TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE
Hello everybody. Last night was our first night of volleyball league. I'm sore! I'm old! Anyway, I didn't get to posting the Q&A that I promised, but it will be up by tomorrow morning.
Quick AFL Update from their Monday game. Matt Moses batted sixth and played 3B. He went 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI. David Winfree played 1B and batted 7th. He went 0-3 with a walk. Former Twins farmhand Adam Harben started and in two innings he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk. Of the 39 pitches that he threw, just 21 were strikes.
Pat Neshek is back! After taking a couple of needed weeks off from baseball and from the site, he has posted his first updates. See what he has been up to, and some of the plans he has for his site.
Aaron Gleeman has had some great stuff the last couple of days. Monday, he updated the final WPA rankings. Today, he has other "MVP Stuff."
If you enjoy prospect rankings, check out the interactive ranking over at John Sickels' site.
I did want to quickly update the NFL "Expert" Panel's picks and standings though this morning. After a great Week 5, we struggled a bit in week six. Although Will Young put on a show and jumped up to second place! Despite an 8-5 week, Kyle Waldrop gained on the two guys he was directly leading, but Will's impressive week kept Waldrop's lead a top the league at three games.
By the way, take a couple of minutes and check out some of those links in the standings. There are some great writers in the group. You'll want to check out Bill Ferris's Tiger's Blog to see the excitement in that team!
W
Final Standings
Total
Week
6
Over
All
Name
Site
L
Win%
W
L
Win %
Kyle Waldrop
Twins
Pitching Prospect
8
5
61.5%
65
22
74.7%
Will Young
Will's Twins Blog
10
3
76.9%
62
25
71.3%
JD Arney
Reds Reporter
7
6
53.8%
61
26
70.1%
Stick & Ball Guy
Stick &
Ball Guy
7
6
53.8%
60
27
69.0%
SethSpeaks Panel
7
5
58.3%
59
27
68.6%
Bill Ferris
Detroit
Tigers Blog
8
5
61.5%
59
28
67.8%
Mike
Brasel
Fantasy FB Guru
9
4
69.2%
59
28
67.8%
LaVelle E. Neal III
Mpls
Star-Tribune
8
5
61.5%
58
29
66.7%
Jonathan Mayo
mlb.com
8
5
61.5%
58
29
66.7%
Trevor Born
Twins Junkie
7
6
53.8%
58
29
66.7%
Al Bethke
Al's
Ramblings
7
6
53.8%
58
29
66.7%
Roger Dehring
Several Blogs
7
6
53.8%
58
29
66.7%
Melissa Lien
SethSpeaks.net
8
5
61.5%
58
29
66.7%
Cory Hepola
WENY Sports
7
6
53.8%
57
30
65.5%
Seth Stohs
SethSpeaks.net
7
6
53.8%
56
31
64.4%
Seth's Mom's Class
St. Pauls School
8
5
61.5%
56
31
64.4%
Kevin
Slowey
Twins
Pitching Prospect
9
4
69.2%
54
33
62.1%
MONDAY EVENING UPDATE -
Just thought I'd check in, see what was going on. I had to give a couple of presentations this afternoon, so wasn't up on the news. Did you see that the Oakland A's fired manager Ken Macha despite their run to the ALCS? That is just crazy. They did it with two years remaining on his contract, so there must be something more. Joe Torre must be really considering himself lucky!
And, if getting all the way to the World Series is a prerequisite to maintaining your job, how is Ron Gardenhire feeling right now?
Also, it appears that Lou Pinella will be hired as the Cubs next manager. According to the Yahoo article, "His assignment: Get to the playoffs and win a championship with a franchise that hasn't been to a World Series since 1945 and hasn't won one since 1908." Hey Lou, good luck with that!!!
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