Well, well, well...
Did I call this? Damned right I did! Well the Brew Jays defended twice this week and it wasn't like they knocked off the Grisslies and Red Dogs. No sir, they took care of business against the Joints who previously had held the Beer Cup for 4 successive defenses AND the Gruesome Devils who came into the game tied for 1st place.
Next week the Jays will try make it a step closer to matching the Dislocated Joints record for defending when they play the Blues Brothers on Wednesday.
The Jays are now in 1st place alone AND have the Beer Cup. Thank god I got my bet in when they were still 50-1 longshots!
Teams that have held the Beer Cup(6)
- Beer Bros.
- Hot Tub Woody's
- Dislocated Joints
- Dodge City Rounders
- Red Dogs
- Brew Jays
Teams that have defended the Beer Cup(2)
- Dislocated Joints (4)
- Brew Jays (2)
Teams that have yet to play for the Cup(6)
- Blues Brothers
- Dog Catchers
- Dusty Cleats
- Draft Kings
- Rusty Rebels
- Tap Masters
Poll(s):
The results are in. The Beechey Vs. Squirrel rematch is getting more action than a VD clinic in Vegas. It appears that people think that it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE for The Beechey to lose a second consecutive time. Those people might be onto something. The game is the back end of doubleheader for the Blues Brothers so it'll be a tougher match for them. Meanwhile, the overwhelming favourite in the poll is that the fans will be the big winners. Tough to argue that one. The BLOG will be there covering this one as our first official "GAME OF THE WEEK" since opening night!
This poll dealt with all-star snubs. The guys that "didn't" get picked. I had countless people come up to me and ask why I wasn't on the team. I was wondering, 'are they just being nice, or is there something to this?' After the poll I figured out they were just being nice. You can see below that Al Bales was far and away the winner with Doug "the good" DeLand the only other one worth talking about. Rob and I each got a single vote. I know who I voted for so I'll assume that Rob voted for himself as well. Al Bales, who leads the league in games subbed this year was quoted as saying, "its an honour just be mentioned in the same sentence as Doug 'the good DeLand' and those other two guys". I asked Steve Ross (All Star Captain) about the seeming inequity of the selections. Steve said that "if we need a spare, we'll know where to go".
Consecutive game streaks:
Hits: Well, a few more fellas fell this week. We're now down to 33 who have collected a hit in every scheduled league game for their team!
Runs: It looked for a time like this was going to be Brad Young's from start to finish. Consider this, last week he played the Grisslies and got shut down going 1/4. With his one hit though, he scored a run. Go figure. Destiny, right? Well, this week he played the Rusty Rebels, had a more typical Brad night going 3/3 but was held off the score sheet. So Brad's run ends at 12 consecutive games scoring at least a single run. So Brad is out, but hadn't necessarily lost, not yet. He had played more games than the other two remaining and they had to score to catch him.
So coming into this week, Will Goodin (Hunting) was still in the game having scored in 11 consecutive. He keep it alive by scoring against the Tap Masters. That tied him with Brad at 12 games. In his second game he faced the very hot and very dangerous Gruesome Devils who had just come a loss to the Brew Jays; so they were also the very angry Gruesome Devils! Will.I.AM got just a single hit but nary a run. His consecutive game streak would also end at 12.
Then there was the curious case of Chuck Cragg. Chuck didn't have a particularly good start to the season. Well, by Chuck standards anyway. 2 for 5, 2 for 4, 1 for 4. 5 times on base through 3 games? Doesn't sound like Chuckles does it? Guess how many runs he scored in the stretch? Yeah, 5. And since then he's been stupid-good-Chuck again. Chuck also had a two game week, against two sets of brothers. No, not the DeLands. First it was the Blues Brothers followed by the Beer Bros. He took care of business early and often in the first game to get his 12th consecutive run scoring game in and tie Brad and Will. In his 13th game on Thursday night he was stranded at 3rd base in this 1st at bat. In his second at bat he was stranded at 2nd. In his 3rd at bat he took removed the drama by getting on and scoring.
Chuck was carried off the field by his team mates in a wave of euphoria! Sadly, he didn't know why (Chuck doesn't really read the BLOG too much). Congrats Chuckles, lets see how long you run with this streak!
STATS
Team Stats
Our league standings available on the website as well. Interesting to note that the Brew Jays are 6 games over .500 and are a +6. Like the close games fellas?
I'll admit that this week is a bit of a rush with the HTKP tournament being my primary focus. I think we had a team drop of the sub-2.00 hits per run. FYI: Grisslies are still in last.
The Tragic number. Ties are a pain in the ass and I have to look at my calculations. I'm pretty confident in the number but if any of you want to take a crack at it, please do so. So, if the Brew Jays win 5 more games, that will give them 30 points. The Grisslies would no longer be able to catch them for 1st place at that point. To be clear however, EVERYONE ELSE in the league could, just the Grisslies couldn't. The Tragic number (last column) only applies to the single team.
Individual Stats
Okay, I'm going to blow through these with a couple of notables. 1. Lance? Where was that bat last year? 2. Stike? I can't believe you're still walking carrying Handley and Chuck around. 3. Peter Hayward? Nice steady progression and in the middle of a Barton-esque 11/11 stretch. 4. For those about to rock Bill Sallustio! I have your shirt.
Refresher: This closes the 2nd quarter of the season, I just wanted to show how the top 10 finished. Good work boys! Except for Terry Doucet who got all his hits by forcing out Lynn Foerster who did all the hard work.
Okay, Quarter 3 of the season is now live. This tracks games #13-18 for each club. As long as averaging 3 At Bats per game in that stretch and hitting at a ridiculous pace you can make this list. Last year's big hitter in Q3 was Jamie McClean, below that you'll see the Q1 & Q2 winners from this year. As we're only a game or two into the Quarter its taking batting 1.000 to get on the list. Even still, hats off to Peter Hayward and Chris DeSavoy!
Well if Richards and Lahey don't take holidays, this 47 mark is going to fall. They are both on pace 55.
Same as the Q2 averages above. This closed now, just wanted to show how the top 10 finished.
Now we're into Q3 for runs, tracking games 13-18. Last year Roger Gaudet won this Quarter. Interesting that Jamie won the average and Roger the runs and they were team mates on the Brew Jays. That team must have really sucked. Not. 15-17 seems to be the big number of a 6 game stretch, lets see if that bears out.
Give me a compelling reason to keep this. You can't 'work on it' like a batting average. It doesn't really trend...its all good players that show up on other list. If there's no argument to keep it, this is the last week I think.
And this one too.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Peter Hayward bursts onto the scene like he was shot out of a cannon! 79 hits isn't safe, but its going to take a huge challenge. If Peter maintains his pace and doesn't miss a game he'll end up with 80 hits. Hard to ask him to improve when he's already leading the league. Good work rook! Might be time for a Hayward legacy exposee on the blog!
Are you kidding Lepa?
Okay Mikey, hang in there. Hopefully you come back and keep the run going because it was a great first 1/3 or so of the season. Al Friggin' Hayward!!!! WHAT IS IT WITH HAYWARDS????? Matt shouldn't be on the list due to ABs. Missed that one.
Hey. Guess what I noticed???? I don't have Peter Hayward on my list of Rookies. Its okay to tell me when I'm missing stuff folks! So as impressive as our 3 +.700 hitters are; Peter Hayward leads the way at .797. Hmmmmm. Getting nervous Mason? He's on your ass! And he can pitch! And he's funny!
Some things are as predictable as porn. Take this category. Last week was the first time it was published and you know who didn't make the list? Scott Mason. Guess who's on this week? Scott Mason. I can just see him reading last Saturday with his buddy Captain Crunch and getting to this category and going, "What? Screw that! A 4/4 on Tuesday and his on. Now watch the Climb. Heads up Brad....just a warning.
Now go support the kids and play or watch some ball!!!!
Things you may have missed this week.
For the Grisslies Game thirteen BLOG, The Toilet Bowl Game click HERE
For the Help The Kids Play BLOG and schedule, click HERE
For the Hurtin' Units BLOG, click HERE
For the Donini 3 stars, click HERE
For the League Website, click HERE
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