2009 Session 5

[MSBNYY]

John--85
Suzy--64
Neil--63
Laura--58
Justin--55
Evan--47
Larry--41
Tom--33
Jose--29
Knoblauch--27
Nettles--21
Pops--12

[MSBNYY]

John--104
Laura--92
Justin--83
Suzy--80
Evan--79
Neil--76
Jose--70
Larry--63
Tom--49
Knoblauch--47
Nettles--35
Pops--26

[MSBNYY]

Pops is threatening to go back to last place with a putrid start to the session, as Larry takes a slim lead.

Larry--145
John--144
Evan--142
Suzy--127
Neil--126
Laura--117
Justin--107
Jose--105
Nettles--94
Tom--90
Knoblauch--86
Pops--46

[MSBNYY]

Suzy--229
Larry--196
John--177
Knoblauch--163
Evan--154
Justin--151
Neil--148
Nettles--146
Laura--142
Jose--136
Tom--129
Pops--78

[MSBNYY]

Monster night by Tom (134 points) gives him the session lead, punts Laura down to 5th place, and gets him within striking distance of his rival, Larry. Meanwhile, Pops is almost 100 points behind ANYONE in the SESSION.

Tom--263
Suzy--248
Larry--214
Justin--210
Jose--205
John--191
Knoblauch--190
Laura--184
Neil--179
Evan--176
Nettles--175
Pops--91

[9]

134 points?

[nobeernofun]

Wow I'm sinking fast. Now my #1 pick is out 6 weeks. This week I bench Dallas Braden even thro he gets 2 starts, Did not want him facing those Texas hitters. So what happens he winds up with a +5 for the game. I bench Rick Porcello as he is facing the Red Sox's he gets a -5. I keep Ervin Santana in he gets bitch slapped for 10 hits and 8 earned runs . I go with Mike Pelfrey who must have throat he was facing Somali pirates. curse he pissed his paints for a -17.
As I told Cpt. E. J. Smith theres to much ICE in my drink !!!

[IronHorse4]

Nice job with 134 points. Even with 4 SPs in one day. Hopefully I can catch right back up with my 3 SPs going today.

[elliejay21]

Hey, check out that slacker, Pavano with the CG SO! Way for him to remember how to toss the ball a month after he starts playing for the Indians...

[MSBNYY]

Larry--making a big time move for second place.

Justin--385
Larry--366
Suzy--356.67
John--345.33
Evan--326
Tom--325
Laura--305.67
Neil--289.33
Jose--283.67
Knoblauch--279
Nettles--275.67
Pops--204.67

[IronHorse4]

Yup. Can't ever sleep on Larry.

[nobeernofun]

A big F.U. to Alexei Ramírez who after getting benched by the Wolftones. hits homers in back to back & belly to belly Games. F.U. Alexei !!!
I was looking for a big year from Alexei.
With Jose on the D.L. I need a short stop but Jhonny Peralta is not it. He is having a worse year then Alexei is. No waver clam from me on Johnny.

[MSBNYY]

And Larry had a shit draft. He's living up to his reputation as one of the best in season managers in the league--which is tough to do in this league.

Meanwhile, is Pops even playing anymore?

Justin--421
Suzy--379.67
Larry--376
John--374.33
Tom--358
Evan--357
Laura--330.67
Neil--326.33
Jose--307.67
Knoblauch--306
Nettles--286.67
Pops--213.67

[9]

My entire team is currently contained in this vehicle:

[MSBNYY]

Suzy--446.67
Justin--438
John--431
Tom--426
Laura--416.67
Larry--408
Evan--369
Jose--357.67
Knoblauch--352
Neil--345.33
Nettles--332.67
Pops--264.67

[Bad Mouth Larry]

justin, take this as the ultimate compliment. i saw your prowess in the football league and at the end of 2004 i heard you took 2 out of 4 baseball championships. i felt it my duty to try to prevent you from schooling the shit out of this league. you are by far the most savvy competitor ive come across with respect to fantasy sports. too bad you most likely dont do fantasy lacrosse, because i would school your ass in that, hahaha.

now onto msb and my shit draft. carl crawford. chone figgins. mark reynolds. pablo sandoval. roy halladay. k-rod. you know what. you got me. i guess i did have a shit draft. those are all my guys who are tops at their positions. thats not a lot from the draft. damn. i am good.

[MSBNYY]

It's impossible to not have great players on any 12 person fantasy league. But this was not a typical draft for you. I expect more. You were not on your game that day. You're on your game now though. I was going to make fun of Laura's 9 point night, but Jose got 5 points, so she kicked his ass.

Larry--479
Suzy--478.67
Justin--473
Tom--449
John--448
Laura--425.67
Nettles--397.67
Evan--390
Neil--380.67
Knoblauch--378
Jose--362.67
Pops--300.67

[IronHorse4]

I appreciate that, Larry. Though I don't think I've been anything close to that for most of the last 5 years. I really took for granted that I was better than most in this league at fantasy baseball. Some people finally caught up, and this league has some serious players, now. I said before last season that I would make a better effort, but I wasn't able to put the work in before the draft last year. This year I vowed to stop giving this league back the money they gift-wrapped for me the first few years.

Not happening any more. I've been fortunate to this point, in that my team injuries haven't involved many of my first-teamers, but I'm really not surprised I'm at the top right now. I had a fantastic draft, along with some good fortune. And David Wright had an awful start. Looks like he's figuring it out. And I knew I got great value for Zack Grienke (my fifth starter, if you'll recall), but even I didn't see this coming. Nelson Cruz has been a low-risk/high reward boon as well, and my gamble on taking Peavy over Webb looks like pure genius.

Scary thing is, my team is going to get better, barring injury. Stephen Drew is starting to hit (thanks for filling the hole, Asdrubal), I mentioned Wright, and while I was fine with Ramon Hernandez at catcher, I can't believe Laura dropped Chris Iannetta. I think he's going to be a very good catcher, definitely Top 10 by season's end (even with the missed time on the DL).

As for your "shit draft," that seems odd coming from MSB, given that he had you as a post-draft favorite during his points projections.

There are too many good owners in this league to suggest anything is in the bag. It's too bad I couldn't get all of you completely wasted the night before the draft like I did with Knoblauch.

[MSBNYY]

Did I? Shows what I know. I never actually finished those.

[MSBNYY]

Great session. Larry, who had an awesome draft and is continuing his great in season managing, has moved into second place overall, and 1st in a session that is tighter than Tom's wallet.

Larry--525
Justin--514
Suzy--502.67
Tom--481
John--478
Evan--451
Laura--436.67
Nettles--430.67
Neil--406.67
Knoblauch--393
Jose--388.67
Pops--329.67

[IronHorse4]

I'd like to downgrade my Peavy gamble from "pure genius" to "looks slightly better overall."

[9]

Yeah, I've got him in another league and was not happy with last night's news.

[MSBNYY]

Nettles, with about 170 points in the last 2 days, came within 6 points of stealing the session.

But he didn't, so he gets NOTHING. Congrats to Larry.

smash-fuckin-mouth 603
Hoboken Nine 598.34
High Hard Ones 578.67
Uggla Stick 578.67
The Bureau 573.33
The Swingin' Dicks 561.33
NJ Barflies of LI 537.67
Tudor City Hookers 7 518
Country Clubs Finest 475
Back in black '09 444.34
Just Too Easy 435
Wolftones 413

[Bad Mouth Larry]

i did hold onto that, did i? with doc halladay injuring his groin in the 4th inning friday night, and luis castillo turning a save into a blown save + loss in one play (which i obviously couldnt be happier about) for k-rod, i was doubting i could hold on.

i did see nettles come out of nowhere but i knew i beat him out by a few points.

[$heriff Tom]

One day....one day. Day one of Session 6 I got THREE complete game victories. One day short. Nettes coming out of nowhere my ass....keep your eye out for me, you jerk.

[9]

Stop hating.

[MSBNYY]

Besides, Tom didn't come out of nowhere. He was always in decent contention. He sure wasn't 100 points back with 2 days to go. It wouldn't have been that big of a deal had Tom won the session. Since he didn't though, it really doesn't matter.

[$heriff Tom]

The night before the 3 complete games I had 60 plus from my bats. Oh, if I could have combined those, I would have broken a one-night record, I think.

[MSBNYY]

If your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.