Week 7: May 18-24

Last week:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.278	0.366	0.483	3.67	6.61	4.04	1.29	0.255
Ballard Killbots	0.285	0.364	0.495	1.80	8.23	2.31	0.51	0.263
Barry...On Trial	0.264	0.345	0.434	2.00	7.29	2.71	0.57	0.242
BattlestarGrantica	0.266	0.345	0.420	4.37	5.56	3.18	1.39	0.255
B-Town Momma J	0.288	0.341	0.476	4.28	4.57	2.95	1.18	0.232
Bumpin' Utleys	0.246	0.302	0.464	3.21	8.20	3.21	0.64	0.304
ConfusedCricketClub	0.215	0.278	0.354	4.26	7.82	4.97	0.71	0.331
Duck Islanders	0.295	0.332	0.415	3.80	8.40	3.60	0.60	0.273
Halfprice Henchmen	0.293	0.358	0.449	7.77	6.14	2.66	1.43	0.346
Hammarby BbK	0.238	0.298	0.339	2.68	6.81	1.95	1.22	0.224
Honkbal Staars	0.286	0.340	0.469	3.77	7.94	2.38	0.99	0.256
Leapin' Lirianos	0.286	0.364	0.542	4.06	5.95	2.47	1.60	0.253
Mapleleaf FBC	0.335	0.391	0.534	3.17	8.33	2.33	1.17	0.313
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.234	0.305	0.322	4.71	7.79	2.90	0.91	0.284
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.253	0.343	0.368	4.30	7.36	2.45	1.84	0.260
League Average	0.270	0.337	0.437	3.91	7.19	2.97	1.11	0.276

As a whole, the league hit about 20 points under the seasonal average in OBP and SLG, which is evidenced by BORING. I guess on the bright side is Sam Zell's hilariously futile .627OPS. Mapleleaf, the Lirianos, and Killbots had the best weeks, but nothing was too spectacular. Pitching-wise, Killbots and Barry produced the best overall numbers, followed closely by (surprise!) the Bumpin' Utleys and the FBC. Colin, well, Colin's team pitched.

HERE IS THE WHOLE SHEBANG:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
Bumpin' Utleys	0.279	0.349	0.469	2.69	8.69	2.50	0.50	0.281
Mapleleaf FBC	0.278	0.369	0.448	3.06	8.87	2.47	0.94	0.284
Duck Islanders	0.294	0.345	0.464	3.30	8.45	3.83	0.59	0.266
Barry...On Trial	0.290	0.367	0.484	4.34	7.93	3.31	0.90	0.289
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.284	0.367	0.460	4.18	7.52	3.19	0.95	0.274
B-Town Momma J	0.269	0.333	0.475	4.17	6.45	3.53	0.80	0.264
BattlestarGrantica	0.266	0.353	0.421	3.60	7.55	2.91	1.01	0.263
Ballard Killbots	0.263	0.353	0.468	4.17	8.37	3.43	1.10	0.291
ConfusedCricketClub	0.275	0.346	0.492	5.85	7.81	3.61	1.43	0.322
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.256	0.337	0.407	4.02	8.12	2.61	1.05	0.308
Halfprice Henchmen	0.309	0.381	0.534	6.15	7.01	3.30	1.61	0.310
Hammarby BbK	0.270	0.341	0.438	4.59	6.50	3.24	1.32	0.279
Honkbal Staars	0.260	0.323	0.419	4.46	8.32	3.86	1.16	0.284
Leapin' Lirianos	0.268	0.344	0.445	4.84	7.00	2.90	1.31	0.299
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.279	0.354	0.445	4.39	6.98	4.25	1.13	0.264
League Average	0.276	0.351	0.459	4.23	7.72	3.26	1.05	0.285

I think Colin's economical brute squad is my favorite.

Good job gang!

Week 6: May 11-17

Hola Amigos!

Last week:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.270	0.380	0.465	5.40	4.70	4.46	0.94	0.291
Ballard Killbots	0.266	0.342	0.503	5.00	6.80	2.80	1.20	0.263
Barry...On Trial	0.306	0.378	0.555	2.68	6.89	3.26	0.77	0.234
BattlestarGrantica	0.307	0.393	0.439	3.92	8.24	3.92	1.03	0.242
B-Town Momma J	0.275	0.358	0.404	4.19	5.02	3.56	0.63	0.255
Bumpin' Utleys	0.288	0.385	0.524	3.09	8.86	3.92	0.82	0.261
ConfusedCricketClub	0.342	0.430	0.606	8.28	7.02	3.42	1.80	0.355
Duck Islanders	0.309	0.349	0.577	2.59	8.64	5.40	0.43	0.198
Halfprice Henchmen	0.327	0.402	0.563	7.24	7.24	3.91	1.76	0.336
Hammarby BbK	0.288	0.373	0.391	7.28	6.57	3.52	1.64	0.310
Honkbal Staars	0.239	0.309	0.355	4.05	6.53	3.15	2.03	0.235
Leapin' Lirianos	0.272	0.362	0.462	3.62	7.96	3.13	0.24	0.342
Mapleleaf FBC	0.331	0.406	0.537	2.11	8.15	1.06	0.60	0.256
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.326	0.402	0.569	3.79	7.82	3.55	1.18	0.250
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.264	0.337	0.484	3.70	5.92	2.96	0.74	0.333
League Average	0.295	0.374	0.496	4.56	7.32	3.49	1.08	0.289

A huge week for offense in general! Confused Cricket Club killed the ball, as did Sam Zell, the FBC, the Henchmen, and the Duck Islanders. Pitching, predictably, did not fare as well, but the FBC and the DIs put together some solid lines. You know who didn't put together a very solid line, though? Confused Cricket Club. Awesome.

Okay, here's the whole enchilada:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
Bumpin' Utleys	0.286	0.357	0.470	2.58	8.78	2.37	0.47	0.277
Duck Islanders	0.294	0.347	0.472	3.22	8.45	3.87	0.59	0.265
Mapleleaf FBC	0.269	0.366	0.435	3.04	8.97	2.50	0.90	0.278
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.292	0.377	0.483	4.07	7.46	3.25	0.96	0.273
BattlestarGrantica	0.266	0.355	0.421	3.48	7.86	2.87	0.96	0.264
B-Town Momma J	0.265	0.332	0.475	4.11	6.81	3.63	0.71	0.269
Barry...On Trial	0.294	0.371	0.493	4.82	8.01	3.41	0.97	0.297
ConfusedCricketClub	0.286	0.357	0.516	6.03	7.74	3.39	1.51	0.318
Halfprice Henchmen	0.312	0.385	0.548	5.88	7.15	3.41	1.64	0.303
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.257	0.336	0.414	3.96	8.29	2.64	0.88	0.318
Ballard Killbots	0.259	0.352	0.463	4.44	8.32	3.54	1.17	0.292
Hammarby BbK	0.275	0.348	0.454	4.84	6.46	3.41	1.34	0.286
Honkbal Staars	0.256	0.321	0.410	4.57	8.38	4.09	1.18	0.289
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.279	0.352	0.439	4.49	6.99	4.25	1.10	0.264
Leapin' Lirianos	0.265	0.341	0.429	5.02	7.25	3.01	1.24	0.310
League Average	0.277	0.354	0.462	4.29	7.81	3.31	1.04	0.287

Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

Week 5: May 4-10

Sorry for the delay with getting these numbers up. (I know you all have been on the edge of your seats). Here's what happened last week:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.262	0.336	0.390	4.40	7.53	3.77	1.88	0.179
Ballard Killbots	0.274	0.345	0.473	4.71	9.64	4.50	1.07	0.331
Barry...On Trial	0.313	0.372	0.573	5.04	8.62	3.90	0.98	0.294
BattlestarGrantica	0.256	0.337	0.425	3.02	8.04	2.59	1.44	0.250
B-Town Momma J	0.219	0.285	0.438	5.58	6.48	2.88	1.26	0.288
Bumpin' Utleys	0.244	0.303	0.441	1.21	8.19	1.21	0.00	0.239
ConfusedCricketClub	0.266	0.317	0.471	7.55	5.49	3.20	2.06	0.324
Duck Islanders	0.308	0.375	0.487	2.29	9.00	3.60	0.49	0.290
Halfprice Henchmen	0.291	0.371	0.531	5.04	5.86	2.93	1.30	0.261
Hammarby BbK	0.239	0.322	0.449	4.17	6.91	2.22	1.43	0.277
Honkbal Staars	0.306	0.348	0.498	4.19	9.78	4.03	0.93	0.335
Leapin' Lirianos	0.307	0.371	0.514	6.30	8.10	3.15	1.80	0.323
Mapleleaf FBC	0.247	0.352	0.374	3.86	8.87	2.51	1.35	0.254
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.333	0.406	0.495	3.83	6.32	2.49	0.96	0.255
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.269	0.345	0.396	6.57	8.51	3.16	1.95	0.327
League Average	0.276	0.346	0.465	4.32	7.85	3.03	1.21	0.280

The suspiciously discounted hired goons and Barry.... ON TRIAL beat the ball around pretty good last week, and the FBC... not so much. If I cared more I might look through the ancient historical records of the weekly update library to see how close a team has gotten to having a higher OBP than SLG. Actually, maybe I will do that later, but for now I guess I will bestow the highly sought-after Luis Castillo award on Jason's FBC for their powerless but strangely patient gem. UPDATE: okay, this is not really an update since I haven't actually posted this yet, but just last week Jason (of course) managed to pull off a "true" Luis Castillo award by producing a 0.333 OBP and a 0.325 SLG! Awesome! FBC must stand for Fail Ball Club.

Anyway, so also last week there were some awesome K numbers produced by the Staaaaars and the Killbots and the Return to Duck Island, and Confused Cricket Club got baseball and softball confused again, but I guess you have to tip your hat to ol' Vik, who once again Bumped Utleys with pitching glory and woke up with a burning case of awesome ERA.

Here's where we are as a season:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
Bumpin' Utleys	0.285	0.352	0.460	2.47	8.69	2.07	0.40	0.277
Duck Islanders	0.291	0.347	0.455	3.33	8.42	3.61	0.61	0.275
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.286	0.372	0.468	4.08	7.32	3.16	0.92	0.273
B-Town Momma J	0.263	0.327	0.487	4.06	7.06	3.61	0.71	0.270
BattlestarGrantica	0.258	0.347	0.417	3.38	7.72	2.66	0.93	0.265
Mapleleaf FBC	0.258	0.359	0.416	3.26	9.09	2.86	0.97	0.281
ConfusedCricketClub	0.275	0.342	0.498	5.46	7.82	3.35	1.44	0.306
Barry...On Trial	0.292	0.370	0.482	5.24	8.23	3.44	1.01	0.309
Hammarby BbK	0.273	0.344	0.465	4.46	6.45	3.39	1.29	0.282
Ballard Killbots	0.258	0.353	0.456	4.29	8.54	3.65	1.15	0.294
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.256	0.336	0.400	3.97	8.73	2.54	0.90	0.311
Halfprice Henchmen	0.309	0.381	0.545	5.60	7.13	3.30	1.61	0.296
Honkbal Staars	0.260	0.323	0.422	4.62	8.61	4.21	1.03	0.295
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.280	0.347	0.434	4.33	7.38	4.21	1.12	0.258
Leapin' Lirianos	0.263	0.337	0.422	5.27	7.13	2.99	1.41	0.305
League Average	0.274	0.350	0.456	4.24	7.90	3.27	1.03	0.287

Sigh, Vik. Why your team so good at the throwing the ball? And man, if one day the Henchmen realize they have to also throw the ball instead of just crushing it with a stick, we're going to have trouble.

Good job gang!

Week 4: April 27-May 3

Prepare for BOR-ING:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.278	0.357	0.389	3.27	6.75	2.45	0.82	0.272
Ballard Killbots	0.267	0.340	0.411	6.44	6.23	4.57	0.83	0.329
Barry...On Trial	0.266	0.369	0.435	4.11	9.00	3.33	1.37	0.270
BattlestarGrantica	0.324	0.432	0.530	4.71	6.43	2.36	0.86	0.273
B-Town Momma J	0.306	0.364	0.592	3.09	6.75	3.66	0.58	0.261
Bumpin' Utleys	0.266	0.327	0.386	1.69	9.00	1.50	0.38	0.278
ConfusedCricketClub	0.276	0.336	0.490	5.65	8.58	3.56	1.26	0.343
Duck Islanders	0.289	0.353	0.402	2.95	7.45	3.41	0.47	0.250
Halfprice Henchmen	0.295	0.385	0.532	5.55	7.21	3.70	2.03	0.262
Hammarby BbK	0.240	0.303	0.369	4.75	4.75	4.00	0.25	0.336
Honkbal Staars	0.224	0.308	0.322	5.24	9.52	4.47	0.97	0.274
Leapin' Lirianos	0.264	0.319	0.452	2.90	6.25	1.98	0.92	0.284
Mapleleaf FBC	0.237	0.333	0.325	1.34	7.47	2.49	0.19	0.239
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.305	0.402	0.533	3.33	7.33	2.67	0.50	0.267
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.229	0.316	0.325	4.53	9.06	2.61	0.52	0.318
League Average	0.272	0.351	0.436	3.96	7.62	3.13	0.81	0.288

Okay, I guess I do have a soft spot for teams that have an ERA higher than their K/9, like ol' Heenkenstein's Killbots had, and it's pretty awesome that the FBC had a higher OBP than SLG. But still-- BORING. I guess I should give props to Momma J, and Sam Zell, and the Henchmen, and myself for having pretty decent batting lines, and to the Bumpin' Utley's for producing a very sparkly pitching line, and the FBC did craft a really awesome ERA. Good job for standing out amongst Team BOR-ING.

Here are the totals:

Team	BA	OBP	SLG	ERA	K/9	W/9	HR/9	BIPA
Bumpin' Utleys	0.296	0.364	0.464	2.94	8.87	2.39	0.55	0.290
B-Town Momma J	0.276	0.339	0.501	3.65	7.21	3.80	0.57	0.265
ConfusedCricketClub	0.278	0.351	0.507	5.02	8.31	3.38	1.30	0.301
Sam Zell is a Douche	0.275	0.364	0.462	4.15	7.60	3.35	0.90	0.279
Duck Islanders	0.287	0.340	0.447	3.62	8.26	3.62	0.65	0.271
WalnutCreekWolfpack	0.252	0.334	0.401	3.45	8.77	2.41	0.69	0.307
Mapleleaf FBC	0.261	0.362	0.429	3.10	9.15	2.95	0.86	0.288
BattlestarGrantica	0.258	0.349	0.415	3.49	7.61	2.68	0.77	0.270
Ballard Killbots	0.253	0.355	0.451	4.19	8.29	3.46	1.17	0.286
Barry...On Trial	0.285	0.369	0.452	5.29	8.11	3.30	1.02	0.313
Hammarby BbK	0.282	0.350	0.469	4.51	6.18	3.80	1.22	0.280
Halfprice Henchmen	0.314	0.384	0.549	5.79	7.55	3.43	1.71	0.307
A.T.P.L.Strikes Back	0.285	0.350	0.446	4.31	7.33	4.37	0.86	0.281
Honkbal Staars	0.245	0.316	0.398	4.75	8.24	4.27	1.07	0.282
Leapin' Lirianos	0.251	0.328	0.397	5.03	6.92	2.95	1.32	0.301
League Average	0.274	0.351	0.453	4.21	7.91	3.34	0.97	0.288

Good job, guys! Now just make it less boring. When do you think Wang will get activated?