4/19 Recap - "Something Sort of Grandish"

Nothing stuck out to me as far as a great day...so...here are the HRs that were hit yesterday...Notice only 1 by an RTTCer

PLAYER HR PITCHER SITUATION
Mark Teixeira, NYY 6 Drabek Top 6: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.
Curtis Granderson, NYY 5 Frasor Top 7: 2-2, 1 Out. None on. (Ceritelli)
Ryan Braun, MIL 5 Halladay Top 3: 3-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Pablo Sandoval, SF 5 Jimenez Top 1: 1-2, 1 Out. 2 on.
Jose Bautista, TOR 4 Burnett Bot 1: 1-1, 2 Outs. None on.
Dan Uggla, ATL 4 Troncoso Top 9: 2-0, 1 Out. 2 on.
Chris Young, ARI 4 LeCure Top 6: 3-0, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 4 LeCure Top 5: 0-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Drew Stubbs, CIN 4 Galarraga Bot 3: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Carlos Beltran, NYM 3 Rodriguez Bot 7: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Ryan Roberts, ARI 3 LeCure Top 1: 2-0, 1 Out. None on.
Mark Trumbo, LAA 3 Lewis Top 4: 3-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Vladimir Guerrero, BAL 2 Nathan Bot 8: 3-1, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Yorvit Torrealba, TEX 2 Rodriguez Bot 9: 1-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Aubrey Huff, SF 2 Morales Top 7: 1-0, 1 Out. 1 on.
Maicer Izturis, LAA 2 Lewis Top 5: 3-2, 0 Outs. None on.
Kelly Johnson, ARI 2 LeCure Top 3: 0-1, 1 Out. None on.
Martin Prado, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 6: 1-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Casey McGehee, MIL 2 Herndon Top 7: 1-0, 2 Outs. 2 on.
Peter Bourjos, LAA 2 Kirkman Top 7: 2-0, 2 Outs. 1 on.
Freddie Freeman, ATL 2 Kuroda Top 7: 2-1, 0 Outs. None on.
Eric Hinske, ATL 1 Jansen Top 9: 3-1, 0 Outs. 1 on.

from espn.com HR page

Week 3 Preview - Joey Votto Week

Only 23 different players were picked this week...

16 of 53 picked Joey Votto (30%), 7 picked Tulowitzki (13%)

So if you didn't pick one of them, you have a good opportunity this week to make up ground or extend your lead, assuming they don't do to well..

First time RTTC picks (at least in the last 2 seasons since we used the new spreadsheet)

-Lance "The Big Puma" Berkman

-Curtis "The Grandy Man" Granderson

-Asdrubal "Scroobs" Cabrera

4/18 Stud of the Day -

Last weeks - Co-stud stays hot, Andy Brink...he went - 2/4, HR, 3RBIs (Beltre)

Week 2 Recap

Lets get right into it...short morning with the 11AM game....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - W Rychener, Brink, Salvatore...

All 3 of these guys finished with a crazy 26 pts (14/27, 4HR, 8RBIs via Tulo)...This has put each of them in the top 10 of all 3 categories...lets see how long they can stay up top....Congrats on all 3 for splitting the $50...(Google Pic - RBS)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Zgela, Leonard

Each of them only got 2 pts this week via Crawford and Kinsler...Zgela is still at .340 though, but Leonard fell below the .200 mark at .191...

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME -

W Rychener has 28 hits this season so far, getting 14 each week...M Badenhop has 3...total...he is due for a breakout week.