Re: 2008 HR Derby - Discussion & Transactions Thread

[Productive Outs]

i'm pretty pissed at myself for forgetting hamilton.

 

nick swisher hit 2 homers today. i need him to get his head out of his rear to have any chance. i also stupidly bailed on jack cust, thinking that his poor start and the frank thomas signing meant the end for him. he's now got 11 bombs.

 

 

yeah, same here... i actually thought i had a decent sleeper in ankiel, but hamilton is just crazy this year. he still has a chance of getting injured though.

[Southpaw191679666239]

2008 NSBB Homerun Derby Standings ~ through June 15, 2008

 

171

The Logan

 

163

karenmac

 

162

brinoch

 

160

JimSorgi

 

155

sweetpeteman

 

154

AramisFan

Tinkertini26

Wekse

 

152

ZFan38

 

151

CoolHandLuke

 

148

Flames24Rulz

 

147

Dobson

 

145

Rob

 

143

vance_the_cubs_fan

 

142

Cubbies75

Rocket

TruffleShuffle

 

141

Bob Sanders

The Golden Thunder

 

140

rawaction

Shilzzz

 

139

Friendly Confines

NCCubFan

 

134

abmilis

reds44

UMFan83

 

132

Derwood

 

131

soccer10k

 

130

tadowdaddy

 

129

Anze Kopitar

 

128

cbbryan

IMB!

jiml60

 

125

Bixby

Laura

 

123

Burtonbell

 

120

Andy

 

115

Southpaw19

 

113

RoastTheD---Goat

 

110

Locke’s Eye Scar

 

103

SouthSideRyan

 

101

sandberg23

 

 

 

 

Perfect Score Total: (203)

 

Group A: Adam Dunn OR Ryan Howard (17)

Group B: Lance Berkman (19), Ryan Braun (18)

Group C: Adrian Gonzalez (19), Dan Uggla (19), Pat Burrell (18)

Group D: Chase Utley (22), Mike Jacobs (16), Jason Bay (14), Brian McCann (12), AND ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Jack Cust, Johnny Peralta, Jose Guillen, Nick Markakis (11)

Wild Card: Josh Hamilton (18)

[TruffleShuffle]

since i dropped cust and added markakis, cust has hit 10 hr and markakis has hit 7

 

a special f you to mark teixeira, travis hafner, nick swisher and adam laroche for their performances this year.

[Southpaw191679666239]

I concur about Hafner.

 

BUT ... on a better note for me...

 

Marcus Thames went 2-for-4 with two homers as the Tigers lost on Monday night.

 

His last seven hits are all home runs. Impressively, Thames hit both his homers off of the right-handed Tim Lincecum. He finished the night with three RBI, bringing his total to 28. Surprisingly, he has a .209 average and .901 OPS against lefties, and a .273 average and .869 OPS against righties. The Tigers are giving him an extended look as a part of their everyday lineup, and so far he's taking advantage.

 

THAMES, FTW! \:D/

[Clem Fandango]

Ace Ventura air-hump

[Vanilla Ice]

Drop Hafner

Add Uggla

 

EDIT: also I looked at the entry thread

 

i chose my wildcard as J.D. Drew not Wily Mo Pena. I just want to make sure Drew's home runs are being counted

[Southpaw191679666239]

2008 NSBB Homerun Derby Standings ~ through June 21, 2008

________________________________________

184

The Logan

 

174

karenmac

 

173

brinoch

JimSorgi

 

170

sweetpeteman

 

168

AramisFan

 

167

Tinkertini26

 

166

Wekse

 

164

ZFan38

 

162

CoolHandLuke

 

159

Dobson

 

158

Flames24Rulz

 

157

Rob

 

156

Rocket

 

154

Friendly Confines

vance_the_cubs_fan

 

153

The Golden Thunder

TruffleShuffle

 

151

Cubbies75

rawaction

 

150

Bob Sanders

 

143

UMFan83

 

142

soccer10k

 

141

Bixby

reds44

tadowdaddy

 

140

Derwood

Shilzzz

 

139

Cbbryan

 

137

NCCubFan

 

136

abmilis

jiml60

 

135

Burtonbell

 

134

IMB!

Laura

 

133

Anze Kopitar

 

130

Southpaw19

 

127

Andy

RoastTheD---Goat

 

118

Locke’s Eye Scar

 

110

SouthSideRyan

 

107

sandberg23

 

 

 

 

Perfect Score Total: (217)

 

Group A: Ryan Howard (19)

Group B: Lance Berkman (20), Ryan Braun (20)

Group C: Dan Uggla (23), Adrian Gonzalez (20), Pat Burrell (18)

Group D: Chase Utley (22), Mike Jacobs (16), Jason Bay (15), Brian McCann (13), AND Jose Guillen OR Nick Markakis (12)

Wild Card: Josh Hamilton (19)

[Southpaw191679666239]

Drop Hafner

Add Uggla

 

 

Done.

 

 

EDIT: also I looked at the entry thread

 

i chose my wildcard as J.D. Drew not Wily Mo Pena. I just want to make sure Drew's home runs are being counted

 

Correct.

[TruffleShuffle]

hey, teixeira hit 3 hr's today. thanks for finally showing up a-hole.

[Friendly Confines]

Drop Sheffield

Add Kinsler

[Southpaw191679666239]

Drop Sheffield

Add Kinsler

 

Done.

[wekse]

i don't think my repeat is in order.

[Clem Fandango]

don't know who karenmac has but I do know that since June 21st, my team has only hit 3 home runs... so yeah. Someone might be catching up to me soon

[karenmac]

OK, time to get serious.

 

Drop Soriano

Add David Wright

 

Drop Swisher

Add Uggla

[karenmac]

don't know who karenmac has but I do know that since June 21st, my team has only hit 3 home runs... so yeah. Someone might be catching up to me soon

 

brinoch and JimSorgi are awfully close too, but here's what The Logan vs karenmac looks like:

The Logan: Howard, Pujols, Braun, Swisher / Uggla, ARam, DLee, Utley, Cust, Pence, Markakis, Bay, Hamilton

karenmac: Howard, Soriano (dropped today for Wright), Braun, Swisher (dropped today for Uggla), ARam, AGonzalez, Zimmerman, Utley, Bay, Willingham, Jacobs, Ankiel

 

According to my calcs, The Logan is at 191 and I'm at 185, so was able to gain a bit this week. As always, Southpaw's tally will be the correct one :)

[Southpaw191679666239]

2008 NSBB Homerun Derby Standings ~ through June 29, 2008

 

192

The Logan

 

185

karenmac

 

184

brinoch

 

183

JimSorgi

 

179

CoolHandLuke

sweetpeteman

 

177

AramisFan

Tinkertini26

 

176

Wekse

 

171

ZFan38

 

 

169

Flames24Rulz

 

168

Dobson

TruffleShuffle

 

167

Rocket

 

164

vance_the_cubs_fan

 

163

Rob

 

162

Bob Sanders

Friendly Confines

Shilzzz

 

161

NCCubFan

The Golden Thunder

 

160

rawaction

 

159

Cubbies75

 

155

cbbryan

 

154

abmilis

soccer10k

 

153

tadowdaddy

 

152

Bixby

reds44

UMFan83

 

150

Derwood

 

149

IMB!

Laura

 

146

jiml60

 

144

Burtonbell

 

143

Anze Kopitar

 

139

Southpaw19

 

137

Andy

 

136

RoastTheD---Goat

 

126

Locke’s Eye Scar

 

120

SouthSideRyan

 

113

sandberg23

 

 

 

 

Perfect Score Total: (227)

 

Group A: Adam Dunn OR Ryan Howard (20)

Group B: Lance Berkman (21), Ryan Braun (20)

Group C: Dan Uggla (23), Adrian Gonzalez (21), Grady Sizemore OR Pat Burrell (19)

Group D: Chase Utley (23), Mike Jacobs (18), Jason Bay (16), Brian McCann (14), AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Ian Kinsler, Jack Cust, Jose Guillen (13)

Wild Card: Josh Hamilton (19)

[Southpaw191679666239]

OK, time to get serious.

 

Drop Soriano

Add David Wright

 

Drop Swisher

Add Uggla

 

Done... although the first move is a curious one.

[TruffleShuffle]

sweet, i have vaulted up to a tie for 12th place

[Schwarber Fan]

Transaction #2:

 

Drop Hafner, Add Uggla

[karenmac]

OK, time to get serious.

 

Drop Soriano

Add David Wright

 

Drop Swisher

Add Uggla

 

Done... although the first move is a curious one.

 

Thanks Southpaw...since it was getting near the ASB, and I had a transaction to burn, and knew Fonzie wouldn't be his old self for a while...and Wright was hot-ish...3 HRs in the last couple of weeks.

[Southpaw191679666239]

Transaction #2:

 

Drop Hafner, Add Uggla

 

Sorry, Aramis Fan, you've already used both 1st half transactions. One on April 19th and one on June 7th. You'll have to ride it out 'til the ASB.

[Schwarber Fan]

Transaction #2:

 

Drop Hafner, Add Uggla

 

Sorry, Aramis Fan, you've already used both 1st half transactions. One on April 19th and one on June 7th. You'll have to ride it out 'til the ASB.

 

Wow, I thought I did but I guess I'm too stupid to remember/find them

 

Hafner's really letting me down.

 

Edit: Damn I swapped out Granderson for Sexson :banghead:

 

I'm surprised I'm so close to 1st.

[TruffleShuffle]

i need the all star break to get here so i can dump zimmerman.

[cbbryan]

Move #2:

 

Drop Sheffield, Add Nady

[Southpaw191679666239]

Move #2:

 

Drop Sheffield, Add Nady

 

 

Done.