June 6, 2009

First of all, my apologies for the lack of commentary of late, but there just hasn't been all that much to write about. Or, that's my excuse, at least.

Now, as the season reaches the one-third mark for most teams--meaning David Ortiz is now on pace to hit three home runs instead of four (sorry Kristin)--things seem to be getting a little interesting. In just one week's time, no less than 13 pool participants have added the NL pitching trio of Santana (ERA), Lincecum (SO) and K-Rod (Saves) to their number of "in the money" picks, and our leader's total has doubled. Taking me back to the days when he annually dominated the rotisserie baseball league we ran together, Joe Williams has recaptured the top spot.

In the same time frame, last week's leader has unbelievably dropped to 18th place. I can't recall ever seeing such a drastic change in the pool's history. It's also exciting--at least to me--to see three newcomers--Rob LaColla, Dan Conti, and Tim Farrell--showing up in the top ten almost every update so far.

Stay tuned, though, because I'm pretty sure things are just starting to heat up.

P.S. Take a look to the right at Jud's cleverly labeled list of RBI (Real Bad Injuries), and the fact that 12 players whom at least one person picked for at least one category are currently on the disabled list--and that number doesn't include Manny Ramirez, who's not physically injured, although he still has five home runs more than Ortiz.