| 3. Cashdollar & Associates will be able to string together two consecutive good weeks of baseketball. |
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| fact or fiction 2006, round 4 (part 1) matt mcclelland vs. mikey morocco |
| 1. Nate Tomko will strangle someone on his team by season's end. |
| mac: FICTION. there are two reasons i don't think this will happen. the first is that nate has won the last two championshiops, and i honestly believe he likes challenging himself every couple years or so. make no mistake about it. nate could have built himself a better team that was far more stacked if he wanted to. the second? shelley goodpastor. she can't stay in florida forever, and when she does come back, i look for that "player must play in half the team's games" rule to vanish quicker than jeff knight (editor's note: BURN!) |
| 2. The Ben Smith of last year will show up (.542 AVG/27 HR/121 RBI) will show up and lead Bukkake Tsunami deep into the playoffs. |
| mac: FACT and FICTION. i don't think that this awful version of ben smith will last the whole season. however, i don't see this team going very deep into the playoffs. last season, the formula that is working for terry shernisky (katie and aryn shoot singles, terry shoots a triple or homer) made ben smith the force he was. rando and pat nespor, while two of my favorite players, can't hit for the average the jailbait squad did last season. ben smith may return to his homeriffic form, but with nobody on base, the tsunami will get bounced early. |
| mac: FACT. you know, they must have taken my low ranking last week to heart...and they proved me wrong. i'd be a fool to bet against them this week, as they play two of the same teams they beat last week. |
| 4) Although they're more competitive than in recent years, the lineups for Jukebox Hero are too random for any team continuity, making the yellow mesh a non-factor for the playoffs. |
| mac: FICTION. now, i don't think jukebox hero will make the playoffs. should they somehow make it, their success will be predominately based on who suits up for the yellow army. if players who can make shots suit up, they can make noise. making shots is just as important as team continuity. |
| 5. Team Wet Drean will go the way of the TOTS: all the offense in the world, only to fall short in the finals. |
| mac: FICTION. if all the crew suits up for wet dream, i think they are pretty much unstoppable. the tots lost to pj and the ladies not only because the red scare was the best defensive team in history, but also because the ladies began to stroke it from the lines.. |
| 6. Matt McClelland, Billy Weisberg, Terry Hall, or some combination will fail to show up for a week in the playoffs, costing Minori-Team their chance for the championshiop. |
| mac: FICTION. while their attendance has certainly been their downfall this season, i look for all three to show up for the playoffs. billy has to be out of vacations, and i can tell you right now that i will make the trip from altoona. that leaves terry...and i think he'll show up too. there is nobody who wants to play this squad as a higher seed in the playoffs. |
| mikey: FICTION. they're playing as they should be-a little over .500. they're not that great of a team. in all respects: jamie is an above average leadoff hitter but only effective inside the triple line, kippy has his on days and off days, and bmf whitey can be hit or miss on any sunday. with only one player that can be counted on to hit long range shots effictively, there's no wonder why they can't put a ton of runs on the board game in and game out |
| mikey: FICTION. even if the train on terry shernisky/ted's sister ben comes around, i still don't know how deep the tsunami can go into the playoffs. what they really need is for ben to step up more on defense. as being the only player that can jump over a soda can, ben needs to bank in more double plays as those extra outs are costing more than one thinks. also, ben had a good supporting cast last year, with the hilton sisters and the angry asian (with katie kelly hitting .700). ben is most effective when he has all the opptorunities he needs to get hot from the homer line, so if the old ben needs to show up, then the rest of the team needs to stop up as well |
| mikey: FACT. even though they are very unpredictable, it seems like they have finally found a rhythm. the entire team stepped up their play last week (and mikey finally stopped being a bitch and hit shots behind the single line). although danielle's dandies may lose both this week, with tough rematches against the two teams ca$h beat last week, i'd be surprised if they didn't put up a good fight. |
| mikey: FICTION. as far as i'm concerned, jukebox has reached its potential, winning more games than anybody would have guessed. with that in mind, i'd love to see a team lose out to open up a spot for them in the playoffs, but i would be a fool to predict anything of the sort. |
| mikey: FICTION. the way i see it, they have three of the same players as last year: katie and aryn, who are soley concerned with getting on base and cockteasing the defense and ben (read: lee) hitting homers for the ladies. but with terry shernisky, this team is the real deal. this new age tots team is bigger and better with terry, who can control both sides of the game. not to mention that katie and aryn have been known to help out on d. as long as aryn skips her fucking tennis tournament and shows up for the finals, tean wet dream is as good of a pick as any to win the fifth awarded left eye. |
| mikey: FACT. this minorteam has less chemistry than cashdollar, though i don't see another week like last week happening again. it's not difficult to fathom this team being a man down, and since it seems like this team can be great when all three show up, downright mediocre when only two arrive, and completely shitty with only one, they are a tough team to pinpoint right now. |
| 7. With a supporting cast of Jon Osavsky, Mike Frankovich, Greg Lackey, and Dennis Lackey, Bryan Frankovich will finally win something this year. |
| mac: FICTION. first let me just say that i am tired of dennis lackey getting all the playing time on both sides of the ball. with me actually in the running as far as psyche outs go, he's crimping my style. that being said, what the hell is bryan going to win. they have the best team on paper, but they have three players that don't like to shoot from inside the triple line. |
| mikey: tough question. the frankenbitches have been solid this year, regardless of their 7-9 record. they will go far in the playoffs, regardless of their seeding, although this year is anyone's left eye. bryan will step up as usual. the lackey bros. will show up, but whther or not they'll be all there is questionable. m. frank has found his stroke. jon o. has seemed to finally fit in with this team, and aside from bryan, his play is most important. as of right now, i'm looking at FICTION, though he might find his stroke in the homerun derby. |