The Beer Cup Week 12
THEY'RE BACK!!!!
Well I guess the Dislocated Joints weren't big fans of the Red Dogs being the only team to own the Beer Cup on two separate occasions. So what do they do? They lay a 25 to 11 beat down on the puppies and bully their way to the prize.
Hardly seems fair!
We'll see if they can go on another run of title defenses. Next week will feature two Beer Cup games. On Tuesday the Joints will play the Hot Tub Woody's. Should the Joints win, they'll try and hold on to it next against the Blues Brothers on Thursday. Coincidentally, if the Woody's beat the Joints, they will also try to defend this week, also on Thursday and also against the Blues Brothers.
Oh, and yes Downtown Billy Brown, YOU MUST carry the rag around with you!
Teams that have held the Beer Cup(7)
- Beer Bros.
- Hot Tub Woody's
- Dislocated Joints (2)
- Dodge City Rounders
- Red Dogs (2)
- Brew Jays
- Blues Brothers
Teams that have defended the Beer Cup(2)
- Dislocated Joints (4)
- Brew Jays (2)
Teams that have yet to play for the Cup(6)
- Dog Catchers
- Dusty Cleats
- Draft Kings
- Rusty Rebels
- Tap Masters
- On Monday July 22nd in the 9:30 game at Keogh Park the lead story wasn't the Hot Tub Woody's 16 - 7 win over the Brew Jays. It was that the Woody's used a sub for the first time this year (game 17) and became the last team do so. I think I know who's getting the attendance award! Despite the use of the sub, the Woody's remain the only team tho have had all their runs scored this season by only their drafted players.
- The Red Dogs have 2 more wins and 3 more points that the Grisslies. Plus their only 3 points out 13th spot and a scant 8 games under .500. They're way better than us, that's why it hurts me to have anyone think I'm making fun of them. But what a week! They scored 35 runs in two games. That's pretty damned good. They gave up 50. That's pretty damned bad and believe me, I'm getting to be an expert on bad (35 run game to the HTW's). Despite their 35 runs they were 0-2 this week which isn't the worst record of the week. (next bullet)
- The worst record of the week goes to the Grisslies who cobbled together an 0-3 week after the previous weeks dominatant 0-1-1 run. The Grisslies managed 21 runs in their 3 games. At that pace we could have matched the Red Dogs output with only 2 more games!
- On the topic of subs, I was curious how many times teams have had thier full rosters at a game this season. The results were a little surprising (to me). The Beer Bros., Blues Brothers, Brew Jays, Dislocated Joints, Dodge City Rounders, Dog Catchers, Dusty Cleats, Grisslies and Hurtin' Untits have all had their full 12 man roster at a game once (1) this entire season. The Gruesome Devils 2 times. The Rusty Rebels and Tap Masters 3 times. The Hot Tub Woody's 5 times. The Red Dogs 6 times and the Draft Kings a whopping 8 times.
- Rob McCarron hit for the cycle against the Grisslies on Tuesday night. While on the surface this looks good, it should be noted that he's the 87th person to do that (against the Grisslies) this year.
- Its not at all surprising to me that recent upswings by the Dodge City Rounders and Beer Brothers are coupled with hot streaks from two of the leagues more game influencing hitters. When some people (me) go 4/4 its a nice night. When Scott Peters or Rob McCarron go 4/4 it changes games. Scotty is in 15/17 groove right now and Robbie is 11 for his last 12.
- The Draft Kings seem to be over their breif mid season malaise. They've put some distance between themselves and 2nd & 3rd although the Brew Jays and Gruesome Devils do have some games in hand. But those only cound if you win them.
- The Beer Bros. swoon of 5 consecutive loses is over (your welcome) and they no longer own the leagues longest winless streak. Guess who does? With wins over the Grisslies and Rusty Rebels this week they've moved solidly into the middle of the pack and within a game of .500.
- Word is that Dave Fleming has played more games this season than Jose Bautista.
- Based on his recent propensity to be involved in anything 'triple' related; if I told you that Kevin hit three triple in a game this week you'd be thinking Hollingshead wouldn't you? Well, wrong Kevin. Kevin Moon turned the trick with a trio of three baggers against the Red Dogs on Tuesday night. Nice job Mooner!
- The folks that have hit in every game so far this year lost a few members this week namely Routledge, Barton and Armstrong who all missed games. We're now down to 26 and they are:
- Beer Bros. (3): Fleming, Doyle, Piellusch
- Blues Brothers (3): Clark, Argue, Mason
- Brew Jays (1): McCullough
- Dislocated Joints (3): Moon, Burton, Doucet
- Dodge City Rounders (2): Peters, The Beechey
- Dog Catchers (2): Young, Robinson
- Dusty Cleats (1): Hollingshead
- Grisslies (1): Casullo
- Draft Kings (2): Cragg, Stike
- Gruesome Devils (2): Richards, Basso
- Hot Tub Woody's (3): Richards, Chiovitti, Goodin
- Hurtin' Units (0):
- Red Dogs (0):
- Rusty Rebels (3): Goncalves, Booth
- Tap Masters (1): Pendlebury, N.
The August Tournament is only a few weeks away and I want to get the "BEER" Division locked down as soon as possible. Now before anyone gets overly excited, the winning team will NOT get a beer ticket this year which is the same as we did last year. The reason for this is that we've lowered the entry fee from $20.00 per person to $10.00. So if you're on a team with 3 or more wins your net loss is less than 5 bucks. For everyone else (the vast majority) you're ahead of the game. If you want to be included on a team, please send me an email (dwyerdouglas@gmail.com) as soon as possible. I will try to circulate through games as well over the next week or so. And I will harass you. To avoid harassment, email me. Thx.
Fun Division Facts!
FACT: Rosters are balanced based on league ratings.
FACT: We try to make every team as “equal” as possible.
FACT: There is 20% more sunshine in the Fun Division.
FACT: No ability level is excluded.
FACT: You can play in the fun division AND a competitive division.
FACT: Registration for the fun division is only $10.00!
FACT: The beer in the fun division has been scientifically proven to be colder.
POLL
The song writing protest was painful. Actually, I thought the song thing was easier that it turned out to be. Thank god Rob is back!
It has come to my attention that some people are claiming that I'm being a little overly negative about the plight of our favourite team, the Grisslies. Apparently everything I write and all the stats are a put down directed at the club. Weird, considering its my team. Well I've tried to rectify the situation by using this spot to supply some "Grisslie centric" stats. You'll notice that its not ALL doom and gloom! There are some serious bright spots!
Games played in week 13. You can see from this chart that the Grisslies played 3 games this week, which leads the entire league! The Gruesome Devils and Hurtin' Units in particular SUCK in this category.
Occurrences of the letter "D" in player names. This is a landslide, not even close!!! The Grisslie players, thanks in large part to Brad Wadden, lead the league in the number of "D's" in player names. Again, look at the Hurtin' Units! Why are they even in the league???
Fewest letters in captains names combined. This was a heated battle. The Candy's came into this affair very balanced, but Dodge City had Al Fry, the 5-letter man working to their advantage. There was a little controversy as The Beechey tried to claim that his legal 1st name was actually "The" and steal a victory. Typical. Roman settled by verifying his drivers license. Sorry The Beechey. And look who is scraping the bottom of the barrel again! The Hurtin' Units!!! No games this week, no "D's", captains name are WAY too long! Give it up boys, you're going nowhere FAST!
Number of words comprising a team name. The Grisslies once again stand alone as the ONLY team that seems to be able to name a club with just a single word. Check out the Words Behind Leader column (WBL) "Dodge City Rounders"? "Hot Tub Woody's"? Holy cow guys, write a novel why don't ya.
TEAM STATS
Its almost time for me to create my OCD page on the BLOG with daily updates on standing and eliminations. Many of you think I'm crazy. Many of you are right. However the 60-80 hits on the BLOG between 9pm and 11pm every night tell me there are a few others in the same boat. A 5 point lead for the DK's .... not over, but I think the fat lady is starting to warm up.
More traditional baseball standings surprisingly still show the Draft Kings in 1st place! You can see here that the Dog Catchers are starting to surge and the Grisslies, despite all the "D's" are unsurging.
You know.....maybe taking 3 friggin hits to score one friggin run is the problem. Actually, it had been getting better, but the Draft Kings game cost us big time. Lots of hits but only 3 runs. I don't know what the measuring stick is for success in this category....time will tell. But I'm pretty confident that the top 2 are impressive.
1st half standings. Of course, this won't change. The only thing that does vary is the colour code. That will tell you were you are overall vs. your 1st half performance. The Gruesome Devils are red because they Dropped from 1st to 3rd. The Draft Kings are green because they rose from a tie for 2nd to 1st. The Brew Jays are Yellow because they've remained in 2nd.
And here are the second half standings in comparison (the colour code) to current. Other than the Draft Kings (still in 1st) and Grisslies (Still in last) the standings in the second half are flipped from actual.
Yes.....its time.
The elimination chart. These are the 3 playoff pools. If your team name shows up in a box they are still alive for that position. I'll post the tie breaker criteria in the OCD page when I get it opened.
PLAYER STATS
The Batting Race! Well, it would appear that the Grisslies three game week has changed the landscape a bit. I'll admit it, I didn't see this coming either. Don't worry Scott, there's still plenty of ball left to mount a comeback.
Okay, that wasn't very nice....but it was kinda funny. Kinda. Sorry, I can dream. Okay, here is The Real batting race! Rick Hjelholt had a great week to climb to .800 and join Scott as the leagues only .800 hitters. We still have a large group that could reach .800, keep swinging fellas.
Lets stay with averages. Here is a look at average in the 3rd quarter of the season (games 13-18), this is closed for about half the teams, but some are still at 16 or 17 played. Right now, someone is going to have catch fire to wrestle this one away from Randy Rose and he still has a game left! Harley, sorry buddy. Your .900 would have won the 1st and 2nd quarter this year, but a you're on a fantastic run and you too have a game left to catch him!
And our last look at average....the Draft Kings are the only team to have played their 19th game so they are they only ones ranked in this category. I couldn't resist seeing "The Good" DeLand leading the entire league! Way to go Doug.
And on to runs. Chuck and Brian are a mere six runs away from setting a new runs in a season standard. This is only the second year we've kept the stat so lord knows what the REAL record is; but right now, the record is 47. Chuck has 5 games left and Brian 7.
Same as the 3rd quarter average, about 1/2 the teams remain alive in this. Chuck is in first, but closed. There are bunch of Joints plus Brian with a chance to run him down!
And once again the Draft Kings are the only team to have played a game in Q4. And once again its the Doug Friggin DeLand show!!!!
Outside of average is the total hits game. I like this one because in a normal year I can usually sneak into the bottom of this list where as I have no prayer with averages. However, this isn't a normal year. Holy cow, these guys have lots of hits!
You know how you keep Jens from winning this category? You don't let him play! Nice Job Anicete, leading the ABs list and on the top 10 for hits list to boot!
Will I AM is on a serious tear. Emeil is raking. Brad keeps on being Brad. This looks like a battle down to the wire.
Don Slipetz raised his average 8 points this week to narrow the gap on the idle Peter Hayward. To boot, Don knocked in the winning run in the Dog Catchers huge comeback victory against the Dusty Cleats on Tuesday.
Sweet Lou. Playing Center Field AND raising his average 200 points.
That's it for this week folks.
Things you may have missed this week.
For the Grisslies Game 17 BLOG, Where is Sue Z Q?- click HERE
For the Grisslies Game 20 BLOG, Chuck Cragg Revisited - click HERE
For the Grisslies Game 18 BLOG, Kevin Hollingshead, Mr. Triple Play - click HERE
For the Hurtin' Units BLOG, click HERE
For the Donini 3 stars, click HERE
For the League Website, click HERE
Its almost time for me to create my OCD page on the BLOG with daily updates on standing and eliminations. Many of you think I'm crazy. Many of you are right. However the 60-80 hits on the BLOG between 9pm and 11pm every night tell me there are a few others in the same boat. A 5 point lead for the DK's .... not over, but I think the fat lady is starting to warm up.
You know.....maybe taking 3 friggin hits to score one friggin run is the problem. Actually, it had been getting better, but the Draft Kings game cost us big time. Lots of hits but only 3 runs. I don't know what the measuring stick is for success in this category....time will tell. But I'm pretty confident that the top 2 are impressive.
1st half standings. Of course, this won't change. The only thing that does vary is the colour code. That will tell you were you are overall vs. your 1st half performance. The Gruesome Devils are red because they Dropped from 1st to 3rd. The Draft Kings are green because they rose from a tie for 2nd to 1st. The Brew Jays are Yellow because they've remained in 2nd.
And here are the second half standings in comparison (the colour code) to current. Other than the Draft Kings (still in 1st) and Grisslies (Still in last) the standings in the second half are flipped from actual.
Yes.....its time.
The elimination chart. These are the 3 playoff pools. If your team name shows up in a box they are still alive for that position. I'll post the tie breaker criteria in the OCD page when I get it opened.
PLAYER STATS
The Batting Race! Well, it would appear that the Grisslies three game week has changed the landscape a bit. I'll admit it, I didn't see this coming either. Don't worry Scott, there's still plenty of ball left to mount a comeback.
Okay, that wasn't very nice....but it was kinda funny. Kinda. Sorry, I can dream. Okay, here is The Real batting race! Rick Hjelholt had a great week to climb to .800 and join Scott as the leagues only .800 hitters. We still have a large group that could reach .800, keep swinging fellas.
Lets stay with averages. Here is a look at average in the 3rd quarter of the season (games 13-18), this is closed for about half the teams, but some are still at 16 or 17 played. Right now, someone is going to have catch fire to wrestle this one away from Randy Rose and he still has a game left! Harley, sorry buddy. Your .900 would have won the 1st and 2nd quarter this year, but a you're on a fantastic run and you too have a game left to catch him!
And our last look at average....the Draft Kings are the only team to have played their 19th game so they are they only ones ranked in this category. I couldn't resist seeing "The Good" DeLand leading the entire league! Way to go Doug.
And on to runs. Chuck and Brian are a mere six runs away from setting a new runs in a season standard. This is only the second year we've kept the stat so lord knows what the REAL record is; but right now, the record is 47. Chuck has 5 games left and Brian 7.
Same as the 3rd quarter average, about 1/2 the teams remain alive in this. Chuck is in first, but closed. There are bunch of Joints plus Brian with a chance to run him down!
And once again the Draft Kings are the only team to have played a game in Q4. And once again its the Doug Friggin DeLand show!!!!
Outside of average is the total hits game. I like this one because in a normal year I can usually sneak into the bottom of this list where as I have no prayer with averages. However, this isn't a normal year. Holy cow, these guys have lots of hits!
You know how you keep Jens from winning this category? You don't let him play! Nice Job Anicete, leading the ABs list and on the top 10 for hits list to boot!
Will I AM is on a serious tear. Emeil is raking. Brad keeps on being Brad. This looks like a battle down to the wire.
Don Slipetz raised his average 8 points this week to narrow the gap on the idle Peter Hayward. To boot, Don knocked in the winning run in the Dog Catchers huge comeback victory against the Dusty Cleats on Tuesday.
Sweet Lou. Playing Center Field AND raising his average 200 points.
That's it for this week folks.
Things you may have missed this week.
For the Grisslies Game 17 BLOG, Where is Sue Z Q?- click HERE
For the Grisslies Game 20 BLOG, Chuck Cragg Revisited - click HERE
For the Grisslies Game 18 BLOG, Kevin Hollingshead, Mr. Triple Play - 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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