Quakers

I think Mr. Jones was on steriods yesterday :headache:

Yeah :w00t: This will be my first time in post season play. \:D/

Close, but probably no cigar. 323 to 315. Overnight points will probably no make up the difference. Contreras was on the bench...arg...

yea, the four of them should be good for 20-25 points. hafner on the other hand, you should worry about. cough cough cough . . . hafner nearly matched mauer's week in the first inning today . . . this is a good matchup as I've pulled back ahead but you've got two pitchers still to go today. hopefully our playoff matchup will be as much fun! OK... you got me with Hafner (Mauer sat the day out, Biggio too), but I thought you said you would be lucky to get 20 points from your starters???? I am now left in a bad situation. My two big hitters that are still playing (Gonzalez and Tracy) are going against one of my starters (Nolasco).

yea, the four of them should be good for 20-25 points. hafner on the other hand, you should worry about. Hafner? Mauer has more points this week than him... But I do notice that Molina and Washburn are sitting on your bench. That makes me feel a little better. Question. Now that the season is nearing its conclusion, how do you rate your trade for Hoffman? Was he worth a third round pick?

The Quakers jumped into the lead last night, but I have a feeling that I am going to regret having almost 50 fantasy points on my bench when Juan's pitchers go for the second time in the week.

My team is not doing too bad this week, but Juan is not giving me much of a chance. Westbrooke had quite a night. On a side note - I would have been so pissed off at my manager for benching Randy Johnson, if RJ had finished with a no-hitter :roll: But every year I always have one pitcher who always saves his best outings for when he is benched and then sucks when he is in the line-up. RJ is the guy this year.

How hard does Mateo throw? As hard as Marmol? I'm impressed by Walker this year. He's been a very steady performer. I didn't know that his defense was rated so highly though. Does he have a strong arm? I haven't seen Walker since his Boise days, but he got the best jump on flies of anyone that I saw at this level. He also took great paths to the ball and the above combined with his speed meant any fly with any arc to it was caught. His arm is not strong (average), but accurate. Good enough for left, above average for center, you probably wouldn't want him in right though he would catch anything hit near him. The big question is will he get on base enough. I don't see him developing any power. Walker seemed to me to be a "smart" player, he may make an interesting choice for a coach one of these days.

A nice star against NSBB this week. I hope my boys can keep it up.

Wow. I have been involved with a number of "Games of the Week" this year. Hopefully I can win one. Contreras and Glavine have had terrible Julys. They need to come back to early season form if I am going to do well in the play-offs.

Ah..Finally :D The Quakers break their drought in a big way. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a long winning streak. Say I keep on winning to the end of the season.

Maybe the Quakers have returned to their winning ways:)

Keep your eye on Joseph. He is repeating at Boise, but he is still young for the league. I think this kid could be a real find.

The Quakers need to turn things around. 3 losses in a row!! Unacceptable. I need to have a talk with my players and\or threaten to fire the manager:)

Here is a picture of Mark working against Salem.

My pitching has let me down for the past couple of weeks:( That and my league leading defense is springing leaks:)

I had to drop Shields and put Nolasc o in reserve since Nolasco now has more than 10 starts during a season and so canoot be in the minors anymore. :oops:

I thought I had a good chance this week, but Rios is out andmy pitching was off. Vienna is nice though:)

I don´t think the radar reading in SK was accurate, but he was not blowing the hitters away with a blazing fastball. But none of them were getting any quality swings against him. I told you that Sammy's last stats were not indicative of the quality of his stuff. I think he is going to be good. I hope he has enough success early on so that he chooses to play baseball.

I reserved Rios and put Gonzalez in instead, since Rios has a leg infection. What happened, I thought I was in the lead?

Sorry about the delay in posting, but I am busy packing for my summer vacation :D Some thoughts on last night's Boise game. 1) Lewis - He showed a real strong arm. But he appears to have a major problem...balls that are hit right at him. I thought it was just a mental thing when he let a ball get past him in the first game of the series, but it happened again last night. He was unable to reach a ball that landed a few feet in front of him and it bounced past him. It was embarassing since I had just told the SK fan sitting next to me what a good looking prospect he was. 2) Alfred Joseph - The more I see this guy the more I like him. He keeps on making spectacular catches in right. A strong arm that has convinced the SK coaches not to run on him. And he is starting to hit the ball with authority. Last night's homerun was quite a shot to left. The only problem I have seen with him is on the basepaths. He was thrown out going from 2nd to 3rd on a grounder with no outs. Bad judgement, but hopefully he will learn. 3) Mercedes might be an interesting catcher prospect. Demonstrated a strong arm when he threw out a runner attempting to steal. He is quick and athletic. He is small enough that I would worry about him blocking the plate though. 4) Baez laid down a beautiful bunt. 5) Canzler is going to hit a few homeruns. He seems to have two strokes. One is an upper cut swing that has produced his homeruns. His homers have been high majestic shots that land a few feet over the fence. He has another swing that results in line drive shots, but they have a little too much hang time and are always hit at someone. I did see what looked ike a hit-and-run attempt by him that just resulted in a awkward looking pop-up to second. I wonder if he will be able to develop power to right.

I was disappointed when I didn't see him in Boise's line-up on Wednesday. :(

My guess is that the reason for the switches is mainly economic. The franchises are privately owned. They want to maximize their profits. Many people want to see the prospects of certain teams, but not of others. certain teams always have the better prospects, always emphasize winning even at the minor league level. Also certain MLB teams have a reputation of managing their system better. They always have their top prospects stay at a certain level for a lengthy period of time. For example, it is my understanding that the Eugene Em's are having a tough time drawing fans. The problem is that the Padres are always switching their players around from one league to the next. This means that the fans have a tough time rooting for their "team". The MLB teams are looking for quality facilities, good places to live, weather, but I am sure that economics is the primary factor. Question. I know that the MLB teams pay the players and coaches salaries. I believe that MLB pays the officials. Do the MLB teams pay the franchises a fee for running the team or do the franchises pay the MLB team a fee and then collect concession/ticket/advertising monies to cover their costs and hopefully make a profit? Anyways rooting for a minor league team can be tough. The player that you really want to see can be gone in short order. The affiliation can change from season to season. And, especially at the lower levels, the teams change from one city to another at frequent intervals. Rockford to Eugene to Boise

Maybe. Boise plays in Eugene in August I believe, but that is a bit of a drive and I have several conferences that I need to attend during that time interval. I have a tough time with pitch recognition. But I don't think I saw much of his slider. My impression was that he was relying almost exclusively on his fastball. Almost all of the radar readings were in the high 80's. So unless his slider is the same speed as his fastball... My understanding is that he hasn't pitched for awhile. Jackson was an enigma. He would look good against a couple of batters and then bam. The radar had him in the mid-80's. SK was the home team and was using their knowledge of their park to their advantage they, as a team, were hitting high flys to right (the direction of the wind). In my memory, only Joseph did this for the Hawks. So my impression of Jackson is that he had decent, not spectacular stuff, but that he needs to vary his pitches more. Once he got a couple of batters out they got a good read on what he was doing. He also needs to pitch for the conditions. If the wind is gusting towards right, he needs to pitch accordingly. But this is why we have minor leagues.

Thanks.