ICE GETS MUCH NEEDED 9-1 WIN, JACKS TAKES SCUFFIE DOWN 6-4 IN BATTLE OF TOP TWO TEAMS.
Rookie of the Year League, MM-Week 6 was full of heated action throughout, the matchup scores were as follows:
Jacks 6, Scuffie 4
Float 5, Fastballs 4
Babes 5, Steaks 4
Shirts 6, Busey 4
Ice 9, 3 Rs 1
Bong of Victory: Awarded to Ice, who combined a powerful 14 HR's with an astonishing 0.98 WHIP and 6 W's to win big.
Most Intriguing Matchup: Jacks beating Scuffie, 6-4. This was a clash of the two top seeds in the league, and the Jacks asserted themselves as being for real.
Biggest Upset: In terms of this season, there was not a huge upset this week; however, historically, Nicholas Freund's win over Iafe has to be considered an upset, as the Road Babes continue to roll through the league. After the matchup, Freund was unable to light the Bong of Victory, but settled for a joint instead.
Biggest Individual Producers:
Mike Lowell, Steaks: R 9 HR 3 RBI 9 AVG .406
Dan Uggla, Babes: R 8 HR 4 RBI 8 AVG .350
Carl Crawford, Jacks: R 4 HR 1 RBI 5 SB 4 AVG .304
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Shirts: 2 Ws, 8 K's, 2.25 ERA
Ervin Santana, Busey: 1 W, 16 K's, 0.95 WHIP
Ryan Dempster, Ice: 14 K's, 1.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP
Surprise of the Week
Kevin Youkilis, Ice: R 8 HR 5 RBI 10 SB 1 AVG .375
Player of the Week
Lance Berkman, Busey R 10 HR 2 RBI 5 SB 2 AVG .682
From an individual standpoint, Week 6 saw some usual stars perform (Carl "ADP 10/11" Crawford and Lance "Toad" Berkman) and saw some lunch pail guys (Mike "Factory Town" Lowell, Ryan "Ex- Mediocre Closer" Dempster, and Kevin "Man of the People" Youkilis) really have big weeks and step it up for their teams.
Standings at Week's End:
Standings, Week 6
| DIVISION 1 | ||
| 1 | 36-21-3 | |
| 2 | 35-21-4 | |
| 3 | 33-23-4 | |
| 4 | 31-27-2 | |
| 5 | 28-29-3 | |
| 6 | 28-30-2 | |
| 7 | 26-30-4 | |
| 8 | 27-31-2 | |
| 9 | 23-36-1 | |
| 10 | 20-39-1 | |
"Fearless" Predictions: League veterans and former Greek Hero section mates McNulty (7), Ice (8), and Iafe (9) find themselves getting to the point of the season where you start looking at the standings. It is my fearless prediction that all three of these teams will miss the playoffs.
In the top 6, I believe pre-season favorites Busey (6) will make the playoffs, along with Shirts (3). I think the biggest pretender is (sorry buddy) the Babes (4), although they've been proving me wrong recently. I don't think Fastballs (5) has a dominant team, but GM Hoffman is quickly building a rep for getting the most out of his squad. The question is, will it be enough to bring Scuffie (1) or Jacks (2) down from the top? I don't think so.
Fearless Playoff Prediction 1) Shirts 2) Jacks 3) Busey 4) Scuffie.
I'm hoping not to look like an idiot in September.
-McNulty
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