks now. Even if Lamont was on the difference between what you had and Larry Fitzgerald and Kellen Winslow would make up the gap between LaMont and KJ. Still had to make those trades, in my opinion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJANuKy-pI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/zIPsxB0JPHY/s1600-h/capt.5562df9d7b95435f95ad46f38fd70d94.lions_kitnas_costume_football_dt101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJANuKy-pI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/zIPsxB0JPHY/s400/capt.5562df9d7b95435f95ad46f38fd70d94.lions_kitnas_costume_football_dt101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130233530004208274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">CHANNEL 4 NEWS TEAM vs. BAD NEWZ KENNELZ</span><br />Rice wins the ‘Nobody deserved to win Bowl”<br />86.95 – 74.70<br />Team Stars<br />Team: Carson Palmer (22.05)<br />Kennelz: Jon Kitna (21.10)<br /><br />Ugly.<br /><br />I cant believe Terry wasn’t one of these two teams.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br />Stump the Skorupe 2-0<br />RI Colts 2-0<br />Ambulance Chasers 1-2<br />George 0-3<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJApOKy-qI/AAAAAAAAAdY/3t7NJgPtj24/s1600-h/maverick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJApOKy-qI/AAAAAAAAAdY/3t7NJgPtj24/s320/maverick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130234002450610850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">AL and MIKE’s WRs </span><br />-Who has the better wideouts? Decided by total points on the year<br />MIKE: 407.30<br />AL: 328.80<br /><br />I still suck… but Im getting closer!<br /><br />Thank you Lee Evans… I cant wait to see you get two TDs live against New England.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">AL & GEORGE TOTAL POINTS</span><br />AL: 1156.70<br />GY: 1044.70<br /><br />Looking good.<br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">PAT & TERRY BETTER RECORD</span><br />PAT: 3-6<br />TERRY: 1-8<br /><br />Good bet, Terry.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">JOE & JOHN WHO GOES FARTHER</span><br />(who goes farther in the playoffs, with John giving Joe odds)<br />So far they both have the same record, and are 1-2 in points…<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Heroes</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJBiOKy-rI/AAAAAAAAAdg/1_xdM_W_qi4/s1600-h/1194017557_9849.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 269px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJBiOKy-rI/AAAAAAAAAdg/1_xdM_W_qi4/s400/1194017557_9849.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130234981703154354" border="0" /></a><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK <br />151.95 – JGR vs. SK Warriors (Week 9)<br /><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />50.50 Adrian Peterson vs. SD (Week 9)<br /><br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />282.20 – Tom Brady – Brad<br />220.40 – Randy Moss – George<br />211.50 – Tony Romo – Jay<br />192.40 – Derek Anderson – Terry<br />190.40 – TJ Houshmanfdfdhkjhdfadeh – Joe<br />190.20 – Adrian Peterson – John<br />188.60 - Brian Westbrook – Tom<br />176.90 – Peyton Manning – Tom<br />175.70 – Ben Roethlisbfdkjhejewdhjger – Mike<br />175.45 – Carson Palmer - Rice<br /><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />192.30 – JGR vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 6)<br />171.95 – Channel 4 News Team vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 2)<br />171.00 – Ambulance Chasers vs. Donkey Punchers (Week 3)<br />165.25 – RI Colts vs. Rookie (Week 3)<br />164.70 – Rookie vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br />164.00 – BAD NEWZ KENNELZ vs. SK Warriors (Week 8)<br />162.35 – The Beasts vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 7)<br />161.90 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. BAD NEWZ KENNELZ (Week 7)<br />158.15 - Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. RI Colts (Week 1)<br />154.00 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. GY (Week 3)<br />152.85 - Channel 4 News Team vs. Rookie (Week 8)<br />151.95 – JGR vs. SK Warriors (Week 9)<br />150.60 – Ambulance Chasers vs. Beasts (Week 9)<br />150.10 - Cincinnati Bowties vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 2)<br />149.20 – Donkey Punchers vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 4)<br />147.70 – RI Colts vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 1)<br />146.95 – Stump the Skorupe vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 9)<br />146.05 – Donkey Punchers vs. RI Colts (Week 9)<br />144.25 – RI Colts vs. Donkey Punchers (Week 9)<br />142.00 – Donkey Punchers vs. Stump the Skorupe (Week 8)<br />139.75 – Donkey Punchers vs. Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />139.50 – Brown B-Rads vs. RI Colts (Week 7)<br />139.20 – SK Warriors vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 3)<br /><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />51.10 – Kevin Curtis vs. DET (Week 3) – John<br />50.50 Adrian Peterson vs. SD (Week 9) - John<br />48.40 – LT vs OAK (Week 6) - John<br />47.10 – Ronnie Brown vs. NYJ (Week 3) – Al<br />45.10 – Brian Westbrook vs. DET (Week3) - Tom<br />45.05 – Carson Palmer vs. CLE (Week 2) - Rice<br />44.40 - Plaxico Burress vs. DAL (Week 1) - Mike<br />44.10 – Anquan Boldin vs. BAL (Week 3) - Al<br />43.90 – Ocho Cinco vs. CLE (Week 2) - Vinny<br />42.30 – Adrian Peterson vs. CHI (Week 6) - John<br />41.70 – Tom Brady vs. WAS(Week 8) - Brad<br />41.30 – Steve Smith vs. HOU (Week 2) - Brad<br />40.70 – Tom Brady vs. MIA (Week 7) - Brad<br />40.35 - Tony Romo vs. NYG (Week 1) – Terry<br />39.90 –Tom Brady vs. DAL (Week 6) - Brad<br />38.40 – Jamal Lewis vs. SEA (Week 9) - Jay<br />37.35 – Tony Romo vs. STL (Week 4) – Jay<br />36.70 –Kenny Watson vs. NYJ (Week 7) - Ben<br />35.75 – Donovan McNabb vs DET (Week 3) - Terry<br />35.50 – Brian Westrbook vs DAL (Week 9) - Tom<br />35.40 – Roy Williams vs. PHI (Week 3) - Steve<br />35.40 – Wes Welker vs DAL (Week 6) - John<br />34.95 – Drew Brees vs. JAC (Week 9) - George<br />34.80 – Wes Welker vs. MIA (Week 7) - John<br />34.60 – Braylon Edwards vs. CIN (Week 2) - Rice<br />34.50 – TJ Houshmadhfjkahhehfdeh vs. KC (Week 6) - Joe<br />34.50 – Marques Colston vs. SF (Week 8) - Tom<br />34.40 – MoJo Drew vs. HOU (Week 6) - Terry<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJCU-Ky-sI/AAAAAAAAAdo/qPW9TWUxwnI/s1600-h/MinnesotafannowIguess.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJCU-Ky-sI/AAAAAAAAAdo/qPW9TWUxwnI/s400/MinnesotafannowIguess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130235853581515458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STAR OF THE WEEK (<span style="font-style: italic;">Worth an extra star</span>)</span><br />Adrian Peterson vs SD - John<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS LEADERS (<span style="font-style: italic;">Most Stars at end of season = Fantasy MVP</span>)</span><br /><br />8 Tom Brady<br /><br />6 Randy Moss<br /><br />5 Tony Romo <br /><br />4 Ronnie Brown<br />4 Plaxico Burress<br />4 LaDainian Tomlinson<br />4 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />3 Lav Coles<br />3 Braylon Edwards<br />3 Antonio Gates<br />3 TJ Houshmanzadeh<br />3 Jon Kitna<br />3 Peyton Manning<br />3 Willis McGahee<br />3 Terrell Owens<br />3 Carson Palmer<br />3 Adrian Peterson (MIN)<br />3 Ben Roethlisberger<br />3 Reggie Wayne <br /><br /><br />2 Joseph Addai<br />2 Reggie Bush<br />2 Anquan Boldin<br />2 Ocho Cinco<br />2 Kevin Curtis<br />2 Lee Evans<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Santonio Holmes<br />2 Torry Holt<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />2 Greg Jennings<br />2 Larry Johnson<br />2 Kenton Keith<br />2 Jamal Lewis<br />2 Donovan McNabb<br />2 Ben Watson<br />2 Wes Welker<br />2 Jason Witten<br /><br /><br />1 Derrick Anderson<br />1 Bernard Berrian<br />1 Deion Branch<br />1 Drew Brees<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Daunte Culpepper<br />1 Patrick Crayton<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Maurice Jones-Drew<br />1 Bobby Engram<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 DeShaun Foster<br />1 Joey Galloway<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Todd Heap<br />1 Tavis Henry<br />1 Lamont Jordan<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Joe Jurevicius<br />1 Marshawn Lynch<br />1 Chad Pennington<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Amani Toomer<br />1 Javon Walker<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Roy Williams<br />1 Roddy White<br />1 Jason Wright<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJEYeKy-uI/AAAAAAAAAd4/Cw-SBUH4vH4/s1600-h/image003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJEYeKy-uI/AAAAAAAAAd4/Cw-SBUH4vH4/s400/image003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130238112734313186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS WEEK<br />N/A<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS YEAR<br />3 Willis McGahee<br />3 Reggie Wayne<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Frank Gore<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br />N/A<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS YEAR<br />1 LaMont Jordan<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJEqOKy-vI/AAAAAAAAAeA/MqDp_Z2JJqs/s1600-h/steinbrenner2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJEqOKy-vI/AAAAAAAAAeA/MqDp_Z2JJqs/s400/steinbrenner2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130238417676991218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Players who started and scored no points</span>)</span><br /><br />George – Patrick Crayton<br />Ben – Demetrius Williams<br />Ben – Todd Heap INJURY<br />Pat – Dwayne Bowe<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Almost Heroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points</span>)</span><br /><br />Rice – Reggie Williams (24.80)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) Almost Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR</span>)</span><br /><br />Al – Selvin Young (4.70)<br />Al – Edgerrin James (7.50)<br />George – Kurt Warner (8.60)<br />George – Willie Parker (6.90)<br />Vinny – Kevin Jones (8.60)<br />Mike – Vincent Jackson (2.60)<br />Steve – Jay Cutler (1.00) INJURY<br />Brad – Larry Maroney (5.90)<br />Brad – Steve Smith (4.50)<br />Brad – Darrell Jackson (4.10)<br />Ben – Bobby Wade (2.20)<br />Terry – Roscoe Parrish (1.00)<br />Terry – MJD (7.90)<br />Terry – Travis Henry (6.40)<br />Jay – Anthony Gonzalez (2.30)<br />Jay – Shaun Alexander (4.30)<br />Joe – Alex Smith (7.45)<br />Tom – Lamont Jordan (4.60)<br />Pat – DeAngelo Williams (4.50)<br />Pat – Fred Taylor (6.80)<br />Rice – Thomas Jones (8.50)<br />Rice – Rudi Johnson (2.70)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJFm-Ky-zI/AAAAAAAAAeg/OSpIEasR4wE/s1600-h/stallone460.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJFm-Ky-zI/AAAAAAAAAeg/OSpIEasR4wE/s400/stallone460.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130239461354044210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >7) Haiku of the Week</span><br /><br />Rossi is a dick<br />Monday Miracle for Joe<br />Yo Adrian! Peterson<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJG5uKy-0I/AAAAAAAAAeo/2sfMzdRQtfc/s1600-h/2316065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RzJG5uKy-0I/AAAAAAAAAeo/2sfMzdRQtfc/s400/2316065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130240882988219202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) The Office Quote of the Week</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Scott</span>: Dwight betrayed me once before. So this is his strike two. You know what they say, fool me once, strike one, but fool me twice... strike three.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-2561099402750558723?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-80440450914222378892007-11-01T05:16:00.000-04:002007-11-01T05:53:23.462-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymdf-Ky-hI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/ZPvdJsxOxmw/s1600-h/228964_BH-2007-05-03-E-A001-third.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymdf-Ky-hI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/ZPvdJsxOxmw/s400/228964_BH-2007-05-03-E-A001-third.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127802823327808018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sorry for the lack of updates guys. Ive been very busy the last week or two. Super special double week Manager of the Year and Odds coming up. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Matchups</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymda-Ky-gI/AAAAAAAAAcI/SYHE3A_xysE/s1600-h/fullj.getty-75557934jm012_buffalo_bills.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymda-Ky-gI/AAAAAAAAAcI/SYHE3A_xysE/s400/fullj.getty-75557934jm012_buffalo_bills.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127802737428462082" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">AMBULANCE CHASERS vs. RI COLTS</span><br />Colts win the “Fantasy Manning Bowl”<br />122.95 – 112.55<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Lee Evans (24.80)<br />Colts: Marques Colston (34.50)<br /><br />Tom gets me again. I knew this stretch was going to be tough and I almost came away with a victory each time so I cant feel bad. Sure hurts when a guy like Colston does jack shit all year and then goes off against you costing you the week though.<br /><br />For reference, the following players on my team had byes: QB(Hasselbeck), RB1(Edge), WR1(Anquan), TE(Gonzo). That’s a lot of firepower out of action. I really like my chances going forward. Speaking of which, Tom made two trades that really help his team. Unfortunately LaMont started to fall apart at the same time, really putting the pressure on his RB2 spot, but those trades still give him the best shot to make the playoffs.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymdH-Ky-fI/AAAAAAAAAcA/YVxTONYywFU/s1600-h/Brett-Favre-And-Dan-Marino-Photograph-C12187545.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymdH-Ky-fI/AAAAAAAAAcA/YVxTONYywFU/s400/Brett-Favre-And-Dan-Marino-Photograph-C12187545.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127802411010947570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">CINCINNATI BOWTIES vs. GOODFELLAS</span><br />Bowties win the “No Romo, No Win-O Bowl”<br />119.35 – 66.65<br />Team Stars<br />Bowties: Greg Jennings (26.10)<br />Fellas: Brett Favre (24.55)<br /><br />Jay, Jay, Jay. That was pathetic.<br /><br />Vinny looks pretty good again. I like what he did with the K2 trade. He couldn’t make the playoffs with those RBs. Still, it hurts so much to give up The Soldier. You cant even approximate that kind of production from your TE. It’s a bold move. I think I would have tried (and failed at) some half ass solutions first.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymch-Ky-eI/AAAAAAAAAb4/FIkGblmz0zw/s1600-h/99_20art_20-_20bruce_20wayne_20-_20batman_20-_20full_20size.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 247px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymch-Ky-eI/AAAAAAAAAb4/FIkGblmz0zw/s400/99_20art_20-_20bruce_20wayne_20-_20batman_20-_20full_20size.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127801758175918562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BAD NEWZ KENNELZ vs. SK WARRIORS</span><br />Warriors win the “You traded your best player for 3 guys, 2 of which you started and scored a combined, that’s right COMBINED, 2.90 points – All in the name of winning this week?? What??”<br />164.00 – 51.60<br />Team Stars<br />Kennelz: Nope.<br />Warriors: Reggie Bruce “Im Batman” Wayne (29.80)<br /><br />I don’t understand that Fitzgerald trade one bit. The one thing Pat had going for him was an inordinate amount of wins so far. I would have tried to maximize my scoring in order to do some damage down the stretch. I didn’t see this as a must win week. And even if this was a must win week, the chances of Pat winning were very poor, so much so that it wasn’t worth using valuable resources and giving up future leverage in order to minutely increase the chances of winning Week 8 from “none” to “slim.”<br /><br />Very impressive week from Steve. The WRs are clicking. You’ve almost caught me in points(well, like 30, but still…). 160 points two weeks in a row… against Pat and Ben… what the fuck is that? Are you running up the score like the Patsies? You better be careful or someone’s going to take out your players like theyre going to take out Brady in real life. You cant win CFFL OR NFL titles with Matt Cassell, man. Seriously, though, that’s like 150 points you wasted here.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymcRuKy-dI/AAAAAAAAAbw/2elWGdc5h2I/s1600-h/bradygolfer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymcRuKy-dI/AAAAAAAAAbw/2elWGdc5h2I/s400/bradygolfer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127801479003044306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">BROWN B-RADS vs. THE BEASTS</span><br />B-Rads win a nailbiter<br />109.60 – 109.10<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Shocker – Tom Brady (40.70)<br />Beasts: Drew Brees (32.80)<br /><br />This one was a classic. It went down to the wire. Brad was down by 19 points going into MNF. George was already done, while Brad had only James Jones remaining. Now, needless to say, most would not expect Jones to get 20 points… and he didn’t. He did get 19.70 though, which was enough to put Brad ahead by .50 points. George continues his unlucky season. Let this be a warning to all: the fantasy Gods punish those who aren’t there for the draft.<br /><br />This was one of two games this week where the league should get together and beat the crap out of a guy for letting one of the top teams off the hook.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymb2OKy-cI/AAAAAAAAAbo/Y_UJfBfjENI/s1600-h/ImgDyn.cfm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymb2OKy-cI/AAAAAAAAAbo/Y_UJfBfjENI/s400/ImgDyn.cfm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127801006556641730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">SPANKED BOYZ vs JOHNNY GAY RAINBOWS</span><br />Rainbows win the “Terry is a fucking idiot Bowl”<br />92.75 – 86.55<br />Team Stars<br />Boyz: Donovan McNabb (21.95)<br />JGR: Wes Welker (23.90)<br /><br />This was the other fucking game. Terry should be thrown out of the league for incompetence. John did everything humanly possible to lose this game. Terry starts Marcus Pollard, who had surgery a couple weeks back and is on a bye. If he had just picked up any fucking tight end he would have beaten him. Unbelievable.<br /><br />This has caused me to create a new award. The last place in manager of the year will now receive the “Spanky” trophy(name is still under discussion).<br /><br />Honestly, the fact John and Brad won these two games is sickening.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymbn-Ky-bI/AAAAAAAAAbg/iND53jSfTuw/s1600-h/capt.9684b58927744946b209e84135f909fc.colts_panthers_football_nccb110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rymbn-Ky-bI/AAAAAAAAAbg/iND53jSfTuw/s400/capt.9684b58927744946b209e84135f909fc.colts_panthers_football_nccb110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127800761743505842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">DONKEY PUNCHERS vs. STUMP THE SKORUPE</span><br />Punchers win a yawner<br />142.00 – 97.70<br />Team Stars<br />Punchers: Joseph Addai (30.90)<br />Stumpers: Ben Roethlisbfdfefahghukfser (20.40)<br /><br />Here’s a top team that deserved to win. Mike could blame the poor field at Wembley stadium for fucking up Plax and Amani, or he could blame SJax for getting hurt again. In the end, he wasn’t coming close even if none of that happened. On the upside, Mike’s team is playing well. Unfortunately, he just traded for Vincent Jackson, or, as I like to call him, “the Cooler.” Good luck with that.<br /><br />Joe is steamrolling. Brad and Joe have each won 5 in a row. Looking like a magical season for the Punchers. TE bye week? Oh, Ill just pick up Tony Scheffler – 12 points.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbhOKy-aI/AAAAAAAAAbY/gk-yFukPILM/s1600-h/capt.25205129e01c49eda615eac350a65bc6.brown_rams_football_mojr104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbhOKy-aI/AAAAAAAAAbY/gk-yFukPILM/s400/capt.25205129e01c49eda615eac350a65bc6.brown_rams_football_mojr104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127800645779388834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">ROOKIE vs. CH. 4 NEWS TEAM</span><br />The San Francisco Treat wins the “Chad Pennington is a fag Bowl”<br />152.85 – 87.40<br />Team Stars<br />Rookie: Torry Holt (23.00)<br />Team: Braylon Edwards (31.70)<br /><br />Rice is suddenly looking very good. How good is Braylon Edwards? He could be looking at a championship run if(when) Clinton Portis gets hurt and if Carson Palmer weren’t having such a down year.<br /><br />Ben is in trouble again I suppose, but this thing is so friggin wide open. Everyone in the league is back to back wins from looking like a championship contender.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Bets</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbNeKy-ZI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/7CsreJn2o1o/s1600-h/CASALILIQCUP06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbNeKy-ZI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/7CsreJn2o1o/s400/CASALILIQCUP06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127800306476972434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CASALI LIQUORS CUP</span><br />Stump the Skorupe 2-0<br />RI Colts 2-0<br />Ambulance Chasers 0-2<br />George 0-2<br /><br /><br />The Cup will find a new home in 2007-08, as your Ambulance Chasers have been eliminated. Bye weeks falling at the wrong time... had to lose the battle to win the war. Interesting this wont be settled until the final week of the season when Mike and Tom play eachother.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">AL and MIKE’s WRs </span><br />-Who has the better wideouts? Decided by total points on the year<br />MIKE: 352.70<br />AL: 270.90<br /><br />I still suck.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">AL & GEORGE TOTAL POINTS</span><br />AL: 1006.10<br />GY: 93.730<br /><br />Still have a decent lead, but it is by no means unassailable.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PAT & TERRY BETTER RECORD</span><br />PAT: 3-5<br />TERRY: 1-7<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">JOE & JOHN</span><br /><br />Congratulations to John and Joe on making a bet. Brad, a ritual suicide is in order.<br /><br />Oh, could you fucking morons now tell me what the fucking bet is?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbG-Ky-YI/AAAAAAAAAbI/boL3l9u37JM/s1600-h/auction_nbc_heroes_main.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbG-Ky-YI/AAAAAAAAAbI/boL3l9u37JM/s400/auction_nbc_heroes_main.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127800194807822722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >3) Heroes</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbAuKy-XI/AAAAAAAAAbA/cNGNeW63QZY/s1600-h/the_warriors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymbAuKy-XI/AAAAAAAAAbA/cNGNeW63QZY/s400/the_warriors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127800087433640306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK </span><br />164.00 – BAD NEWZ KENNELZ vs. SK Warriors (Week 8)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK</span><br />40.70 – Tom Brady – Brown B-Rads<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR</span><br />256.05 – Tom Brady – Brad<br />190.90 – Randy Moss – George<br />183.30 – Tony Homo – Jay<br />175.90 – TJ Houshmadhfhefhafkjhddeh – Joe<br />170.10 – Ronnie Brown – Al<br />170.10 – Derek Anderson – Terry<br />157.90 - Braylon Edwards – Rice<br />156.60 – Wes Welker – John<br />155.65 – LT – John<br />155.65 – Peyton Manning - Tom<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR</span><br />192.30 – JGR vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 6)<br />171.95 – Channel 4 News Team vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 2)<br />171.00 – Ambulance Chasers vs. Donkey Punchers (Week 3)<br />165.25 – RI Colts vs. Rookie (Week 3)<br />164.70 – Rookie vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br />164.00 – BAD NEWZ KENNELZ vs. SK Warriors (Week 8)<br />162.35 – The Beasts vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 7)<br />161.90 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. BAD NEWZ KENNELZ (Week 7)<br />158.15 - Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. RI Colts (Week 1)<br />154.00 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. GY (Week 3)<br />152.85 - Channel 4 News Team vs. Rookie (Week 8)<br />150.10 - Cincinnati Bowties vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 2)<br />149.20 – Donkey Punchers vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 4)<br />147.70 – RI Colts vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 1)<br />142.00 – Donkey Punchers vs. Stump the Skorupe (Week 8)<br />139.75 – Donkey Punchers vs. Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />139.50 – Brown B-Rads vs. RI Colts (Week 7)<br />139.20 – SK Warriors vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 3)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR</span><br />51.10 – Kevin Curtis vs. DET (Week 3) – John<br />48.40 – LT vs OAK (Week 6) - John<br />47.10 – Ronnie Brown vs. NYJ (Week 3) – Al<br />45.10 – Brian Westbrook vs. DET (Week3) - Tom<br />45.05 – Carson Palmer vs. CLE (Week 2) - Rice<br />44.40 - Plaxico Burress vs. DAL (Week 1) - Mike<br />44.10 – Anquan Boldin vs. BAL (Week 3) - Al<br />43.90 – Ocho Cinco vs. CLE (Week 2) - Vinny<br />42.30 – Adrian Peterson vs. CHI (Week 6) - John<br />41.70 – Tom Brady vs. WAS(Week 8) - Brad<br />41.30 – Steve Smith vs. HOU (Week 2) - Brad<br />40.70 – Tom Brady vs. MIA (Week 7) - Brad<br />40.35 - Tony Romo vs. NYG (Week 1) – Terry<br />39.90 –Tom Brady vs. DAL (Week 6) - Brad<br />37.35 – Tony Romo vs. STL (Week 4) – Jay<br />36.70 –Kenny Watson vs. NYJ (Week 7) - Ben<br />35.75 – Donovan McNabb vs DET (Week 3) - Terry<br />35.40 – Roy Williams vs. PHI (Week 3) - Steve<br />35.40 – Wes Welker vs DAL (Week 6) - John<br />34.80 – Wes Welker vs. MIA (Week 7) - John<br />34.60 – Braylon Edwards vs. CIN (Week 2) - Rice<br />34.50 – TJ Houshmadhfjkahhehfdeh vs. KC (Week 6) - Joe<br />34.50 – Marques Colston vs. SF (Week 8) - Tom<br />34.40 – MoJo Drew vs. HOU (Week 6) - Terry<br />33.30 – Lav Coles vs. CIN (Week 7) - Ben<br />33.30 - Randy Moss vs. NYJ (Week 1) – George<br />32.80 – Kenton Keith vs. TB (Week 5) - Joe<br />32.80 – Drew Brees vs. SF (Week 8) - George<br />32.70 – Ronnie Brown vs. OAK (Week 4) - Al<br />32.55 – Daunte Culpepper vs. MIA (Week 4) – John<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymaaeKy-WI/AAAAAAAAAa4/lYRGallJYRs/s1600-h/capt.be3e17a2b8b74fdf8e0f689554c34e40.underdog_colts_football_ny158.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymaaeKy-WI/AAAAAAAAAa4/lYRGallJYRs/s400/capt.be3e17a2b8b74fdf8e0f689554c34e40.underdog_colts_football_ny158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127799430303644002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">STAR OF THE WEEK (<span style="font-style: italic;">Worth an extra star</span>)</span><br /><br />Tom Brady vs. WAS – Brown B-Rads<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS LEADERS (M<span style="font-style: italic;">ost Stars at end of season = Fantasy MVP</span></span>)<br /><br />8 Tom Brady<br /><br />5 Randy Moss<br />5 Tony Romo<br /><br />4 Ronnie Brown<br />4 Plaxico Burress<br />4 LaDainian Tomlinson<br /><br />3 Lav Coles<br />3 Braylon Edwards<br />3 Antonio Gates<br />3 TJ Houshmanzadeh<br />3 Peyton Manning<br />3 Willis McGahee<br />3 Ben Roethlisberger<br />3 Reggie Wayne<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 Anquan Boldin<br />2 Ocho Cinco<br />2 Kevin Curtis<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Torry Holt<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />2 Kenton Keith<br />2 Jon Kitna<br />2 Donovan McNabb<br />2 Terrell Owens<br />2 Carson Palmer<br />2 Ben Watson<br />2 Wes Welker<br />2 Jason Witten<br /><br />1 Joseph Addai<br />1 Bernard Berrian<br />1 Deion Branch<br />1 Drew Brees<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Reggie Bush<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Marques Colston<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Daunte Culpepper<br />1 Patrick Crayton<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Greg Jennings<br />1 Maurice Jones-Drew<br />1 Bobby Engram<br />1 Lee Evans<br />1 Brett Favre<br />1 DeShaun Foster<br />1 Joey Galloway<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Todd Heap<br />1 Tavis Henry<br />1 Santonio Holmes<br />1 Lamont Jordan<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Larry Johnson<br />1 Joe Jurevicius<br />1 Jamal Lewis<br />1 Chad Pennington<br />1 Adrian Peterson (MIN)<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Amani Toomer<br />1 Javon Walker<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Roy Williams<br />1 Roddy White<br />1 Jason Wright<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS WEEK</span><br />Reggie Wayne<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS YEAR</span><br />3 Willis McGahee<br />3 Reggie Wayne<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Frank Gore<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS WEEK</span><br />N/A<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS YEAR</span><br />1 LaMont Jordan<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymaMuKy-VI/AAAAAAAAAaw/XATMLoBkTRk/s1600-h/fullj.getty-75557893al025_tampa_bay_buc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymaMuKy-VI/AAAAAAAAAaw/XATMLoBkTRk/s400/fullj.getty-75557893al025_tampa_bay_buc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127799194080442706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >4) Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Players who started and scored no points</span>)</span><br /><br />Terry – Marcus Pollard IDIOT<br />Jay – Marvin Harrison<br />George – Vincent Jackson<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >5) Almost Heroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points</span>)</span><br /><br />None<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) Almost Zeroes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR</span>)</span></span><br /><br />Al – Eli Manning (11.45)<br />Tom – LaMont Jordan (1.60)<br />Jay – Ruben Droughns (2.70)<br />Jay – Jamal Lewis (6.10)<br />Pat – Jon Kitna (13.40)<br />Pat – Roydell Williams (1.30)<br />Pat – Andre Davis (1.60)<br />Pat – Frank Gore (5.10)<br />Pat – DeAngelo Williams (8.50)<br />Brad – Steve Smith (3.80)<br />Brad – Marshawn Lynch (9.70)<br />Terry – Roscoe Parrish (2.20)<br />Terry – MJD (8.20)<br />Terry – DeShawn Wynn (0.10) INJURY<br />John – Daunte Culpepper (9.25)<br />John – Adrian Peterson (7.00)<br />Joe – Earnest Graham (8.40)<br />Mike – Plaxico Burress (3.40)<br />Mike – Amani Toomer (2.30)<br />Ben – Chad Pennington (5.80)<br />Ben – Lav Coles (2.30) INJURY<br />Ben – Muhsin Muhammed (4.30)<br />Rice – Carson Palmer (14.45)<br />Rice – Ladell Betts (0.90)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Haiku of the Week</span></span><br /><br />Steve scores One sixty<br />Brady is star of the week<br />Both two weeks running…<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymZ0eKy-UI/AAAAAAAAAao/95BYo93nchE/s1600-h/0000041257_20070706171405.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/RymZ0eKy-UI/AAAAAAAAAao/95BYo93nchE/s400/0000041257_20070706171405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127798777468614978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) The Office Quote of the Week</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy</span>: So Michael had a little chat with corporate and they decided to send me to management training. Anger management, technically, but still. Management material.<br /><br />[gets out of his car]<br /><br />This whole thing supposed to take ten weeks, but I can be done in five. How? Name repetition, personality mirroring, and positive reinforcement through nods and smiles. So, don't worry about old Andy Bernard. I'll be back. Just like Rambo, so...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marcy</span>: Oh, hi. You must be Andy.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy</span>: Oh, hi! Yes. I am and you must be... Marcy!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marcy</span>: That's right, it's so good to meet you.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy</span>: It's so good to meet you!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marcy</span>: Thanks. Well, you ready to have some fun?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy</span>: Yeah!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-8044045091422237889?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>alskornoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684516844419256531.post-32888470879616724272007-10-24T14:24:00.000-04:002007-10-24T15:56:21.888-04:00WEEKLY REVIEW: WEEK 7<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-jUAObHaI/AAAAAAAAAag/SNbXPSSvKvE/s1600-h/capt_60be8212cc1e4272afb88823db751eba_patriots_dolphins_football_mds113.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124994465024122274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-jUAObHaI/AAAAAAAAAag/SNbXPSSvKvE/s400/capt_60be8212cc1e4272afb88823db751eba_patriots_dolphins_football_mds113.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">1) Matchups<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">AMBULANCE CHASERS vs. STUMP THE SKORUPE</span><br /></strong>Chasers are Stumped in the “Happy Trails Ronnie Brown Bowl”<br />133.00 -115.45<br />Team Stars<br />Chasers: Anquan Boldin (22.90)<br />Stump: Big Ben Roethlisbdfkjkfkhefer (32.50)<br /><br />Mercifully, Mike ended it on Sunday, so I didn’t have to watch MNF to see the certain loss. I thought I had enough of a lead, and I would have if not for either of 1) Ronnie Brown going down(Chatman got 15 points after Ronnie left the game…) OR 2) Roethlisturdburglar not throwing for 33 points against fucking Denver(No Champ Bailey). Gay.<br /><br />Oh well, before the season I told everyone weeks 7 and 8 were likely losses. Mike vaults himself back up into the playoffs. I lost ground on the other contenders, and my ceiling gets uncomfortably low.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-dCgObHWI/AAAAAAAAAaA/NhON0tMe7AI/s1600-h/capt_a427ddf8b88949a78eb2aaf198fea492_cardinals_redskins_football_fdx201.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124987567306644834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-dCgObHWI/AAAAAAAAAaA/NhON0tMe7AI/s400/capt_a427ddf8b88949a78eb2aaf198fea492_cardinals_redskins_football_fdx201.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>CINCINNATI BOWTIES vs. SPANK IT BOYZ</strong></span><br />Bowties win the “Everybody doubles up Terry Bowl”<br />120.20 – 67.70<br />Team Stars<br />Bowties: Roddy White (25.00)<br />Boyz: NONE<br /><br />Season over for Terry. Vinny looked like he was in a lot better shape when I was beating Mike. Still, he’s right there. Great trade, too, for both him and Tom this week. You rarely see a TE that good traded in season, but then you rarely see a RB that good traded in season. Filled two gaping holes for each team.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-cjwObHVI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/repp1pEVMXk/s1600-h/5846_512.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124987039025667410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-cjwObHVI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/repp1pEVMXk/s400/5846_512.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">BAD NEWZ KENNELZ vs. JOHNNY GAY RAINBOWS</span></strong><br />Rainbows win the “Wes Welker? Really? Wes Welker? Bowl”<br />161.90 – 84.45<br />Team Stars<br />Kennelz: Larry Fitzgerald (15.70)<br />Rainbows: Wes Welker (34.80)<br /><br />Another impressive performance by JGR. Pat doesn’t hurt so much, even though his team was terrible this week. He’s already beat some teams he shouldn’t have, and no one can feel bad about losing to John.<br /><br />Scary thought for rest of the league: This was LT’s bye week…<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-TAgObHTI/AAAAAAAAAZo/uopJXgfCydY/s1600-h/tx_brady.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124976537830628658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-TAgObHTI/AAAAAAAAAZo/uopJXgfCydY/s400/tx_brady.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">BROWN B-RADS vs. RI COLTS</span></strong><br />B-Rads win the “Its Good to be the Patriots Bowl”<br />139.50 – 101.15<br />Team Stars<br />B-Rads: Tom Brady (41.70)<br />Colts: Peyton Manning (22.95)<br /><br />Brad gets the win and first place because Bill Bellicheck is a prickface who decided to run up the score… and then, the douchebag actually defends running up the score with an attitude. I can tell you with absolute certainty that this game was OVER 3 minutes into the game. There was no need to keep Brady in the game.<br /><br />On another note, Brad went to the game in Miami (on some sort of homosexual vacation cruise… which is why he has no photos of the game). Still, this has to be one of the top 5 sports days in Brad’s life, right? Sox make the World Series(again) and the Pats look dominant going to 7-0.<br /><br />I want everyone to know now that EVERYONE ON MY TEAM – EVERY STARTER is on a bye next week. Tom is going to beat the SHIT out of me. He finally smarted up and traded one of his many RBs for a top TE too. FUCK.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-SygObHSI/AAAAAAAAAZg/1IGT5-e1Sd4/s1600-h/mossbadhair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124976297312460066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="344" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-SygObHSI/AAAAAAAAAZg/1IGT5-e1Sd4/s400/mossbadhair.jpg" width="218" border="0" /></a>THE BREASTS vs. CH. 4 NEWS TEAM</span></strong><br />Double D’s win the “Parity Bowl”<br />162.35 – 63.40<br />Team Stars<br />Funbags: Randy Moss (28.20)<br />Rice-a-Roni: Hines Ward (14.80)<br /><br />George is back in it, too. So far, as you read down these matchups youll notice that two teams have scored over 160 points… NEITHER had the most points this week.<br /><br />I gave Rice credit last week… and so he immediately pulls a Terry the next week.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">DONKEY PUNCHERS vs. GOODFELLAS <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-gRQObHZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/PU3_qzCl1pE/s1600-h/egraham.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124991119244598674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" height="214" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-gRQObHZI/AAAAAAAAAaY/PU3_qzCl1pE/s400/egraham.jpg" width="180" border="0" /></a><br /></span></strong>Asses win the “Andoscia Sweep Bowl II”<br />133.15 – 85.85<br />Team Stars<br />Punchers: Earnest Graham (32.10)<br />Fellas: Tony Romo (18.25)<br /><br />Joe keeps the winning going, Jay continues to hold the value of Enron stock.<br /><br />Just like the last five weeks, Jay puts up Tony Romo and nothing, and cant get a win. Joe gets solid production all around and does.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-SPgObHQI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/XdeXJsipi2I/s1600-h/knSESAME_wideweb__470x292,0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124975696017038594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-SPgObHQI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/XdeXJsipi2I/s400/knSESAME_wideweb__470x292,0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">ROOKIE vs. SK WARRIORS<br /></span></strong>Ben wins the “Old Fashioned Beat Down”<br />164.70 – 104.50<br />Team Stars<br />Ben: Chad Pennington (28.30) & Lav Coles (33.30)<br />Warriors: Jay Cutler (28.50)<br /><br />Ben explodes for a shitload of points and Steve’s magical run of victories ends(though he’s still in damn good shape). I took some guff for saying George and Ben weren’t out of it… well… theyre not out of it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2) Bets</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>CASALI LIQUORS CUP</strong><br />Stump the Skorupe 2-0<br />RI Colts 1-0<br />Ambulance Chasers 0-1<br />George 0-2<br /><br /><br /><strong>AL and MIKE’s WRs<br /></strong>-Who has the better wideouts? Decided by total points on the year<br />MIKE: 336.60<br />AL: 220.70<br /><br />I suck.<br /><br /><br /><strong>AL & GEORGE TOTAL POINTS</strong><br />AL: 893.55<br />GY: 828.20<br /><br />160+ points sure helps make up some ground on me. Still, Im 3rd overall by a good margin, but you do figure to make up even more ground this week.<br /><br /><br /><strong>PAT & TERRY BETTER RECORD<br /></strong>PAT: 3-4<br />TERRY: 1-6<br /><br /><br />JOHN, BRAD, JOE: Still cant believe there hasn’t been a side bet between you guys.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-fYQObHYI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/gjpLSEYpVLA/s1600-h/1193029757_1601.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124990139992055170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-fYQObHYI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/gjpLSEYpVLA/s400/1193029757_1601.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">3) Heroes</span></strong><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM THIS WEEK<br />164.70 – Rookie vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS WEEK<br />41.70 – Tom Brady – Brown B-Rads<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-R8AObHPI/AAAAAAAAAZI/lzks-ujoG1A/s1600-h/tom_thefamilyguy-760774.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124975361009589490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-R8AObHPI/AAAAAAAAAZI/lzks-ujoG1A/s400/tom_thefamilyguy-760774.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MOST CUMULATIVE POINTS BY A PLAYER THIS YEAR<br />215.35 – Tom Brady – Brown B-Rads<br />183.30 – Tony Romo – GOODFELLAS<br />177.20 –Randy Moss – The Beasts<br />170.10 – Ronnie Brown – Ex Ambulance Chaser<br />154.80 – TJ Houshmandfhshfiuefideh – Donkey Punchers<br />145.80 – Derek Anderson – Spank It Boyz<br />145.55 – LT – JGR<br />138.95 – Carson Palmer – Rice<br />138.00 – Plaxico Burress – Stump the Skorupe<br />134.90 –Peyton Manning – RI Colts<br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A TEAM IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />192.30 – JGR vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 6)<br />171.95 – Channel 4 News Team vs. Cincinnati Bowties (Week 2)<br />171.00 – Ambulance Chasers vs. Donkey Punchers (Week 3)<br />165.25 – RI Colts vs. Rookie (Week 3)<br />164.70 – Rookie vs. SK Warriors (Week 7)<br />162.35 – The Beasts vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 7)<br />161.90 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. BAD NEWZ KENNELZ (Week 7)<br />158.15 - Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. RI Colts (Week 1)<br />154.00 – Johnny Gay Rainbows vs. GY (Week 3)<br />150.10 - Cincinnati Bowties vs. Channel 4 News Team (Week 2)<br />149.20 – Donkey Punchers vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 4)<br />147.70 – RI Colts vs. Johnny Gay Rainbows (Week 1)<br />139.75 – Donkey Punchers vs. Ambulance Chasers (Week 3)<br />139.50 – Brown B-Rads vs. RI Colts (Week 7)<br />139.20 – SK Warriors vs. GOODFELLAS (Week 3)<br /><br /><br />MOST POINTS BY A PLAYER IN A SINGLE WEEK THIS YEAR<br />51.10 – Kevin Curtis vs. DET (Week 3) – John<br />48.40 – LT vs OAK (Week 6) - John<br />47.10 – Ronnie Brown vs. NYJ (Week 3) – Al<br />45.10 – Brian Westbrook vs. DET (Week3) - Tom<br />45.05 – Carson Palmer vs. CLE (Week 2) - Rice<br />44.40 - Plaxico Burress vs. DAL (Week 1) - Mike<br />44.10 – Anquan Boldin vs. BAL (Week 3) - Al<br />43.90 – Ocho Cinco vs. CLE (Week 2) - Vinny<br />42.30 – Adrian Peterson vs. CHI (Week 6) - John<br />41.70 – Tom Brady vs. MIA (Week 7) - Brad<br />41.30 – Steve Smith vs. HOU (Week 2) - Brad<br />40.35 - Tony Romo vs. NYG (Week 1) – Terry<br />39.90 –Tom Brady vs. DAL (Week 6) - Brad<br />37.35 – Tony Romo vs. STL (Week 4) – Jay<br />36.70 –Kenny Watson vs. NYJ (Week 7) - Ben<br />35.75 – Donovan McNabb vs DET (Week 3) - Terry<br />35.40 – Roy Williams vs. PHI (Week 3) - Steve<br />35.40 – Wes Welker vs DAL (Week 6) - John<br />34.80 – Wes Welker vs. MIA (Week 7) - John<br />34.60 – Braylon Edwards vs. CIN (Week 2) - Rice<br />34.50 – TJ Houshmadhfjkahhehfdeh vs. KC (Week 6) - Joe<br />34.40 – MoJo Drew vs. HOU (Week 6) - Terry<br />33.30 – Lav Coles vs. CIN (Week 7) - Ben<br />33.30 - Randy Moss vs. NYJ (Week 1) – George<br />32.80 – Kenton Keith vs. TB (Week 5) - Joe<br />32.70 – Ronnie Brown vs. OAK (Week 4) - Al<br />32.55 – Daunte Culpepper vs. MIA (Week 4) – John<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-RrQObHOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/bVB61NqYZwc/s1600-h/tom_brady.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124975073246780642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-RrQObHOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/bVB61NqYZwc/s400/tom_brady.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>STAR OF THE WEEK (<em>Worth an extra star</em>)</strong><br /><br />Tom Brady vs. MIA – Brown B-Rads<br /><br /><br /><strong>TEAM STARS LEADERS (<em>Most Stars at end of season = Fantasy MVP</em>)</strong><br /><br />6 Tom Brady<br /><br />5 Randy Moss<br />5 Tony Romo<br /><br />4 Ronnie Brown<br />4 Plaxico Burress<br />4 LaDainian Tomlinson<br /><br />3 Lav Coles<br />3 Antonio Gates<br />3 TJ Houshmanzadeh<br />3 Peyton Manning<br />3 Willis McGahee<br />3 Brian Westbrook<br /><br />2 Anquan Boldin<br />2 Ocho Cinco<br />2 Kevin Curtis<br />2 Braylon Edwards<br />2 Larry Fitzgerald<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />2 Kenton Keith<br />2 Jon Kitna<br />2 Terrell Owens<br />2 Carson Palmer<br />2 Ben Roethlisberger<br />2 Ben Watson<br />2 Reggie Wayne<br />2 Jason Witten<br /><br />1 Bernard Berrian<br />1 Deion Branch<br />1 Dwayne Bowe<br />1 Reggie Bush<br />1 Dallas Clark<br />1 Chris Cooley<br />1 Daunte Culpepper<br />1 Patrick Crayton<br />1 Jay Cutler<br />1 Maurice Jones-Drew<br />1 Bobby Engram<br />1 DeShaun Foster<br />1 Joey Galloway<br />1 Tony Gonzalez<br />1 Frank Gore<br />1 Earnest Graham<br />1 Todd Heap<br />1 Tavis Henry<br />1 Torry Holt<br />1 Santonio Holmes<br />1 Lamont Jordan<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Larry Johnson<br />1 Joe Jurevicius<br />1 Jamal Lewis<br />1 Donovan McNabb<br />1 Chad Pennington<br />1 Adrian Peterson (MIN)<br />1 Steve Smith<br />1 Amani Toomer<br />1 Javon Walker<br />1 Hines Ward<br />1 Wes Welker<br />1 Roy Williams<br />1 Roddy White<br />1 Jason Wright<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-RewObHNI/AAAAAAAAAY4/kyDhHGMiPbs/s1600-h/FedEx_OrangeBowl.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124974858498415826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-RewObHNI/AAAAAAAAAY4/kyDhHGMiPbs/s400/FedEx_OrangeBowl.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS WEEK<br />N/A<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE U THIS YEAR<br />3 Willis McGahee<br />2 Edgerrin James<br />2 Reggie Wayne<br />1 Andre Johnson<br />1 Frank Gore<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS WEEK<br />N/A<br /><br />TEAM STARS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THIS YEAR<br />1 LaMont Jordan<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">4) Zeroes (<em>Players who started and scored no points</em>)<br /></span></strong><br />Terry – Marcus Pollard INJURY??<br />Brad – Anthony Gonzalez<br />Tom – Reggie Kelly<br />Rice – Keenan McCardell<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">5) Almost Heroes (<em>WRs and RBs who did not start and scored 20+ points</em>)</span></strong><br /><br />Terry – Marion Barber III (20.50)<br />Tom – Andre Davis (20.80)<br />Tom – Kevin Jones (23.00)<br />Ben – Kenny Watson (36.70)<br />Steve – Derrick Mason (20.80) </p><p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">6) Almost Zeroes (<em>Players who started and scored few points – less than 15 FFP for a QB; less than 10 for a RB, less than 5 for a WR</em>)</span></strong><br /><br />Al – Edgerrin James (8.30)<br />Mike – Brian Leonard (4.40)<br />Vinny – Warrick Dunn (3.90)<br />Terry – Jason Avant (3.50)<br />Terry – Roscoe Parrish (1.90)<br />Terry – Jabar Gaffney (2.20)<br />Terry – Travis Henry (5.10)<br />Pat – Jon Kitna (8.25)<br />Pat – Maurice Hicks (3.20)<br />John – Jerious Norwood (6.90)<br />Brad – Larry Maroney (3.10)<br />George – Patricia Crayton (3.90)<br />Rice – Mike Furrey (4.40)<br />Rice – Thomas Jones (6.70)<br />Rice – Ladell Betts (1.20)<br />Joe – Marc Bulger (11.25)<br />Jay – Marvin Harrison (4.60)<br />Jay – Shaun Alexander (7.50)<br />Jay – Ruben Droughns (0.70)<br />Steve – Kevin Faulk (4.40)<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">7) Haiku of the Week<br /></span></strong><br />Chasers do get Stump’d<br />Three teams top a buck sixty<br />So… RIP Ronnie Brown<br /><br /></p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-Q9QObHMI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OlU5zXCDGvs/s1600-h/dwight_schrute.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124974282972798146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c8YIXsu4BjY/Rx-Q9QObHMI/AAAAAAAAAYw/OlU5zXCDGvs/s400/dwight_schrute.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">8) The Office Quote of the Week</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Andy</strong>: And this is where I will record your sales.<br /><strong>Dwight</strong>: Hmm. Very nice. Very nice.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: And then I will say something positive, like kudos or job well done.<br /><strong>Jim</strong>: Or zipadeedoodaah.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: I can't tell if he's mocking me.<br /><strong>Dwight</strong>: Just ignore him.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: Ehh, can't do that. Really hard for me to let things go.<br /><strong>Jim</strong>: I was... mocking.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: Thank you.<br /><strong>Dwight</strong>: I just feel like we need something more to acknowledge when I make a sale.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: Yes like a chime or a bell...<br /><strong>Jim</strong>: Or a gong.<br /><strong>Dwight</strong>: Go to my car. Open the trunk. Inside you will see many pelts. Under the smallest one is a case. Inside that case is a bear horn. Bring it to me.<br /><strong>Andy</strong>: Yes!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4684516844419256531-3288847087961672427?l=ambchasers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>