8/23 Recap - Here Comes D Rychener

Stud of the Day - Aramis Ramirez
He as the consensus pick of the week and he didn't let the 4 players that picked him down...He went 5/5 with 2 RBIs...so far this week he is a scorching hot 8 for 9 (.889) Of the 4 players that picked ARARAM this week, D Rychener started the week with the highest AVG at .301...and now is already at .313...things can change quick in the BA category, which makes it the most fun to watch down the stretch...

Week 20 Results - Timmy G Salvages Season

Stud of the Week - Tim Guelde

It has been a pretty brutal year overall for Tim G....but this week he salvaged his season with a solo SOTW performance, its his 1st of the season...Unless he can go on a HR binge, its not looking likely he will finish in the top 3 ... He is currently 11 HRs behind 3rd place right now...Congrats Tim on your $50...(Google Pic - Timmy G)

DUDS of the Week - Stout, Todd G., Finkes, T Krauss, Curlis, Holbrook, D Rychener, Roach

The early week injury struck again taking out 8 guys this week...6 of the guys picked Big Papi, who has a bad foot (don't think on the DL) and one guy picked J Kipnis, he was placed on the DL on Monday night..The other, Roach, didn't even get a pick in so he went 0-21, really hurting his BA chances...A few of those guys are in the hunt in the season ending awards, so this week was a bad blow to them.

Last 3 weeks - HOT OR NOT

BA
HOT - PRICE - 28/67 - .417 - Has gained 17 pts on his AVG and is now in 2nd place

NOT - R JONES - 10/61 - .164 - Has lost 17 pts on his AVG and is now in 42nd place

HR

HOT - PUNCHES - 8 , Now has 35, 1st place

NOT - 4 Players have 0, Notable: D Rychener has 31 HRs, still in 4th despite the drought

RBI

HOT - E KRAUSS - 22, Now has 75 on the year, good for 32nd...too little too late

NOT - D RYCHENER - 3, In 26th place with 80

9/21 Recap

PICK OF THE DAY - Jayson Werth - 2-4, HR - 3 RBIs....Emmons stays hot and now has 35 bombs and 106 RBIs...and D Rychener now has 34 HRs and 115 Ribbys...Can he catch C Jones with only 12 days left???

Week 16 Recap

Back into full swing following the all-star break shortened week last week...plenty of big weeks this week, but none bigger than...

STUD OF THE WEEK - COREY BURGER

What a week for Burger as he gets the first SOTW award in his career, and it was all by himself...he went 14/28, 2HR, 9RBI(Cabrera)...Boogy followed his DUD last week with this gem...and he is sitting pretty in BA in 3rd place at .332....Also in striking distance for HRs and RBI as well...congrats for your $25...(google pic - Burger)

DUD OF THE WEEK - JOE KAPCAR

Kapcar picked Utley has was on the DL....Joe drinks alot in the summer time(and the other 3 months) so he probably didnt realize he was hurt...do your homework this week Joey....this is your 3rd DOTW....

LEADERS -

BA

MLB - J Hamilton .357

RTTC - CARROLL - .337

HR

MLB - Bautista - 27

RTTC - KELLER - 24

RBI

MLB - Cabrera - 88

RTTC - D RYCHENER - 76

We are slipping behind the MLBers slowly...

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

Week 10 Results

Sorry of the lateness of the results...just got back from a west coast road trip to watch lil bro for a few games....

STUD OF THE WEEK - D RYCHENER

This is the 3rd SOTW for Dan as he is becoming a legitimate threat for the RTTC triple crown...He currently sits 5th in BA, 1st in HR and 1st in RBI....He is really pulling away in the RBI category with 59....15 ahead of 2nd place....This week he posted a year high 27 points going 10/27 with 4 bombs and 13 RBI(Hamilton)...Congrats on the $25 addition to you winnings....Pic - DR3

DUD OF THE WEEK - TY MEYER

This is the 2nd DOTW of the year for TY MY as was just 1/20 this week for 1 pt(Bautista)....That dropped his average 20 pts to .239....but he is still in the thick of the race with his 13 HRs....

LEADERS

BA

RTTC - Krista Krauss - .348
MLB - Robinson Cano - .371

HR

RTTC - Dan Rychener - 17
MLB - Miguel Cabrera - 19

RBI

RTTC - Dan Rychener - 59
MLB - Miguel Cabrera - 56

Week 9 Results

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Kyle Krauss, Smith, Sunderman, Williamson, D Rychener, Price

Big week for these 6...All of them had 11 hits, 2 HR, and 8 RBIs(A-Rod, A Gonzalez, Cano) for a total of 21...this is the 2nd SOTW for Willy, Rychener, and Price...they all hit the jackpot with this one, earning $4.16 each....(Pic - KSSWRP)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, Bieders, Mathews, Stout, DKrauss, Brink

All 6 of the Duds had a total of just 4 (Teixeira, Heyward)...And its the 1st Dud of the year for each of them...

HOT - Last 3 weeks
Burger - 30 hits
Ty My - 7 HRs
Kyle Krauss - 21 RBIs

NOT - Last 3 weeks
E Krauss - 12 hits
Leonard, Mathews 0 HRs
Carroll - 3 RBIs

5/31 Recap

Stud - Alex Rodriguez - 3/4, HR , 6 RBI...Not a bad start to the week for Kyle Krauss and Dan Rychener...

Dud - Ryan Howard - 0/4, K, GDP, Error...Not a good start to the week for Joe Kapcar...

Play of the Day - The D-Bags give one away...
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8561427

WEEK 6 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK - TODD GUELDE

Guelde was 10/29, 3HR, 8RBI (Zimmerman) for a weekly total of 21...This is Todd's 2nd STUD in the past 3 weeks...His recent push has made him a co-leader in HRs (10) and 2nd in RBIs (31)...His 2 STUD weeks have been big because he picked a player no one else did each time, (which is tough enough to do by itself) which means he doesn't share the winnings..He is the YTD $$ leader at $50...Congrats Guelde...(google pic - tg2)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - E KRAUSS, KAPCAR, D RYCHENER

All 3 guys went 2/14 (Braun) this week for a lousy total of 2...he was sidelined for 3 of the days after getting drilled in the elbow on Monday...part of the luck of RTTC...EKRAUSS drops down to .213...KAPCAR continues his terrible start and is in the cellar at .156..D RYCHENER is still in great shape in all 3 catagories, but missed a chance to increase HR lead as he is still stuck on 10...

STAT OF THE WEEK -

AWW SUNDERMAN is the only player with 3 RBIs in each week so far...consistency is a good thing...

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 4 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK-TODD GUELDE...Todd posted a huge score of 24, going 10-26 with 4HR and 10RBIs to get the $25 pot all to himself(thanks to A. Ethier)...he doubled his yearly total of RBIs from 10 to 20...also raised his average 48 pts to .243...congrats to TG...Google Pic - TG

DUD OF THE WEEK-LEDANIEL MANGAS...Mangas struggled this week, only collecting 3 hits and a RBI for a total of 4...although I do believe Mauer got hurt late in the week, which didn't help anything...good bnews is that he only dropped 17 points in his average down to 21st place...not too bad following a DUD week...

LEADERS

AVG

MLB CANO .387

RTTC CARROLL .389

HR

MLB KONERKO 12
RTTC DRYCHENER 9

RBI

MLB CABRERA 27
RTTC DRYCHENER 25

Week 2 Results

STUD OF THE WEEK: Dan Rychener....he went 7-21, 5HR, 8RBI for a total of (20)..no one has has started RTTC this hot ever...Dan already has 9HRs on the year, there are 4 people without 1 still...Congrats to Dan for cashing in for Week 2 with the $25 pot...(GOOGLE PIC - D Rych)

DUDS OF THE WEEK: Leonard, Brooks, Doug Krauss, Prigge, Emmons...all 5 of these guys totalled only 3 hits for the week with 0HRs and RBIs for a total of (3)...Unfortunately for Doug Krauss he has been a DUD for the 2nd straight week and is the only one without a RBI on the year, but on the bright side, he did raise his average 23 points all the way up to .158...

STAT OF THE WEEK: Last year Dan Rychener finished his rookie year with 22HRs....this year thru 2 weeks he already has 9HR! He is on pace to hit 117...

Utley - 4/15 POD

Chase Utley and his Pat Riley hair won top honors yesterday as he went 2-4, 2HRs and 4RBIs...and this is good news for one, Dan Rychener, who unofficially already has 7 HRs on the year, and 3 this week!...Looks like we found an early RTTC MVP candidate...no pressure Dan

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 16 RESULTS

STUD OF THE WEEK: RYAN JONES

.385 3HR 8RBI...Big week for RJ as he was the only person to hit 3HR...that matches his year high as he did the same back in week 5. He is only 7 HRs back from the leaders, so he could use a couple more Stud weeks to catch up...but there is still alot of baseball to be played. (google pic-RJ)

DUD OF THE WEEK: TIM GUELDE

.222 0HR 0RBI...Tim was the person to not collect an RBI this week, so that gave him the Dud status...his average only dropped 4 points, and he is only 10 pts out of third place in BA...everyone is hoping for a Hernandez collapse in that category.

HOT LAST 3 WEEKS

Leonard .379 5HR 18RBI

NOT LAST 3 WEEKS

Rychener 9-69 (.130) last 3 weeks

Week 9 Results

STUD OF THE WEEK: Stacy Guelde

.462-3HR-6RBIs...In a week where only 2 players hit 3 HRS...Stacy Guelde gets the nod as the stud of this week beacuse of her huge batting average week. She raised her average 25 pts to .282. After her slow start (11 hits first 3 weeks-12 this week) she has definately righted the ship. She also is now only 5 HRs off the pace. (Google Pic-Mrs. Guelde)

DUD OF THE WEEK: Brent Punches, Dan Rychener

.174-0HR-3RBIs...In a very average week, these 2 guys were the worst...they were 2 of 4 players without a HR this week. But to spin it in a positive way, if there ever was a week to be a dud...this was it. Didn't lose much ground at all.

HOW WE STACK UP:

AVG.

Ichiro-.356

Brandon Hernandez-.364

HR.

Adrian Gonzalez 22

Jeremy Whittlesey 19

RBIs.

Bay/Longoria 55

Jodi Bieder./Tim Krauss 55

Also, congrats to Shawn Sunderman and Greg Leonard and the PH baseball squad for becoming Back-to Back State Champs saturday...well done!