Armchair Thoughts

Before I begin, I would have to agree with you Jack about the guy interviewing Erin Andrews. She looks so uncomfortable it's almost a struggle to watch, but then I remind myself it's Erin Andrews and I watch anyways. Also, our league has come a long way when quotes from our holiest Book and a famous American lyricist (according to Wikipedia).

On your comments about my Kemp post, I'm not sure exactly if I am being mocked or taken seriously because sarcasm struggles to come through on the Internet. I hope it's sincere, but if not, wouldn't be the first time. As for my two websites, feel free to peruse them as you wish. I only really pull them out when I need points for an argument, and so they aren't too blame for my lackluster team's performance so far. But I encourage everyone to look at the websites, as well as the articles that are posted, because they're really interesting and I think some (OK, Jack) will like them.

Now, onto the recap of a topsy, turvy week...

The Natural 11, Superhydrophobocity 2
Wow...that's all I can really say. JP, you got your ass kicked this past week. Your team had a decent week, but Riley's had its best week of the season so far. Carl Crawford again carried The Natural in steals, but I don't really see the dearth of steals that Jack comments on. Only three of The Natural's guys has more than ten steals, and I highly doubt Bobby Abreu will keep going at the rate he is now.

Tony McDonald 10, The Poblano Effect 3
I'm also amazed at the outcome of this game. Although, as Jack points out, there were three swing categories that went the Wexford Heights Wannabes (come on, Tmac, just change the name already) way, and so there was a little luck involved in the end result of this matchup. I'm astounded that Team McDonald is actually in fifth place, but it's also a testament to the league right now that the bottom six teams are all within 4 games of each other. The even bigger surprise, in my opinion, is that Tony McDonald does not rank last in moves so far this year (I'd be embarassed if I were you Schneider).

Yung Joseph 10, JJmakesmeHARD(Y) 4
Woe is you, Danny Grimmer! The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Oh wait, Manny's just gone for a while. As another testament to how far our league has come, Grim made what I think was the first Facebook status update about a fantasy team. So congrats on that, but you really don't have to sweat as much as you think, as one player (even Manny) won't hurt you all that much. He only leads you in HR, AVG, and OPS, but you have other guys who can pick up the slack. What will hurt you is if you keep playing the poor excuse of an infielder Alexei Ramirez, who is doing absolutely terrible so far this year. As for Joe, way to back up your smack talk, and of course you are a legitimate fantasy contender every year, but that's because you spend as much time checking your team as Garrett Gmach talks about himself. One more point about Joe's team, I'm going to set the over/under on week Joe gets to 100 moves at Week 9.

Just 2(5) Guyz 8, Religious Sects 6
Luke finally ended up on the other side of the close matchup, with Adam Dunn and Johnny Damon having the best week of his life at the plate. Congrats to Luke on the first win of the season, and I hope I can expect some favorable calls at Opening Day on Saturday. Mike, I know you want more fire from me, but I can't say I really have too much fire this week. Although in your plea for a more Roger Goodell-like commissioner on my side, I'll make it a rule where if there's any swearing that does not relate to Jack's acronym, the offender gets moved down to 10th in waiver priority...how's that Mike?

Consistency 7, Da Commish 7
Schneider, stop trying to be clever with your team names. You're not good at it. Your team is not consistent at all. You dominated the first two weeks but then were close in the past three. So which one is it? See, no consitency, therefore I'm sticking with Impotency for your name. Anyways, Da Commish's hitters did a lot better than they have been the past weeks, but Impotency's just did that much better, thanks to Jason Bay performing ridiculously well this week. I finally did something right this week with my managing decisions, picking up Jason Motte the last day and picking up a hold to win the cateogory.

Transaction of the Week
Just 2(5) Guyz adding Juan Pierre, OF LAD
As has already been covered by Jack, Luke was the quickest to the draw on adding Pierre, and congrats to him on that. Pierre's obviously not going to be the same player Manny is, but he will get on base so it's going to help Luke's steals and runs.

Oly's Rankings

1. Yung Joseph
2. Impotency
3. JJmakesmeHARD(Y)
4. Religious Sects
5. The Natural
6. Superhydrophobocity
   
7. The Poblano Effect
8. Tony McDonald
9. Just 2(5) Guyz
10. Da Commish