Free Agent Draft No. 5

Pre-draft moves:
Bammers activate 3B Longoria, drop Middlebrooks; move OF Werth to DL
Derelicts move SP Weaver to DL
Godfathers activate OF Morse, move Crawford to DL
DamianUnited activate 3B P.Sandoval, drop Reynolds; move OF V.Wells to DL
Badgers activate OF Cespedes, drop Belt; move 1B Hafner to DL
Zero's activate 3B C.Jones, drops Polanco

1. Bammers take OF Brantley
2. Derelicts take SP Burnett
3. Whiteskins take RP Wilhelmsen, drop Santiago;
........Taxi: Cahill up, Smyly down
4. Godfathers take 3B Frazier, drop Morel;
........Taxi: Kennedy up, Hudson down
5. Inmates take C Ruiz, drop R.Hernandez
6. Barristers take SP Dickey, drop Jurrjens;
........Taxi: Dickey and Jimenez up, Halladay and Lilly down
7. Moaners take RP Cook, drop League;
........Taxi: Worley up, Billingsley down
8. Pontiffs take OF Pierre, drop Bourjos
9. DamianUnited take OF Soriano
10. Badgers take 1B Moreland
11. Zero's take SS Al.Ramirez, drop S.Rodriguez;
........Taxi: Lester up, WRodriguez down
12. Bombers take SP Bauer, drop Latos;
........Taxi: Kuroda up, Samardzija down

SBL Notebook, Week 10

The end of the first round of interleague play couldn't have come soon enough for the National division, which lost the cross-divisional battle for the fourth consecutive week, this time by the humbling count of 31-5. That brought the final four-week tally to American 95, National 49. This was, let's say, unexpected, and it's a little difficult to divine just what happened here. There had been no indication during the first six weeks that the results of the first IL period would be so one-sided; in fact the NL entered Week 7 with a slight advantage, having won 25 of the 48 interleague games contested to that point. But then several NL teams simultaneously commenced a May-June swoon that coincided with the start of interleague play, and the AL took advantage. The Derelicts (3-21 the last four weeks), the Whiteskins (4-20), the Godfathers (7 -17) and the Inmates (8-16) spent the interleague period spinning their wheels in the mud, and by the time it was over all four teams were well below .500 (ranging from eight games under to 26), with only the Cherry Valley Bombers and DamianUnited left standing and relatively unscathed at the top of the heap. Meanwhile, the entire AL prospered, with all six teams posting winning records over the four-week stretch, led by the Badgers (19-5), the Pumped-Up Pontiffs (17-7) and the Zero's (also 17-7). The result was virtually no movement in the AL standings -- the Z's, BTIB with a 42-20 record, are three, four and six games ahead of the three teams closest to them in the standings; four weeks ago those margins were three, four and five games -- but six owners who could feel a little better about themselves and their teams' prospects for having spent the last month inflating their records at the NL's expense. Five of the six AL teams are above .500 at the moment, and none among that quintet is further than nine games back in the standings. The NL race has devolved into a two-team affair, with the Bombers -- whose 2-4 ledger was the best the Nationals could muster this week -- four games up on DamU, while the third-place Inmates have dropped 12 games in arrears. . . . The Holy Crusaders continue to ravage the land with their mighty bats, which this week produced 15 HRs and 43 RBIs, both league highs. In the last three weeks, the pointy-hatted horde has swatted 42 home runs and driven in 119 runs. Good God, man!

Week 10 Standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW................W....L....PCT....GB
Zeros (6-0)..............42...20....677....--
Badgers (5-1)...........39...23....629.....3
Pontiffs (5-1)...........38...24....613.....4
Moaners (5-1)...........36...26....581.....6
Barristers (5-1).........33...29....532.....9
Bammers (5-1)..........20...42....323....22
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW................W....L....PCT....GB
Bombers (2-4)...........39...23....629....--
DamUnited (1-5).........35...27....607.....4
Inmates (0-6)............27...35....435....12
Godfathers (1-5)........23...39....371....16
Whiteskins (0-6)........22...40....355....17
Derelicts (1-5)...........18...44....290....21

Week 10 Statistics

batting..........pa......r......h-bb-t....2b+3b=tb.......hr....rbi....sb....obp...tb Zeros...........223....37....52-28=80.......8+0=16........10....33....5....359 Moaners........233....32....56-21=77......12+1=27........10....31....4....330 Badgers.........219....31....50-26=76......11+1=25.........6....23....6....347 Bammers.......251....29....65-20=85......15+0=30.........6....40....2....339...168.1 Barristers......246....33....61-14=75.......8+2=22........12....28....2....305...186.3 Pontiffs........258....35....61-27=88.......9+0=18........15....43....4....341...171.6 Bombers.......252....35....62-15=77......14+1=31........12....30....2....306 Derelicts.......244....33....66-17=83......15+2=36.........3....25....3....340...154.7 Godfathers....235....25....59-23=82......11+1=25........10....34....2....343...158.7 Inmates........212....29....52-14=66......15+1=33.........8....25....2....311 DamUnited....248....32....60-25=85.......9+2=24.........8....31....3....343...157.4 Whiteskins....215....31....46--8=54......13+0=26.........6....26....4....251 pitching...........ip......er.....h-bb-hbp=br/avg.....k/avg........w-l....sv....era Zeros.............40.0.....10.....30-13-0=43/1.10......38/0.95......5-0.....4...2.25 Moaners..........60.1.....18.....46-12-2=60/0.99......55/0.91......5-3.....2...2.69 Badgers..........66.0.....23.....50-17-2=69/1.05......54/0.82......6-2.....3...3.14 Bammers.........42.2.....10.....32--8-1=41/0.96......45/1.055.....6-1.....3...2.11 Barristers........43.2.....11.....34--8-1=43/0.98......32/0.73......2-2.....7...2.11 Pontiffs..........37.1.....18.....37-21-0=58/1.55......29/0.78......3-4.....5...4.34 Bombers.........48.1.....26.....46-18-0=64/1.32......42/0.87......3-3.....4...4.84 Derelicts.........36.2.....16.....28-11-2=41/1.12......44/1.20......3-1.....3...3.93 Godfathers......43.2.....21.....46-11-0=57/1.31......48/1.10......3-2.....2...4.33 Inmates..........50.0.....29.....52-14-1=67/1.34......43/0.86......3-6.....1...5.22 DamUnited......47.2.....21.....43-18-2=63/1.32......51/1.069.....1-3.....5...3.96 Whiteskins......46.0.....23.....41-14-0=55/1.20......45/0.98......1-2.....2...4.50

Badgers Want To Ditch Mauer

From the office of A.B., owner of the Badgers:

"Last-minute mass email before today's draft...seeing if any fish are biting.

The Badgers have endured season-long injuries at first base (Berkman, Gamel, Hafner -- all casualties at Wounded Knee) and at catcher (Mauer currently day-to-day, Lucroy out).

With multiple needs to fill in this draft, I'd like to engage trade talk for your first baseman, catcher or draft pick.

Here's my roster for your consideration, academy members. Feel free to discuss among yourselves how the hell I am 12 games over .500:

C Mauer, Lucroy
1B Alonso, Hafner
2B Kipnis, AHill
SS Starlin, BCrawford
3B Hanley, PAlvarez
OF McCutchen, Gordon, Ibanez, Rasmus, Cespedes, Schafer

SP Kershaw, Bumgarner, Vogelsong, Moore, Lohse
RP Motte, Betancourt, Marshall, Walden

DL Berkman
Taxi: Mike Minor, Nicasio"

How the hell is he over .500? Your guess is as good as ours.

Whiteskins Put Ethier On Trade Block?

The rumor mill is circling with word that the Whiteskins, just barely avoiding the cellar in the National Division, are looking for saves and their owner is shopping L.A. Dodgers OF Andre Ethier.

Is there a team willing to add an all-star for a closer? Hard to see/say.

SBL Notebook, Week 9

Someone, perhaps the Big SBL God in the Sky, reached down and pushed the celestial pause button on us this week. The third week of interleague play was virtually a break-even affair – although it goes into the books as a 19-17 American division victory, their third IL win in a row, and the Americans will take it, thank you very much. And the division races were virtually unchanged – the Cherry Valley Bombers and runners-up DamianUnited both went 2-4 and remained three games apart in the NL, while (in the big 80-point headline here) Andy’s Badgers chipped a whole entire game off of the Zero’s advantage in the AL, trimming it to a mere two games. With a severely truncated MLB schedule on Thursday, plate appearances were down considerably, almost to Week 1 levels, and that helped depress hitting numbers pretty much across the board. The glaring exception was the Formerly Puny, Now Prodigiously Pounding Pontiffs, who rung up 14 HRs, 43 RBIs, 36 runs and a .373 OBP. That, plus a spiffy 2.66 ERA and six saves, lifted the Raging Papists to a 6-0 week and into third place, three games behind the resilient Zero’s, who went 4-2 and extended their occupation of the AL catbird seat to the six-week mark. After a 10-15 start, the normally docile Team Vatican has gone 23-8 over a five-week stretch to insinuate itself into the thick of the AL chase at 33-23. . . . One week of interleague competition to go, then it’s back to mixing with our own kind.

Week 9 Standings

AMERICAN DIVISION
Team, LW.................W....L....PCT....GB
Zero's (4-2)................36...20....643....--
Badgers (5-1).............34...22....607.....2
Pontiffs (6-0).............33...23....589.....3
Moaners (4-2).............31...25....554.....5
Barristers (0-6)...........28...28....500.....8
Bammers (0-6)............15...41....268....21
NATIONAL DIVISION
Team, LW.................W....L....PCT....GB
Bombers (2-4)............37...19....661....--
DamUnited (2-4).........34...22....607.....3
Inmates (4-2).............27...29....482....10
Godfathers (5-1).........22...34....393....15
Whiteskins (2-4).........22...34....393....15
Derelicts (2-4)...........17...39....304....20

Week 9 Statistics

batting..........pa......r......h-bb-t.....2b+3b=tb.......hr....rbi....sb....obp...tb
Zero's...........215....33....48-26=74......12+2=30.........9....36.....1....344
Moaners........213....29....57-15=72......10+0=20........10....29.....4....338...156.1
Badgers.........231....38....59-17=76......11+3=31.........8....31....10....329...165.1
Bammers.......209....22....44-23=67......03+0=06.........6....23.....8....321...117.4
Barristers......226....22....49-16=65......09+1=21.........6....17.....2....288
Pontiffs........241....36....69-21=90......11+1=25........14....43.....6....373
Bombers........236....26....58-24=82......13+2=32.........5....25.....5....347...147.1 Derelicts.......213....28....55-27=82......07+2=20.........7....28.....3....385
Godfathers....220....32....61-15=76......15+0=30.........8....29.....3....345...177.5
Inmates........194....22....53-15=68......14+2=34.........6....21.....2....351
DamUnited....233....28....58-16=74......10+1=23.........8....30.....3....318
Whiteskins....247....34....64-18=82......15+0=30.........8....35.....8....331...136.1
pitching...........ip......er.....h-bb-hbp=br/avg.....k/avg........w-l....sv....era
Zero's............47.1.....21.....45-17-0=62/1.31......50/1.06......2-1.....13...3.99
Moaners.........44.0.....20.....41-11-2=54/1.23......38/0.86......1-4......5...4.09
Badgers..........49.0.....19.....49-20-3=72/1.47......53/1.08......3-2......2...3.49
Bammers.........56.2.....30.....56-19-1=76/1.34......56/0.988.....4-4......4...4.76
Barristers........33.1......4.....22--7-1=30/0.90......27/0.81......2-1......4...1.08
Pontiffs..........47.1.....14.....43-15-2=60/1.27......39/0.82......4-3......6...2.66
Bombers.........44.0.....20.....49-14-1=64/1.46......37/0.84......2-4......7...4.09
Derelicts.........41.1.....23.....46-13-2=61/1.48......41/0.992.....5-1......3...5.01
Godfathers......48.0.....12.....31-18-1=50/1.04......53/1.10......5-0......1...2.25
Inmates..........52.2.....13.....42-20-0=62/1.18......56/1.04......5-2......0...2.22
DamUnited......41.0.....15.....38-15-1=54/1.32......38/0.93......1-2......2...3.29
Whiteskins......39.0.....29.....50-14-2=66/1.69......35/0.90......1-7......1...6.69