mcclelland: fiction. the bluffs are a good thing for the sbl in both the short term and the long term. in the short term, the bluffs give the league what the NYY, lakers, and detroit red wings give thier respective sports. there has to be a team everyone loves to hate. it will make it sweeter if they do eventually fall. still, you have to give them prop for doing it without breaking the salary cap rules. in the longer term, i think it will help change the way the game is played. have you ever seen this team play, or watched the way they play? this team doesn't win because it's the best on paper, it wins because everyone shows up and leaves the egos on the table. they play with unmatched intelligence and teamwork. there are three other teams who have the talent to beat the bluffs, but week in and week out it doesn't get done. sooner or later teams will look at who they drafted and how they play the game instead of crying conspiracy. so for all of you record-chasing, solo homer shooting, ted's sister drafting peopl out there who think the bluffs are unfair....STICK IT! fact. someone please tell me how chicken leg has 18 psyche-outs? that's just unreal. so many things have to go right to get the psyche-out. not only do you have to make the other person (many of whom you don't know) crack, but the shot also has to miss it's mark. when you combine this with having to come up with new material each and every week, it makes the psyche-out the hardest craft to perfect in the sbl. fiction. what do mark tarkanick, andy esenwein, tim meyers and jen gavala have in common? for the past two years, these undeserving people have been near the top of the sbl average list. my point? if you don't show up consistently, it doesn't matter how good you shoot. the most important stat is games played. if you want to be considered among the league's elite, you have to show up as much as possible. hoosier daddy has suffered since tark has decided not to come, and the double bluffs lost their only game of the year in part because shelly and nate weren't there. yes, average is good, but being there is even more important. fact. why wouldn't he be? it's his league, and he just runs over the competition. nate's seen some so-called challengers to his throne, but where are tark and esenwein now? bottom line is that nate will be the best in the game until he decided it's time not to be. the fact that he's doing it this year surrounded by four other all-stars only makes it more impressive. fact. this team is dangerous when backed into a corner. facing the prospect of being behind ted's team may be the spark this team needs. add this to the fact that jon biddle has been quietly finding his stroke, and i think they'll upset hoosier daddy. ted's team just isn't as good. |
jamie: fiction. it depends on how you look at it. mcclelland (who definately has an average not to be scoffed at) won nate over, and everyone knew from the beginning, because it's been this way for the past three years, that the team nate is on will be the favored team. there have always been close teams, and it's been proven twice that his teams don't always win the championship, but his team is always in first at some point in every season. for those of you who think it's fact, then blame the captains who let it happen. pj didn't have to give up shelly for three higher draft picks, but we all knew he would so the ladies could stay intact. no one thought jon would actually come to baseketball, so no one wanted to "waste" a high pick on him. and it just so happens that the two high school girl basketball players are good. so it turned out that they are stacked beyond belief. they're lucky shelly dropped a cent value, so that they can all play at once. so i think it kinda sucks that they're all on the same team and even when nate goes 1 for 8 they can still come back from a 6-run defecit and win, but some people had a chance to stop it. so we can't complain. fiction. that completely depends on who you are and who you're trying to psyche out. just by looking at the stats, we see a whole lot more total psyche-outs than, say, assists. if you're trying to psyche out shelly, then yeah, it's a hard stat to acquire. but if you're dennis lackey trying to psyche out anyone, then it's not so bad. i think we should keep track of who gets psyched out. then maybe i can lead the league in something. fiction. if you only shoot singles to beef up your average, but there's no one on third and the person after you misses, then you really didn't accomplish anything. rbi's win games. fact. i hate to admit it, but looking at the stats, he leads 3 categories, and the people second, third, even sixth to him don't really fall into the same places in any of the other categories. he's consistent and he shows up (even on time!) and other than a few bouts of self-righteousness, is a pretty good guy to have around. fact. i'm pretty much saying it for me and my own team's sake, but i really think they can do it if they don't fuck around too much. they beat short bus last week, so as long as billy isn't fueled by something like he was the time short bus beat donkey punch, they should be okay. and if hoosier daddy doesn't clear the board twice in one game like they did last week, they're safe in that game, too. |
ballgame: fact. pop quiz: what do the letters tmg stand for? no, the answer is not ted's massive girth (thanks mcclelland). the answer is tomko, mcclelland, goodpastor. i ask this because those are the first three letters of the top three names on the average chart. now i could see it fit to have one, maybe even two of these sharpshooters. but to have these three, as well as two other young guns at your disposal, is a bit overkill in my mind. fact. some people just aren't funny. some shooters just shut everything out. i find it hard to crack through the ice-cold exterior of katie kelly or shelly goodpastor. i've even seen some people not laugh at dennis lackey, and that takes ice in your veins. fiction. you can bat a thousand, but unless all your hits are homers, you face the possibility of not scoring any runs. i think average, homers and rbi are the big three, but i cannot place one above the rest. fact. a .683 average, 28 homers, and 94 rbi make his case. he is on pace to outdo himself on the rbi count from last year. not to mention being the key factor in the 14-1 romp of a season the sj2b is having. he's trouncing his nearest competitor in homeruns by 10, rbi by 28, and average by 30 points. it's in the bag. fiction. this won't happen, not while i have anything to say about it. even if my team doesn't beat them, hoosier daddy fields quite the squad, led by the k-y connection and fledgling rookie superstar-in-the-making brandon mckendry. sorry jon biddle, it ain't gonna happen. |
| 1) THE SERBIAN JEW DOUBLE BLUFFS ARE BAD FOR THE SBL |
| 2) THE HARDEST STAT TO GET IN BASEKETBALL IS A PSYCHE-OUT |
| 3) THE MOST IMPORTANT STAT IS AVERAGE |
| 4) NATE TOMKO IS AGAIN THE FAVORITE FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
| 5) XDEATHX WILL BEAT BOTH SHORT BUS AND HOOSIER DADDY AND HAVE IT'S FIRST UNDEFEATED WEEK SINCE WEEK ONE |