We coulda been a contenda.
Down 4-7 on Sunday we just needed a few HRs (2), RBI (3), some Ks (8) and some Ws (1) or Sv (2) to flip the standings. We almost got there (6-5-1), no thanks to the Men of Wood.
Pitchers: Johan, no W, but 6 of the 8Ks helped a lot, but then, of all people, Billy Wagner comes out of a 2 week hibernation for a Sv and a K and Johnny Papelbon finishes it off with a Sv and a K of his own. Well done, guys. (Except that we, like our opponent's equally inept starting staff at Climate Central, had exactly one (1) W for the week and tied in that category.)
Hitters: In a word, weak. 7 for 39 (.179), no HR, one RBI on Sunday. Feeble; ineffectual; frail; anemic; enervated. Like I said, weak. We were toast in BA/OPS (again), but a little more freaking contact would have been appreciated and might have produced a couple of wins.
Note to WATB League Watchers: In the great computer auto-pilot matchup of the week (OTW vs. Computer Generated Throbulators), ownership of both teams will be in the desert playing golf together, away from their teams and the Internet and hoping for the best. (Will somebody keep an eye on Joel Zumaya while the OTW owner is out of town? Thanks.)
---OTW Fan Club
Ps: kudos to Run & Hits for a stunning, near-upset in Ks with 21Ks on Sunday.
Ps2: Fantasy Nightmare scenario: Felix comes off the DL on Thursday and pitches a no-hitter with 18Ks against the Yankees in Friday's opener, but Yahoo doesn't recognize the change until Friday and won't allow him to pitch until Saturday. Agggh.
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