Week 9 Transactions

• Helena signs Jim Turner 1937, drops Fred Toney
• Shamokin signs Travis Hafner 2006, Stan Spence 1944, and Kevin Saucier 1981; drops Earl Averill, Willie Randolph, Randy Tomlin
• Appalachian signs Dave McNally 1968, drops Jimmy Rollins

Handbasket, Hunters Swap Beltre and Ott

Helena receives Mel Ott
(Fr/88 D, .223 / .304 / .423, 727 OPS, 15 HR, 39 R, 46 RBI, 260 AB)

Fort Worth receives Adrian Beltre
(Vg/46 D, .193 / .294 / .331, 565 OPS, 13 HR, 25 R, 39 RBI, 332 AB)

Week 7 Transactions

• Brews pick up Mel Stottlemeyer 1965, drop Hal Schumacher
• Hillbillies pick up Corey Kluber 2014 and Joe Sambito 1980, drop Harry Brecheen and Ron Reed
• Solo Artists pick up Chili Davis 1984 and Preacher Roe 1948, drop Aroldish Chapman and Carl Crawford
• Handbasket pick up Bobby Veach 1919, Herman Long 1894, and Dutch Leonard 1914; release Milton Bradley, Dick Lundy, and Cliff Melton
• Miners pick up Jimmy Ryan 1888, DL Cal McVey

Players of the Week

Willie McCovey (HEL): .294 / .379 / 1.059, 13 HR, 13 R, 21 RBI, 21.2 RC, 1,438 OPS

Jimmy Key (SPA): 3-0, 0.82 ERA, 22 IP, 9 H, 4 BB, 14 K, 0.59 WHIP

Week 5 Transactions

• Helena signs Dolph Camilli 1937 and Dick Lundy 1927, releases Tom Williams and Kevin Saucier
• New Amsterdam signs Bert Dorr 1882, drops Josh Donaldson 2015
• Hockenberry drops Rico Petrocelli, signs Joe Sambito 1980
• Appalachian signs Jimmy Rollins, drops Pete Rose.

Helena and Hockenberry at it Again

Imcredibly, in two seperate trades, they two division rivals also swap catchers.  With the two teams seperated by just a handful of games, this is the ultimate challenge trade.  In fact, so was the first one earlier today.

To Helena
Darrell Porter: .161 / .217 / .232, in 56 AB

To Hockenberry
Johnny Bassler: .207 / .278 / .215 in 121 AB

Finaly, the craziness continues as both teams had a bit of change in heart - Omar Vizquel, traded minutes earlier, heads back to Hockenberry for reliever Tom Williams (11.2 IP, 0 ER).

Helena and Hockenberry Swap OF'ers and SS

To Helena
Rocky Colavito - .293 / .356 / .512 in 41 AB
Omar Vizquel - .254 / .299 / .302 in 126 AB

To Hockenberry
Fred Lynn - .190 / .239 / .339 in 189 AB
Rico Petrocelli - .166 / .277 / .307 in 163 AB

Breaking News - Bagwell Out Almost 6 Weeks

The injury happened in the fourth against Boston - Pascual Perez plunked him with a fastball.

Week 4 Transactions

I missed one team:

Helena picks up William Bell 1925, Chet Brewer 1928, and Joe Hoerner  1966, drops Roy Halladay, Frank Sullivan, Joe Sambito

• Lakeview picks up Ugeth Urbina 1998, drops Billy Pierce
• Tattoine picks up Corey Kluber 2014 and Carl Crawford 2010, drops Juan Pierre and Jimmy Rollins
• Spanish Harlem picks up Tony Fernandez 1987 and Bobby Avila 1954, drops Juan Lagares and Paul Hines
• Port Hawkesberry picks up Jose Valverde 2003, drops Sadie McMahon
• New Amsterdam picks up Ray Dandridge 1941, drops Tanner Roark

Bagwell Traded to Joe T

Will G sends Jeff Bagwell, their 8th round pick and their 11th round pick

to

Joe T for his 4th, 5th and 7th round picks.

Helena Handbasket Returns

With Joe T as owner...

20 Resims - #18, Helena Handbasket

Overall Rankings
24 - .331, Chatanooga Lookouts (Al H)
23 - .394, Downsouth Brews (Allen C)
22 - .396, Denver RoidBoyz (Gary G)
21 - .444, Planet 10 Red Lectroids (Ivar A)
20 - .474, Brooklyn Cyclones (John J)
19 - .475, Hoboken Zephyrs (Stepehn L)
18 - .479, Helena Handbasket (Joe T)

Power Alley

Week 12

Power Alley

+5 Galaxy Guardians
+4 Helena Handbasket
+3 Planet 10 Red Lectroids
+3 Oasis Gunters

-4 Flin Flon Foxes
-4 Jeff City Blausers

Players of the Week

Joe Horlen (HEL): 2-0, 0.53 ERA, 17 IP, 8 H, 3 BB, 10 K, 0.77 RCERA

Lou Gehrig (ANK): .455 / .500 / 1.061, 1.561 OPS, 2 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 11 R, 13 RBI

Players of the Week

Joe Jackson (HEL): .548 / .531 / .903, 8 R, 6 RBI

Chris Carpenter (SPH): 2-0, 1.06 ERA, 17 IP, 4 H, 9 BB, 6 K

Week 8 Transactions

• Sparta picks up Kevin Saucier 1981 and Jose Bautista 2011; dorp Zack Britton and Magglio Ordonez
• Albuquerque picks up Jim Bottomly 1928 and drops Clay Buccholz
• Hudson picks up 1899 Jimmy Williams and 1989 Will Clark; drops Pat Neshek and DL's Mike Tiernan
• Shamokin picks up Earl Moore 1903 and drops Dick Donovan
  Jeff City picks up Luis Tiant 1968 and Bob Veale 1963; drops Red Lucas and Brian Fuentes
• Ankhana picks up Atlee Hammacker 1983 and drops Dean Chance
• Galaxy picks up Monte Ward 1882, places Hughie Jennings on the DL (33 days!)
• Helena picks up Tiny Bonham, drops Smokey Joe Williams

Around the League

Team Version

• The Miners are 19-2 when hitting two or more home runs
• The "Mechanics" are 27-1 when stealing two or more bases (!)
• The Zeros are 8-1 in blowouts (games decided by 5 or more runs)
• Keep the Hellcats off the board, they are 28-1 when scoring 5 or more
• And they lead the league in 3 HR games at 6
• The Blausers lead the league in 0-HR games at 54
• Oasis has scored 10 or more runs, 10 times
• The Blausers have 22 games where they struck out opponents 10 or more times; the next closest team has 13
• The longest winning streak of the year - 9, from the "Mechanics"
• The Hellcats have hit a home run in 18 straight games
• The Pinata Beaters are batting .295 / .340 / .475 in "late and close" situations;
• Handbasket is batting just .208 / .256 / .291
• On June 5th, the Guardians reached base 10 times in a row

Finally, team stolen bases against, in order of best to worst:

52.5% - Red Lectroids (52 SB, 47 CS)
54.5% - Pinata Beaters (30 SB, 25 CS)
57.8% - Blausers (59 SB, 43 CS)
58.1% - Heisenbergs (54 SB, 39 CS)
60.0% - "Mechanics" (33 SB, 22 CS)
61.0% - Guardians (50 SB, 32 CS)
61.0% - Zeros (72 SB, 46 CS)
61.4% - MadBum (43 SB, 27 CS)
62.1% - Hellcats (36 SB, 22 CS)
64.7% - Cyclones (55 SB, 30 CS)
65.0% - Gunters (65 SB, 35 CS)
69.0% - Brews (80 SB, 36 CS)
69.2% - Arctic Foxes (72 SB, 32 CS)
70.0% - Lookouts (70 SB, 30 CS)
71.6% - Miners (73 SB, 29 CS)
71.6% - Hoplites (58 SB, 23 CS)
71.8% - Adventurers (56 SB, 22 CS)
72.0% - Islanders (59 SB, 23 CS)
73.6% - Handbasket (81 SB, 29 CS)
74.2% - Pilots (89 SB, 31 CS)
75.5% - Zephyrs (80 SB, 26 CS)
76.0% - Clown Punchers (76 SB, 24 CS)
76.6% - RoidBoyz (85 SB, 26 CS)
78.8% - Red Wings (93 SB, 25 CS)

Power Alley

Lots of movement this week;

+8 Willets Point "Mechanics"
+6 Lake View Zeros
+5 Rochester Red Wings
+5 Ankhana Adventurers
+5 Shamokin Miners
+5 Dharma Islanders

-6 Denver RoidBoyz
-8 Jeff City Blausers
-5 Galaxy Guardians
-5 Hudson Madbum
-5 Helena Handbasket

Week 5 Transactions

• Chatanooga picks up Don Drysdale 1965 and Dave Righetti 1981, drops Felix Hernandez and Randy Myers
• Denver picks up Mike Fidrych 1976, Bill Lee 1973, and Ken Griffey Sr 1976; they drop 3-Finger Brown, La Marr Hoyt, and Shane Victorino
• Jeff City picks up Brian Fuentes 2008 and Duane Ward 1991, drops Rob Dibble and Sean Marshall
• Helena picks up Ferris Fain 1951 and Smokey Joe Williams 1911, drops Dolph Camilli and Larry Dierker
• Guardian picks up Cliff Politte 2005 and Billy Williams 1970; drop Darren Holmes 2002 and Harmon Killebrew.  Holmes was a duplicate player.
• Brooklyn picks up Mike Adams 2011 and drops Russ Springer