The Week That Was....the 5th One

5 Things We've Learned Through Five Weeks

Lima Time almost swept all five offensive categories last week

This is true, as, assuming the same amount of at bats, two more hits for Lima, two less for the Cods, or one of each would have put batting average in Lima Time's favor. It should also be noted that this near-sweep was also nearly 3-1-1 or even 3-2 in Lima's favor, due to HR being only one apart.

the Hustlers have been relatively quiet in the HR and RBI categories until now

They were 2-2 in HR heading into last week. Although their totals were low, those were a result of two bad weeks where they only had 4 HR in each. Ohio was not quiet to the Force or the Players, who heard them loud and clear while losing in the HR category in weeks 1 and 3 respectively. Interestingly enough, the good and bad HR totals for Ohio seem to alternate week to week, which would leave a low total for the coming week. I guess we'll see.

Unfortunately for Ohio, the 86 strikeouts by the pitching staff managed just 3 wins for the week.

I didn't know strikeouts could get wins, I thought they went to pitchers. But hey, I guess this is a learning experience.

Though the Monsters haven’t been putting up stellar numbers, they managed to defeat the Force thanks to a few, smart streaming options.

And also in spite of a few bad streaming options. Brandon McCarthy? Shairon Martis? Sean Marshall? Scott Olsen? They were so bad, I'm surprised the Alliance didn't stream them instead.

We made a move this week that sent some of our better contributors in Adam Lind, Billy Butler, and Kendry Morales

Billy Butler (player rank: 257) and Kendry Morales (170) were not among your better contributors. They were, in fact, among your 3 or 4 worst contributors among hitters, which is why you thought they were expendable in the first place. It wasn't a bad trade, but don't shit in my mug and call it espresso.

the fact of the matter is Dave was beaten by a kid who screams at 10 year old’s at TNA Wrestling shows.

Sadly, this seems to fit right in to the fantasy baseball demographic.

Look for a confrontation to occur between these two teams in the near future. I have a feeling it might be at the PAV during a Chaotic Wrestling show.

And it would probably be the most entertaining thing happening there.


Week 5 Power Rankings

In light of the lack of the usual power rankings this week, I present my own rankings. These involve no opinion whatsoever. Rather, they are based on the totals in each category through five weeks. Think of them as a more complicated rotisserie rankings. Strength of schedule was calculated simply by adding up the scores of the team's opponents.

Rank	Team Name	Score	SoS Rank	Actual
1	San Diego Stingers	4.42	7	1
2	Milltown Monsters	2.25	5	2
3	The Alliance	0.47	3	11
4	So Cho Guiney's	0.29	12	6
5	Lima Time	-0.23	10	5
6	GA Cottonpickers	-0.33	2	3
7	WallaWalla DirtDawgs	-0.54	11	8
8	Huapaya Players	-0.88	4	7
9	Cape Cod Cods	-0.97	8	4
10	South Carolina Force	-1.08	6	8
11	Ohio Hustlers	-1.35	9	10
12	Arlington Templars	-2.04	1	12

So what does this tell us? The first major thing it says is that through five weeks, San Diego has been far and away the best team. It also shows The Alliance as much better than their actual rank, and the opposite with the Cape Cod Cods. Can this all be attributed to luck, be it good or bad? I don't know the answer to that, but it was a bit surprising.

Ok, that's it for me this week.