As 9 of 10 guys are sick of seeing the same couple of teams leading off the weekly wrap*, we'll instead take a look at Period 4's biggest gainers and losers.
*The 10th guy shouldn't be too comfortable with it either, since who actually believes a team could go wire-to-wire in first place throughout an entire season?
Buckner's Boys! +16.5 points (5th overall)
Homer-rific week lifts BB's from cellar to mid-cellar. (Optimist: mid-penthouse. (Pervert: Mid-Hustler.))
The Lenny Websters -17.0 (10th)
Pitchers held their ground for the Websters this week, pretty much (-0.5). Quick math will testify to the unspeakable offensive performance.
The Sal Buteras +6.5 (3rd)
If the Buteras were a grocery store (and rumor has it they once were), the special of the week: sockeye. 12 HR, 42 RBI led league.
Le Fleur De Fragile -9.5 (9th) The thin line between fragile and limpwristed gets tested. 2 HR, 23 RBI trail league.
Mookie Dribblers +6.0 (2nd)
Like throwing noodle-arms at the wall, seeing what sticks: 12 games started, 4-5 record reflects performance.
The Dummy Hoyas -2.5 (8th)
Defying conventional logic, the Hoyas have more runs scored than 4 of the 9 teams above them in OBP.
last place robots +3.0 (6th)
Barring an uptick in innings pitched, the LPR are the only team on pace to forfeit their ratio categories in pitching.
Somerville Squires -2.5 (4th)
Top 3 in 5 of 6 hitting categories; bottom 4 in 4 of 6 pitching categories. It's a balanced team, in a way.
The Wookiee Squirts +2.0 (7th)
Looking at the week 4 stats of Mark DeRosa and Miguel Cabrera reminds me of the line about Moe Berg: "He can speak 17 languages and can't hit in any of them."
Medford Crackers -2.5 (1st)
No longer Mr. 100-Point Team, the Crackers still control 80% of the hitting and 83% of the pitching points available.
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