From the Commissioner - Winter Meeting

Hello everyone,

Hope you all are enjoying the off season. I've updated the rosters to include the 29 man version. I also added a worksheet tab to show the current minor league draft order and auction throw order for 2009. I don't think we have anything else to worry about for another 2-3 months.

Given our recent struggles with scheduling and attending a Winter Meeting in addition to the draft, I'd like to try for a virtual Winter Meeting in 2009. I believe there is a chat room feature on the website that I think might work nicely. More info on that later after I check it out more closely.

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

End of Season Results

To everyone - Congrats on a great season! The final AL Central playoff game did have an effect on the standings as it allowed the Chilis to move up into 3rd place. This left the Pretzels and Presleys in a 4th place tie. Those three teams had been in a virtual deadlock for days.

Anyway, we have had a number of ties over the last several seasons. So, I went back to the Roto Baseball 2007 book's first level method of tie breaking (comparing Pretzels and Presleys head to head across all 10 categories). Presleys was ahead in 6 of the 10 categories, so Presleys holds onto 4th place with Pretzels slipping to the lovely 5th slot.

To make things more interesting, the Vagrants failed to achieve the minimum total innings pitched for the entire season. Our rules require a team to achieve 1,000 innings pitched over the course of the season in order to receive standings points for ERA and WHIP. Vagrants only managed 714.3 innings pitched. So, Vagrants have dropped 22 points in the standings from 7th place to 11th place after getting no points for those categories.

	2008 Final Standings	(Post - IP Requirement Mod) **FINAL**
	Team Name	Batting	Pitching	Total
1	Hong Kong Phooey	57.0	57.0	114.0
2	Fort Hunt Federals	47.0	32.5	79.5
3	Chili Con Carnage	33.0	42.0	75.0
4	Memphis Presleys	45.0	28.0	73.0	**
5	Twisted Pretzels	37.0	36.0	73.0	**
6	St. Louis Browns	26.5	41.0	67.5
7	Los Loco Gringos	16.5	42.5	59.0
8	Dons	33.0	23.0	56.0
9	Brave Astronauts	31.0	16.0	47.0
10	WizNatsSkins	24.0	19.5	43.5
11	Virginia Vagrants	27.0	10.5	37.5
12	MLR Mashers	13.0	20.0	33.0
**	Presleys beats Pretzels 6-4 on Category based Tie Break

Overall Standings

I have gone back and adjusted the standings posts to reflect the standings as noted on the website for that particular week. In this post (dated in October to keep it at the top), overall standings will be updated on a [relatively] regular basis, shortly after the commissioner posts the weekly transactions. Normal procedures will involve the posting of the transactions, then the weekly standings and then the updating of the overall standings post.

Standings as of 9:00pm - September 30, 2008

Rank		Team		Batting	Pitching	Total		Dif	Behind
1		Hong Kong Phooey		57	58	115		0	0
2		Fort Hunt Federals		47	33.5	80.5		0.5	34.5
3		Chili Con Carnage		33	40.5	73.5		-1.5	41.5
3		Twisted Pretzels		37	36.5	73.5		0	41.5
5		Memphis Presleys		45	27	72		0	43
6		St. Louis Browns		25.5	39	64.5		6	50.5
7		Virginia Vagrants		29	32.5	61.5		-1.5	53.5
8		Los Loco Gringos		17	42.5	59.5		-3	55.5
9		Dons		33	24	57		1	58
10		Brave Astronauts		30.5	16	46.5		-4	68.5
11		WizNatsSkins		24	19.5	43.5		3.5	71.5
12		MLR Mashers		12	21	33		-1	82
		Batting Breakdown
		Team		BA	Pts	Dif
1		Twisted Pretzels		0.2787	12	0
2		Fort Hunt Federals		0.2754	11	2
3		Chili Con Carnage		0.2738	10	0
4		Hong Kong Phooey		0.2734	9	-2
5		Memphis Presleys		0.2713	8	0
6		Virginia Vagrants		0.2704	7	1
7		St. Louis Browns		0.2703	6	3
8		MLR Mashers		0.27	5	0
9		Brave Astronauts		0.2689	4	-3
10		WizNatsSkins		0.2677	3	1
11		Dons		0.2655	2	-2
12		Los Loco Gringos		0.2603	1	0
		Team		HR	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		213	12	0
2		Memphis Presleys		203	11	0
3		Dons		180	10	2
4		Brave Astronauts		178	8.5	-1
5		Los Loco Gringos		178	8.5	-1
6		Twisted Pretzels		171	7	0
7		Fort Hunt Federals		166	6	0
8		Chili Con Carnage		157	5	0
9		WizNatsSkins		152	4	1
10		St. Louis Browns		150	3	1
11		Virginia Vagrants		148	2	-2
12		MLR Mashers		146	1	0
		Team		R	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		956	12	0
2		Dons		927	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		865	10	0
4		Memphis Presleys		849	9	0
5		Twisted Pretzels		846	8	0
6		Virginia Vagrants		806	7	0
7		Chili Con Carnage		803	6	0
8		Brave Astronauts		786	5	0
9		WizNatsSkins		775	4	1
10		Los Loco Gringos		754	2.5	-1.5
11		St. Louis Browns		754	2.5	0.5
12		MLR Mashers		705	1	0
		Team		RBI	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		871	12	0
2		Memphis Presleys		852	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		827	10	0
4		Twisted Pretzels		814	9	0
5		Brave Astronauts		796	8	0
6		Dons		792	7	0
7		St. Louis Browns		768	6	0.5
8		Chili Con Carnage		761	5	-0.5
9		WizNatsSkins		730	4	1
10		Los Loco Gringos		723	3	-1
11		Virginia Vagrants		712	2	0
12		MLR Mashers		690	1	0
		Team		SB	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		191	12	0
2		Virginia Vagrants		157	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		119	10	0
4		WizNatsSkins		113	9	0
5		St. Louis Browns		95	8	0
6		Chili Con Carnage		94	7	0
7		Memphis Presleys		85	6	0
8		Brave Astronauts		80	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		79	4	0
10		Dons		75	3	1
11		Los Loco Gringos		74	2	-1
12		Twisted Pretzels		50	1	0
		Pitching Breakdown
		Team		ERA	Pts	Dif
1		Virginia Vagrants		3.48	12	0
2		Hong Kong Phooey		3.68	11	1
3		Chili Con Carnage		3.68	10	-1
4		Twisted Pretzels		3.78	9	0
5		Fort Hunt Federals		3.88	8	0
6		Los Loco Gringos		4.11	7	0
7		WizNatsSkins		4.39	6	0
8		Dons		4.54	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		4.55	4	0
10		St. Louis Browns		4.55	3	1
11		Memphis Presleys		4.66	2	-1
12		Brave Astronauts		4.86	1	0
		Team		K	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		1104	12	0
2		Chili Con Carnage		1008	10.5	-0.5
3		Twisted Pretzels		1008	10.5	0.5
4		St. Louis Browns		972	9	0
5		Los Loco Gringos		966	8	0
6		Fort Hunt Federals		943	7	0
7		Memphis Presleys		939	6	0
8		Dons		894	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		885	4	0
10		WizNatsSkins		767	3	0
11		Brave Astronauts		699	2	0
12		Virginia Vagrants		630	1	0
		Team		S	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		82	12	0
2		St. Louis Browns		70	11	0
3		Brave Astronauts		56	10	0
4		Los Loco Gringos		54	8.5	-0.5
5		Virginia Vagrants		54	8.5	0.5
6		Memphis Presleys		47	7	0
7		Dons		42	6	0
8		WizNatsSkins		34	4.5	-0.5
9		Fort Hunt Federals		34	4.5	0.5
10		Twisted Pretzels		28	3	0
11		Chili Con Carnage		23	2	0
12		MLR Mashers		5	1	0
		Team		W	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		97	12	0
2		Los Loco Gringos		86	11	1
3		St. Louis Browns		84	10	0
4		MLR Mashers		83	9	-1
5		Memphis Presleys		81	8	1
6		Fort Hunt Federals		80	7	-1
7		Chili Con Carnage		77	6	0.5
8		Twisted Pretzels		76	5	-0.5
9		WizNatsSkins		66	4	0
10		Dons		65	3	0
11		Brave Astronauts		51	2	0
12		Virginia Vagrants		39	1	0
		Team		WHIP	Pts	Dif
1		Chili Con Carnage		1.29	12	0
2		Hong Kong Phooey		1.3	11	1
3		Virginia Vagrants		1.3	10	-1
4		Twisted Pretzels		1.31	9	0
5		Los Loco Gringos		1.32	8	1
6		Fort Hunt Federals		1.32	7	-1
7		St. Louis Browns		1.35	6	0
8		Dons		1.37	5	0
9		Memphis Presleys		1.38	4	0
10		MLR Mashers		1.4	3	0
11		WizNatsSkins		1.42	2	0
12		Brave Astronauts		1.53	1	0

From the Commissioner - End of Season

• Just a heads up that I just made the changes for Week 26 to the website, sorry for the delay as I was sick at the end of last week and over the weekend. Not sure if it will change anything, but we should see in the next several hours. We also have the issue of one team not achieving the minimum number of total innings pitched (this also happened last season). I'll send out a note in the next couple of days with the impact.

Week 26 - Transactions

I will post standings tonight when I get home.

Astronauts

• WAIVE Melky Cabrera OF (NYY). Keep Franklin Guitierrez (CLE)
  

Vagrants

• WAIVE Jeff Bailey UT (BOS). Activate Travis Hafner (CLE)
• Reserve Mark Ellis 2B (OAK). Activate Cliff Pennington (OAK)
• Reserve Dennis Sarfate (BAL). Activate David Robertson (NYY)
  

Dons

• Release Danny Richar 2B (NL). Keep Ramon Vazquez (TEX)

Pretzels

• Reserve Shawn Riggans C (TAM). Activate Taylor Teagarden (TEX)
• WAIVE Alex Cora MI (BOS). Claim #3 German Duran MI (TEX)

Week 25 - Transactions

Astronauts

• Activate Radhames Liz P (BAL) - WAIVE Anthony Reyes (CLE)
• WAIVE Kyle Davies P (KAN)
  

Browns

• Activate Michael Cuddyer OF (MIN) - WAIVE Jose Bautista (TOR)

Gringos

• WAIVE Dan Meyer P (OAK)
• Activate Dustin Moseley P (LAA) - Move Dan Wheeler to EXP
• Reserve Maicer Izturis 2B (LAA) - Activate Eric Patterson (OAK)
  

Vagrants

• Activate Jerry Owens OF (CWS) - WAIVE Kevin Mench (TOR)

Presleys

• WAIVE Dontrelle Willis P (DET)
  

Federals

• Activate Josh Fields UT (CWS) - Move Fields to EXP
• Reserve Jim Johnson P (BAL) - Activate Phil Hughes (NYY)
  

Phooeys

• WAIVE German Duran UT (TEX)
• Activate Brandon Morrow P (SEA) - WAIVE Fernando Rodney (DET)
  

Week 24 - Transactions

Browns

• Activate J.D. Drew OF (BOS) - WAIVE Aaron Cunningham (OAK)

Chilis

• Activate Evan Longoria CI (TAM) - Move Nick Punto to EXP

Pretzels

• Activate Travis Snyder OF (TOR) [from minors] - WAIVE Eric Patterson (OAK)
• Activate Scott Linebrink (CWS) - WAIVE Sean Green (SEA)

Week 23 - Missed Transaction

Presleys

• Reserve Carlos Gonzalez OF (OAK) - Activate Luis Montanez OF (BAL)
• Reserve Richie Sexon 1B (NYY) - Activate Jeff Larish 1B (DET)
• CLAIM #2 Alberto Callaspo SS (KAN) - WAIVE Tony Pena Jr. SS (KAN)

Week 23 - Standings

Rank		Team		Batting	Pitching	Total		Dif	Behind
1		Hong Kong Phooey		47.5	50.5	98		-16.5	0
2		Fort Hunt Federals		46	45	91		14.5	7
3		Twisted Pretzels		51	34	85		12.5	13
4		WizNatsSkins		27	50	77		41.5	21
5		Los Loco Gringos		34	34	68		4.5	30
6		Virginia Vagrants		29	34	63		-1	35
7		St. Louis Browns		10.5	47	57.5		0	40.5
8		Memphis Presleys		33	21	54		-24.5	44
9		Brave Astronauts		30.5	20	50.5		5.5	47.5
10		Chili Con Carnage		31.5	18.5	50		-21	48
11		MLR Mashers		30.5	17	47.5		11.5	50.5
12		Dons		19.5	19	38.5		-27	59.5
		Batting Breakdown
		Team		BA	Pts	Dif
1		Fort Hunt Federals		0.3604	12	3
2		MLR Mashers		0.3247	11	7
3		Twisted Pretzels		0.3209	10	-2
4		Memphis Presleys		0.2946	9	3
5		Virginia Vagrants		0.2887	8	3
6		Los Loco Gringos		0.2872	7	6
7		Chili Con Carnage		0.2846	6	-4
8		WizNatsSkins		0.2596	5	2
9		Brave Astronauts		0.2578	4	-4
10		Hong Kong Phooey		0.25	3	-8
11		Dons		0.2417	2	-5
12		St. Louis Browns		0.2172	1	-1
		Team		HR	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		13	12	1
2		Twisted Pretzels		9	11	4
3		WizNatsSkins		8	9.5	8.5
4		Brave Astronauts		8	9.5	1.5
5		Memphis Presleys		7	7.5	-4.5
6		Fort Hunt Federals		7	7.5	1.5
7		Chili Con Carnage		6	5.5	1.5
8		MLR Mashers		6	5.5	3.5
9		Dons		5	4	-5
10		Los Loco Gringos		4	2.5	-7.5
11		Virginia Vagrants		4	2.5	-2.5
12		St. Louis Browns		2	1	-2
		Team		R	Pts	Dif
1		Twisted Pretzels		43	12	4
2		Hong Kong Phooey		41	11	-0.5
3		Fort Hunt Federals		37	10	0
4		Dons		33	9	-2.5
5		Chili Con Carnage		31	8	3
6		Los Loco Gringos		30	7	1
7		Memphis Presleys		29	5.5	-3.5
8		Brave Astronauts		29	5.5	2.5
9		WizNatsSkins		27	3.5	-0.5
10		Virginia Vagrants		27	3.5	-3.5
11		St. Louis Browns		26	2	0
12		MLR Mashers		25	1	0
		Team		RBI	Pts	Dif
1		Twisted Pretzels		48	12	5
2		Hong Kong Phooey		46	11	0
3		Memphis Presleys		40	10	-2
4		Brave Astronauts		36	8.5	0.5
5		Fort Hunt Federals		36	8.5	-0.5
6		Los Loco Gringos		30	7	2
7		WizNatsSkins		29	6	4
8		MLR Mashers		25	5	4
9		Chili Con Carnage		23	4	0
10		Virginia Vagrants		22	3	0
11		Dons		19	1.5	-8.5
12		St. Louis Browns		19	1.5	-4.5
		Team		SB	Pts	Dif
1		Virginia Vagrants		11	12	1
2		Los Loco Gringos		6	10.5	8.5
3		Hong Kong Phooey		6	10.5	-1.5
4		Chili Con Carnage		5	8	2
5		MLR Mashers		5	8	3
6		Fort Hunt Federals		5	8	-2
7		Twisted Pretzels		4	6	5
8		St. Louis Browns		3	5	-3
9		WizNatsSkins		2	3	-6
10		Dons		2	3	0
11		Brave Astronauts		2	3	-1
12		Memphis Presleys		1	1	-6
		Pitching Breakdown
		Team		ERA	Pts	Dif
1		WizNatsSkins		2.11	12	7
2		Virginia Vagrants		2.45	11	-1
3		St. Louis Browns		2.87	10	8
4		Twisted Pretzels		2.87	9	0
5		Fort Hunt Federals		3.62	8	0
6		Hong Kong Phooey		3.79	7	-4
7		Los Loco Gringos		4.23	6	-1
8		Chili Con Carnage		4.46	5	-5
9		Memphis Presleys		5.44	4	1
10		MLR Mashers		6.51	3	-1
11		Dons		6.59	2	-4
12		Brave Astronauts		7.24	1	0
		Team		K	Pts	Dif
1		Los Loco Gringos		52	12	6
2		Hong Kong Phooey		50	10.5	-1.5
3		St. Louis Browns		50	10.5	1.5
4		WizNatsSkins		47	9	6
5		Chili Con Carnage		43	8	-3
6		Fort Hunt Federals		41	7	-0.5
7		Twisted Pretzels		36	6	-4
8		Virginia Vagrants		32	5	4
9		MLR Mashers		27	4	0
10		Memphis Presleys		25	3	-4.5
11		Dons		24	2	-3
12		Brave Astronauts		16	1	-1
		Team		S	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		5	12	0
2		St. Louis Browns		3	11	0
3		WizNatsSkins		2	8.5	5
4		Memphis Presleys		2	8.5	1.5
5		Brave Astronauts		2	8.5	0.5
6		Fort Hunt Federals		2	8.5	3.5
7		Dons		1	5	-1
8		Los Loco Gringos		1	5	-5
9		Virginia Vagrants		1	5	-4
10		Chili Con Carnage		0	2	0
11		MLR Mashers		0	2	1
12		Twisted Pretzels		0	2	-1.5
		Team		W	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		5	12	0
2		WizNatsSkins		4	10.5	7.5
3		Fort Hunt Federals		4	10.5	5.5
4		Brave Astronauts		3	8.5	6.5
5		St. Louis Browns		3	8.5	0
6		Dons		2	5	1
7		Los Loco Gringos		2	5	-3.5
8		Virginia Vagrants		2	5	4
9		MLR Mashers		2	5	-6
10		Twisted Pretzels		2	5	-1
11		Chili Con Carnage		0	1.5	-5.5
12		Memphis Presleys		0	1.5	-8.5
		Team		WHIP	Pts	Dif
1		Twisted Pretzels		1.09	12	3
2		Fort Hunt Federals		1.17	11	4
3		WizNatsSkins		1.22	10	8
4		Hong Kong Phooey		1.23	9	-2
5		Virginia Vagrants		1.26	8	-2
6		St. Louis Browns		1.27	7	1
7		Los Loco Gringos		1.39	6	-2
8		Dons		1.46	5	1
9		Memphis Presleys		1.55	4	-1
10		MLR Mashers		1.55	3	0
11		Chili Con Carnage		1.61	2	-10
12		Brave Astronauts		1.7	1	0