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Rinku and Dinesh update.

Website lets you track HR distances.

Ozzie being Ozzie. But this time he may be right.

Joe Poz posts wonders if steroids really do help.

About that Ludwick/Westrbook deal. More about John Jay. What is your take?

Someday I hope to risk my baby's health for a foul ball. Jeebus help me if I have twins.

Fantasy Footaball is right around the corner, so here are some football links to get you started...

Are current NFL teams better off without a team in LA? (scroll down a few lines)

Don't worry, Chiefs fans, preseason predictions sux.

About Fantasy football, what do you think of Individual Defensive Players (IDP)? Before you answer, read this article.

And this.

Roto Week 17 Stats

It was a good week to be an unsigned Chicago White Sox player.

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Jabberwocks 43 8 8 3.5 33 5 11 8 0.341 8 0.923 8 0 4 44.5 1 . The Old Mill 32 5.5 12 7 38 7 2 3.5 0.279 5 0.869 7 1 8 43 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 37 7 15 8 37 6 2 3.5 0.25 2.5 0.862 6 0 4 37 3 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 32 5.5 11 6 25 4 1 1.5 0.289 6 0.86 4.5 0 4 31.5 4 . Tito Landrum Express 28 4 9 5 46 8 5 7 0.24 1 0.764 2 0 4 31 5 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 24 2 5 1.5 21 1 4 5.5 0.306 7 0.86 4.5 0 4 25.5 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 25 3 5 1.5 23 3 4 5.5 0.25 2.5 0.696 1 0 4 20.5 7 . The Josh Hamiltoes 22 1 8 3.5 22 2 1 1.5 0.27 4 0.771 3 0 4 19 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . The Josh Hamiltoes 5 8 3 3.5 70 8 3.5 5 1.1 7 3.33 6 1 8 45.5 1 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 4 7 3 3.5 57 6 2.17 8 1.01 8 3.17 5 0 4 41.5 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 2 3 5 7.5 47 5 2.84 7 1.17 6 6.71 8 0 4 40.5 3 . The Old Mill 3 5.5 5 7.5 40 4 3.16 6 1.27 4 2.22 4 0 4 35 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 2 3 3 3.5 60 7 3.55 4 1.2 5 4 7 0 4 33.5 5 . Jabberwocks 3 5.5 1 1 37 2.5 3.83 3 1.28 3 2.06 1.5 0 4 20.5 6 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 0 1 4 6 37 2.5 4.23 1 1.43 2 2.06 1.5 0 4 18 7 . Tito Landrum Express 2 3 3 3.5 30 1 4.05 2 1.58 1 2.14 3 0 4 17.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . The Old Mill 78 1 . Doc's LSD No-No 77.5 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 73 3 . Jabberwocks 65 4 . The Josh Hamiltoes 64.5 5 . Olerud Helmeteers 54 6 . Tito Landrum Express 48.5 7 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 43.5 8 . . . Hitting Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Joe Mauer, C, Jabberwocks 9 1 10 0 0.632 1.705 0 . . Pitching Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Matt Garza, SP, The Josh Hamiltoes 1 0 15 2.25 0.44 7.5 1 .

. . Hitting Bench Stud R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Marco Scutaro, SS, The Josh Hamiltoes 6 2 5 1 0.429 1.163 0 . . Pitching Bench Stud W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Ricky Nolasco, SP, Jason Bere's Sluggers 2 0 14 2.45 0.75 7 0 . . . Hitting Lead Balloon R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Matt Kemp, CF, Olerud Helmeteers 0 0 1 0 0.105 0.255 0 . . Pitching Lead Balloon W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Johan Santana, SP, Doc's LSD No-No 0 0 2 11.12 2.47 2 0 . . . Hitting Unsigned Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Juan Pierre, OF, Chicago White Sox 6 0 5 4 0.48 1.072 0 . . Pitching Unsigned Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Gavin Floyd, SP, Chicago White Sox 2 0 11 0.64 0.86 3.67 0

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Roto 2010 Overall Stats

Another no hitter and our first cycle shake things up a bit.

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . The Old Mill 549 5 156 7 573 8 70 4 0.276 5 0.811 4 1 8 41 1 . Jabberwocks 586 8 118 2 494 1 148 8 0.298 8 0.839 7 0 4 38 2 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 542 3 131 4 521 4 71 5 0.286 7 0.848 8 0 4 35 3 . Doc's LSD No-No 566 6 169 8 532 5 66 2 0.265 3 0.815 5 0 4 33 4 . The Josh Hamiltoes 505 1 150 6 542 6 56 1 0.28 6 0.83 6 0 4 30 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 568 7 132 5 501 2 69 3 0.275 4 0.796 3 0 4 28 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 547 4 130 3 505 3 103 7 0.263 2 0.782 2 0 4 25 7 . Tito Landrum Express 522 2 115 1 561 7 79 6 0.256 1 0.75 1 0 4 22 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . The Josh Hamiltoes 53 6 52 7 798 7 3.37 4 1.2 6 3.13 8 1 6.5 44.5 1 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 59 7 54 8 704 5 3.31 5 1.21 5 2.52 2 1 6.5 38.5 2 . Tito Landrum Express 63 8 42 2 769 6 3.03 7 1.19 7 2.97 4 0 2.5 36.5 3 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 46 1.5 50 4.5 662 3 3.02 8 1.15 8 3.09 7 0 2.5 34.5 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 46 1.5 50 4.5 867 8 3.24 6 1.22 3.5 3.05 6 0 2.5 32 5 . Doc's LSD No-No 51 5 48 3 674 4 3.45 3 1.22 3.5 2.91 3 0 2.5 24 6 . The Old Mill 50 4 40 1 575 1 3.8 2 1.27 2 3.04 5 1 6.5 21.5 7 . Jabberwocks 49 3 51 6 612 2 3.83 1 1.32 1 2.13 1 1 6.5 20.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . The Josh Hamiltoes 74.5 1 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 69.5 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 66.5 3 . The Old Mill 62.5 4 . Tito Landrum Express 58.5 5 . Jabberwocks 58.5 5 . Doc's LSD No-No 57 7 . Olerud Helmeteers 57 7 .

Week 16 Roto Stats

Don't look now but here come the Helmeteers! And it's now official, half of the teams in the league have a no hitter.

. Hitting R PTS HR PTS RBI PTS SB PTS AVG PTS OPS PTS CYC PTS Total RANK . Tito Landrum Express 34 7.5 9 4.5 40 8 6 7.5 0.261 4.5 0.796 5 0 4.5 41.5 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 30 5 9 4.5 38 7 5 5.5 0.289 7 0.82 7 0 4.5 40.5 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 34 7.5 12 8 31 4 5 5.5 0.247 3 0.762 3 0 4.5 35.5 3 . The Old Mill 32 6 11 7 36 6 4 3.5 0.246 2 0.74 2 0 4.5 31 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 29 3.5 7 3 25 2 4 3.5 0.272 6 0.827 8 0 4.5 30.5 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 28 2 10 6 32 5 2 1.5 0.261 4.5 0.785 4 0 4.5 27.5 6 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 29 3.5 5 1 29 3 2 1.5 0.296 8 0.804 6 0 4.5 27.5 6 . Jabberwocks 24 1 6 2 22 1 6 7.5 0.245 1 0.713 1 0 4.5 18 8 . . . Pitching W PTS S PTS K PTS ERA PTS WHIP PTS K/BB PTS NH PTS Total RANK . Olerud Helmeteers 4 8 5 6.5 49 8 0.73 8 0.93 8 3.77 7 0 4.5 50 1 . Jabberwocks 2 3 5 6.5 45 7 2.42 6 1 7 3 6 0 4.5 40 2 . Doc's LSD No-No 3 6 2 3.5 39 5 2.13 7 1.21 5 2.79 4 0 4.5 35 3 . The Josh Hamiltoes 1 1 2 3.5 38 4 3.8 3 1.11 6 4.75 8 0 4.5 30 4 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 3 6 6 8 36 3 3.74 4 1.32 3 1.71 1 0 4.5 29.5 5 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 3 6 3 5 32 1.5 2.95 5 1.24 4 2.46 3 0 4.5 29 6 . Tito Landrum Express 2 3 0 1 41 6 4 2 1.39 2 2.93 5 0 4.5 23.5 7 . The Old Mill 2 3 1 2 32 1.5 5.11 1 1.51 1 2.29 2 0 4.5 15 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Olerud Helmeteers 80.5 1 . Doc's LSD No-No 70.5 2 . The Josh Hamiltoes 70.5 2 . Tito Landrum Express 65 4 . Jabberwocks 58 5 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 57 6 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 56.5 7 . The Old Mill 46 8 . . . Hitting Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Mark Teixeira, 1B, Tito Landrum Express 10 2 8 0 0.435 1.378 0 . . Pitching Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Brian Wilson, RP, Olerud Helmeteers 0 4 6 0 0.92 6 0 .

. . Hitting Bench Stud R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Jason Heyward, OF, Tito Landrum Express 7 0 3 2 0.538 1.228 1 . . Pitching Bench Stud W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Ricky Nolasco, SP, Jason Bere's Sluggers 1 0 8 2.25 0.75 4 0 . . . Hitting Lead Balloon R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Brandon Phillips, 2B, Tito Landrum Express 1 0 0 0 0.12 0.385 0 . . Pitching Lead Balloon W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Ryan Dempster, SP, Gilkey's Eyeballs 0 0 5 5.25 2.08 0.63 0 . . . Hitting Unsigned Player of the Week R HR RBI SB AVG OPS CYC . Luke Scott, 1B/OF, Baltimore Orioles 6 4 8 0 0.481 1.537 0 . . Pitching Unsigned Player of the Week W S K ERA WHIP K/BB NH . Johnny Cueto, SP, Cincinnati Reds 2 0 10 1.29 0.93 2 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 . Jabberwocks 543 8 110 2 461 1 137 8 0.295 8 0.833 6 0 4.5 37.5 1 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 518 4 126 5 500 5 67 3 0.286 7 0.848 8 0 4.5 36.5 2 . The Old Mill 517 3 144 7 535 8 68 4.5 0.276 5 0.808 4 0 4.5 36 3 . Doc's LSD No-No 529 6 154 8 495 4 64 2 0.266 3 0.811 5 0 4.5 32.5 4 . The Josh Hamiltoes 483 1 142 6 520 7 55 1 0.281 6 0.834 7 0 4.5 32.5 4 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 536 7 121 3 476 2 68 4.5 0.274 4 0.792 3 0 4.5 28 6 . Olerud Helmeteers 522 5 125 4 482 3 99 7 0.264 2 0.787 2 0 4.5 27.5 7 . Tito Landrum Express 494 2 106 1 515 6 74 6 0.257 1 0.749 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 61 8 39 2 739 7 2.98 7 1.17 7 3.02 5 0 3 39 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 48 5 49 6 728 6 3.36 5 1.21 6 3.11 6 0 3 37 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 55 7 51 8 647 5 3.41 4 1.22 4 2.48 2 1 7 37 2 . Gilkey's Eyeballs 46 2.5 46 4 625 3 2.94 8 1.14 8 3.19 8 0 3 36.5 4 . Olerud Helmeteers 44 1 47 5 807 8 3.22 6 1.22 4 3 4 0 3 31 5 . Doc's LSD No-No 49 6 43 3 627 4 3.48 3 1.22 4 2.79 3 0 3 26 6 . The Old Mill 47 4 35 1 535 1 3.84 1 1.27 2 3.13 7 1 7 23 7 . Jabberwocks 46 2.5 50 7 575 2 3.83 2 1.32 1 2.14 1 1 7 22.5 8

. . . . Overall PTS RANK . Gilkey's Eyeballs 73 1 . The Josh Hamiltoes 69.5 2 . Jason Bere's Sluggers 65 3 . Tito Landrum Express 60.5 4 . Jabberwocks 60 5 . The Old Mill 59 6 . Doc's LSD No-No 58.5 7 . Olerud Helmeteers 58.5 7 .