2005 Season

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Official Publication of

The Lincoln Chiefs

Special Edition of

From the Bullpen

Guest Editors:  Screech and B.T.

 

   2005 Season

Edition No. 15

June 14, 2005

 

Transactions by Team

 

 

FA
Acquis.

Promote/
Demote

Position
Shift

Trades

Senators

15

42

13

0

Bombers

10

41

1

1

Irates

15

39

2

0

Skipjacks

11

36

0

0

Chiefs

13

34

3

1

Wahoos

15

31

3

0

Redbirds

13

30

3

0

Reds

25

29

1

1

Tigers

12

28

0

0

Tribe

18

28

2

0

Blues

13

25

2

0

Cubs

9

22

0

1

 

bulletLooks like Leona Helmsley, err, Skipper gets the micro-manager award, leading the pack in movement between majors and minors, as well as position shifts.

 

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While Alfred E. Neumann, aka Shamu, takes home the “What, me worry?” honors.

 

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And how about little Jimmy almost lapping the field with 25 free agent acquisitions.  Me thinks someone wants badly to make this the year of the Redbirds and cash in on a bet with BT.

 

Trade Recap

 

Heavy in closers, it was time for the Chiefs to make a trade.  It came down to Jarrod Washburn or Carlos Silva.  Since that day in early May Mr. Washburn has averaged a pitiful 5.2 points/game, while Senor Silva has been cruising along at almost 14 per game.  Not only did the Chiefs miss out on Silva’s points, we missed on saddling Baron von Itchenstein with Brandon Lyon’s shredded right elbow.  Sorry Brother Mouse.

 

Grab Bag

 

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Drafting pitchers who’s last name begins with an ‘M’- good (Martinez, Marquis, Maddux, Mulder), unless the M is followed by an ilton.  Very bad.

 

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It was fascinating how long Neifi Perez sat on the FA heap piling up solid points while noone was able to pull the trigger on him.  Neifi-freaking-Perez.

 

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Skipper, looks like you may need some Gagne insurance.  That policy is spelled Brazoban.  Make an offer.

 

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No justice.  A couple of weeks ago Sports Weekly’s front page story was in regard to someone hitting for the Triple Crown, focusing on Pujols and Tejada.  Not a single mention was made of Derek Lee, who at the time was leading in all 3 Triple Crown categories (and continues to).  I’m not saying Lee will keep up his torrid pace, or that he’s even remotely in the same category as the other two, but come on, give the guy at least a crumb.

 

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What the hell is happening with Todd Helton?   5 HRs and 25 RBIs with a .259 BA at the 1/3 pole is pathetic.   He trails such rotisserie stalwarts as Dmitri Young and Daryl Ward in the 1st Base rankings.

 

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Clint Barmes, meet your neighbors in the All-Injury wing of the HOF, Marty Cordova, who missed games in ’02 after burning his face by lying in a tanning bed too long, and Glenallen Hill, who sustained cuts and scrapes on his feet, knees and arm during a violent nightmare about spiders.

 

Go Big Red, Go Chiefs, and go do something Yankees, anything.

 

Screech & BT

 

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SKIP’S BLIPS

 

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Magpie will think twice before picking on Underbelly as the official league “backstop,” given the Tribe’s 432.0 outburst last week to narrow the gap with the 11th-place Reds to 64.5 points.  Just because the Tribe has been woefully underperforming during the early part of the year -- thanks mostly to bad luck and bad health -- doesn’t mean that U-Bob is taking matters lying down.  Magpie’s little jab in last week’s issue of the Curbside Chronicles appears to be just the motivation that the Tribe needed to get the squad moving. 

 

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Last year at this time, the Wahoos were leading the pack (those were the days, eh, Possum?) with 3962 points, more than 300 points ahead of the leading pace being set by the Redbirds this season.  The Wahoos enjoyed a 210-point lead over the Skipjacks at this stage last year, whereas this year the 2nd-place Skipjacks are only 14.5 points off the pace.  Also of interest, the gap between the 1st place team and the Tribe (herein the “FTT Gap”) was a whopping 1279 points last year through ten weeks of play, whereas this year the FTT Gap is a much less embarrassing total of only 608.5 points.  In other words, the Tribe is still a very bad team, but less bad than last season, for whatever that’s worth.

 

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After the top three teams, there is a huge logjam involving the next seven.  The gaps between the 4th place Chiefs (3465.0) and the 10th place Cubs* (3175.5) is a mere 290 points, which could be made up in a matter of a couple of stellar weeks.  If anybody’s thinking about making a prediction about finishing in the Upper Division, other than the top three teams, I wouldn’t.  Anything can happen, and probably will.

 

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When did Derrek Lee turn into a Triple Crown threat?  Holy moly.  The guy is batting in the .370s, and is right at or near the top of the leaderboard in home runs and runs batted in.  Give Stretch credit for spotting them gem amidst the coal slurry and slag.  And where would the Blues be without Derrek, other than deeper in the league bowels. 

 

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I am amazed that Pedro is having the kind of year that he is having, currently our league’s Cy Young of the year with 292.5 points, playing for a very mediocre Mets team.  The guy loves the limelight, and the guy can flat out pitch. 

 

 

That’s it for this week. 

 

Skipper

 

 

TOP 15 HITTERS/PITCHERS THRU JUNE 12, 2005

 

HITTERS

1.

Derrek Lee

334

 

2.

Bobby Abreu

310

 

3.

Miguel Tejada

308

 

4.

Alex Rodriguez

300

 

5.

Brian Roberts

298

 

6.

Albert Pujols

281

 

7.

Jeff Kent

270

 

8.

David Ortiz

262

 

9.

Mark Teixeira

259

 

10.

Pat Burrell

254

 

(T)

Alfonso Soriano

254

 

12.

Carlos Lee

253

 

13.

Carlos Delgado

246

 

(T)

Michael Young

246

 

15.

Luis Gonzalez

243

 

 

 

 

 

PITCHERS

1.

Pedro Martinez

293

 

2.

Roy Halladay

267

 

3.

Johan Santana

258

 

4.

Roger Clemens

253

 

5.

Dontrelle Willis

241

 

6.

Mark Buehrle

237

 

7.

Brett Meyers

236

 

8.

Scott Shields

234

 

9.

Kenny Rogers

231

 

(T)

Chad Cordero

231

 

11.

Jake Peavey

220

 

12.

Roy Oswalt

219

 

13.

B.J. Ryan

216

 

14.

Livan Hernandez

215

 

15.

John Garland

210

 

 

 

STANDINGS THRU WEEK 10, JUNE 12, 2005

 

Upper Division

1.

Redbirds

3652.5

2.

Skipjacks

3638.0

3.

Irates

3531.0

4.

Chiefs

3465.0

5.

Senators

3392.5

6.

Tigers

3329.5

Lower Division

7.

Bombers

3321.5

8.

Blues

3289.0

9.

Wahoos

3226.0

10.

Cubs*

3175.5

11.

Reds

3108.5

12.

Tribe

3044.0

 

POINT TOTALS FOR WEEK 10, THRU JUNE 12, 2005

 

1.

Senators

436.0

2.

Tribe

432.0

3.

Chiefs

399.5

4.

Cubs*

350.0

5.

Wahoos

348.5

6.

Redbirds

340.5

7.

Skipjacks

335.5

8.

Tigers

315.0

9.

Reds

304.5

10.

Bombers

290.0

11.

Blues

289.5

12.

Irates

271.5

 

 

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