Week 24 Results - Back 2 Back Edition

STUD OF THE WEEK - Tom Zgela

Back to back studs for Tommy Z, as he was the lone player to pick Josh Hamilton this week, who went off for 10 hits, 4 HRs, and 10 RBIs...(24 pts)...He doesn't have a shot at any year end honors, but he did just climb into 4th place on the money leaders list...not bad for a down year for him...Actually in the past 3 weeks he is hitting .393 with 6 HRs and 22 RBIs....Its been a good run for him, as he also walked his youngest daughter down the aisle this past weekend as well, and I will go ahead and assume that he had a couple cold ones that night as well... Double Congrats Z - Man (Google Pic -Z-Man)

DUDS OF THE WEEK - Biederstedt, Price, People that didn't submit a pick??

Bieder had some bad luck and picked Tulo who got hurt on Monday...one of those years for the Bieder Bunch...Price picked a Rangers outfielder that didnt get an at bats??? He is still shy of the minimum of 550 at bats needed to qualify for the batting title....And then about 4 or 5 people didnt even submit a pick, which is pretty strange...oh well better for the rest of us....

BA RACE-

1st Mathews - .333 Pretty much wrapped up this title unless Price goes off this week...

2nd Price - .320 Could still catch Mathews if he goes 10/20 or something?? No way loses 2nd

3rd Jess Kapcar - .309 Can she hang onto 3rd? The 4 others below are the only ones that I

4th Sigler - .309 ...see catching her

5th Smith - .308

6th Dillaman - .305

7th D Rychener - .303

HR RACE -

1st Punches - 43...1 more HR sets a new RTTC Record...

2nd Wyse - 38....Needs at least 6 in 2 weeks to win, and that assumes Punches hits 0...tough

3rd Riether - 36...1 HR ahead of 5 guys who have 35...gonna be a good race here..5 others have 33 as well that still have a slight hope...

RBI RACE -

1st Riether - 127 - 10 away from breaking the record of 136...Graven still hanging around?

2nd Graven - 119 - Looking for his 1st top 3 finish since 2008

3rd Burger - 116 - Same as Graven...his last top 3 finish was in 08'...in RBIs

5 others have over 110, and 13 others have over 100...all it takes is a 12 spot to make a huge jump

9/14 Recap - Z Man Going For Back 2 Back

STUD OF THE DAY - JOSH HAMILTON

He only had 1 hit last night but it was a big one...a grand slam, so he had a nice 6 pt night...Zgela(who was a STUD last week) was the lone picker of Hamilton this week and already has 12 pts on the week (4 hits, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs)...Zgela may go back2back??

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?

9/12 Recap- RTTC Video of the Year

Week 24 is underway and the RTTC Stud of the night was - Ben Zobrist who went 3/5, with 3 RBIs...He was picked by Kyle Krauss who now has 107 RBIs on the year and is definately in the hunt for a top 3 finish...

Side note - Pennington did get his pick in on time, I just failed to enter it for some reason?...He is going with Adrian Beltre this week and is eligible for the SOTW...

Lastly, take a look at this video from a game 2 weeks ago in Cleveland....What a catch by our very own RTTC owner, John Zavislak...definately the RTTC Play of the Year
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18858933&topic_id=8879220&c_id=cle

Week 23 Results - Chasing the Top

STUDS OF THE WEEK - ZGELA, EMMONS, WYSE

These guys all went with Ellsbury who went 13/32. 2 HR, 6 RBIs (21 pts) The Z Man gets on the board finally after having a rough year...Emmons has his 2nd SOTW in the past 3 weeks, and is only 4 HRs away from 2nd place...Wyse with his 3rd SOTW on the year, and is now the overall money leader on the year so far at $116.66...He also is right in the hunt in HRs and RBIs...could be a very nice payday for Wyse in a couple weeks...(Google Pic - ZEW)

DUD OF THE WEEK - ROACH

Roach continued his streak of picking Tribe players and Grady Sizemore didn't dissapoint...He had a big affect on the Tribe lineup coming back from the DL last week...He did have a big RBI, in 15 at bats...but, you and I both had as many hits last week..yep 0...

LEADERS PULLING AWAY -

BA - Mathews up 20 pts on Price with 3 weeks to go(2.5 really since week 26 is a shorty) at .340...he just has to avoid a big bust week like an 1-25 or something...Price is in a similar boat in 2nd place as he up 9 pts on Jess Kapcar...7 others are above .303 and are in the mix for a spot in the top 3...(ML LEADER - A GONZALEZ - .339)

HR - Big Punches pulling away much like his beloved Detroit Kitties with a career hi 40 HRs...can he get 4 more and break the RTTC single season record? 4 others are tied for second at 35...and about 15 others within shouting distance of 3rd... - (MLB LEADER - BAUTISTA 41)

RBIs- Riether pulling away here with 121 RBIs...8 ahead of Graven and 9 ahead of Mathews...15 others have over 100 and have a legit shot at a top3 finish...RBIs can pile up in a hurry, all it takes is someone with a 13 RBI week to shoot up the board...(see Mathews last week with 11) (MLB LEADER - HOWARD 112)

9/8 Recap - Slow Night

Nothing stuck off the board too much to me as a HUGE night, so going with this guy...

STUD OF THE DAY - Justin Upton
All he had was 1 hit, but it was a solo bomb...I am sure someone had a better day somewhere, but since I don't check everyones stats everyday, I will go with this one...The DBacks have been quite impressive this year as they now have a 7.5 game lead over the defending champs...and now they need to fight with the Brew Crew for 2nd best record in the NL which would mean they avoid facing the Phillies in round 1...Upton now has 13 pts on the week which is unoffically 4 behind our leader V-Mart...Dan Rychener was the only one to pick J-UP this week, breaking his 5 week HR-less drought...

9/7 Recap - Back At It

This week hasn't been so good with technology...I will leave it at that...Also, I was attending the funeral of the 2011 Indians as they were pronounced dead about early Wednesday afternoon...so..Back in the swing of things now for the stretch run

Yesterday's Stud of the Day - Andrew McCutchen
2/3, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs- The Meek-Shipley combo were the only one to pick him this week..(Pirates homers, haha)

Notables -
Ian Kinsler also had 2 hits yesterday...both solo HRs...good pick by Dillaman
Ellsbury - 4/5, HR, 3 RBIs...huge 8 pt day for Zgela, Emmons, Wyse
V-Mart - 2/5, HR, 4 RBIs...Tigers rollin on to the playoffs led by Vic and MiggyCab...Mathews, nice pick, Vick has 10 RBIs this week already! Mathews going for MVP!
A Gonzalez - 2/4, HR, RBI - Doug K was the only one to pick him this week...

Week 23 SOTW RACE - Thru Wednesday Games (unofficially)
Victor Martinez - 17 pts!
Tulo - 13 pts
Ellsbury - 11 pts
Papi -11 pts
A Gonzalez 10 pts