Week 20 Results

20 down, 6 to go...its go time...

STUDS OF THE WEEK - STOUT, C JONES

They both had monster weeks...going 9/27, 4 HR and 13 RBIs...(26 pts- Cano)...This marks Stouts first time in the winner circle and for Jones, it is his RTTC leading (tied w Smith) 4th time as SOTW...Stouty is very much alive in 2 races yet...He is 5th in HRs and 7th in RBIs....CJones is a legot threat for the RTTC triple crown...He is 3rd in BA, 9th in HRs, and leading RBIs with 101...Congrats on the win fellas...(Pic- SJ4)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - BURGER, HERNANDEZ, WILLIAMSON, KELLER

The RTTC jinx struck again...the dreaded Monday night injury....They all pickes ARod and he onl managed 3 ABs...w 0 hits....All4 guys are over .300 on the year, Keller couldnt raise his HR lead at 29, and Burger lost some ground as he is 5th in the RBIs race...tough luck guys...

Where we rank:

BA

MLB Hamilton 357

RTTC BRINK 335

HR

MLB Bautista 38 - (where in the hell did this come from?)

RTTC KELLER 29

RBI

MLB Cabrera 102

RTTC CJONES 101

Wow, will we win any of these this yr?? 6 weeks to go

Week 13 Results - All Star Team Revealed

STUD OF THE WEEK - Hernandez, Brooks, Reither, Keller, W Rychener

These guys all had big weeks via big AL Pujols ( 8/27, 4 HR, 9 RBI) 21 pts...Its Hernandez 1st SOTW, Brooks 2nd in 3 weeks, Reithers 1st, Keller's 3rd, and W Rycheners 1st SOTW of the year....Each will get $5 for their efforts..(pic, 5 for 5)

DUD OF THE WEEK - Punches, R Jones

These guys got pretty much screwed this week as Utley (1 pt) was injured on tuesday and missed the rest of the week...not much you can do about that...its just the RTTC gods being unkind....Its Punches 2nd DUD and Ry Jones 1st....

ALL STAR SELECTIONS: (Top 5 in each category)

Clark Carroll...1st selection... .344, 10 HR, 58 RBI

Krista Krauss... 1st selection... .341, 11 HR, 46 RBI

Tim Krauss... 2nd selection... .337, 14 HR, 50 RBI

Brandon Hernandez...3rd selection... .337, 14 HR, 49 RBI
Carl Jones... 1st selection... .337, 11 HR, 58 RBI

Will Keller... 1st selection... .317, 20 HR, 60 RBI

Shawn Sunderman... 2nd selection... .290, 20 HR, 57 RBI

Dan Rychener... 1st selection... .327, 19 HR, 69 RBI

David Reither... 1st selection... .292, 18 HR, 53 RBI

Wade Rychener... 1st selection... .265, 17 HR, 54 RBI

The Results Are In

Final 2009 RTTC Standings

BA CHAMP...JARED BINDEL...336(new record

2nd...Brandon Hernandez...322

3rd...Jay Persinger...314

HR CHAMP...JEREMY WHITTLESEY...43(new record)

2nd...Troy Brooks...41

3rd...Eric Krauss...38

RBI CHAMP...TIM KRAUSS...136(new record)

2nd...Jeremy Whittlesey...131

3rd...Shawn Sunderman...120

3rd...Eric Prigge...120

Google pic...the 3 champs (JJT)

MVP AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON

WEEK 22 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK...BRENT WILLIAMSON

.321, 3HR, 12RBI...Willie with a big week puts him up to 4th place in RBIs with 103..20 behind the leader TKrauss....last 2 weeks 18 RBI for him..(GOOGLE PIC...B WILLIE)

DUD OF THE WEEK... Neil Cowan, Jodi Biederstedt.

.118, 0HR, 0RBI...last years, co-HR champ Jodi B is 7 back from the leaders in HRs...so time is running out on her to defend her half of the crown...Cowan pretty much ranks out as average in all 3 categories....he would need a miracle last month to place in the top 3...

BA RACE...Bindel has finally overtaken Hernandez by 1 pt at .334-.333...Hernandez led BA since week 4

HR RACE...Brooks and Whittlesey are all tied at 38...could we have a split HR champ again this year?

RBI RACE..Tim Krauss has a commanding 10RBI lead in this one over Whittlesey...4 more and he breaks the single season record at 127

WEEK 18 RESULTS

This is a week that could be the turning point of the 2009 season. We had 4 players come up with a 7 day output that may never be duplicated for a long time...Our BA leader went 1-18 and lost 13 points on his lead...what a week it was...that brings us to.....

STUDS OF THE WEEK: ZGELA, BROOKS, WHITTLESEY, HERLIHY

.448, 6HR, 10RBI...Arguably the best week in RTTC history...what makes it even bigger the top 2 HR leaders before the week started pulled this off. Brooks and JWhitt now have a commanding lead on the rest of the HR field...Herlihy is now 3rd in HR and 2nd in RBIs....Zgela just gave himself new life as he just 2HR shy of 3rd place...the 6HRs in the week is a new RTTC record....Brooks now stands at 5th place on the single season HR Record....with 8 weeks to go...4 more HRs and he is the new champ, unless JWhitt passes him....this could be a McGwire-Sosa-ish HR finish. (Google Pic- Six)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: ROSSI, KAPCAR, S. GUELDE, DAVE KRAUSS, HERNANDEZ

.056, 0HR, 0RBI....On the opposite end of the spectrum than the STUDS...these guys really struggled this week getting only 1 hit(1-18)...the biggest news of this group is that Hernandez dropped 13 points in his BA lead and is now at .336....Bindel stayed steady at .322 in 2nd place...

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME

There were those four STUDS that had 6 HRs this week...Zorn has had 8....ALL YEAR!!

3 UP

Leonard... .412 last 5 weeks...raised BA 37 pts in that time

Brooks 26 hits last 2 weeks...25RBI last 3 weeks

Cowan...8HR last 3 weeks....11 total, prior that

3 DOWN

KKrauss... .171 0HR - 5RBI...last 3 weeks

Josh Biederstedt... .194 1HR - 8RBI..last 5 weeks

Laymon...8RBI last 4 weeks

WEEK 13 RESULTS - MIDSEASON REPORT

STUD OF THE WEEK - SHAWN HERLIHY

.480 4HR 8RBI....Herlihy had the highest BA, and HR this week, and that carried him to Stud of the week honors...he is at .305 19HR and 65RBI for the first half, which has him in great position in all 3 cats....His huge week in RBIs gave him his first All-Star selection...Prime candidate for Rookie of the Year...(google pic...Herl)

DUDS OF THE WEEK- TOM ZGELA, JARED BINDEL

0-6, 0HR 0RBI...The injury bug strikes again...this is the 2nd time for Zgela this year...also he is in danger of not qualifying for the BA Title...A minimum of 503 ABs is needed per RTTC Rules...3.1 ABs per game X 162 games) Despite the bad luck, ZMan and Bindel both are sitting pretty good overall, just need to avoid the injury bug.

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

Well, we are halfway done with season...time to unleash the 2009 RTTC All-Star Team...This is determined by the top 5 in each category....(the career total is in parenthesis)

B.Hernandez .355 (2nd selection)

S. Clark .316

Dave Krauss .315 (2nd selection)

K. Graven .313 (2nd selection)

C. Mathews .311

J. Whittlesey 23HR-64RBI

T. Brooks 23HR-70RBI

Jodi Biederstedt 22HR-67RBI

S. Sunderman 21HR-64RBI

E. Krauss 21HR

Tim Krauss 66RBI

S. Herlihy 65RBI

Overall 5 Rookies and 3 second-time All-Stars

2ND HALF PREDICTIONS...

I am going to keep it simple and go off of last years standards that were set..

.320 is what it is gonna take to win BA
40 is what it is gonna take to win HR
130 is what it is gonna take to win RBI

WEEK 8 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK: KYLE KRAUSS

.333-4HR-10RBI...In a somewhat average week for everyone...KK was the only one to get 4 HRs and is now only 4 behind the leader with 14. He is well ahead of his pace last yr when he hit 32 HRs. (Google Pic- KK)

DUD OF THE WEEK: DAVE KRAUSS, TIM GUELDE

2-10, 0HR-1RBI...Dave and Tim had a rough week and only got 10 ABs. This is the 2nd time DK has had an injury come up in his week, but last years batting champ is still around .315. If he keeps that up, he will be in the hunt come September. Tim hasn't found his power this year with only 4 HRs....he hit 30 last yr...he is due for a breakout week.

HOW WE STACK UP:

Batting Average:

Brandon Hernandez .378

Jason Bartlett .373

Kevin Youkilis .366

Home Runs:

Adrian Gonzalez 20

Jeremy Whittlesey 18

Raul Ibanez 17

RBIs

Evan Longoria 55

Jodi Biederstedt 52

Jason Bay 49