All-Star Links

Things go busy and I did not post the links for a while. I'm guessing they weren't really missed, but I do have a folder full of links - and no other league blogs to paste them on. So...Here are the Wednesday(ish) Links - All Star Edition. (Also, be sure the check out Jeff's trade post below)

So glad the Cards secured home field advantage in the World Series. Look out, Rangers.

Even though he wasn't officially an all-star this year...here is an awesome video about Rivera and his skillz.

When was the last time a Royal got a hit in an all-star game? 1989. Painful.

Lots of talk about whether the HR derby is good or bad for HR hitters. This is just one article. But I have to say, it's definitely the least exciting thing about the all-star game. Except for their tribute to everyday community heroes.

This came out like 30-40 seconds after his death was announced. You know they had this one planned for a while.

Want to be an all-star? It helps if you face terrible teams. Maybe Beckett doesn't sux as much as we think he does. It still does not help me in fantasy, however.

A few non-All Star links:

Chad.

This is just sweet.

I probably posted this last year - so it's time for an update. The best and worst in convenience and order processing fees on tickets. Boo BOS, yay MIL.

And some soccer links because I also dropped the ball on that:

Congrats to Matt for winning our World Cup Fantasy League.

Awesome graphic about Facebook and World Cup.

I don't know how I got to this, but it's a nice summary of the issues with the Uruguay (Suarez) handball on the goal line. I hate it. I understand the player was operating within the rules, and there was a definite incentive to do it -- but there is an incentive to dive, and I hate that as well.

Great graphic. It's in Portuguese, but If you open it in chrome, google will translate for you.

Wind-tunnel tests of the Jabulani.

Oh, Simpsons.

Bummer that the final was so ugly. I imagine if it had been prettier, we could have seen more people in the US take interest. It was card-heavy (like the whole tournament) and defensive. Also, too much karate.

Wait, maybe soccer will take over...thanks to the ESPYs. I still get excited watching it. But those other nominees got screwed.

In need of pitching

As anybody who's looked at the roto stats knows, I have a surplus of hitting and a complete lack of talent with pitchers.

I'm looking to make a move.

Joe Mauer is available. It will need to be a damn good pitcher(s) for me to give him up. If anybody's interested, drop me a line.

Roto 2010 Week 14 Stats

Because there was a tie in pitching, the pitching player of the week went to the highest ranked pitcher between the two teams.

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Tito Landrum Express 49 8 14 7 36 6 8 7 0.286 5 0.908 7 0 4.5 44.5 1 . Doc's LSD No-No 37 6 15 8 38 7.5 7 6 0.288 6 0.882 6 0 4.5 44 2 . The Old Mill 34 5 13 6 38 7.5 4 4 0.325 8 0.978 8 0 4.5 43 3 . Olerud Helmeteers 38 7 10 5 32 4 11 8 0.299 7 0.866 5 0 4.5 40.5 4 . Jabberwocks 30 3 9 3 22 2 6 5 0.264 2 0.793 3 0 4.5 22.5 5 . The Josh Hamiltoes 29 2 9 3 26 3 2 3 0.267 3 0.823 4 0 4.5 22.5 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 31 4 9 3 35 5 0 1 0.241 1 0.742 1 0 4.5 19.5 7 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 18 1 6 1 19 1 1 2 0.273 4 0.782 2 0 4.5 15.5 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . Tito Landrum Express 5 8 4 6 35 3 2.38 8 1.13 6 2.69 4 0 4.5 39.5 1 . The Old Mill 4 5.5 3 3.5 41 5 2.58 5 1.06 8 5.13 8 0 4.5 39.5 1 . Olerud Helmeteers 4 5.5 2 1.5 50 7 2.53 6 1.08 7 3.85 7 0 4.5 38.5 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 4 5.5 4 6 51 8 3.02 4 1.18 5 2.68 3 0 4.5 36 4 . Doc's LSD No-No 4 5.5 6 8 39 4 2.52 7 1.22 4 1.95 2 0 4.5 35 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 3 2.5 4 6 42 6 4.23 2 1.46 2 3.5 6 0 4.5 29 6 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 3 2.5 3 3.5 33 2 3.05 3 1.28 3 3 5 0 4.5 23.5 7 . Jabberwocks 1 1 2 1.5 24 1 5.4 1 1.69 1 1.14 1 0 4.5 11 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Tito Landrum Express 84 1 . The Old Mill 82.5 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 79 3 . Olerud Helmeteers 79 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 58.5 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 48.5 6 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 39 7 . Jabberwocks 33.5 8 . . . Hitting Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Mark Teixeira, 1B, Tito Landrum Express 8 4 7 0 0.379 1.3 0 . . Pitching Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Roy Halladay, SP, The Old Mill 1 0 16 0.5 0.67 8 0 .

. . Hitting Bench Stud R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Johnny Damon, OF, The Josh Hamiltoes 6 2 6 0 0.391 1.156 0 . . Pitching Bench Stud W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Huston Street, RP, The Josh Hamiltoes 1 3 5 2.25 0.5 Undefined 0 . . . Hitting Lead Balloon R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Orlando Cabrera, SS, Gilkey's Eyeballs 1 0 0 0 0.154 0.368 0 . . Pitching Lead Balloon W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . John Lackey, SP, Jabberwocks 0 0 2 13.5 3 0.33 0 . . . Hitting Unsigned Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Carlos Quentin, OF, Chicago White Sox 7 6 11 0 0.538 2.548 0 . . Pitching Unsigned Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Vicente Padilla, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 15 1.23 0.61 15 0

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Roto 2010 Overall Stats

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Jabberwocks 508 8 102 2 426 2 127 8 0.299 8 0.844 7 0 4.5 39.5 1 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 475 5 117 5 452 5 63 4 0.285 7 0.854 8 0 4.5 38.5 2 . The Old Mill 466 3 124 6 480 8 62 3 0.279 5 0.812 4 0 4.5 33.5 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 439 1 132 7 472 7 49 1 0.28 6 0.839 6 0 4.5 32.5 4 . Doc's LSD No-No 477 6 137 8 451 4 58 2 0.267 3 0.814 5 0 4.5 32.5 4 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 486 7 105 3 413 1 65 5 0.273 4 0.788 3 0 4.5 27.5 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 472 4 113 4 433 3 89 7 0.26 2 0.775 2 0 4.5 26.5 7 . Tito Landrum Express 441 2 91 1 454 6 66 6 0.257 1 0.746 1 0 4.5 21.5 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . Tito Landrum Express 55 8 39 3.5 670 6.5 2.98 7 1.15 7 3.09 6 0 3 41 1 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 51 7 44 7 587 5 3.29 6 1.21 6 2.57 2 1 7 40 2 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 41 2.5 41 5 563 4 2.95 8 1.12 8 3.22 7 0 3 37.5 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 44 5 46 8 670 6.5 3.38 4 1.22 5 3.07 5 0 3 36.5 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 39 1 39 3.5 730 8 3.35 5 1.23 3.5 2.99 4 0 3 28 5 . The Old Mill 42 4 33 1 484 1 3.68 2 1.25 2 3.27 8 1 7 25 6 . Doc's LSD No-No 46 6 38 2 551 3 3.51 3 1.23 3.5 2.71 3 0 3 23.5 7 . Jabberwocks 41 2.5 43 6 497 2 3.96 1 1.36 1 2.05 1 1 7 20.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 76 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 69 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 67.5 3 . Tito Landrum Express 62.5 4 . Jabberwocks 60 5 . The Old Mill 58.5 6 . Doc's LSD No-No 56 7 . Olerud Helmeteers 54.5 8 .

Roto Stats Week 13

Even though I'm not winning this league, it's refreshing to know that I'm still a better manager than Charlie Manuel. Seriously, Omar Infante over Joey Votto? Maybe he'll join our league next year as the league punching bag...

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Jabberwocks 39 8 10 6 37 4 6 8 0.297 7 0.834 5 0 4.5 42.5 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 27 2 14 8 44 7.5 5 7 0.28 5 0.905 7 0 4.5 41 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 32 6 12 7 44 7.5 1 1 0.292 6 0.864 6 0 4.5 38 3 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 33 7 5 2 26 3 4 5 0.364 8 0.992 8 0 4.5 37.5 4 . Tito Landrum Express 28 3.5 6 4 41 6 4 5 0.256 3 0.75 3 0 4.5 29 5 . The Old Mill 28 3.5 8 5 39 5 2 2.5 0.266 4 0.767 4 0 4.5 28.5 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 29 5 5 2 24 2 2 2.5 0.251 2 0.714 2 0 4.5 20 7 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 23 1 5 2 18 1 4 5 0.228 1 0.638 1 0 4.5 15.5 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 4 7 6 7.5 44 3 1.86 8 0.95 8 4.4 8 0 4.5 46 1 . Olerud Helmeteers 3 3.5 3 4 57 8 2.72 7 1.21 6 3.56 6 0 4.5 39 2 . Tito Landrum Express 4 7 2 2 50 5 3.2 6 1.15 7 3.13 5 0 4.5 36.5 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 4 7 5 6 34 2 3.35 5 1.23 5 2.27 3 0 4.5 32.5 4 . Doc's LSD No-No 3 3.5 3 4 54 6.5 4.22 3 1.27 4 3.86 7 0 4.5 32.5 4 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 3 3.5 6 7.5 54 6.5 4.13 4 1.28 3 2.25 2 0 4.5 31 6 . Jabberwocks 3 3.5 3 4 45 4 4.73 2 1.5 2 2.05 1 0 4.5 21 7 . The Old Mill 0 1 1 1 28 1 5.45 1 1.6 1 3.11 4 0 4.5 13.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 83.5 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 73.5 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 70.5 3 . Tito Landrum Express 65.5 4 . Jabberwocks 63.5 5 . Olerud Helmeteers 59 6 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 46.5 7 . The Old Mill 42 8 . . . Hitting Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Joey Votto, 1B, Jabberwocks 6 3 7 0 0.385 1.198 0 . . Pitching Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Jaime Garcia, SP, Gilkey's Eyeballs 1 0 7 0 0.71 3.5 0 .

. . Hitting Bench Stud R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Richie Weeks, 2B, The Old Mill 3 1 5 1 0.308 0.841 0 . . Pitching Bench Stud W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Ricky Nolasco, SP, Jason Bere's Sluggers 2 0 20 3.21 0.79 20 0 . . . Hitting Lead Balloon R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Justin Upton, OF, Olerud Helmeteers 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.458 0 . . Pitching Lead Balloon W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Ricky Romero, SP, Tito Landrum Express 0 0 5 9.31 1.97 1 0 . . . Hitting Unsigned Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Jim Thome, Util, Minnesota Twins 7 4 8 0 0.4 1.628 0 . . Pitching Unsigned Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Octavio Dotel, RP, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 5 5 0 0.4 Undefined 0

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Roto Overall Season Stats

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 457 7 111 5.5 433 6 62 5 0.286 7 0.859 8 0 4.5 43 1 . Jabberwocks 478 8 93 2 404 3 121 8 0.302 8 0.848 7 0 4.5 40.5 2 . The Josh Hamiltoes 410 2 123 8 446 8 47 1 0.281 6 0.84 6 0 4.5 35.5 3 . The Old Mill 432 3 111 5.5 442 7 58 3.5 0.275 4.5 0.798 4 0 4.5 32 4 . Doc's LSD No-No 440 5 122 7 413 4 51 2 0.265 3 0.808 5 0 4.5 30.5 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 455 6 96 3 378 1 65 6 0.275 4.5 0.792 3 0 4.5 28 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 434 4 103 4 401 2 78 7 0.256 2 0.766 2 0 4.5 25.5 7 . Tito Landrum Express 392 1 77 1 418 5 58 3.5 0.255 1 0.734 1 0 4.5 17 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . Tito Landrum Express 50 8 35 3 635 7 3.02 7 1.15 7 3.11 5.5 0 3 40.5 1 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 48 7 40 6 545 5 3.23 6 1.19 6 2.52 2 1 7 39 2 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 38 2.5 38 5 530 4 2.94 8 1.1 8 3.23 8 0 3 38.5 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 40 4.5 42 8 619 6 3.41 4.5 1.22 5 3.11 5.5 0 3 36.5 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 35 1 37 4 680 8 3.41 4.5 1.24 3 2.94 4 0 3 27.5 5 . Doc's LSD No-No 42 6 32 2 512 3 3.59 3 1.23 4 2.8 3 0 3 24 6 . Jabberwocks 40 4.5 41 7 473 2 3.87 1 1.34 1 2.13 1 1 7 23.5 7 . The Old Mill 38 2.5 30 1 443 1 3.77 2 1.27 2 3.16 7 1 7 22.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 81.5 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 72 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 67 3 . Jabberwocks 64 4 . Tito Landrum Express 57.5 5 . The Old Mill 54.5 6 . Doc's LSD No-No 54.5 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 53 8 .