Perfection. That's how you sum this match-up up. Mark Buehrle twirled a Perfect Game on Thursday afternoon. That was good enough for 111 points. Yes, 111 points. By himself. Most teams will be lucky if the surpass 111 points on any given day. Buehrle, did it by himself.
With great help from Buehrle and others like: Gavin Floyd(58.5), Joel Piniero(34.5), Kevin Millwood(36.5 - although getting injured in his 2nd start..), Adam Dunn(40.5), The Riot(34.5), Craig Counsell(38.5), and many more, the White Sox threw up 641.5 points on the Champs, the Tampa Bay Rays. The White Sox, like they have been trying to stress all year, are ready to be considered a top 2 team. And they should be, they have deserved it. They now sit at 10-5, and have scored the 2nd most points in the league, behind you guess it...the Rays.
The Rays fell short this week, for just the 4th time all season. Their stellar lineup only managed to provide him them with 221 points, 40 coming from Hanley Ramirez, and 32 coming from Miggy Cab. The pitching was good, but not great. They totalled 291 as a unit(whereas the White Sox scored 385), being led by guys like: Matt Garza(45), and Justin Verlander(46). Rough outings from Scott Kazmir, and Derek Holland really hindered the champs. Should he have gotten at least QS from them, perhaps things would have been different, or at least closer.
All in all, it was a good match-up. We've seen tighter games, but I think we all like to see, besides Justin, the Champs fall down. Although, you can bet they won't be down too long. Especially with the lowly Mariners next on the schedule.
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Boy oh boy is this a good one or what. The top two scoring teams meet again. I say again, because their previous matchup resulted in 1,350 + points. However, the Champs, ended up with a stellar 712.5 points. The other side of the boxscore put up 626. With the 1st half of the season in the books, it's time to check out the standings, and really predict who is a contender, and who is a pretender. The division that sticks out to me as being the 'toughest'(and this may be biased, but) is the NL West. It is the only division that has 3 teams well over .500. Here is an interesting division. You have the league champs from last year.............wait, just kidding ;).....you have the runner-ups from last year at the top of the division with a 9-5 record. Then the next 3 teams are tied for second with 6-8 records. Let's break it down, shall we: In this blog, we will depict the American League West. The West is highlighted by the best team in the league, the champs, the Tampa Bay Rays. There is no more doubt as to who is the top team, it is clearly the Rays. Last, but certainly not least, is the East. The American League East that is. Naturally thought of as the best division in real baseball. Like real baseball though, the fantasy league is very good as well. I didn't join the MLB Dynasty League until the off-season, after the first year. Some little kid, yes I can say kid cause he was younger than me, owned the team. Saying he did a horrible job is giving him too much credit. He had key pieces like Hanley Ramirez, Tim Lincecum, Chase Utley, etc and he only managed to win 3 games. Well, I shouldn't say 'managed' as it seems he didn't do much of, or any managing. He also, like a pure fool, traded the 24 year old(at the time) Hanley Ramirez. That probably isn't the smartest thing to do in a Dynasty League like this. He got decent value in return; Jimmy Rollins, Vladimir Guerrero, and Casey Kotchman. Which I guess you can say gave him pretty good depth. But still, it's Hanley Ramirez. |
AuthorYou all know me, Phil Urban, owner of the Marlins in the MLB league. As well as the Eagles in both NFL leagues. I'm the youngest of the group, and perhaps the only one unable to go buy a beer at the bar. But, that doesn't stop me from whoopin' you all in fantasy ;). Archives
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