Dear Team Off the Wall (Week 25):

I know. I know. You're all a little disoriented. You thought the season was over last Sunday and here you are forced to drag your sorry butts out of the dugout for another week of being butt kickees to the Third Outs Latino Express. Now, our General Manager has gone on a transaction binge and you don't recognize anyone in the clubhouse (or you were unceremoniously sent packing). Sorry about that.

We tried to keep him under control but when Yahoo sent him a warning that he was nearing his 60 move limit, it was like waving the proverbial red flag in front of the bull ... opening the tuna can within earshot of the cat ... showing a budget surplus to Congress: he just went nuts: eight transactions in 3 days; 4 within 10 minutes this morning!

Fausto? Gone. Josh? Gone. Carl? Joe? Justin? Gone. Gone. Gone. Yahoo cut him off at 60, but not before he flooded the mound with new starters. Three of them will go on Sunday alone.

Needless to say, he was summarily fired, but that does nothing for the damage he's done to team morale and the Off the Wall camaraderie you've developed over this l-o-n-g six month season. All we can do is apologize and say, "see you at the draft."

Adios, amigoes.

--OTW II Ownership Group

Dear Yahoo Buzz Index:

"Tim Wakefield (Bos – SP) 13,299 drops
Wakefield has followed up a brilliant August (4-1 in five starts, 2.45 ERA, 0.97 WHIP in 33.0 IP) with a horrific September (two starts, 17.55 ERA, 3.15 WHIP in 6.2 IP).
Lowdown: Wakefield's poor efforts couldn't have come at a worse time, as many of the most active fantasy owners, like Round One shocker, Off the Wall II, of the West Coast Amateur Tee Ball League, are engaged in H2H playoff battles or roto stretch runs. If you took a chance on Wakefield like the trigger-happy OTW owners did , then you have my condolences."
http://tinyurl.com/2asoq4

Yeah. We noticed. Thanks for the condolences.

--- The aforementioned OTW II owners.

Ps: wouldn't have hurt to email us working stiffs that Carl Crawford chose this week to sit out his snit fit suspension.

Dear Shawn Marcum:

"Sep 13 Marcum, [soon to be ex-OTWII starter] who has allowed six home runs and 22 earned runs in his last 23.1 innings, admits that he's wearing down as the season progresses according to the team's web site reports."

We're painfully aware of your recent stats, but couldn't you have sucked it up and gotten through this two-start week then gotten tired?

-- Less than Pleased in Seattle

Dear Climate Changeups!,

Even though we aren't in the playoffs, this is a momentous day: THE CLIMATE CHANGEUPS! HAVE NO ONE ON THE DL!

Apparently, we are SO unexciting, that Yahoo! has started giving updates about our players' teammates, rather than the players themselves. Case in point: Adrián Gonzalez

"It won't be surprising if Gonzalez's teammate Milton Bradley (right oblique) misses San Diego's entire three-game series at Los Angeles that begins on Tuesday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune."

Thanks for the update Yahoo!

-The Not-in-Last-Place Climate Changeups! Management

Dear Team Off the Wall Dos:

Unpack your bags, boys. We live to fight another day!

Tied 5-5 going into Sunday, you stunned the WCATB League pundits with a 10-2 shellacking of the Mighty Meats. Well done.

















Photo: Team Mom presenting home-grown bouquet to Round One MVP, her favorite ex-M heart throb, Mr. A-Rod.






(Thank you, Jenn.)

Dear Team Off the Wall Redux (Playoffs R1):

I know, I know. There's tonight and the weekend left and its a lot closer (duh!) than 10-0 indicates, but if you guys blow this you're all walking the proverbial plank off the Digital Deep End.

Meanwhile, I'm off to buy a Prius (armed with Maria's instructions on digital buying procedures).

--Off the Wall II Ownership Group.