Week 6 Preview

The most picked player for week 6 is Mark Teixeira with 6. Andre Ethier was picked 5 times, while Prince and AGonz was picked 4 times each...

RTTC First Time Selections:

Gabriel "Gaby" Sanchez

Ben "The Zorilla" Zobrist

5/9 Stud of the Day - Jared Bindel

Bindel picked a great time to get Gaby Sanchez in the RTTC world, as he went 3/4, HR, and 3 RBIs...That is JRB's first HR since week 3...

Week 23 Results

And down the stretch we come....this is where the marathon turns into that last stretch and becomes a sprint....and the big winners in WEEK 23 were....

STUDS OF THE WEEK - ZGELA, PENNINGTON

Big week for these 2, as they picked Ryan Howard (10/29, 3 HR 11 RBIs - 24pts)...Zgela is getting hot as he wins his 4th SOTW and also for the 2nd straight week...in just 2 weeks he has gained 36 to his BA and is up to .309...15 pts out of 4th place...Speaking of hot...Pennington gets his 2nd SOTW in the last 3 weeks...and in the last 4 weeks he has 11 HRs and 27 RBIs...he is the season leader in HRs w 36...can he hang on for 3 more weeks?! (Pic Z-Pen)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - MANGAS, EMMONS, PRIGGE, KAPCAR, BINDEL

These 5 guys had a combined 0 hits this past week in a total of 12 at bats...some picked a player that got injured on Sunday, or just didnt get a pick in at all for whatever reason?? Makes it easier for the rest of us to win SOTW....but I do know Kapcar claims that he just had Tommy John Surgery and is out for the year....he isn't the smartest guy out there...and not the happiest as he saw the Wolverines beat his Irish Saturday..rough week Kappy

Handicapping the Races...

BA

To me I'd say if you are above .310 you have a chance at the end of year $..so that puts 13 players in contention here...with a few others close behind that mark...every year this category comes down to the last day...Also a player that is injured cannot be picked to "not lose any ground"...so let me know if you see any injured players selected from here on out...I will say the winner will finish at .325...

HR

On this one, I'd say above 26 HRs still gives you a shot at which means 20 players still alive for some $$...also going to go out on a limb and say Pennington cashes in even if he hits 0 HRs the rest of the way....final HR leader #...I'm going with 40

RBI

The last category..I'd say anyone above 85 right now can get finish in the top 4...every few weeks in seems there is a 10+ RBI week by someone...its easy to make ground up in this one...Winner will have....lets go with 120...

Week 18 and 19 Results

After a 10 day break from reality, I am back and with that comes that last 2 weeks of STUDS AND DUDS...I gotta make this quick...busy day, imagine that...

WEEK 18 STUDS- RYAN SMITH, JARED BINDEL, MICHAEL EMMONS

Congrats, all 3 had a score of 23 with 3 different players...Smittys 4th win, Bindels 2nd, and Emmons 3rd..

WEEK 18 DUDS- TY MEYER, WADE RYCHENER

Both had ZERO for the week as they went with a Pena who didnt play...whoops...I know TY had his mond on other things with his wedding and all, not sure about WR's excuse?? Ty's 4th DUD and Wades 2nd..

RECORD TIED- A number of players tied the weekly At Bat record with 34 in week 18...too bad they only got 9 pts out of that...check the records tab to see who did it

WEEK 19 STUDS - TODD GUELDE, JOEY KAPCAR, ANDY BRINK

All 3 had 22 pts for the week..congrats fellas, Joe you should make your picks after drinking 5 beers by noon more often....This was Todds 3rd STOW, Kapcars 1st, and Brinks 3rd

WEEK 19 DUDS - PUNCHES, KYLE KRAUSS, WILL KELLER

Speaking of drunk picks, that must have been what these guys did this week too...actually 2 of these 3 were on vacation too so that is possible...Actually they all scored 6 pts which is not bad at all for the DOTW...

A side congrats to TY MY on his wedding...a great time was had by all on the beaches of NC

Week 5 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: ZGELA, CARROLL, BANKS, PRICE, EMMONS

These 5 split the Pot and get $5 each for their efforts of attaining the high of 17 this week...Zgela raises his AVG 50 pts...Carroll raises AVG over .400...Banks doubles his HRs to 6 and earns 2nd check in 3 weeks...P-Diddy Price doubles HRs to 4 and now has 20 RBIs...and Emmons raises AVG 43 points and also earns 2nd check in 3 weeks...Google pic -

DUD OF THE WEEK: BINDEL

He continues his dreadful streak with a total of 3 this week...He was the STUD in week 1, and since is .158-0HR-1RBI...This is his 2nd DUD award in the last 3 weeks...

MLB vs RTTC

AVG

RTTC Carrol .402

MLB Ethier .383

HR

RTTC D Rychener 10
MLB Konerko 13

RBI

RTTC D Rychener 28
MLB Cabrera 33

WEEK 1 RESULTS

The 1st week is the books and a veteran and a rookie share the top honors..

STUDS OF THE WEEK...Last year's Batting Average Champ is back at it...Jared Bindel went 9/24 last week with 4HRs and 10RBIs(clutch 2-run HR last night in the 9th by Albert for ya.) And we have a rookie making a splash in his debut week...Andy Brink went 10/20 and had 3HR and 10RBIs...In case you forgot this year the SOW actually means $25 to the winners by adding up the hits HRs, and RBIs...and since they both put up a 23 they each get $12.50 in the credit column...

(To all of the rookies, you are probably curious about the picture above....its a tradition unlike any other in RTTC...I type in something to do with the STUDS in Google Images and see what pops up....so this week it was Brink Jared, which of course is an album by Brink, produced by some Jared guy)

DUDS OF THE WEEK...Joe Kapcar and Doug Krauss both ended the week with only 1 lowsy hit....Joe probably didn't care much becasue he just got engaged last weekend! Congrats Joey... and Doug also has his mind on other things too as his daughter is expecting a child anytime here in the upcoming weeks...These 2 need to get their heads back in the game...

STAT OF THE WEEK...Clark Carroll had 8 RBIs last week, which puts him on pace to get 208 this year(impossible)....the previous 2 years he has 187 total...

King Albert

Well Opening Day has come and gone for all but 4 teams, and the story of Day 1 was Albert Pujols....His line was 4-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI...and only Jared Bindel picked him this week meaning he has a good start on the first ever STUD of the week Pot...He said he picked Poo-Holes because he was facing HIS Reds...that a boy Bindel way to use your head, not your heart....now why didn't I pick Konerko????

2009 MVP and ROY

2009 MVP and ROY Final Voting

MVP JEREMY WHITTLESEY
2nd Tim Krauss
3rd Jared Bindel
4th Shawn Herlihy
5th Brent Williamson

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: JEREMY WHITTLESEY
2nd Tim Krauss
3rd Shawn Herlihy
4th Brent Williamson
5th Doug Krauss

Congrats to Jeremy Whittlesey for cleaning house...it was a fun year...I have some ideas for next year to make RTTC even better...(weekly winner)...Winners send me your address...Later

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 17 RESULTS

STUDS OF THE WEEK: GREG LEONARD, DAN RYCHENER

.423, 4HR, 7RBI...Huge picks for a number of people this week, but the best all around numbers go to Leonard and Rychener...Greg is having a great year as he is currently top 10 in all 3 categories.....Not so much of a great year for Dan, but if he can put a few more 3 or 4HR weeks together, he will be right back in the mix.(google pic..leo rych)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: KYLE KRAUSS, JOSH BIEDERSTEDT, MIKE MEYER

.172, 0HR, 0RBI...The only 3 guys this week to have the double donut...After 13 straight weeks with a HR, Kyle now has gone 2 straight without one...Bieder has been struggling down the stretch as well, might wanna chalk this season up to the sophomore slump...Monk dropped 10 pts in BA this week, where he was almost .300...needs a good 2 month run in BA to get a top 3 finish.

STAT THAT MAY ONLY AMAZE ME

Bindel :

Week 14-Manny Ramirez... .455 - 2HR - 8RBI

Week 17-Aramis Ramirez... .455 - 2HR - 8RBI

watch out if he picks Alexei or Hanley soon

HOT

Leonard..last 4 wks... .392 9HR 25RBI

Bindel...last 2 wks... 18RBI

NOT

KKrauss last 2 wks... .176 0HR

Josh B...last 4 wks... 0HR

Persinger...14RBI last 8 wks..(he had 14 in week)

WEEK 14 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK - JARED BINDEL

.455 - 2HR - 8RBI...Bindel topped every category this week taking top Stud honors...He is within striking distance of the triple crown...4th in BA...5HRs back, and 6RBIs back....Other than last week, he has been very consistant. (GOOGLE PIC - JRB)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - ERIC KRAUSS, TOM ZGELA

.120 - 0HR - 0RBI..ouch for me, double ouch for Zgela...This ends my streak of at least 2 RBIs every week, and for ZMan, this is the 8th time he has had 5 hits or less in a week.

STREAKING

Kyle Krauss has hit at least 1 HR in 12 straight weeks...He is due for a dud.

WHERE WE RANK

BA

Mauer .373

Hernandez .355

HR

Pujols 32

Whitt-Sunder-Brooks-23

RBI

Pujols 87

T Krauss 73

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