Around the Horn

Musing from around the league

• The Orators are dead last in ATB in 1st innings runs scored at 13; they are tops in ATB in 9th inning runs scored with 28
• The "Mechanics" have been shut out an ATB leading 8 times while the Gossamers, Orators, Thrill, and World Police have scored at least 1 run in every game
• Dogphin29 managed to get a hit in 14 straight innings between May 8th and 9th.  They also own the league best feat of scoring in 6 consecutive innings during that same stretch.
• Speaking of meaningless stats, the Fishbiscuits have a team OPS of .879 when it's hotter than 84 degrees; the "Mechanics" team OPS is just .532 at this temperature or higher.
• This is insanity.  Check out the score sheet for the 4th inning, Chips at the plate.
• Joe Kelley leads the league with 1.071 OPS while pinch hitting (6-15, HR)
• Over the past month, Dan Brouthers (Thrill) leads the league in RC (.368 / .444 / .570 )
• Over the past month, Cy Blanton (Tommyknockers) is 8-1 with a 1.41 ERA
• Finally, a chart:

Average Innings by Starters

Team               IP/G   Games   

 Gossamers         6.8    42      

 Carnies           6.6    43      

 The Game          6.6    14      

 Shadows           6.4    40      

 Hoplites          6.4    40      

 White Rats        6.3    40      

 Banana Bears      6.3    42      

 Fishbiscuits      6.2    42      

 Chips             6.2    40      

 Black Sox         6.1    27      

 29                6.1    40      

 Handbasket        5.9    43      

 Travel All Star   5.9    42      

 "Mechanics"       5.7    42      

 Snow              5.7    39      

 Tommyknockers     5.7    43      

 Pinata Beaters    5.7    43      

 Orators           5.7    41      

 Red Lectroids     5.6    40      

 Slammers          5.5    42      

 Thrill            5.4    42      

 World Police      5.4    43      

 Brews             5.3    41      

 Daffiness Boys    5.3    40      

 Fanclub           4.8    41