WEEK 25 RECAP - 3 DAYS TO GO

STUDs OF THE WEEK - LEONARD, TODD G, DOUG K, MATHEWS, PENNINGTON, M BADENHOP

These 6 guys all went with Jacoby Ellsbury who went 13-34 with 4 HRS and 7 RBIs...(24 pts)...Ellsbury could very well be headed to his 1st AL MVP award this year...Mathews (3rd SOTW) has the BA Championship pretty much wrapped up and is now in fight to get a top 3 finich in RBIs...It was the first SOTW for Leonard, Todd G, and M Badenhop, and the 2nd SOTW for Doug K, and Pennington...(Google Pic - 6er)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Bindel, Krista Krauss

They both went with Aramis Ramirez, who got injured during the week and only managed 7 at bats and got only 1 hit...They both have no shot at a year end top 3, and can only hope for a week 26 SOTW...

Week 26 is only going to be 3 days long, so anyone that can manage 10 points should be in good position to cash...

BA

I am going to go out on a limb saying that Mathews has this wrapped up, with Price in 2nd...3rd place is going to be a battle between Sigler and Jess Kapcar...

HR

Punches has this one wrapped up....2nd place is probably going to Wyse...3rd place is currently tied between Cowan and Banks at 38...4 others are within 2 of that..

RBI

Riether has this one wrapped up...2nd and 3rd will go down to the last day...5 guys within 4 of 2nd place...

I will update the leaders every morning here thru Thursday....

9/13 Recap - BoSox Strike for 18 Runs

STUD OF THE DAY - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 4/5. HR, and 3 RBIs last night as the Sox put up 18 runs...Tim Krauss was the only one to pick him this week and he is in the running for a top 3 finish in HRs and RBIs....he now has 33 HRs and 108 RBIs on the season...T-Bag is MR Consistant...in his 3 RTTC years he has been an all star 3 times and has over 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in each as well... impressive

...Everyone missed out on the other Sox player from last night who went 4/5, 2 HRs and 5 RBIs...yeah Pedroia put up an 11 spot which ranks on ESPN as the 4th best single game performance of the year.... http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/topperformers , and no one picked him...

HR RECORD UPDATE -
Punches hit #41 last night (Longoria)...getting the champagne out yet?

8/31 - See Ya August

Stud of the Day - Jacoby Ellsbury
2/5, HR, 2 RBIs - Solid 5 pt day. he was picked this week by Jess Kapcar...she is having herself quite a rookie season, as she is within striking distance in all 3 categories still...best chance for her is Batting Average though, where she was .313 prior to this week...through last night she is now at .314...definately kicking her husband's a$$ this year too...

Other RTTC HRs
-Bautista hit #39 (Banks)
-Pujols hit #32 (Tim Guelde)
-Ortiz hit #28 (M Badenhop)
-Hart hit #22 (Finkes, Emmons)
-Pence hit #18 (Smith, Doug Krauss)

September is upon us, which means the marathon portion of RTTC is done...time to sprint now

8/24 Recap - AL MVP in Boston?

Stud of the Day - Jacoby Ellsbury
He was 3/5, HR, 2 RBIs last night as the Red Sox crushed the Rangers... Not real sure where the power has come from this year for Ellsbury, but he now has 23 HRs on the year, 2 more than teammate Adrian Gonzalez..I could see him getting lots of MVP votes in October...Rob Price and Todd Sigler were the 2 players to pick him this week, who are 2nd and 5th in Batting Average...