A group of men debating the guilt or innocence of another…sounds like our comments section. This is one of the rare movies where I enjoyed the original and the 1997 remake. Damn, that was really a star studded cast. Yes, Tony Danza is a star, he was in Cannonball Run II! That’s one movie series I would hate to see remade. Is it me, or is Hollywood stuck in a rut? [Jay’s Note: I wonder why?] It feels like every week a poorly done remake or reboot that should of been left alone is coming out. Poltergeist, really Hollywood?…really. I don’t even need to see that to know it’s crap. Wait, this has nothing to with anything today, except what spun out of my head when I saw Tony Danza’s name. If I was Grey, this would make for the perfect segue to a Alyssa Milano dating someone who plays baseball for the Dodgers reference. Dah, I did it again… You would think I would be talking about me with the word angry in the title, but nope, this is the RCL update and it’s about you. Okay, mostly about you and a little about “us”. Follow me after the jump and you’ll know what I’m talking about…
CATEGORY LEADERS, WEEK 11
| RUNS | 65 | Vancouver Rains | The Underground |
| HR | 23 | Boro Ballers | Early Birds |
| RBI | 69 | Swiggy Cabrera | Slamming Sammys |
| SB | 16 | Fat Albert and the Crullers | Yeast Infection Inspections |
| AVG | .396 | Smell The Glove | Razzball Casuals League |
| K | 96 | Obama Molested Me | Razzball Casuals League |
| W | 9 | 8 TEAMS TIED | SEE BELOW |
| SV | 15 | Team barten | Riverboat Fantasy |
| ERA | 0.84 | Pohl Dancers | Razzball DC |
| WHIP | 0.62 | Team McAdams | The Underground |
* ERA and WHIP are based off 40 innings pitched minimum
Vancover leads off this week with the second most weekly runs on the year at 65. The Ballers tied for the most home runs in a week at 23 while Swiggy produced the second most weekly RBI’s at 69…dudes. Nice job you three. Good to see a boost in offensive counting stats. We have two leagues with doubles entries here as the Casuals League and the Underground take home the top places in average, strikeouts, runs and whip respectively. Above we had the rare 8 team tie and as I tried to make the chart it wouldn’t work. So instead I, made a mini chart to go with the standard chart because I have a chart making problem:
| Chupacabraj Samsquantch | Death by 5 x 5 |
| SanPedro Guitarristas | HA! |
| @ JasonWSchilling | In The Danger Zone |
| Montreal Jawns | Jawns |
| Buttermaker’s Kids | Lester’s RCL #2 |
| Smokin Joe | Razzball Riverboat |
| SLC Buzz | Spiders and Snakes |
| STL CARDINALS | The Downward Spiral |
The RCL Top-10, Week 12
This is the best around!… For the season… so far. Do you want to be Daniel Larusso? Then you got to beat all the Cobra Kai’s and win the All Valleys RCL Championship. Word around the office is that the grand prize is Sky jumping out of a cake in your living room and doing a strip tease to the the tune of Moment of Truth by Survivor. The table below contains the rank, team name, league name, RCL points, League Index and League Points.
| 1 | Backdoor Sliders | Razzball Champion’s League | 115.13 | 106 | 102.5 |
| 2 | Unpainted Arizona | HA! | 114.30 | 102 | 110 |
| 3 | Wake Up | FCL | 113.20 | 108 | 96 |
| 4 | RA the Rugged D ickeys | King Ralph’s Emporium | 108.23 | 101 | 106 |
| 5 | Soler Powered | Two Out Rally | 108.05 | 101 | 106.5 |
| 6 | drunc orks | Euro Razzball | 107.17 | 100 | 110 |
| 7 | Hardy Bombs | Lester’s RCL #3 | 104.65 | 101 | 105 |
| 8 | Money Ballers | JB’s RCL | 104.42 | 102 | 100.5 |
| 9 | Astros to Mouth | Spiders and Snakes | 103.46 | 99 | 105 |
| 10 | Jersey Moose | Walking On Sunshine | 103.11 | 102 | 100 |
You might notice a change this week and your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Thanks to the suggestion by commenter Scott last week I have decided to add league points to the chart. It’s the third column of numbers in case anyone was wondering. Our big fan of Raising Arizona, the unpainted one take s a step back as champions league leader the backdoor once again takes over first. My FCL league mate Wake Up is inching closer to that top spot as he increased his point total by almost three since last week but it’s still not enough to jump the top 2. Pour yourself a glass of bourbon my friend, you are almost there. Nick the Rugged Dickey jumps up a spot this week into 4th while last week’s newcomer to the top ten, Soler Powered, take a bump to 5th. The drunk orks, from one of my favorite fantasy leagues to fantasize about, holds steady at 6th. The Hardy Bombs crashes the top ten party this week coming in at 7th while the Money Ballers returns again to the top 10 in 8th. Astros to Mouth falls five spots to 9th and Jersey Moose rounds out the top 10 in 10th. Congrats on cracking the list moose.
Vin Wins – Team Profile
I got a message from Vin telling me to check out the Calgary Cannons from league Upton My Grill. Calgary has 51 out of a possible 60 pitching points and didn’t draft a starting pitcher until the 23rd round when they took Derek Holland at 276. They followed that with A.J. Burnett at 277 and that was it for a draft day staff. From there on out it has been lots of streaming. Calgary’s K/GS is 8.64, which at this point of the season is pretty solid. By drafting a lot of good closers and middle relievers (Ardolis, Robertson, Allen, Davis, Boxberger, Betances, Miller) they have been able to take the hits when they have a bad stream. This is a fine example of how to take advantage of the ESPN settings and embracing the RCL format. Calgary, you are welcome to join any of my leagues next year.
Top Offensive Performances of the Week
| Team | League | H | AB | Ave | R | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Albert and the Crullers | Yeast Infection Inspections | 93 | 330 | .282 | 54 | 21 | 67 | 16 |
| Dr. Freeze Pitching Camp | RCL FIPping the Bird | 112 | 333 | .336 | 57 | 16 | 60 | 13 |
| The Lurve Guru | Tehol and Taints | 101 | 329 | .307 | 54 | 21 | 57 | 11 |
| Vancouver Rains | The Underground | 112 | 348 | .322 | 65 | 14 | 59 | 11 |
| Dr Freeze Signd Scalpel | Hamiltons Dandruff | 96 | 318 | .302 | 62 | 19 | 58 | 10 |
| Yobo Goya | WET TAIL!! | 91 | 290 | .314 | 59 | 22 | 57 | 6 |
| Steve Garvey Is My Daddy | Jay’s Family and Friends | 112 | 348 | .322 | 56 | 15 | 54 | 13 |
| Acid-Washed Ho Trains | Skunk Beard | 107 | 317 | .338 | 55 | 12 | 63 | 9 |
| Vancouver Rockies | Vancouver | 113 | 326 | .347 | 55 | 12 | 61 | 8 |
| The Baseballsacks | Razzball Champions League | 96 | 268 | .358 | 52 | 16 | 51 | 6 |
| Soler Powered | Two Out Rally | 111 | 317 | .350 | 54 | 11 | 46 | 13 |
| Baltimore Scorioles | Beddict’s butth*le pleasures | 100 | 307 | .326 | 43 | 15 | 66 | 10 |
| tHE rEAPer | The Filthy Spawn of Beddict | 106 | 323 | .328 | 54 | 15 | 50 | 11 |
| Kid A | Original Recipe 2015 | 105 | 333 | .315 | 49 | 18 | 55 | 10 |
| Razz Angels | Take on Jay #1 | 103 | 307 | .336 | 47 | 19 | 60 | 4 |
| MiddleAmerica DoubleHeaders | Nova Scotia | 100 | 304 | .329 | 45 | 19 | 56 | 7 |
| Chicago Red Hots | Razzball Casuals League | 98 | 328 | .299 | 59 | 16 | 56 | 10 |
| Dynamite Drop Ins | Take on Jay #3 | 103 | 292 | .353 | 50 | 16 | 53 | 5 |
| Swiggy Cabrera | Slamming Sammys | 90 | 313 | .288 | 54 | 20 | 69 | 5 |
| Team Flunkie | Beddict and the Elder God Chosen | 98 | 299 | .328 | 55 | 17 | 50 | 6 |
Top Pitching Performances of the Week
| Team | League | IP | ER | ERA | K | BB | HA | W | WHIP | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight Graham | Lester’s RCL #1 | 60.2 | 8 | 1.19 | 68 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 0.84 | 7 |
| Jersey Moose | Walking On Sunshine | 82.1 | 18 | 1.97 | 70 | 21 | 58 | 7 | 0.96 | 6 |
| Revenge of the Lawn | Manitoba | 54.1 | 9 | 1.49 | 53 | 12 | 37 | 4 | 0.90 | 10 |
| Pohl Dancers | Razzball DC | 43 | 4 | 0.84 | 49 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0.67 | 6 |
| NY NLF | JFOH Hearts Tristan | 69.2 | 15 | 1.94 | 66 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 0.95 | 9 |
| The Balking Dead | Take on Jay #5 | 50.1 | 7 | 1.25 | 42 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 0.64 | 4 |
| K/9 Unit | Lester’s RCL #1 | 51.2 | 7 | 1.22 | 46 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 1.03 | 7 |
| Buge Hoobs | Beddict’s butth*le pleasures | 73.2 | 18 | 2.20 | 65 | 18 | 44 | 6 | 0.84 | 9 |
| Team carl | Razzball Champions League | 51 | 7 | 1.24 | 49 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 1.12 | 8 |
| __ Slacker | Pretty Hate Machine | 80.1 | 19 | 2.13 | 78 | 21 | 59 | 4 | 1.00 | 9 |
| Vin Regular | League of Ordinary Gentlemen | 58.2 | 11 | 1.69 | 60 | 19 | 40 | 6 | 1.01 | 8 |
| Smokey . | Smokey’s Den | 59 | 11 | 1.68 | 57 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 0.95 | 8 |
| Happy Vegans | Razzball Champion’s League | 91 | 24 | 2.37 | 81 | 25 | 60 | 5 | 0.93 | 8 |
| Team Toth | The Downward Spiral | 44 | 6 | 1.23 | 50 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 0.86 | 8 |
| Razzball Rudy | RCL ‘Perts | 48.2 | 8 | 1.48 | 50 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 0.76 | 7 |
| Morneau After Pill | Don’t even remember last year | 70.2 | 15 | 1.91 | 61 | 18 | 53 | 6 | 1.00 | 5 |
| Nine Pound Hammer | ECFBL | 78.1 | 19 | 2.18 | 68 | 19 | 54 | 8 | 0.93 | 4 |
| Schonoma Schlurricane | SchmidtHeads | 67 | 14 | 1.88 | 62 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 0.94 | 3 |
| dom squad | Big, if true | 73.2 | 17 | 2.08 | 65 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 0.88 | 3 |
| Chupacabraj Samsquantch | Death by 5 x 5 | 69 | 15 | 1.96 | 63 | 18 | 47 | 9 | 0.94 | 0 |
RCL ‘PERTS
The ‘Perts league is Grey and Rudy’s annual Friends and Family RCL. Along with Grey and Rudy, the league consists of Sky, Jay, JB, Mike, Tehol, Dalton Del Don from Yahoo, Tim McLeod from RotoRob, Mike Gianella from Baseball Prospectus, Ryan Carey from Mastersball and your RCL host, myself, Mr. J-FOH. I’ll be your man on the street, Brian Fantana covering all the comings and goings of this league while I make all the local kitties purr with my sex panther scent.
- The ‘perts league returns…for this week. I had to tell you about “US” after getting a request by the fantasy master lothario in the comments last week.
- Hey, look! Grey is in first….tied with me. Actually, this is before yesterday’s games so I couldn’t guarantee Grey would be in first. I didn’t want to risk me overtaking him and having to pass on talking about the perts. Lookin’ out for you Grey!
- Sky has been the offensive dominator leading in runs, HR’s, rbi’s, and is second in SB’s….to me. He was all over Billy Burns when he got called back up. It figures, he wrote a deep league post on him in the pre-season. When he gets drunk he likes to yell, “you’re my boy, Burns”.
- Mike has been creeping up the standings while Jay has been creeping down. Speaking of Mike, we made a trade the other day. I wish you the best with Dee Gordon.
- I’m waiting for Rudy to make a move, he has aces and has needs. I’m sensing something is in the works with him… or I’m having an allergic reaction to something I ate.
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