Week 19 Recap - Lucky #7

STUDS OF THE WEEK - Punches, AF Sunderman, Graven, Willie, Price, Brink, Curlis

These guys all went with Justin Upton this week and he responded by going 13/27 with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs...(23 pts) This is Price and Brink's 3rd SOTW, Punches, Graven, Willie's 2nd SOTW, and the 1st for Sunday and Curlis... Punches is now tied for 1st in HRs with 33, and Graven now leads RBIs with 98...will he be the 1st to 100 this year?? Congrats you guys split the $50, $7.14 each...big bucks (Google Pic - Lucky 7)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Brooks

Troy Boy got the shaft this week as Beltran didn't play due to an injury...so that is an obvious 0 pt week...Technically 0 pts is worse than 1 pt, but Mark Reynolds went 1-26 this week...so for that, Ty Meyer and Tim Guelde get the honorable mention Duds...

Where We Rank - MLB vs RTTC Leaders

BA
RTTC - Mathews - .337
MLB - A Gonzalez - .352

HR
RTTC - Punches, Cowan - 33
MLB - Bautista - 34

RBI
RTTC - Graven - 98
MLB - Howard - 95

8/9 Recap - Riether Shows Thome Love

In an email from RTTCer Dave Riether:

"This is for the Midwest fellas in the RTTC league (most of you) about my thoughts on this. It is criminal.

Jimmy Thome is about to hit his 600th career homer steroid-free yet it's not even being talked about, amazes me. 8 people in history have done it! 8! Three of those having cheated the game by the way. (Bonds, A Rod, Sosa)

One of the classiest guys ever. Deserves more praise. "

Dave, as a Life Long Tribe Fan...I totally echo your post...Gotta love the Thomenator

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Last Night's Stud - Justin Upton

J-Up was picked by 7 people this week and last night was a great night for them...as he went 3/5, HR, 4 RBIs...a nice 8 pointer to start the week out...

7/27 - Upton Scorching

Stud of the Day - Justin Upton - 2/4, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs
This dude has been as hot as anyone in the game for the past 2+ weeks...he is batting over .300 now and has 20 HRs...he will be a hot pick the rest of the season...

Other top performances -
Ellsbury and Pedroia both - 3/4, HR, 2 RBIs
Papi 1-4 but is was a grand slam...RBI record could be in jepardy this week
Mauer - 2/4, HR, 2 RBIs..Mauer's 1st HR of year!
Ackley - 3/5, 3 RBIs...this guy will be playing for a long time...