Semi-Final Review

Well… it is time…

Blog has been fairly silent these past 10 or so days, as the 2 of you who read it may have noticed. Blog apologizes for letting personal feelings get in the way of Blog’s duty of reporting on the CPL. Blog has been grief stricken over the end of the Regulators fantasy season (not just the end of the season, not just the fact that Regs couldn’t go back-to-back, but the fact that in the finals are the Regulators two primary rivals… the two franchises that make Blog want to drink 2 month old strawberry milk that’s been resting comfortably and warmly under my daughters bed rather than see them win a trophy… Blog needs a minute…) Ok. Let’s get this over with:

Week 24 Review (Semi-Finals)

Legends DEF Regulators 6-3-1

Legends continued to get stellar outing from his offense and got just enough from the pitchers to knock off the defending champs in a matchup that was a bit closer than the score would indicate (but not much). Regs had a significant edge in ERA early in the week, but watched helplessly as crappy closers and a terrible last minute decision to start Nick Blackburn pushed his ERA closer and closer to 5. Regs also got NOTHING out of BJ Upton due to an injury, and had the entire infield of the Regs hit under .270. Ultimately though, this matchup was determined by who had the better crappy closers. Legends crappy closers Brad Zeigler… (seriously??? Zeigler??? COME ON!! Sorry… I’m ok…) Matt Lindstrom…. (AARRHGGHSD:@#(#%YQ@P@Q>#...), Jensen Lewis… (Lewis??? What is wrong here!!!) Salomon Torres and Mike Gonzalez were better than Mariano Rivera, K-Rod, Jose Valverde, Chris Perez, the awful Fernando Rodney, and the awful Luis “INF INF” Ayala. Just a fun bit of trivia… how many of these closers were drafted back in March? How many of those drafted closers does Legends own? Grrrrr… Anyway, good luck in the finals Legends, we know you can’t win a football title, maybe this is where your luck turns. Poophead.

> Stud of the Week: Jimmy Rollins had 4 steals by Monday, and figured heavily in Legends winning runs and average: 7/1/5/4/.462

> Dud of the Week: Armando Galarraga: 0/0/11.25/2.25/9.00. This crummy start put Regs in a hole his pitchers couldn’t dig him out of.


Snot on the Ball DEF L.L. Longball 8-2

Before Blog reviews this matchup, Blog must ask it’s readers to inform the owner of L.L. Longball of Blog’s existence. Blog feels that Mr. Longball may have benefited greatly from the persistent abuse Blog heaped upon Longball for twice this season failing to meet the IP requirement. Perhaps in reading Blog’s ramblings about Longball, some questions may have popped into his mind such as:
- There’s an IP requirement?
- Is the IP requirement waived if I own all the Phillies starters?
- Juan Pierre is still on my roster?
- I can cut him?
- I can then pick up any number of better players in his place?
- Really?
Perhaps Longball may have even been led to discover something that has been in place for BOTH YEARS that he has participated in the CPL. Something that he has paid for twice. Something called a Stat-Tracker. Now, you may be thinking, “Blog, what on earth does a stat-tracker do?” Bizarrely enough, a Stat-Tracker (occasionally… get it more consistent Yahoo) TRACKS STATS! Like, as they happen and stuff! Anyway, Blog just hopes that Longball can discover how helpful Blog can be before it’s too late and someone has to explain to him that the goal is get the HIGHER K/9, but the LOWER ERA and WHIP. It can be confusing…

Anyway this matchup was a lot closer than 8-2. Snot took all 5 offensive categories, but only average had any kind of cushion. ERA and Wins were both in play late too, but Snot came through at the end. David Wright and Tim Lincecum came through like the top 10 performers they’ve been all year, and Longball just didn’t have the offensive fire-power to match up. Of course they could have cut Juan Pierre or Marcus Thames for Andre Ethier, or any other bag of dirt for that matter, but Blog’s been there done that.

> Co-Studs of the Week: Wright 7/4/9/1/.632 and Lincecum 2/0/0.52/0.92/10.90.

> Dud of the Week: Miguel Cabrera: 5/1/3/0/.235… when you gotta have it, you need your #2 stud to bring it.