WHY NOT?
Here are a slew of random notes:
1) An unofficial congratulations to Dan Raiser! On paper around the All-Star break your team was the best on paper, and you maintained that lead through an amazing lineup and clutch pitching. More on your season to come (hopefully) on this blog.
2) What if i told you that there's a hitter on the free agent list that over the last month has averaged 2.9 ppg, has hit 11 HRs and 27 RBIs in that time, his team is in the playoffs and again, he's on the waivers?! That man is unowned by all of you and his name is Mark Reynolds.
3) It looks like Hersh has wrapped up second place with an amazing rotation and a patchwork lineup. Pitching tends to be heavily drafted in our league compared to standard fantasy rankings and here Hersh (and the rest of us) get edged by a team with one true ace (Verlander) and an amazing lineup versus most of our teams that focused on starting pitching and a few stud hitters. Of course there's so much more to winning a WBI championship. And I have nothing but admiration for Hersh's year this year: hopefully you remember that he spent the first third of the season in the bottom 5 and now tops 13 of us. Way to go Hersh! Great season!
4) Who was this past month's highest scoring hitter? It has to be triple crown hopeful Miguel Cabrera right? Or maybe it was MVP hopeful Ryan Braun and his amazing September? Maybe it was Marco Scutaro and his .398 batting average in September? Nope.
It was a man whose name i cannot pronounce: Norichika Aoki. If you knew he was that good, you are probably Mr. Raiser, because i can't imagine the rest of you knew that.
5) Verlander's given up 19 HR this sesaon. Kershaw 16. King Felix 14.
Wanna guess how many Gio Gonzalez has given up?
Nine.
