Game 62 Finals

Brat Hot Tub  62    Dan Nelson  26.5    MATT WIETERS
Nick Ellis  116    Mucca Mad Boys  49.5    AARON HILL
Miller Genuine Draft  71    Domination!!!  52    PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT
FedExFuckUp  30    Small Mop Who?  23    DAVID PRICE
Crardawgs  49    Off Constantly  35    ANDREW MCCUTCHEN
Junebug  51    Flight 666  21    CARLOS GONZALEZ

BOX SCORES

Game 61 Finals

Dan Nelson  66    Brat Hot Tub  49.5    DAVID WRIGHT
Mucca Mad Boys  60    Nick Ellis  50    DAVID ORTIZ
Domination!!!  50    Miller Genuine Draft  32.5    DANIEL MURPHY
FedExFuckUp44  37    Small Mop Who?  36    EDWIN ENCARNACION
Off Constantly  56    Crardawgs  41.5    BEN ZOBRIST
Junebug  83    Flight 666  29.5    ADAM DUNN

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Chris (43-17) vs. Nick  (33-27)
Bill  (34-26) vs. Tim  (35-25)
Tom  (29-31) vs. Phil  (17-43)
Nate  (28-32) vs. Danny  (32-28)
Andy  (22-38) vs. Bug  (30-30)
Bare  (34-26) vs. Crary  (23-37)

Game 60 Finals

Brat Hot Tub  35    Flight 666  31.5    JAY BRUCE
Dan Nelson  51.5    Nick Ellis  42    ALEX RIOS
FedExFuckUp44  46    Domination!!!  42    YADIER MOLINA
Small Mop Who?  50    Crardawgs  28.5    GIO GONZALEZ
Chris beats Off Constantly  41.5-40.5    PRINCE FIELDER
Miller Genuine Draft  62    Junebug  59.5    YU DARVISH

BOX SCORES

Game 59 Finals

Flight 666  41.5    Brat Hot Tub  31.5    PETER BORJOUS (LOL)
Nick Ellis  70    Dan Nelson  25.5    CODY ROSS
FedExFuckUp44  55.5    Domination!!!  34.5    CARLOS PENA
Small Mop Who?  49.5    Crardawgs  32.5    JUSTIN VERLANDER-JOSH WILLINGHAM
Chris beats Off Constantly  30-26    CARLOS BELTRAN
Miller Genuine Draft  33.5    Junebug  24    JASON HEYWARD


BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: SUNDAY-TUESDAY

Chris  (41-17) vs. Bare  (34-24)
Tim  (33-25) vs. Phil  (17-41)
Nick  (32-26)   vs. Dan  (31-27)
Andy  (21-37) vs. Nate  (27-31)
Crary  (23-35) vs. Bill  (32-26)
Tom  (27-31) vs. Bug  (30-28)

Game 58 Finals

Miller Genuine Draft  71.5    Brat Hot Tub  66.5    NELSON CRUZ
Dan Nelson  41    Mucca Mad Boys  21    MICHAEL BOURN-BRANDON PHILLIPS
FedExFuckUp44  31.5    Flight 666  12    DUSTIN PEDROIA
Nick Ellis  69.5    Crardawgs  28    ALLEN CRAIG
Off Constantly  51    Small Mop Who?  44.5    ANDREW MCCUTCHEN
Domination!!!  33    Junebug  14    JIMMY ROLLINS

BOX SCORES

Game 57 Finals

Miller Genuine Draft  43.5    Brat Hot Tub  39.5    DAVID FREESE
Mucca Mad Boys  49.5    Dan Nelson  32    JOSE BAUTISTA
FedExFuckUp  46.5    Flight 666  46    FRANKLIN GUTTIERREZ
Crardawgs  30    Nick Ellis  26.5    ADRIAN BELTRE
Off Constantly  39.5    Small Mop Who?  23    JOSH REDDICK
Junebug  63    Domination!!!  24.5    IKE DAVIS

BOX SCORES

Game 56 Finals

Miller Genuine Draft  53    Brat Hot Tub  47     MARTIN PRADO
Mucca Mad Boys  35    Dan Nelson  32.5    DAVID ORTIZ
FedExFuckUp44  43    Flight 666  26.5    RYAN BRAUN
Nick Ellis  52    Crardawgs  24.5    AARON HILL
Bill beats Off Constantly  47-29  JOSH WILLINGHAM-EDWIN ENCARNACION
Junebug  28.5    Domination!!!  24.5    KYLE SEAGER

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Chris  (39-16)  vs.  Dan  (30-25)
Tim  (30-25)  vs.  Andy  (21-34)
Nick (30-25)  vs.  Crary  (22-33)
Bug  (28-27)  vs. Phil  (16-39)
Bare  (32-23)  vs.  Bill  (31-24)
Nate  (27-28)  vs.  Tom  (24-31)

Game 55 Finals

Brat Hot Tub  49    Crardawgs  22    ASDRUBAL CABRERA
Domination!!!  84.5    Mucca Mad Boys  45.5    JOSE BAUTISTA
Miller Genuine Draft  61.5    Flight 666  44.5    LOGAN MORRISON
FedExFuckUp44  73    Nick Ellis  53    ALBERT PUJOLS
Small Mop Who?  41.5    Dan Nelson  21.5    EDWIN ENCARNACION
Off Constantly  56    Junebug  31.5    ANDREW MCCUTCHEN

BOX SCORES

Game 54 Finals

Crardawgs  34.5    Brat Hot Tub  32    COREY HART
Mucca Mad Boys  34    Domination!!!  16    DAVID ORTIZ
Miller Genuine Draft  48.5    Flight 666  34    JASON KIPNIS
Nick Ellis  41.5    FedExFuckUp44  27.5    ADRIAN BELTRE
Small Mop Who?  47.5    Dan Nelson  19.5    STARLIN CASTRO
Junebug beats Off Constantly  43.5-29    IAN KINSLER

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: SUNDAY and TUESDAY

54-55

Chris  (38-15) v. Phil  (15-38)
Nick  (29-24) v. Tim  (29-24)
Bill  (29-24) v. Dan  (30-23)
Tom  (22-31) v. Andy  (21-32)
Bare  (31-22) v. Bug  (27-26)
Crary  (21-32) v. Nate  (26-27)

Game 53 Finals

Nick Ellis  40    Brat Hot Tub  36    ASDRUBAL CABRERA
Mucca Mad Boys  33    Crardawgs  16    CARLOS QUENTIN
Flight 666  46.5    Off Constantly  19    MARK TEIXEIRA
FedExFuckUp44  59    Miller Genuine Draft  47.5    RYAN BRAUN
Dan Nelson  36.5    Domination!!!  24    JESUS MONTERO
Junebug  53    Small Mop Who?  50    MATT HOLLIDAY-JASON HAMMEL

BOX SCORES

Game 52 Finals

Nick Ellis  47.5    Brat Hot Tub  21    AARON HILL
Mucca Mad Boys  48    Crardawgs  41.5    TREVOR PLOUFFE
Off Constantly  24    Flight 666  12    JOSH REDDICK
Miller Genuine Draft  55    FedExFuckUp44  35    CURTIS GRANDERSON
Dan Nelson 53    Domination!!!  38.5    ALEX RIOS
Junebug  53.5    Small Mop Who?  25.5    CARLOS GONZALEZ

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~ HALFWAY POINT UPDATE

51 down, 49 to go...here's a little recap of what's happened, and what to expect the rest of the way.

I'll comment on each team in the playoff order as of today.  Enjoy.

1.  Mucca Mad Boys  (36-15)

Chris started off incredibly hot, and hasn't really slowed down whatsoever.  Winning at a 71% clip, I'm not sure there has been a team that has had this kind of start. Not only that, but he has a commanding 8 game lead over the would be favorite in his division, Tim.  Jose Bautista has been quietly doing what he has done for the past few years.  And while Prince Fielder has had a good start to his Detroit career, he's yet to explode too.  That should be a scary thought to the rest of the league. He nailed his first round pick in Brandon Phillips, and got the steal of the draft with Carlos Beltran in the 10th round. 

2.  Off Constantly  (30-21)

Bare started off the season frustrated, but as of late, there hasn't been a hotter team.  As always, there have been a flurry of trades made involving Bare, some questionable (Howie Kendrick??).  But even though he's already spent some of next year's draft, it's obviously working out for him so far.  If Ryan Howard ever gets back to prove he was worth a fourth round pick and Melky Cabrera, he could be hard to catch in the Coors Division.  One move that could come back to haunt Bare is him dropping Mike Trout.  Doh!  But as I said, something obviously is working as Bare is in this thing per usual.

3.  Nick Ellis  (27-24)

One of our two teams that remain nameless leads the weakest of the divisions, the Beef by two games.  Nick always challenges for a playoff spot, and right now it looks like the only team that will stand in his way this year is Junebug.  Nick traded first round pick Tampa Bay SP to Tim and got Hunter Pence who has been very good all year.  Michael Cuddyer in the 7th and especially Allen Craig in the 20th (when healthy) have been outstanding value picks.  Albert Pujols was awful at the beginning of the year, but has started to heat up as of late.  For Nick to be in the position he's in without his best player performing says a lot about the team he's put together.

4.  Small Mop Who?  (29-22)

Over the last couple weeks, Bill has leapfrogged me, and is nipping at the heels of Bare for the #2 seed as of now.  He's doing it with his usual magical lineup insertions,  and a couple of Cubs.  Starlin Castro and Alfonso Soriano have been surprisingly good, and what the fuck is going on with Edwin Encarnacion.  A certain website predicted a big year from him, and by golly he's just figured out Major League pitching now I guess.  Getting a guy that's on pace for 40 HR in the 15th round will help your team's chances.  After this weekend, who knows?  Bill could very well be at the top of the Coors.

5.  FedExFuckUp44  (28-23)

Tim started off with a couple of MVPs and all kinds of draft picks, so the fact that he's currently in the fifth spot is a little surprising, but a week or so ago, he wasn't even in the playoffs.  No team can match his firepower.  Mike Trout was a gift from Bare.  Joey Votto, Evan Longoria, Dustin Pedroia, Tampa Bay SP, have all been added, and he's already given up half of his top of the draft for next year.  Tim is all in, and since he's the current points leader, the only thing standing in his way might be the dominant season his division rival Chris is having.  8 games is a lot to make up, but if there is a team that is up to the task, this is the one.  Tim leads the season series with Danny 6-3 with three to play, so one more win vs. Danny and he holds the tiebreaker.

6.  Dan Nelson  (28-23)

Fresh off a 57 point game from his starting pitching, Danny has set his team's cruise control at 65 and is making great time thank you very much.  One has to wonder if his good fortune will last as Troy Tulowitzki has been hurt, and Robinson Cano has been ordinary.  But here he is in the playoffs as of today.  You would think he might need to make a move or two to stay in the toughest division the Ram.  Will he go outside the family circle and get some help?  Time will tell.  Both brothers have their own contenders to work with, so that's the way it's going to have to be.

7.  Brat Hot Tub  (26-25)

I have no idea what is happening to my team.  I feel pretty damn good about my lineup every game, but I have lost 10 of my last 12 and I haven't scored over 35 forever.  Justin Upton can wake up any time now.  Extremely hot starts from Matt Wieters, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Jay Bruce have slowed considerably.  I'm not ready to panic just yet, but when you go from a 5? game lead in your division to out of the playoffs pretty darn fast, you have to wonder what's in store for me.  I usually start slow and finish strong, but this year my hot start has turned in to the weakest team in the league...behind Phil of course.

8.  Junebug  (25-26)

Junebug is staying alive in a fantasy sport...imagine that.  Not too many changes are being made, but he keeps his head above water.  The weak pitching he supposedly had after the draft has actually been outstanding with the Mets and Orioles (his first pitching draft pick Oakland not so much).  Carlos Gonzalez is one of the top keepers in the league.  One 3rd round pick has yet to start a game (Ike Davis).  The other is having the comeback season that keeps brother Bill up at night....Adam Dunn was supposed to be his Bug.  Let's all hope Bug stays alive and isn't providing one of his brothers a good SS, a slugging OF, a top SP, and top RP for one pick at the deadline again.

9.  Miller Genuine Draft  (21-30)

Our defending champ has started slow, but he did the same thing last year.  Other than Jason Maxwell (????) there isn't really a hole in his lineup (sorry Tom).  And he's just filling in for Nelson Cruz.  The double Starting and Relief staffs (Texas) has worked surprisingly well and who knew that Albert Pujols would play THIRD fiddle to Trout and Mark Trumbo?  If Tom can get his second keeper Jacoby Ellsbury to come back and produce like his other, Curtis Granderson, he could make a run to get back in this thing.

10.  Crardawgs  (21-30)

John gave up then won a couple games putting up impressive scores, and then decided to trade a pick for a couple guys.  I'm not sure Crary has enough to get back in the playoff race, but I guess the Beef Division is the division to do so.  Loaded up for next year, it would seem this year is a rebuilding year, and that will probably play itself out over the next couple weeks.  He still has Alejandro DeAza to trade off...that guy does it all!

11.  Flight 666  (20-31)

Andy probably shouldn't have kept a pitching staff over Joey Votto, and he finds himself in a position to try and load up for a run next year.  He already added a fifth for next year, and has a couple of pieces that he could possibly get another pick or two next year.  The bright side?  He may have found a keeper in Adam Jones.

12.  Domination!!!  (15-36)

Just as Chris started off at a historic pace, Phil has done the exact opposite.  Another team that kept a pitching staff, we might have seen this trend end after this season.  Getting a 4th round pick (and an OF who has produced) for a lame Ryan Howard can be looked at as a positive.  He also got a couple picks for Corey Hart, and the Yankees bullpen respectively.  There's no shot at Phil to come back from this.  He's a virtual lock for the #1 pick next year.  Who is going to be alongside of Matt Kemp to start off next year's team is the question.  

Game 51 Finals

Nick Ellis  66    Brat Hot Tub  33.5    MICHAEL CUDDYER
Mucca Mad Boys  68    Crardawgs  36    BRANDON PHILLIPS
Flight 666  44.5    Off Constantly  16    JHONNY PERALTA
FedExFuckUp44  43.5  Miller Genuine Draft  34    CURTIS GRANDERSON
Dan Nelson  96.5  Domination!!!  62    MATT CAIN***
Small Mop Who?  29.5  Junebug  28    IAN DESMOND

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

51-53

Nate (26-24)  vs.  Nick (26-24)
Tim  (27-23)  vs.  Tom  (21-29)
Chris  (35-15)  vs.  Crary  (21-29)
Dan  (27-23)  vs.  Phil  (15-35)
Bare  (30-20)  vs.  Andy  (19-31)
Bill  (28-22)  vs.  Bug  (25-25)

Game 50 Finals

FedExFuckUp44  38.5   Brat Hot Tub  16.5    JOEY VOTTO
Mucca Mad Boys  84    Small Mop Who?  23    TREVOR PLOUFFE
Flight 666  51.5    Nick Ellis  48.5     ADAM JONES
Miller Genuine Draft  33    Crardawgs  23.5    COLBY LEWIS
Junebug  64.5    Dan Nelson  44.5    ALEX RODRIGUEZ
Off Constantly  48    Domination!!!  31    JIMMY ROLLINS


BOX SCORES

Game 49 Finals

FedExFuckUp44  52.5    Brat Hot Tub  33.5     RYAN BRAUN
Small Mop Who?  72    Mucca Mad Boys  50     TORII HUNTER
Nick Ellis  41.5     Flight 666  33.5     DANNY ESPINOSA
Miller Genuine Draft  70   Crardawgs  44.5     MARK TRUMBO
Junebug  45   Dan Nelson  35.5     CARLOS GONZALEZ
Off Constantly  60   Domination!!!  36     TODD FRAZIER


BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: SUNDAY AND TUESDAY

49-50
Bill (27-21) v. Chris (34-14)
Nate (26-22) v. Tim (25-23)
Dan (27-21) v. Bug (23-25)
Andy (18-30) v. Nick (25-23)
Tom (19-29) v. Crary (21-27)
Bare (28-20) v. Phil (15-33)

Game 48 Finals

Off Constantly  50.5    Brat Hot Tub   33     CLAYTON KERSHAW
Small Mop Who?  55    Miller Genuine Draft  21.5     DAN UGGLA
Mucca Mad Boys  75    Flight 666  33.5     TREVOR PLOUFFE
Crardawgs  66    Junebug  47     BEN ZOBRIST
Dan Nelson  57    FedExFuckUp44  41     MIKE TROUT
Nick Ellis  41    Domination!!!  19     ALBERT PUJOLS

BOX SCORES

Game 47 Finals

Off Constantly  54    Brat Hot Tub  27.5     BRYCE HARPER
Small Mop Who?  66    Miller Genuine Draft  47.5     ALFONSO SORIANO
Flight 666  28.5    Mucca Mad Boys  26.5     DANNY ESPINOSA
Crardawgs  72    Junebug  42.5     SHANE VICTORINO
FedExFuckUp44  72.5    Dan Nelson  40     ROBINSON CANO
Domination!!!  38    Nick Ellis  29.5     BRENNAN BOESCH

BOX SCORES

Game 46 Finals

Brat Hot Tub  34.5    Off Constantly  23.5     ADAM WAINWRIGHT
Small Mop Who?  50.5    Miller Genuine Draft  21     ADAM LAROCHE
Mucca Mad Boys  44.5    Flight 666  37.5     TY WIGGINTON
Crardawgs  42.5    Junebug  16     YOENIS CESPEDES
FedExFuckUp44  35.5    Dan Nelson  33     ZACK GREINKE
Nick Ellis  42     Domination!!!  35.5     ALLEN CRAIG

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

46-48
Andy (17-28) v. Chris (32-13)
Tim (23-22) v. Dan (26-19)
Crary (18-27) v. Bug (23-22)
Phil (14-31) v. Nick (23-22)
Tom (18-27) v. Bill (24-21)
Nate (25-20) v. Bare (26-19)

Game 45 Finals

Small Mop Who?  61.5    Brat Hot Tub  31.5     DAN UGGLA
Miller Genuine Draft  68.5    Off Constantly  34     MARK TRUMBO
Mucca Mad Boys  53    FedExFuckUp44  32     TOMMY HANSON-CARLOS QUENTIN
Crardawgs  62.5    Domination!!!  22     JASON KUBEL
Dan Nelson  29    Flight 666  20.5     DAVID WRIGHT
Nick Ellis  62    Junebug  55.5     AARON HILL

BOX SCORES

TRADES/ROSTERS

FYI, I've added something in the rules that was always in place, but I wanted to make sure it is official since we've probably never had a situation that it could arise.

When teams start trading players in a "fire sale" you are still required to field a lineup with every position.  Position players are simple, as I could pickup and start people at a particular position if need be for any team.  However, it starts to get tricky with pitching, especially Starting pitching.

To make it simple, Crary traded one of his two Sp staffs, and now only has NYY SP. He cannot trade NYY SP unless he gets a Sp in return to start from here on out.  This could have been solved by him getting Houston Sp back from Bare, but since that's not the case, I wanted to make sure this is clear.

Again, this has ALWAYS been a rule, but now it has been added "officially".

Thanks.

Game 44 Finals

Brat Hot Tub  26.5    Small Mop Who?  21     MATT WIETERS
Off Constantly  46.5    Miller Genuine Draft  36     ANDREW MCCUTCHEN
Mucca Mad Boys  48.5    FedExFuckUp44  45     JOSE BAUTISTA
Crardawgs  17     Domination!!!  15.5  
Dan Nelson  49.5    Flight 666  20     DEREK JETER
Junebug  54.5    Nick Ellis  12    ALEX RODRIGUEZ-JON NIESE

BOX SCORES

NEXT SERIES: SUNDAY and TUESDAY

44-45
Bare  (25-18) v. Tom  (18-25)
Tim  (23-20) v. Chris  (30-13)
Andy (17-26) v. Dan  (24-19
Phil  (14-29) v. Crary  (16-27)
Nick  (22-21) v. Bug  (22-21)
Nate  (24-19) v. Bill  (23-20)

Game 43 Finals

Dan Nelson  49    Brat Hot Tub  27     DAVID WRIGHT
Off Constantly  62.5    Crardawgs  24     HANLEY RAMIREZ
Small Mop Who?  61.5    FedExFuckUp44  45.5     MIGUEL CABRERA
Domination!!!  16.5    Miller Genuine Draft  14     JASON KIPNIS?
Junebug  57    Flight 666  15.5     DREW STUBBS-R.A. DICKEY
Mucca Mad Boys  37    Nick Ellis  29.5     HUNTER PENCE


BOX SCORES

Game 42 Finals

Dan Nelson  38.5    Brat Hot Tub  26.5     MADISON BUMGARNER
Off Constantly  51.5    Crardawgs  23     LUCAS DUDA
FedExFuckUp44  57.5    Small Mop Who?  34     MIKE TROUT-ALFONSO SORIANO
Miller Genuine Draft  73.5    Domination!!!  62.5     GORDON BECKHAM
Junebug  75.5    Flight 666  25.5     JOHAN SANTANA*****
Nick Ellis  55    Mucca Mad Boys  36     HUNTER PENCE


BOX SCORES