Week 16 (All Star Week) Review

Blog is now officially 2 reviews behind, and is upset about it. Blog will post the week 16 review today (if it costs him his job) and the week 17 review will be up by Wednesday. Lo Siento.

Short Week… Short Reviews…

Legends DEF Papi’s Space Cadets (Blog digs Reclamations though), 7-3

Legend swept the pitching categories while batting .331 and stealing a few bags to take the win. Legends has now won 4 weeks in a row and has only one loss in the past 9 weeks. It will take a monumental collapse for Legends to lose the #2 seed. This was Papi’s 3rd loss in the past 4 weeks, and if they’re not careful, their playoff hopes could be slip sliding away.

> Semi-Stud of the Short Week: Dan Haren: 1/0/0.00/0.86/9.00
> Semi-Dud of the Short Week: Aramis Ramirez 0/0/0/0/0/0/0/.00000

Regulators DEF BOB’Z GIRLY MEN 6-4

Even though the ladies were convinced on Friday that they’d be sweeping Regs, reality came down hard on the fair maidens in the form of a terrific offensive weekend for the Regs. Regs also won saves for the first time this season! After getting all of 10 saves through the first 12 weeks, Regs now has 13 saves over the past 4 weeks: more than 5 other teams during that span. Of course, Regs also had a 7.55era, which we hear isn’t very good. Stupid short weeks…

> Semi-Stud of the Short Week: Mark Teixeira 4/2/3/0/.556
> Semi-Dud of the Short Week: Mike Lowell had a rough Anaheim trip… 0/0/1/0/.077


L.L. Longball DEF Snot on the Ball 7-3

Snot continued their consistently inconsistent ways as they followed up their 10-0 win with their 4th loss in the last 7 weeks. Next thing you know, Snot will go out in week 17 and defeat Slump Chumps (aka Karma Kameleons) 7-3! Longball saw himself jump all the way to the #4 seed. Longball took saves 4-1, but with 3 of his 4 closers in trade talks to contenders (and the 4th one just not being very good), Longball better watch the waiver wire for guys like Hanrahan and Rodney.

> Semi-Stud of the Short Week: Pat Burrell’s a Beast: 4/2/2/0/.417
> Semi-Dud of the Short Week: Jacoby Ellsbury is ‘ruining my summah!’ 0/0/0/0/.077 (you don’t get that joke if live south of Hartford, CT).

Jobu’s Hats for Bats TIED Slump Chumps 5-5

These 2 franchises tied for their 2nd straight meeting. That shouldn’t surprise anyone since between them; they have 10 ties this season. Jobu’s streak of weeks without a loss was extended to 12, but Blog has a feeling that 13 will be unlucky for Jobu. Although… Jobu is playing Swine Nine, who clearly is playing for 2009, so there’s no way they could drop a week to them, right? The fun thing about Slumps ties is that they’ve all happened since June 1. 5 of the last 7 weeks have ended quite boringly for the Slumpers. Blog doesn’t see week 17 improving any…

> Semi-Stud of the Short Week: Rick Ankiel… Blog is so happy for Slump…2/2/6/0/.412
> Semi-Dud of the Short Week: Brandon Lyon and Jar-Jar Cordero, but Lyons was just a bit awfuller: 0/1/23.63/3.38/0.00

Swine Nine DEF Bounty Hunters 4-3-3

Swine broke a 7 week winless streak against the slumping Hunters, who continued to see their playoff hopes slipping away, as they lost their 4th week in a row. They were able to set a record in tying 3 categories in one week (Runs, Wins, Saves). Swine took all the other offensive categories, and BH took the rest of the pitching. Swine could potentially be forever known as the 08 spoiler as they face 5 playoff contenders in their last 6 weeks, or, if the firesale slows down… Swine could even sneak into the playoffs with a strong finish.

> Semi-Stud of the Short Week: Blog wishes this could go to Raul Ibanez, but since Swine took 4 hitting categories, it has to go to the stolen one, David Wright: 5/2/6/1/.385
> Semi-Dud of the Short Week: One run… that’s all BH needed from Milton Bradley… 0/0/0/0/.200.

Manager of the Week: Legends beat down a playoff team in their own division and continues to roll.

Player of the Week: Mark Teixeira. Blog really tried to avoid homerism, but no blogy is perfect.

Pitcher of the Week: Snot’s still wrong. Dan Haren.